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Sentia no good for games?

post #1 of 23
8/8/04 at 3:14am
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That's very weird... at least to me. Because Alienware makes game laptops, yet thier Sentia line has no good graphics chip for games.

I am in the market for a 13.3 or 12.1" laptop with very good graphics card. When I game, I usually have a CRT or LCD to plug the laptop into. But I only want to keep one system for my work work.
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post #2 of 23
8/8/04 at 6:21am
The Sentia is geared towards college students and the like. Their actual gaming notebook is the Area 51.
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post #3 of 23
8/8/04 at 7:03am
Well they should have atleast shoved a Radeon 7500 in there. Even that's better than the intel extreme crap.
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post #4 of 23
8/8/04 at 12:09pm
agreed, I dont like the fact that a company totally based on gaming would come out with a awsome laptop. . . with no gaming.
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post #5 of 23
8/8/04 at 12:29pm
If I was in college. . . and I had a laptop.. i'd wanna play some games!

I'd save up a couple more bones and buy an Area-51m and use it for college work + free time stuff (gaming,etc.)
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post #6 of 23
8/8/04 at 1:03pm
the sentia can play games...just not the newest games out there. Im going to play games in college on my sentia. Plus the long battery life is pretty useful.
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post #7 of 23
8/8/04 at 2:00pm
I think what some of you aren't taking into consideration is that not everyone is into games. Not everyone needs an advanced graphics card. Alienware didn't design the Sentia to play games from the begining. It's really more designed for business/school.
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post #8 of 23
8/8/04 at 7:06pm
Put in a dedicated gpu u will lose ALOT of battery time

Sentia has a a nice battery time and centrino + intergrated infact work very well together.
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post #9 of 23
8/8/04 at 10:38pm
It can actually handle more games than you'd think, but definitely not nearly as well as the Area 51-M.
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post #10 of 23
8/8/04 at 10:52pm
Definatly not as well as a radeon 7500 either .
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post #11 of 23
8/9/04 at 1:19am
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Originally Posted by Devion
Put in a dedicated gpu u will lose ALOT of battery time

Exactly the point... And that is why there is the Sentia!
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post #12 of 23
8/9/04 at 3:21am
BS...

Even notebooks with 128mb 9700s can get up to 4+ hours of battery life. I can attest to this from first hand experience. The addition of a dedicated gpu does not necessarily mean a great decrease in battery life.
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post #13 of 23
8/9/04 at 3:42am
It would infact take little/no life away if they went with a lower end, like say a, 64MB Radeon 7500.
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post #14 of 23
8/9/04 at 8:21am
how much batt life does the sentia have?

there "are" centrino notebooks out there with dedicated gpus (9700 64mb/128mb) that get upwards of 5 hours (asus m6n)

my notebook gets 4.5 hours

having a dedicated gpu over an integrated intel gpu doesnt necessarily mean less batt time.
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post #15 of 23
8/9/04 at 9:50am
mine is the 14.1 screen and it gets MAX 4 hours.. not bad
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post #16 of 23
8/9/04 at 10:12am
If AW were able to add a GPU to the new Sentia that would open the doors for people who want a portable gaming laptop (12.1" TFT). I for one would definitely get one if it had a Radeon 9600 Pro.

I'm not sure if it's even possible for a GPU to be placed on such a small MB. Closest thing I've seen is the V505 from Sony which had a Radeon 7500 32MB with a 12.1" TFT.
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post #17 of 23
8/9/04 at 2:24pm
The Sony S series comes with a 9700... and it is only a little bigger than the Sentia, with a 13.3 inch widescreen.
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post #18 of 23
8/9/04 at 3:20pm
I just bought an S-series... I'll post pics when it arrives in... 10 DAYS! EAT THAT ALEINWARE!!!!!

13.3" WXGA TFT with ATI Mobility RADEON 9200 Graphics Chipset
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition
Intel Pentium M Processor 715 (Processor speed 1.50A GHz, 2 MB L2 Cache, 400 MHz FSB)
Wireless LAN with Bluetooth Technology
512 MB DDR-SDRAM (DDR333, 256 MBx2)
40 GB Hard Disk Drive
CD-RW_DVD drive
Lithium-ion(3S3P)
4.5 lbs
10 hours of battery life!!
$1874.99
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post #19 of 23
8/9/04 at 3:31pm
Well, congratulations on what appears to be a nice machine....but I'd love to hear if you *really* get 10 hrs of battery life, given the amount of time games have to access the HDD.

Please keep us updated....
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post #20 of 23
8/9/04 at 3:36pm
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Originally Posted by cewargamer
Well, congratulations on what appears to be a nice machine....but I'd love to hear if you *really* get 10 hrs of battery life, given the amount of time games have to access the HDD.

Please keep us updated....
Nobody vendor posts battery life time, of video game playing...

That battery life time is most likely... Screen brightness somewhat low... no wifi, no optical drive accessing (or minimal), and probably no intensive apps... just word processing. From experience... I can say... that usualy the battery rundown time posted by vendors CAN be achieved... but using settings like the ones above.
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