Graph card suggestion

2006-07-08 13:36:23

#1

Sgt.Davi: Touches Himself At Night.; +300|6942|England

I'm going to Thailand soon, to that big assed computer shop. I'm planning on buying a laptop their to play BF on and I was wondering what graph card would be the best. Preferably under 100 pounds. (~200 dollars)

thanks

(Sound card suggestions also welcome)

My mate ahs suggested an ATI Radeon X700. Good move? (EDIT)

Last edited by Sgt.Davi (2006-07-08 13:37:12)

2006-07-08 13:38:29

#2

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7015

x700 sucks. 7600gt is better

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2006-07-08 13:38:50

#3

doc. josh: Member; +48|6844

my lap top has an x1600 mobility in it and i play bf2 on it on medium stttings iam affrade if i set it to high it will cook my lap top

2006-07-08 13:40:08

#4

Snipedya14: Dont tread on me; +77|6994|Mountains of West Virginia

Well laptops (figuratively speaking) do not have upgradable graphics cards. They do technically (Nvida has Exe IIRC) but trying to find one in a shop would be very very hard. It would be much more wise to buy a laptop that already has a video card Built in it. I would try and find a laptop with a Go 7800 if you want to play BF2 at a nice setting.

2006-07-08 13:42:15

#5

Sgt.Davi: Touches Himself At Night.; +300|6942|England

If anyone could find a built in laptop with the BF2 prequisites I would be in your debt.

The BF2 specs:

Windows XP
1.7 Ghz CPU
512MB of RAM
128MB video card (requires support for 1.4 shaders)
DVD-ROM drive
Directx 9.0b Compatible Sound Card
a lot of hard disk space

I am currently browsing sites like Cnet
Sony Vaio work?

2006-07-08 13:43:25

#6

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7015

sony makes the crapiest laptops ever, and pcs are cheaper and faster

2006-07-08 13:45:28

#7

Snipedya14: Dont tread on me; +77|6994|Mountains of West Virginia

Sgt.Davi wrote:
If anyone could find a built in laptop with the BF2 prequisites I would be in your debt.

The BF2 specs:

Windows XP
1.7 Ghz CPU
512MB of RAM
128MB video card (requires support for 1.4 shaders)
DVD-ROM drive
Directx 9.0b Compatible Sound Card
a lot of hard disk space

I am currently browsing sites like Cnet
Sony Vaio work?

What is your price range and I will do some research.

2006-07-08 13:47:01

#8

chuckle_hound: Member; +32|6966|Edinburgh, Scotland

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
sony makes the crapiest laptops ever, and pcs are cheaper and faster

Hmm, so these would be the laptops that aren't getting amazing reviews on Anandtech, Tomshardware, Hexus and all the other review sites.

2006-07-08 13:50:14

#9

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7015

chuckle_hound wrote:
cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
sony makes the crapiest laptops ever, and pcs are cheaper and faster
Hmm, so these would be the laptops that aren't getting amazing reviews on Anandtech, Tomshardware, Hexus and all the other review sites.

i had a sony b4. its like buying a bottle of cocacola in disney land. asus, acer and dell makes the best laptops IMHO

2006-07-08 13:52:41

#10

Sgt.Davi: Touches Himself At Night.; +300|6942|England

Thank you

basically I'm sure it'll be uber cheap in Thailand but my mum has said that my sises laptop (throuhg her school, private, ripping us off. Charging an £800 laptop for £1100) so I have a $1,295.77 to $1,573.43

Wireless capabilitly appreciated (Can go over prce for wireless if necessary)

2006-07-08 13:55:13

#11

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7015

Sgt.Davi wrote:
Thank you

basically I'm sure it'll be uber cheap in Thailand but my mum has said that my sises laptop (throuhg her school, private, ripping us off. Charging an £800 laptop for £1100) so I have a $1,295.77 to $1,573.43

Wireless capabilitly appreciated (Can go over prce for wireless if necessary)

how long will u be in thailand? it wouldnt be that cheap there... well i would wait for Core 2 duo, intels latest CPU merom (laptop). its 20% faster clock for clock than core duo. btw anything w/ centrino has wireless.

2006-07-08 13:58:01

#12

Snipedya14: Dont tread on me; +77|6994|Mountains of West Virginia

chuckle_hound wrote:
cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
sony makes the crapiest laptops ever, and pcs are cheaper and faster
Hmm, so these would be the laptops that aren't getting amazing reviews on Anandtech, Tomshardware, Hexus and all the other review sites.

Ahh but they are way over priced. So you say, ah so are IBM's (Lenovo), but you are really paying for the quality of the Thinkbook line. THey are tough as rocks.

I have a Asus s96J, great performer, very sturdy. Acer seem to be hit or miss, hot most of the time though.
Ok so your budget is about 1200-1500 USD? Hmm this will be a bit more difficult.

Last edited by Snipedya14 (2006-07-08 13:59:49)

2006-07-08 13:58:35

#13

Sgt.Davi: Touches Himself At Night.; +300|6942|England

5 days. In 2 weeks we leave so not much waiting time. I didnt expect it to be that cheap. My mums friend there says up to 400 quid less.

Is the Aus s96j a good option, sniped?

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Last edited by Sgt.Davi (2006-07-08 14:00:52)

2006-07-08 14:02:09

#14

Sgt.Davi: Touches Himself At Night.; +300|6942|England

Make it 1665 USD if necessary

I had a look at the Asus you have. Did you customize it?

looks faily cheap...

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Last edited by Sgt.Davi (2006-07-08 14:09:11)

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