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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Van Cruncheon on August 21, 2007, 01:06:13 PM

Title: another new laptop!
Post by: Van Cruncheon on August 21, 2007, 01:06:13 PM: sold my hp pavilion dv6258se to a coworker so's i could get a SERIOUS UPSTAIRS gaming rig.

evilbore pc gamerz, how did i do with LAPTOP TAKE 2:

hp pavilion dv9535nr, stats:

Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 @ 1.5 GHz :-\ (this is eh, but it's faster than the Turion 64x2 HL-56)
nVidia GeForce 8600 GS 256 MB :hyper (i wanted a GT, but omg omg omg)
2 GB 800 MhZ DDR2
2x 120 GB 7200 RPM Seagate HD
17" BrightView LCD @ 1440x900
16x LightScribe DVD+/-RW drive
webcam and card reader and other shit
9-cell Li-On battery

it plays Mythos like a fuckin' champ. I paid $1400 for it after tax. WHAT SAYETH THOU -- deal or fleecing?
Title: Re: another new laptop!
Post by: Van Cruncheon on August 21, 2007, 01:18:42 PM: also, how hard is it to replace processors in laptops? i've only done discrete video cards in laptops (RAM and HDs don't count).
Title: Re: another new laptop!
Post by: Van Cruncheon on August 21, 2007, 01:23:22 PM: STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON IS A BROTHER WHO WILL SMOTHER YOUR MOTHER

AND MAKE YOUR SISTER THINK I LOVE HER
Title: Re: another new laptop!
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 21, 2007, 01:43:04 PM: IM GETTING MINE NEXT MONTH OMG
Title: Re: another new laptop!
Post by: bud on August 21, 2007, 01:45:30 PM: ONCE YOU GO MAC YOU NEVER GO BACK YO
Title: Re: another new laptop!
Post by: Smooth Groove on August 21, 2007, 01:48:12 PM: Looks good except for the CPU&GPU. How's the fan noise? I also read somewhere before that they were developing a way for labtop users to connect something like a 8800 GTX externally. That'll be awesome if they ever get it to work.

What kind of labtop are you interest in, MAF? I like those gigantic labtops w/20" monitors that are powerful but not very portable.
Title: Re: another new laptop!
Post by: Disposable White Guy on August 21, 2007, 01:48:40 PM: $1400?

Those specs are dangerously close to the rig I built for $1900, so I'd say it was a deal.

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Title: Re: another new laptop!
Post by: TVC15 on August 21, 2007, 01:54:58 PM: My notebook will CRUSH it. Just wait til later this week and you will cuuuuummmmmmmmmmmm.
Title: Re: another new laptop!
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 21, 2007, 01:57:03 PM: Im getting one of the really portable HPs that go for like 850. Small n practical is how I roll.
Title: Re: another new laptop!
Post by: Smooth Groove on August 21, 2007, 02:01:03 PM: Quote from: TVC 15 on August 21, 2007, 01:54:58 PM
My notebook will CRUSH it. Just wait til later this week and you will cuuuuummmmmmmmmmmm.

Crush, huh? Sounds intriguing. Post your specs when you get it.

Quote from: MrAngryFace on August 21, 2007, 01:57:03 PM
Im getting one of the really portable HPs that go for like 850. Small n practical is how I roll.

Sounds like what a woman would say to a not so well endowed dude. Small but practical. lol
Title: Re: another new laptop!
Post by: Van Cruncheon on August 21, 2007, 02:05:11 PM: th' fuck is wrong with an 8600GS? sure, the 8600GT has twice the "stream processors" (lol unified shaders), and the grotesque superheat 7950 line is better for old-school DX8/9 shit, but for $1400? fuck yeah BEYOTCH!

noisewise, it's quiet as hell.

(seems it's easy to replace the T5250 with a T7300, so 2.16 GHz here i cum)
Title: Re: another new laptop!
Post by: TVC15 on August 21, 2007, 02:10:20 PM: Quote from: Smooth Groove on August 21, 2007, 02:01:03 PM
Quote from: TVC 15 on August 21, 2007, 01:54:58 PM
My notebook will CRUSH it. Just wait til later this week and you will cuuuuummmmmmmmmmmm.

Crush, huh? Sounds intriguing. Post your specs when you get it.

The only place he will beat me is GPU (I am going to have an 8400 with 28 megs of RAM). But the MOBILE BROADBAND will more than make up for that.
Title: Re: another new laptop!
Post by: Smooth Groove on August 21, 2007, 02:14:53 PM: Quote from: Professor Prole on August 21, 2007, 02:05:11 PM
th' fuck is wrong with an 8600GS? sure, the 8600GT has twice the "stream processors" (lol unified shaders), and the grotesque superheat 7950 line is better for old-school DX8/9 shit, but for $1400? fuck yeah BEYOTCH!

noisewise, it's quiet as hell.

(seems it's easy to replace the T5250 with a T7300, so 2.16 GHz here i cum)

the thing is that you can't upgrade GPUS yet, why not just get the fastest one available then. you's got the money, playa.
Title: Re: another new laptop!
Post by: Mupepe on August 21, 2007, 02:15:26 PM: That CPU is very :-\

The video card isn't too bad though, and the rest is pretty top-notch. But good god, the CPU is :-\
Title: Re: another new laptop!
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 21, 2007, 02:16:01 PM: Smooth: I want a laptop I can take out in public thats about the size of a book. I dont want to be the guy hooking up his entertainment center in a starbucks
Title: Re: another new laptop!
Post by: TVC15 on August 21, 2007, 02:17:17 PM: Mine is also a svelte 13.3 inches, and 4.6 pounds.
Title: Re: another new laptop!
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 21, 2007, 02:17:49 PM: My widescreen compaq laptop is way too big for public
Title: Re: another new laptop!
Post by: Smooth Groove on August 21, 2007, 02:18:43 PM: Quote from: MrAngryFace on August 21, 2007, 02:16:01 PM
Smooth: I want a laptop I can take out in public thats about the size of a book. I dont want to be the guy hooking up his entertainment center in a starbucks

ha ha, that's true you'll look like a geek in public w/something like that. but other geeks will admire you if they see it. I would like something like that, not for web browsing at cafes but for games&movies at hotels if I had a traveling job.
Title: Re: another new laptop!
Post by: TVC15 on August 21, 2007, 02:18:47 PM: Quote from: MrAngryFace on August 21, 2007, 02:17:49 PM
My widescreen compaq laptop is way too big for public

Yeah, even though I don't consider it a mobile computer anymore, my 15" MBP was really too big to lug around.
Title: Re: another new laptop!
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 21, 2007, 02:26:10 PM: Smooth: The one im looking at is about as big as a hardcover book
Title: Re: another new laptop!
Post by: Smooth Groove on August 21, 2007, 02:27:46 PM: Quote from: MrAngryFace on August 21, 2007, 02:26:10 PM
Smooth: The one im looking at is about as big as a hardcover book

like Harry Potter?
Title: Re: another new laptop!
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 21, 2007, 02:28:18 PM: roughly, thinner tho
Title: Re: another new laptop!
Post by: Smooth Groove on August 21, 2007, 02:29:38 PM: is the GPU better than what TVC's getting?
Title: Re: another new laptop!
Post by: Van Cruncheon on August 21, 2007, 02:30:24 PM: yeah, but not significantly so. er, in my laptop, that is. dunno what the gpu is in the maftop, but it's most likely integrated.
Title: Re: another new laptop!
Post by: T234 on August 21, 2007, 02:31:52 PM: I wish somebody would let me ruin my credit on something like that. :'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: another new laptop!
Post by: TVC15 on August 21, 2007, 02:32:37 PM: My screen is also significantly smaller, so I don't need a big bad GPU to drive it. I actually don't plan on gaming on the machine, but the thought of owning a PC without a real GPU makes me feel terrible.
Title: Re: another new laptop!
Post by: Smooth Groove on August 21, 2007, 02:43:07 PM: Quote from: TVC 15 on August 21, 2007, 02:32:37 PM
My screen is also significantly smaller, so I don't need a big bad GPU to drive it. I actually don't plan on gaming on the machine, but the thought of owning a PC without a real GPU makes me feel terrible.

You could still play something like Planescape on it. I bet games like that would look really nice.