THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Costanza on April 03, 2009, 08:06:56 PM
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http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9173262&type=product&id=1218044029168
Putting aside how fucking retardedly ugly it looks, are the specs on this thing any good for gaming? My 3 yr old toshiba (with a 7900 GS) is on it's last legs and I need something soon.
The 9800 GS is a top of the line notebook card right now, right? (can it run things like Crysis?)
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im pretty sure someone here bought this exact laptop and made a thread about it
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Eel knows.
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I think Eel stated he's playing Left 4 Dead at a good Res on the thing? Or was it Fallout 3?
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me and eel both have this laptop, it's awesome
plays games great, only downside is the screen has a poor contrast ratio and is 1366x768 -- doesn't bother me, since i prefer a low native res when coupled to a mobile gpu, but some people might find it limiting. it also spews heat like a beast when yer playing fairly intensive modern games like the last remnant and sacred 2 (both of which it runs aces).
other than that, build quality is great, it's wonderfully tacky, and runs like a champ. get it!
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Well, there you go brudah. Buy, buy, buy! Support this dying whore of an economy we have today.
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me and eel both have this laptop, it's awesome
plays games great, only downside is the screen has a poor contract ratio and is 1366x768 -- doesn't bother me, since i prefer a low native res when coupled to a mobile gpu, but some people might find it limiting. it also spews heat like a beast when yer playing fairly intensive modern games like the last remnant and sacred 2 (both of which it runs aces).
other than that, build quality is great, it's wonderfully tacky, and runs like a champ. get it!
Sounds good. I think I'll pick it up next week.
One thing: does it come with a recovery disc/partition?
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this will be reviewed by the two of us in the next borecast, with a thorough audio tour of specs and settings and games we have tested
short version: buy it, it's the best gaming laptop out there for the price
it comes with recovery discs, and asus support is top-notch
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I might actually just go get this thing tomorrow morning.
Can't wait to hear you and Prole's detailed thoughts on the BC after I've played with it for a few days.
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me and eel both have this laptop, it's awesome
plays games great, only downside is the screen has a poor contract ratio and is 1366x768 -- doesn't bother me, since i prefer a low native res when coupled to a mobile gpu, but some people might find it limiting. it also spews heat like a beast when yer playing fairly intensive modern games like the last remnant and sacred 2 (both of which it runs aces).
other than that, build quality is great, it's wonderfully tacky, and runs like a champ. get it!
Good point about the lower rez being a plus for mobile gaming. My laptop's 1080P screen looks nice but I have to dial down settings in many games to play at that resolution.
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Yeah, I kinda regret getting a laptop with a really higher res. screen. It's gorgeous and all, but even with it's nice specs it can't handle it's native rez even in somehat older games.
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Got it.
It was the last one BB had and the guy had broken the seal to show it to a customer once last month before they got their display model, so I saved $100 because they considered it "open-box". Fucking awesome.
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congrats!
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Prole/Eel, do you guys overclock yours?
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overclocking on "turbo" provides a slight boost to certain games, but the "turbo extreme" setting doesn't provide enough of a gain over the regular turbo to warrant the heat increase, imo
hope you enjoy it!
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nope, i run mine at default speeds.
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This thing's WiFi driver isn't getting along with my router (old WRT54G) at all. Shit.
Love everything else though.
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me and eel both have this laptop, it's awesome
plays games great, only downside is the screen has a poor contract ratio and is 1366x768 -- doesn't bother me, since i prefer a low native res when coupled to a mobile gpu, but some people might find it limiting. it also spews heat like a beast when yer playing fairly intensive modern games like the last remnant and sacred 2 (both of which it runs aces).
other than that, build quality is great, it's wonderfully tacky, and runs like a champ. get it!
Good point about the lower rez being a plus for mobile gaming. My laptop's 1080P screen looks nice but I have to dial down settings in many games to play at that resolution.
On the other hand, I primarily use my 1280x800 laptop for non-gaming shit, and I find the low resolution often frustrating. Choose your resolution wisely!
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This thing's WiFi driver isn't getting along with my router (old WRT54G) at all. Shit.
Love everything else though.
have you updated drivers for both
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Lower rez has never really bothered me, last time I remember it did was getting pixel holocaust when getting too close to things in Doom.