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post #1 of 4
11/13/08 at 11:34am
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Sooo ive convinced my parents to throw me a mere 2 Grand for Christmas..Give or take a few hundred for Girlfriends gift lol . So say i haev about 1600 to 1700 and possibly a bit more...Which would be a good choice for me because im getting tired of my m9700 i can barely run a good game without lag due to the damn processor! SHUN AMD!!!! SHUNNNNNNNN!!! .......Anyways im off to college in the fall so i was thinking of an m15x...would a setup for 1700 be good enough to game better then my m9700? or shuld i jump for a desktop?
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post #2 of 4
11/13/08 at 12:17pm
m15x would be a good choice although not nearly as powerful as a same priced desktop, but u lose portability.

Consider the new m17, it has butt loads of power and room to grow with new procs/gpu's so u dont have to get everything up front. But u'll give up portability to a lesser degree with that beast too.
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post #3 of 4
11/13/08 at 12:46pm
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yea the m17 is out of the qt for me due to its battery life and its thicker than my m9700. i was figuring that the m15x with at least an 8700m fgx card and low processor and 4gig ram off of newegg would due enough untill i can just upgrade it later on..I just want to make sure 2.3ghz processor and 8700m gfx card would be fast enough to run call of duty4 and crysis...
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post #4 of 4
11/14/08 at 4:37pm
in reality, its not going to play crisis at even med settings /w the 8700, maybe low...
i'd cut back on the screen, CPU, and memory. then spring for the 9800 gt

If I were back in college i'd also pick the m15x. up to 4 hours of battery life on the intergrated card for classes, and high preformance gaming with a simple reboot.

the fact that its only 15" makes it portable, but I have to warn you, this is the heaviest 15" notebook i've seen.
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