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Agent Icebeezy

Welcome beautful toddler, Madison Elizabeth, to the horde!
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Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support with Onsite Service
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2
AlienRespawn: Alienware® Respawn Recovery Kit
Case: Area-51m 7700 Case with 17" WideSXGA+ 1680 x 1050 LCD Display with Built-in Camera - Xeno Grey
Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 560J w/ HT Technology 3.6GHz 1MB Cache
Motherboard: Intel® 915P Chipset Supporting PCI-Express
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 533MHz - 4 x 512MB
Video Card: Area-51m 7700 ATI MOBILITY RADEON X800 with 256MB of DDR 3 memory
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy 2 ZS PCMCIA - OEM
Hard Drive: Extreme Performance - RAID 0 - 120GB (60GB x 2) 7200 RPM ATA100 - Hitachi
Optical Drive One: 8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24X CD-RW Combo w/Software
Floppy Drive: USB Floppy Drive
Ethernet NIC: Integrated 10/1000Mb Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Wireless Network: External Wireless 802.11a/b/g PCMCIA Card
Modem: 56K Modem with V.92 Technology
Optional Display: No Monitor
Free Alienware T-Shirt: Free Alienware® T-Shirt - Black
Desktop Enhancements: Exclusive AlienGUIse Theme Manager
Free Alienware Mousepad: Free Alienware® Mousepad
Automated Support: AlienAutopsy: Automated Technical Support Request System

I got it today, it's the shit
 

miyuru

Member
So true, Alienware is overpriced. However this argument applies much more to desktops you can actually build yourself - laptops are different story. Either way, no regrets man, so enjoy your laptop, it's SWEET :D
 
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Most important part.

Dark10x got a laptop recently with a 3.6 and 6800 in it, and the fucking thing's fans are louder than my tower's And my tower is considered to be loud.
 

Borys

Banned
Holy shit Agent, that's a kick ass PC. I think you can throw any game at it and it will run like a dream on highest settings possible.

Envy + 10000

Get Far Cry, Doom 3 and HL2, PRONTO!

Oh, and think bout some emulators, they should scream on this baby.
 

Lhadatt

Member
Borys said:
Get Far Cry, Doom 3 and HL2, PRONTO!

HL2, yes. Doom 3 and Far Cry - no.

Get Halo PC, it's still got a nice community that makes for some good games. And it's not as broken as Halo 2, either.
 

Hooker

Member
I don't think he's too concerned about either battery life or weight -- as this is a desktop replacement. The thing it probably really thick too.



Not really my thing (I'll sacrifice killers specs for portability) but enjoy the machine!
 

Seth C

Member
I just picked up a laptop with an AMD Athlong 64 3400+, ATI Radeon Mobility 9600, 1GB of RAM, an 80GBHD, and a dual layer DVD+/-RW. Of course, I only paid $1250.
 
Seth C said:
I just picked up a laptop with an AMD Athlong 64 3400+, ATI Radeon Mobility 9600, 1GB of RAM, an 80GBHD, and a dual layer DVD+/-RW. Of course, I only paid $1250.


The sad thing is, your laptop probably will run Doom 3 just as fast as, or maybe even faster than his Alienware, thanks to the Athlon 64. Even though his has an mobile X800, the Prescott is a big bottelneck.

Butthenagain, Doom 3 sucks, so..... :lol
 

Sjoerd

Member
Shogmaster said:
The sad thing is, your laptop probably will run Doom 3 just as fast as, or maybe even faster than his Alienware, thanks to the Athlon 64. Even though his has an mobile X800, the Prescott is a big bottelneck.

Butthenagain, Doom 3 sucks, so..... :lol

Hmm and I thought graphics cards were important for games...

A 9600 is more than a bottleneck than a prescott processor.
 
Sjoerd said:
Hmm and I thought graphics cards were important for games...

A 9600 is more than a bottleneck than a prescott processor.

They are, and like I said, "maybe" faster, not definitely.

It all depends on the resolution and the FXs that are running, but the A64 spanks Prescott so badly on D3, that if the resolutions are such that GPUs are out of the equation, the $1300 A64 laptop could end up beating the rediculously expensive Prescott Alienware.
 

dark10x

Digital Foundry pixel pusher
ArcadeStickMonk said:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Most important part.

Dark10x got a laptop recently with a 3.6 and 6800 in it, and the fucking thing's fans are louder than my tower's And my tower is considered to be loud.

My laptop is the same model posted above. Many companies use the same base machines and customize them with their own branding. That's a Clevo D900T machine with Alienware branding. The machine I have is a Sager NP9860.

My specs are almost exactly the same. The only major difference is that I am using the 6800go DDR3 card instead of an X800 mobile and I only have 1gb of ram. Everything else is exactly the same, though (did the Alienware include a TV tuner?). Sadly, I did not get the T-shirt. :( :(

Pics...

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I also got it for desktop replacement purposes. Sized at 15.5”w x 11.75”d x 1.95”h and it weighs a little over 12lbs. It was expensive, but worth it (right around $3000). I also like the fact that the hardware is modular. The motherboard supports swapping of videocards, ram, CPU, etc. Also, it can supports the 600 series Intel 64bit CPUs via a bios update (tested by Sager already).

Oh, and yes, it is quite loud. However, it also runs at fairly low temps. It idles at 39c and never climbs above 50c while gaming (even with an OC'd videocard).
 

alejob

Member
Too bad playing games on a laptop sucks.

Nice PC though. But tell us the price!

Lets guess the price. I say around $3500
 

=W=

Member
Seth C said:
I just picked up a laptop with an AMD Athlong 64 3400+, ATI Radeon Mobility 9600, 1GB of RAM, an 80GBHD, and a dual layer DVD+/-RW. Of course, I only paid $1250.
Might I ask where you acquired such a machine at such a price?
 

way more

Member
What has been your experience with laptop graphic cards? I always hear how you have to download weird drivers and trick the game into accepting it.
 

isamu

OMFG HOLY MOTHER OF MARY IN HEAVEN I CANT BELIEVE IT WTF WHERE ARE MY SEDATIVES AAAAHHH
Seth C said:
I just picked up a laptop with an AMD Athlong 64 3400+, ATI Radeon Mobility 9600, 1GB of RAM, an 80GBHD, and a dual layer DVD+/-RW. Of course, I only paid $1250.

Can I ask where?

Oh and Agent Icebeezy I too am in the market for a laptop and was considering Alienware until I read about their horrible, horrible...HORRIBLE customer service! One guy returned his and it took him 4 months to get his money credited back into his account.

Anyway I am considering the HP Pavillion series which is supposed be much better and stable than "Rape-ienWare", not to mention cheaper.
 

isamu

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alejob said:
Too bad playing games on a laptop sucks.

Way to make a retard blanket statement :rolleyes x1000

Let me tell you something.....

when you're in a situation where you're stationed at a location for 8 hours a day with nothing to do, there is NOTHING that comes close to the fun you can have playing on a highend laptop. Having a DS or a PSP won't come close to playing dozens of games via emulation on a 15" screen.

At home I don't bother with playing anything on my PC since it's like 4 years old.
 

dark10x

Digital Foundry pixel pusher
mac said:
What has been your experience with laptop graphic cards? I always hear how you have to download weird drivers and trick the game into accepting it.

That was true, but not anymore. I am actually using some generic beta nVidia drivers on my 9860 and they work fine. I've heard that the X800 mobile is the same way (you can use any drivers you wish).

Also, gaming on a laptop is not bad at all. First of all, I can output to either a monitor or in 1080i on my HDTV (via component out, which this laptop features). As for gaming on the actual machine itself, I agree that playing games on an LCD is not the best way to experience something. The poor black levels are particularly annoying. However, the glossy LCD featured on this line of laptops is absolutely beautiful to behold. It's wider than my 19" CRT and is strikingly clear and colorful. One of the best LCDs I've seen. I simply bust out an external mouse and the Nostromo N52 for gaming. Works like a champ.

I can use the thing like a desktop if I want or on the go.

Hell, I can use it as an external scaler even. I finally got dscaler working well (60 fps and everything). I tried inputting my PS2, fixing up the visuals via dscaler and then outputting it in 480p to my TV. The results were beautiful. Superior image quality and color definition really made games like MGS3 look better than ever.
 

Seth C

Member
Since two people inquired, I got the laptop last week at Best Buy. It is the Gateway 7422GX. It was on sale last week for $1249. It's back up to $1329 this week (I think) and the "normal" price is $1399. It may go back on sale next week, hard to say. The specs sheet lists it as including the Moblity 9550, but there appears to be no such thing, and the clock speeds are identical to the Mobility 9600. It has a 15.4" widescreen display that is "XBrite" or whatever Gateway calls their bright screens. It looks really nice, and is as big as I need in a laptop display.


Link at Best Buy:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...t&productCategoryId=cat01174&id=1099386075236

A friend at work loved mine so much that he immediately went out and bought one himself.
 

dark10x

Digital Foundry pixel pusher
That's actually a great deal on that laptop for simply doing work. It's a much better option for an actual mobile user and probably performs great in CPU related tasks.

The videocard would be a major issue, though. The 9550 is quite slow (yes, it exists).

Looking at some benchmarks on an AMD64 3400+, it scored the following framerates at 1024x768...

Call of Duty - 40 fps
Jedi Academy - 35 fps
Far Cry - 15.2 fps (22 fps at 800x600)
Halo - 19 fps
Splinter Cell - 17 fps
Tomb Raider AoD - 16 fps

Those were taken on a desktop version of the card, which is a bit faster than the mobile version. So, Shog, I'd say your guess that it (the AMD laptop) could compete with that videocard (the 9550) was WAY off. :p

On the laptop I'm using, I can pull out over 3 times the framerate in FC with SM3.0 and HDR Rendering enabled (~45 fps at 1024x768) and close to 100 fps in normal SM2.0 mode. Doom 3 benches at close to 90 fps with timedemo 1 at 1024x768 (16:10 mode enabled). HL2 runs beautifully at 1680x1050 (with 8x AF) even. I'd say that, in terms of gaming, videocards make far far more difference than CPU speed. Hell, my 3.0 GHz P4 desktop with 9700 Pro trounces my friend's AMD64 with a stock 9600 in gaming. Doom 3 was barely playable on that thing...
 

teh_pwn

"Saturated fat causes heart disease as much as Brawndo is what plants crave."
Audigy 2 ZS for a labtop? What speakers are you using?
 

isamu

OMFG HOLY MOTHER OF MARY IN HEAVEN I CANT BELIEVE IT WTF WHERE ARE MY SEDATIVES AAAAHHH
I owned a Sager laptop for two years and had a horrible experience with them. It was a PIII 1.0Ghz with 512mb of ram. Sold it last year. Too many problems....memory leak, wierd issues where I couldn't get it to power up correctly, and a screwy dvd-rom drive. Ugh...

HP Paviliion and Toshiba Satelliite appears to blow away anything Alienware and Sager come out with. I seriously doubt anyone on this board will come out and say they've had bad experiences with HP or Tosh.
 

Seth C

Member
dark10x said:
The videocard would be a major issue, though. The 9550 is quite slow (yes, it exists).

Desktop 9550 exists. Mobility 9550 does not. My card is identical to the Mobility 9600 in every way, not the desktop 9600 though.

Oh, and I'll have to run a benchmark, but I know my laptop will crush 19FPS in Halo. I run it at 1280 by 800 with all options on and it's as smooth as I would need it to be. I'll check when I get home.
 

ElyrionX

Member
isamu said:
when you're in a situation where you're stationed at a location for 8 hours a day with nothing to do, there is NOTHING that comes close to the fun you can have playing on a highend laptop. Having a DS or a PSP won't come close to playing dozens of games via emulation on a 15" screen.

Of course, that's working on the assumption that your batteries last for 8 hours or that you have an assload of them handy for just such a situation....
 

dark10x

Digital Foundry pixel pusher
isamu said:
I owned a Sager laptop for two years and had a horrible experience with them. It was a PIII 1.0Ghz with 512mb of ram. Sold it last year. Too many problems....memory leak, wierd issues where I couldn't get it to power up correctly, and a screwy dvd-rom drive. Ugh...

HP Paviliion and Toshiba Satelliite appears to blow away anything Alienware and Sager come out with. I seriously doubt anyone on this board will come out and say they've had bad experiences with HP or Tosh.

I work in an IT department, so I see a LOT of laptops come in and out. We had a whole lot of HP Omnibooks for a while. They DID have two very common problems, however. Screen failure and HDD failure were very common problems in addition to a few systems with PSU problems. The screen issue generally started with the backlight flickering on and off. Eventually, the entire backlight would just die and you could not view the screen. We've had a few Toshiba laptops in here as well, but those were all very solid. Right now, we have a lot of Acers, and I am most certainly not a fan of those. They have had their fair share of problems and they generally perform poorly. I have to call Acer today, actually, and have them ship me some HDD drives for two Acer notebooks.

Point is, you simply can't base the quality of a machine based on experience with just one of them. There are some HPs that were completely devoid of problems and still run today...while there were plenty of others that gave us serious problems. The users with the good notebooks would probably stand by the quality of their HP, while those with problems avoid.

The real problem, however, is that a lot of those companies simply do not offer the kind of performance I needed.

Of course, that's working on the assumption that your batteries last for 8 hours or that you have an assload of them handy for just such a situation....

Who says you need good battery life? You can be stationed somewhere with an AC outlet. :p

Desktop 9550 exists. Mobility 9550 does not. My card is identical to the Mobility 9600 in every way, not the desktop 9600 though.

Very odd, you're right! I wonder why they reported that in the spec sheet? Regardless, I'm interested in hearing some benchmarks. What are you clock speeds?

Hopefully it's better than the desktop 9600se. That thing is almost as bad as a 9550...
 

marsomega

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dark10x said:
Hopefully it's better than the desktop 9600se. That thing is almost as bad as a 9550...


What do you mean almost as bad? The 9550 perform just over a hair under the respective 9600. For example, the 9550 PRO will perform just a bit under the 9600 PRO. The 9550 is not a bad card at all and should be bought instead of the 9600 counterpart. If you were considering between the two.

The mobility 9600 from what I remember performs no where close a 9600 PRO/9500 PRO. It is the mobility 9700 PRO that performs like a 9600 PRO.
 

tedtropy

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That is one very sleek laptop. You have my envy, especially since I have to lug my tower and monitor around to LAN parties. One of these days I'm going to take a sharp turn on my drive back home and SMASH, there will be my monitor, flying out my window...
 

dark10x

Digital Foundry pixel pusher
marsomega said:
What do you mean almost as bad? The 9550 perform just over a hair under the respective 9600. For example, the 9550 PRO will perform just a bit under the 9600 PRO. The 9550 is not a bad card at all and should be bought instead of the 9600 counterpart. If you were considering between the two.

The mobility 9600 from what I remember performs no where close a 9600 PRO/9500 PRO. It is the mobility 9700 PRO that performs like a 9600 PRO.

What I mean by "almost as bad" is that the 9600 offers terrible gaming performance for current generation games and the 9550 seems even worse.

That's why I was left with no choice but to go with a PCI-Express notebook. The X800 Mobile and 6800go both easily stand up to their desktop counter parts while all previous notebook graphics chips simply couldn't touch what was on the desktops.

On a side note, how does the performance of Intel's 64-bit CPU compare with AMD's? The 600 series chip is already available for the 9860 and can be installed by the user (only requires a bios update). I don't need it now, but it might be interested to check out down the road...
 

isamu

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ElyrionX said:
Of course, that's working on the assumption that your batteries last for 8 hours or that you have an assload of them handy for just such a situation....

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dark10x said:
I work in an IT department, so I see a LOT of laptops come in and out. We had a whole lot of HP Omnibooks for a while. They DID have two very common problems, however. Screen failure and HDD failure were very common problems in addition to a few systems with PSU problems. The screen issue generally started with the backlight flickering on and off. Eventually, the entire backlight would just die and you could not view the screen. We've had a few Toshiba laptops in here as well, but those were all very solid. Right now, we have a lot of Acers, and I am most certainly not a fan of those. They have had their fair share of problems and they generally perform poorly. I have to call Acer today, actually, and have them ship me some HDD drives for two Acer notebooks.

Point is, you simply can't base the quality of a machine based on experience with just one of them. There are some HPs that were completely devoid of problems and still run today...while there were plenty of others that gave us serious problems. The users with the good notebooks would probably stand by the quality of their HP, while those with problems avoid.

That's a good point and noted :)

I have a problem with this however....

Agent Icebeezy said:
It came, it saw, it conquered, check out my new PC

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Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support with Onsite Service
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2
AlienRespawn: Alienware® Respawn Recovery Kit
Case: Area-51m 7700 Case with 17" WideSXGA+ 1680 x 1050 LCD Display with Built-in Camera - Xeno Grey
Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 560J w/ HT Technology 3.6GHz 1MB Cache
Motherboard: Intel® 915P Chipset Supporting PCI-Express
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 533MHz - 4 x 512MB
Video Card: Area-51m 7700 ATI MOBILITY RADEON X800 with 256MB of DDR 3 memory
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy 2 ZS PCMCIA - OEM
Hard Drive: Extreme Performance - RAID 0 - 120GB (60GB x 2) 7200 RPM ATA100 - Hitachi
Optical Drive One: 8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24X CD-RW Combo w/Software
Floppy Drive: USB Floppy Drive
Ethernet NIC: Integrated 10/1000Mb Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Wireless Network: External Wireless 802.11a/b/g PCMCIA Card
Modem: 56K Modem with V.92 Technology
Optional Display: No Monitor
Free Alienware T-Shirt: Free Alienware® T-Shirt - Black
Desktop Enhancements: Exclusive AlienGUIse Theme Manager
Free Alienware Mousepad: Free Alienware® Mousepad
Automated Support: AlienAutopsy: Automated Technical Support Request System

I got it today, it's the shit

While a very powerful laptop indeed, I am dissapointed in Agent Breezy for blowing his money on a brand wthout doing the research first. Just a little research would've netted you the realization that Alienware has THE shittiest customer service on the face of the planet. I would be very scared if I was in AB's shoes, because if something goes wrong....good luck getting it taken cared of. The horror stories I've heard about Alienware's CS department would make you stick needles in your eye.

But hmmm, maybe I'll give that Gateway a chance, or perhaps it'll be the HP or Toshiba Satellite.

What I do need is a good home theater laptop. Which brings me to this....

dark10x said:
Hell, I can use it as an external scaler even. I finally got dscaler working well (60 fps and everything). I tried inputting my PS2, fixing up the visuals via dscaler and then outputting it in 480p to my TV. The results were beautiful. Superior image quality and color definition really made games like MGS3 look better than ever.

dark...I'm glad you brought this up. I too want to use a new laptop as my HTPC. I want one with MS Media Center installed and DVI out. But most importantly, I want to use it as an external scaler. So...

1)Can you please recommend to me the minimum specs I should choose for a good HTPC laptop where I can run D-Scaler, etc without any hiccups?

2)Do you personally feel I can get what I'm looking for from either Tosh or HP and for around $2000 or under?

3)Can you describe how the picture quality of dvds look in comparison to your regular dvd player whilst using D-scaler from your laptop?

4)Is DVI out essential and is there a benefit to the picture quality over using the standard VGA out?

Thanks in advance :)
 

isamu

OMFG HOLY MOTHER OF MARY IN HEAVEN I CANT BELIEVE IT WTF WHERE ARE MY SEDATIVES AAAAHHH
dark10x said:
I work in an IT department, so I see a LOT of laptops come in and out. We had a whole lot of HP Omnibooks for a while. They DID have two very common problems, however. Screen failure and HDD failure were very common problems in addition to a few systems with PSU problems. The screen issue generally started with the backlight flickering on and off. Eventually, the entire backlight would just die and you could not view the screen. We've had a few Toshiba laptops in here as well, but those were all very solid. Right now, we have a lot of Acers, and I am most certainly not a fan of those. They have had their fair share of problems and they generally perform poorly. I have to call Acer today, actually, and have them ship me some HDD drives for two Acer notebooks.

Point is, you simply can't base the quality of a machine based on experience with just one of them. There are some HPs that were completely devoid of problems and still run today...while there were plenty of others that gave us serious problems. The users with the good notebooks would probably stand by the quality of their HP, while those with problems avoid.


That's a good point and noted

I have a problem with this however....

Agent Icebeezy said:
It came, it saw, it conquered, check out my new PC

http://home.comcast.net/~iceberg_is_on_fire/alien1.JPG http://home.comcast.net/~iceberg_is_on_fire/alien2.JPG

I got it today, it's the shit

While a very powerful laptop indeed, I am dissapointed in Agent Breezy for blowing his money on a brand wthout doing the research first. Just a little research would've netted you the realization that Alienware has THE shittiest customer service on the face of the planet. I would be very scared if I was in AB's shoes, because if something goes wrong....good luck getting it taken cared of. The horror stories I've heard about Alienware's CS department would make you stick needles in your eye.

But hmmm, maybe I'll give that Gateway a chance, or perhaps it'll be the HP or Toshiba Satellite.

What I do need is a good home theater laptop. Which brings me to this....

dark10x said:
Hell, I can use it as an external scaler even. I finally got dscaler working well (60 fps and everything). I tried inputting my PS2, fixing up the visuals via dscaler and then outputting it in 480p to my TV. The results were beautiful. Superior image quality and color definition really made games like MGS3 look better than ever.

dark...I'm glad you brought this up. I too want to use a new laptop as my HTPC. I want one with MS Media Center installed and DVI out. But most importantly, I want to use it as an external scaler. So...

1)Can you please recommend to me the minimum specs I should choose for a good HTPC laptop where I can run D-Scaler, etc without any hiccups?

2)Do you personally feel I can get what I'm looking for from either Tosh or HP and for around $2000 or under?

3)Can you describe how the picture quality of dvds look in comparison to your regular dvd player whilst using D-scaler from your laptop?

4)Is DVI out essential and is there a benefit to the picture quality over using the standard VGA out?

Thanks in advance :)
 

Jeffahn

Member
I read somewhere that some manufacturers underclock CPUs & graphics cards to obtain better battery life. They'll say, for instance, that a machine has a Mobility 9700, but it performs like a 9200 because its been under-clocked.

...
 

isamu

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Jeffahn said:
I read somewhere that some manufacturers underclock CPUs & graphics cards to obtain better battery life. They'll say, for instance, that a machine has a Mobility 9700, but it performs like a 9200 because its been under-clocked.

...

Whoa....where did you hear this?
 

scorcho

testicles on a cold fall morning
i believe that only happens when the laptop/portable computer is run off the batteries and not off the AC, kinda like the stepdown technology in CPUs.
 

teh_pwn

"Saturated fat causes heart disease as much as Brawndo is what plants crave."
I would imagine video accelerators jump down too. I know that CPUs jump down, like some Pentium Ms run around 600 MHz mobile, 1.5-2.0 GHz on direct power.
 

Jeffahn

Member
isamu said:
Whoa....where did you hear this?

I've read it in a few 'buying a laptop guides'. Here's a thread about it:

http://forums.rojakpot.com/showthread.php?t=7049&page=5

i believe that only happens when the laptop/portable computer is run off the batteries and not off the AC, kinda like the stepdown technology in CPUs.

No, it's nothing to do with PowerNow! or SpeedStep, or anything similar. The GPU is intentionally underclocked to preserve battery life and/or reduce heat radiation.

....
 

isamu

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Borys said:
Holy shit Agent, that's a kick ass PC. I think you can throw any game at it and it will run like a dream on highest settings possible.

Envy + 10000

Get Far Cry, Doom 3 and HL2, PRONTO!

Oh, and think bout some emulators, they should scream on this baby.


I must admit I am extremely tempted to buy Agent Breezy's laptop, despite it being an Alienware. Man, those kinds of specs simply dwarf anything Toshiba, HP or Dell puts out. Gosh....I'm so confused :(
 

isamu

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Agent may I ask what you paid exactly for the laptop? And do you have any dead pixels?

Dark10x?
 

AntoneM

Member
well since there are people in here that are going to buy a laptop soon I figured I'd share some of my new found wealth, that's a right a code to get $30 off a laptop at Newegg: NTBK0330, one week only.
 

isamu

OMFG HOLY MOTHER OF MARY IN HEAVEN I CANT BELIEVE IT WTF WHERE ARE MY SEDATIVES AAAAHHH
It aint eeezy being Breeezy! :D
 
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