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Winston_Churchill wrote:

laptop is overheating when i tried to play a game for the first time in ages

time to get parents to buy a new one? i think so

im thinking of going for

Lenovo IdeaPad Y570

Processor
Intel� Core� i7-2630QM Processor ( 2.10GHz 1333MHz 6MB )

Operating system
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64

Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M 1GB

Memory
8 GB PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz

Display
15.6 " HD Glare with integrated camera 1366x768

Hard Drive
500GB 7200

Optical Drive
DVD Recordable (Dual Layer)

Network Card
Intel 1000 BGN Wireless

Bluetooth
Bluetooth Version 2.1 + EDR

Finger Print Reader
None

Warranty
One year

Pointing device
Industry Standard Touchpad

Battery
6 Cell Lithium-Ion

not really concerned about battery life, its plugged in most of the time.  have a desktop, but i dont move it around yadda, yadda, yadda. as long as it can last 2 hours or so its fine.  switchable graphics should save power too.  3 x USB 3.0

always remember to remove the battery when you've got it plugged in.

also what's your current laptop?

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send it to me

Last edited by Camm (2011-05-15 16:17:10)

Winston_Churchill wrote:

its long past the point of that mattering - it lasts 1.5 hours when the battery is removed.  its some asus from 3 years ago, it was pretty damned awesome when it came out but its not as amazing now.  2.2GHz P8400, 4GB ram, ati 3650, 7 ultimate, 1400x900, 500GB hdd, etc

good god it's better than me.

also, "it lasts 1.5 hours when the battery is removed' what.

how much you want for it?

Winston_Churchill wrote:

oops, i meant when its unplugged.  and i dunno, still gotta convince parents to buy me a new one in the first place.

also "good god it's better than me" what.

hahaha.

good god it's better than mine. is what I meant.

if your parents do buy it, i'll think about buying it off of you, if you're selling.

Winston_Churchill wrote:

i know, just mocking you lol

and yeah, maybe.  i dont think anyone in my family needs a laptop so i dont think we'll have any use for it.  will shipping a laptop to there cost obscene amounts?

god knows. lemme see what ebay are charging for shipping.

Kimmmmmmmmmmmm wrote:

best 15" laptop lightweight for heavy photo editing go

price range?

Also: where will you be buying from?

Last edited by Nic (2011-05-15 17:09:04)

Just installed the GPU F@H systray client to run on my GTX460 and I must say - I am impressed!

So the Mayor (Sly James himself, is there a mayor with a more badass sounding name out there?) just announced that Google is expanding their gigabit internet project to include all of Kansas City...which, with BF3 and a whole wide universe of porn and humorous gifs on the horizon, is obviously a win for me.

As I read about it I saw that Google plans to offer "competitive" pricing for the service, but with nothing given in the way of specifics.


Would you expect that to mean they are going to charge what other companies currently charge for top-end service (for example, ~$60 for 30Mbit from Time Warner), or could one consider something as high as $120 "competitive" simply because the user is getting so much more bang-for-the-buck with their service?

Google seems like the type of company that might just surprise everyone and not try to wring every last dime out of their customers, but hoping that some of the fastest internet in the world will cost $50/month seemed sort of like wishful thinking.

when i purchased my new rig about 3-4 months ago the 6870 was a good mid-range card for a budget system.

well the 6870 is £150-175 (depending on the version) so i was guessing a suggestion of a £200 card is 'mid-range'.

i thought the top-range cards were now in the region of £300-400, though i don't know... i don't think any of them are worth it.

all the mid-range cards rape most games nowadays - my 6870 plays everything on full just fine (crysis 2 is perhaps an exception; stuff like the witcher 2 probably won't play on max settings, either, but you get the point). mid-range nowadays does pretty well in comparison to, say, the directx 10 generation where you'd need a powerhouse to play the 'benchmark' titles. i think spending £200-250 is pretty wise... anything else and it seems like a waste when it comes to price:performance value.

You'll need at least a 570 to get Witcher 2 on full at 1080p.  I should be getting my 580 today.

im sticking with nvidia for a while just for the CUDA aspect