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Need thin & light graphics laptop with a very good screen....

post #1 of 25
6/12/04 at 12:13am
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Lately I have been leaning towards buying the Compal CL56. If anyone has read my last post they know I will be using the laptop for my Animation Major at SJSU. Anyways, I have been reading the comments about the screen on the CL56 and im sorry to say I dont like the problems it has. I know that the screen cons may seem over rated, but I was wondering if there were any laptops out there that were similar to the CL56, but have a better screen? How about an awesome screen? I also have a few other questions:

1) Can you upgrade the graphics card on the Compal CL56?

2) Velocity Micro states that they dont use OEM parts for their notebooks, Is their Notemagix B50 (Compal CL56) better than the other ones out there? How is it versus the Hypersonic Aviator CX5 (also a compal cl56)?

3) Does anyone know of any stores near the San Jose, CA area that might carry the Compal CL56 notebook? I guess I really want to see the thing in real life before I decide to pass judgement.

4) Is it possible to swap the screen on the Compal CL56 for another one?

5) And finally can someone point me to a website that can explain to me what makes a desktop or laptop a good gaming pc? As in what to all these bench mark scores mean, comparison between a destop gamer pc and a laptop gamer pc, etc?

Thanks to everyone that helped me in my last post and to all that will help me in this one. Thanks.

Fznutzforever
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post #2 of 25
6/12/04 at 12:14am
1. No

2. Same thing.

3. I dunno of any

4. Probably not
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post #3 of 25
6/12/04 at 12:20am
I love the numbered responses, very professional.
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post #4 of 25
6/12/04 at 12:46am
swapping the screen on a laptop is a bad idea in general unless it's an identical model. I don't think anybody does that except the ODMs lol.
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post #5 of 25
6/12/04 at 12:57am
thier is a laptop at gamerpc.com that i am currently lookin at right now...

they have the cl 56 (but a different name.. still the same lappy)
and one similar to it with a WXGA screen instead of the cl 56's SXGA+

hehe i think that is a better screen hehe while im here please other comment on the screens
http://www.gamepc.com/shop/systemcat...egory=notebook
check out that page it has all the laptops i am currently lookin at.. im gonna make a thread about it soon.. but dude .. i think that is a better screen and better laptop... ask around about it if u want.. hopefully people will respond to you thred and inlighten us all
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post #6 of 25
6/12/04 at 12:58am
chem USA, the resseller that sold my cl56, sent it to me from LA... i believe the actual company is located in Newark, CA... but i dont know if that helps any
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post #7 of 25
6/12/04 at 1:00am
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Originally Posted by ewok
thier is a laptop at gamerpc.com that i am currently lookin at right now...

they have the cl 56 (but a different name.. still the same lappy)
and one similar to it with a WXGA screen instead of the cl 56's SXGA+

hehe i think that is a better screen hehe while im here please other comment on the screens
http://www.gamepc.com/shop/systemcat...egory=notebook
check out that page it has all the laptops i am currently lookin at.. im gonna make a thread about it soon.. but dude .. i think that is a better screen and better laptop... ask around about it if u want.. hopefully people will respond to you thred and inlighten us all
The GPN-CEN3 does have a better screen, but the GPU in the CL56 is 15-30% better.

EDIT: You will really only notice a difference though if you are a hardcore gamer or need hardcore graphics on maximum settings.

EDIT 2: Also, I believe the CEN3 is widescreen, not sure what that matters to you.

EDIT 3: The CEN3 is the Mitac 8050, with the ATI Radeon 9600 128MB gpu.
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post #8 of 25
6/12/04 at 1:08am
at gamepc.com...

the CEN3 is the Mitac 8050 with the 9600 128MB gpu
the CEN4 is the Compal CL56
the CEN5 is the Clevo...not sure of model number...

You can look at them more through other sites here:...

http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=22187
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post #9 of 25
6/12/04 at 1:17am
the cx6 at hypersonic is a mitac 8050 w/9700 128mb
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post #10 of 25
6/12/04 at 1:22am
clevo 375E
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post #11 of 25
6/12/04 at 2:00am
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Originally Posted by been606
The GPN-CEN3 does have a better screen, but the GPU in the CL56 is 15-30% better.

EDIT: You will really only notice a difference though if you are a hardcore gamer or need hardcore graphics on maximum settings.

EDIT 2: Also, I believe the CEN3 is widescreen, not sure what that matters to you.

EDIT 3: The CEN3 is the Mitac 8050, with the ATI Radeon 9600 128MB gpu.
The CEN3 does indeed have a very nice screen. Even better than my Dell UXGA 1600x1200 which was made by hitachi.

As for the GPU how is it 15-30% better? Its the same video card and both are at stock speeds. Rincewind has a compal and he gets 3 fps more than me in Unreal 2004.
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post #12 of 25
6/12/04 at 2:03am
at gamepc.com, the mitac 8050 is listed as having a 9600 128mb, i was saying the 9700 is 15-30% better than the 9600
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post #13 of 25
6/12/04 at 2:05am
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Originally Posted by been606
at gamepc.com, the mitac 8050 is listed as having a 9600 128mb, i was saying the 9700 is 15-30% better than the 9600
Haha I see, they still haven['t updated it. Out of 4 vendors that offered the Mitac they were the first to have the ati 9700 actually.
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post #14 of 25
6/12/04 at 2:07am
Really? Hmmmmm...I thought it seemed a bit odd for them to still be offering the 8050 with the 9600, considering every other place I have seen it has the 9700. Thanks for clearing that up ungcas
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post #15 of 25
6/12/04 at 2:32pm
Thread Starter 
Thanks for all the replies guys. Anyone know of any websites that explain the benchmarks everyone uses here to rate their gamer pc's? Im a total rookie.
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post #16 of 25
6/12/04 at 2:48pm

xnote lm50

Someone on this board recently discovered a store in Canada that stocks the elusive IBM LG XNOTE LM50, which until recently was a Korea and Australia only product. Had I not just purchased a toshiba r100, I'd almost certainly have bought one.

you can see it here

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?minorcatid=1006

basically its a 5.5lb centrino system with a radeon 9600 and what's reputed to be an inredible sxga+ screen. There is a newer version in Korea with a radeon 9700 and a UXGA screen which you could inquire about with the folks at this site.

Do a search on this site for xnote lm50 and you'll see some impressions, all of which I recall being quite positive.

Sean
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post #17 of 25
6/12/04 at 3:11pm
yeah I think the thing is that the Acer and the CL56 both use the same screen as the LG lol but i can't confirm that.
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post #18 of 25
6/12/04 at 3:37pm

I think they're different screens

I am almost positive the screens on the acer/cl56 nand the lg xnote lm50 are entirely different.

The various impressions posted on the net indicate the LG screen is extremely wide viewing angle from all directions, something I havent read about for the acer or cl56 anywhere.
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post #19 of 25
6/12/04 at 3:40pm
hmmmm it might be worthwhile to chcek out...I don't know if ncix will have a demo in-store on june 15th, but if they do, I will go check it out and compare to the Acer Ferrari at another retailer. So i guess we will see
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post #20 of 25
6/12/04 at 4:17pm
guys If you hit customize at the game pc site for the 8050, there is the option to get the 9700 w/128M for an additional $180.

easy peasy
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