So my friend plays SC2, Left 4 Dead 2, and WOW pretty frequently (still considers himself a casual gamer though)
Locally, I found a Dell M1710 in pretty good condition for a very good price (lets say around $200). I used to have an M170 years (and about 10 computers ago), which I absolutely LOVED, especially the screen (still to this day miss it on my new X220).
Anyway, his laptop is very very slow and "laggy", even after a clean W7 Ent. install.
--It is an HP DV9000
--Turion TL-56 (1.7ghz dual core, I think)
--3gb ddr2 of ram
--Nvidia graphics (I think it is a "7600 Go", but I am not 100% positive)
--and 5400rpm drive
--Crappy 17" screen
I found a great deal locally but I am wondering if it will be faster than his current computer. Would a Dell M1710 be a worthwhile upgrade for him on a very tight college budget? He can snag it for $200, with a shot battery ($40 for a replacement), and the DC jack might be loose (probably also an easy fix to re-solder a new DC jack on myself, $5 and a few hrs).
--2.0 GHz Dual-Core T7200 Intel Processor (core 2 duo)
--17” Display, max resolution 1920 x 1200 (Widescreen)
--2 GB DDR2 RAM
--256MB Nvidia GeForce 7900GS Graphics Card
--120GB HDD 7200rpm
The ram can transfer over (3gb), and the hdd is faster (the DV9000 is ATA I think). The screen alone IMO is worth the upgrade, but he is worried that it wont be any faster during gaming.
What do you guys think? Worth it or not??
I would appreciate any advice, I want to try to email the guy about it ASAP so I dont miss out on it!!
I am not really sure about that hardware, that Is about the time I got out of the laptop game for photography (right when celeron died and memrom dropped), so Im not really sure how good the hardware is. It is a a Core 2 Duo though, NOT a Core Duo which I remember being a considerable bit faster but I might be wrong.
Plz halp!
Locally, I found a Dell M1710 in pretty good condition for a very good price (lets say around $200). I used to have an M170 years (and about 10 computers ago), which I absolutely LOVED, especially the screen (still to this day miss it on my new X220).
Anyway, his laptop is very very slow and "laggy", even after a clean W7 Ent. install.
--It is an HP DV9000
--Turion TL-56 (1.7ghz dual core, I think)
--3gb ddr2 of ram
--Nvidia graphics (I think it is a "7600 Go", but I am not 100% positive)
--and 5400rpm drive
--Crappy 17" screen
I found a great deal locally but I am wondering if it will be faster than his current computer. Would a Dell M1710 be a worthwhile upgrade for him on a very tight college budget? He can snag it for $200, with a shot battery ($40 for a replacement), and the DC jack might be loose (probably also an easy fix to re-solder a new DC jack on myself, $5 and a few hrs).
--2.0 GHz Dual-Core T7200 Intel Processor (core 2 duo)
--17” Display, max resolution 1920 x 1200 (Widescreen)
--2 GB DDR2 RAM
--256MB Nvidia GeForce 7900GS Graphics Card
--120GB HDD 7200rpm
The ram can transfer over (3gb), and the hdd is faster (the DV9000 is ATA I think). The screen alone IMO is worth the upgrade, but he is worried that it wont be any faster during gaming.
What do you guys think? Worth it or not??
I would appreciate any advice, I want to try to email the guy about it ASAP so I dont miss out on it!!
I am not really sure about that hardware, that Is about the time I got out of the laptop game for photography (right when celeron died and memrom dropped), so Im not really sure how good the hardware is. It is a a Core 2 Duo though, NOT a Core Duo which I remember being a considerable bit faster but I might be wrong.
Plz halp!
