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Is the XPS really the Best Gaming Laptop out there?

post #1 of 37
1/8/05 at 8:48pm
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Looking at one with 1GB RAM, 9700 videocard, 100gb storage, extreme processor. Will it really handle any game?
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post #2 of 37
1/8/05 at 8:54pm
Well, it will handel almost anything you throw at it today, but I would go for the mobility 9800 video card myself. It just seems foolish trying to get top of the line equipment and getting a 1 year old videocard (one of the most important aspects when it comes to playing games)
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post #3 of 37
1/8/05 at 8:58pm
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I agree. Is it easy to swap out yourself?
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post #4 of 37
1/8/05 at 9:31pm
hahaha...ur funny! It's not the best... but will play the games of today like HL2
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post #5 of 37
1/8/05 at 9:57pm
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Originally Posted by oneeye
I agree. Is it easy to swap out yourself?
It's pretty easy. I'd never swapped out a component on a laptop until I purchased the XPS with the weak 9700 card in it. Just followed the handy-dandy manual - took me about 40 to 45 minutes. Not bad for a component-switcher-outer Noob!
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post #6 of 37
1/8/05 at 10:30pm
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Cool. Thanks. That's probably the way I'll go.
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post #7 of 37
1/9/05 at 3:38am
IMHO xps is the best...the neext gen vdo cards dont seem much faster than the 9800 stock...well when whack unleashes all 12...we be at the top i am thinkin!!
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post #8 of 37
1/9/05 at 6:12am
The Sager 9860 NP is undoubtedly the fastest laptop available. Throw in a 3.8ghz pentium 4, 1gb DDR2, and a GeForce 6800 Go, it'll beat everything out there.
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post #9 of 37
1/9/05 at 6:33am
But isnt the sager even bulkier and unwieldy compared to the xps? also i am keeping my fingers crossed for the pipelines to be opened up.
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post #10 of 37
1/9/05 at 8:06am
I'm not bashing Sager or XPS but I believe 'best' is really subjective
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post #11 of 37
1/9/05 at 2:09pm
so where can i get a mr9800 really cheap??
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post #12 of 37
1/9/05 at 2:14pm
As a general "intellectual" I have come to believe that there are 4 stages of human evolution. This theory has been adapted from elsewhere, so I cannot claim "ownership" or "responsibility" for it.

I believe there are 4 questions that the human must ask himself:
1. What (What can I eat?)
2. Where (Where can I eat it?)
3. When (When can I eat it?)
4. Where can I get the 9800 really cheap if Dell disses me and I can't wait for the possible future agp->pcie-bridge? (1337 h4ckz0r)
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post #13 of 37
1/9/05 at 2:28pm
Sager is the fastest. Best is the inspiron 8600
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post #14 of 37
1/9/05 at 5:02pm
See my take on it is this. The xps is more mobile than the sager because of size. DDR2mem has not shown any performance increases at least in laptops as I know it. 3.8 ghz is not much faster than 3.4. That leaves the graphics card. The 6800 is an excellent card. Faster by a little bit than the 9800. An oced 9800 can catch up almost and if not then 12 pipes ina 9800 should do it.(Note the repeated mention of 12 pipes!! I am really excited about that mod!!)
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post #15 of 37
1/9/05 at 5:03pm
I would say absoultly NO.
15.4" Screen is way to small. IMO
The notebook gaming sweet spot now is 1440x900 on a 17" screen
Being driven with a Centrino 1.7 or higher 1 gig of ram and a MR9700 w/128 megs.
Or on a Desktop system 19" LCD running 1280x1024.

The folks spending thousands for their XPS or 51Ms all souped up are and will be very dissapointed in 12 months as newer notebooks will be out that blow theirs away. Besides a 256 meg MR9800 or a 6800 is way over kill for any games out now and into most of 2005. They, infact, have bought fancy heaters that play some games a bit faster is all.

Daley
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post #16 of 37
1/9/05 at 5:11pm
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OK,
Lots of opinions. I want to spend 2000.00 to 2500.00 on a good gaming laptop that burns movies and has a fairly large amount of storage. For that price I can get a XPS Extreme with the 9800 card, 100gb hd, and 2gb RAM. For 2500.00 is there a better deal out there? I agree about the 17 inch screen. I'd love one but...
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post #17 of 37
1/9/05 at 7:10pm
I think there's only 1 laptop out there that can be called the best right now for gaming. That's the hypersonic EX7. It can have a 3.8 GHz processor, 4 GB of PC 4200 ram, has a 256 MB nVidia 6800 card, and internal dual RAID hard drives. The downside from the XPS is that it weighs 12.4 lbs, and has a screen res of 1680 x 1050, good enough for games though.

If I was considering a new laptop, I'd put them to the to of the list with the XPS. They offer a zero dead pixel policy and automotive paint too, if you want to get exotic.

Perhaps when my XPS finally breaks down, I'll replace it with one of those.

Barry
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post #18 of 37
1/9/05 at 7:37pm
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Originally Posted by BBerman
I think there's only 1 laptop out there that can be called the best right now for gaming. That's the hypersonic EX7. It can have a 3.8 GHz processor, 4 GB of PC 4200 ram, has a 256 MB nVidia 6800 card, and internal dual RAID hard drives. The downside from the XPS is that it weighs 12.4 lbs, and has a screen res of 1680 x 1050, good enough for games though.

If I was considering a new laptop, I'd put them to the to of the list with the XPS. They offer a zero dead pixel policy and automotive paint too, if you want to get exotic.

Perhaps when my XPS finally breaks down, I'll replace it with one of those.

Barry
the hypersonic is the exact same as the sager 9860, except not as good.
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post #19 of 37
1/9/05 at 7:46pm
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Originally Posted by dlukesdoom
I would say absoultly NO.
15.4" Screen is way to small. IMO
The notebook gaming sweet spot now is 1440x900 on a 17" screen
Being driven with a Centrino 1.7 or higher 1 gig of ram and a MR9700 w/128 megs.
Or on a Desktop system 19" LCD running 1280x1024.

The folks spending thousands for their XPS or 51Ms all souped up are and will be very dissapointed in 12 months as newer notebooks will be out that blow theirs away. Besides a 256 meg MR9800 or a 6800 is way over kill for any games out now and into most of 2005. They, infact, have bought fancy heaters that play some games a bit faster is all.

Daley

WHAT?! OMG, you mean there's going to be newer better stuff in the future? No freaking way!? I can't beleive it. People that own prior hardware are going to lose it. JesusTapDancingChrist what will they do?!
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post #20 of 37
1/9/05 at 8:05pm
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Originally Posted by Myhre
WHAT?! OMG, you mean there's going to be newer better stuff in the future? No freaking way!? I can't beleive it. People that own prior hardware are going to lose it. JesusTapDancingChrist what will they do?!
Good stuff! I think we can all agree that whatever system we purchase, however the most powerful, will ultimately turn into a fair sized masonry brick. There's just no future-proofing these things until the onset of full, blown-out support for PCI-e, which is happening very soon.

Besides, if my MR9800 is overkill, then I'm looking a two, MAYBE three, good years of gaming, right? And if it keeps my computer room warm at night, then BONUS!
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