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deciding weather to buy a Sentia/ is it good enough for gaming

post #1 of 8
3/13/05 at 3:43pm
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I have been looking for a fairly inexpencive notebook(under 2500) and finly came across the Alienware Sentia. I was very satisfide with the price and almost every thing about it except for the vidio card. i would like to know from people who have a sentia or a model which resembles it to tell me if the sentia is up to the chalange of playing games like half life two. and if not what notebook that is very similar can. Thank you
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post #2 of 8
3/13/05 at 4:10pm
See this thread about playing HL2:

http://notebookforums.com/showthread...&highlight=HL2

Based on these experiences, I would think that if you configure with the 2.0 Ghz Provessor and a minimum of 1GB RAM it will do HL2 fine.
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post #3 of 8
3/13/05 at 7:25pm
the Sony S360 falls under what you are looking for

an ATI 9700 with 64 meg
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post #4 of 8
3/13/05 at 11:02pm
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Originally Posted by gibbonsl
the Sony S360 falls under what you are looking for

an ATI 9700 with 64 meg
I dunno.

The S360 will be completely outperformed by the Sentia configured correctly, like this:

Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support with Onsite Service
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2
Instant-ON Playback: Instant-ON Media Playback featuring PowerCinema
Case: Alienware® Exclusive Sentia Case
Processor: Intel® Pentium® M 755 2.0GHz 2MB L2 Cache 400MHZ FSB
Motherboard: Intel® 855GME+ICH4M Chipset PC-2700 @ 333MHz
Wireless Network: Intel® PRO/Wireless 2915 Network Connection
Memory: 2GB DDR PC-2700 at 333MHz - 2x1024 SO-DIMMs
Hard Drive: Hitachi 60GB 7200 RPM ATA100 with 8MB Cache
Monitors: 12.1" Wide-XGA 1280x800 LCD Display
Video Card: Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 Technology
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Pro Compatible 5.1 Digital Audio
Smart Bay One: 6X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24X CD-RW Combo w/Software
Ethernet NIC: Integrated 10/100Mb Ethernet NIC
Modem: 56K Modem with V.90 Technology
Optional Display: No Monitor
Free Alienware Mousepad: Free Alienware® Mousepad

This config runs about $1900.

It has faster processor, faster HDD, more RAM, better wireless card. The only edge the Sony has is the vid card, and it's not enough to overcome the faster CPU and HDD.

To get an equivalent Sony in the same size/power class you need an S380, and to config it comparably is about $2900.
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post #5 of 8
3/14/05 at 12:57am
I can't wait to order my sentia this week. I have the Area-51m at the moment and I haven't been more impressed with a notebook. The build is excellent, the screen is awesome, the sound is the better than any other notebook (imo). I'm very happy with Alienware.
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post #6 of 8
3/15/05 at 2:05am
Nah, the intel extreme 2 isn't all that great. It doesn't support Hardware Transform and Lighting so it doesn't work with a lot newer games. HL2 happens to not require T&L but games like KotOR 2 do.
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post #7 of 8
3/15/05 at 5:53am
wow and ragnarok online runs fine on sentia, with those two games I'm set for a loooong time...also runs cs source relatively well
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post #8 of 8
3/15/05 at 8:51am
Get a ALX and shrink ray it down to senita size, and get a army of midgets to slave keeping it cool for you.

* goes to take another shot of valium*
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