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As my wife's laptop died I'm going to let her have the one I'm currently using and replace mine (I tend to do more 3d games and graphics work so mine tends to have the grunt power) - but given the new penryn cores are out/due to come out I was wondering anyone know any laptops currently using the penryn core?
You have a choice of:
Sony VGNSZ71WN
Thinkpad T61P
Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Si2636
and a couple more Sony models i think, for the time being, or you could try and find a compatible notebook and swap the CPU yourself.
I myself is waiting for some cheaper Dell to come out with the T9300 :)
Cheers, none suitable as I'm looking for something with a 17" (ideally) display and a decent 3d gfx card...
I might end up buying a Dell X1730 SLi enabled laptop or alienware (from memory the alienware model has a newer gfx card)
Rock do very nice laptops :)
rock :: Welcome :: Ultimate performance gaming laptops and notebooks
looks up your street
plenty of other configurations
rock :: Xtreme 770 :: Ultimate performance gaming laptops and notebooks
Once more thanks Mike :)
Now to go to work on the wife...
haha no problem, have fun :D
that 8800GTX can match the older desktop 8800GTS from what I've seen no small feat for a laptop card :)
I wonder when Dell or Alienware will catch up with Rock?
I know the Alienware m15x (15.4 screen) has been launched in the US with the new penryn and 8800 gfx card, just need to see when the UK will catch up and then when they're going update their 17" line.
Dell I've not seen anything regarding uplifting their XPS range- but doubt if it will be long...
As you say alienware are doing the 15.4" GTX system which looks to be a fantastic product.
Of course dell own alienware now so alienware are often filling the more niche markets rather than the mainstream where Dell have the XPS M1330 for portable gaming, XPS M1530 which has the GDDR3 8600GT, as well as the vostro/inspirons using the GDDR2 GT's and then the 17" xps to take care of the real gamers. I do think they will eventually stick the GTX in that one but I don't know when.
They have almost all price points covered with really great products so alienware are left with a very heavy 15.4" power house and they will no doubt get a 17 - 19" very extreme laptop.
Didn't take long afterall
Dell Now Offering Dual 8800 GTX Cards In XPS M1730
and apparently good things come in pairs ;) :D
Should also note that rock seems to have a 4 week and counting delay on 770 laptops.
I know cause im waiting along with everyone else on the forums for the new penryn cores and 8800 series graphics cards.
Worth the wait though ;)
:)
Just looked at Dell's site this morning - soon as the money I'm waiting for comes through I am going to be very very tempted by a dual 8800 M1730 with a 2.8Ghz processor/4GB of ram.
(Yes, I know most 32bit OS won't use all 4GB but as Dell don't offer 3GB and 2GB gets tight for photoshop work I'll take 4GB).
This is unless Apple update their MBP line before the money comes through (I'd rather have a Mac for graphics and I'll use parellels/VMWare for running the few 3d games I play).
apple.. :puke:
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Originally Posted by staffsMike
I agree!!!
Apple = :censored::angst::angst::censored:
For working on digital photos (mostly raw) Aperture has a lot nicer workflow than lightroom...
Oh and one plus: Microsoft or rather lack there of.
Though I suspect it will be the Dell ;) (Just need to get a list of hardware drivers so I can check it will work with either Fedora or Ubuntu without too much pain.)
Food for thought...... have a look at this Zepto T8100 laptop for about £800:
UK £799 6224/6324 4GB 320HDD unbeatable offer
Bearing in mind thats 667mhz speed DDR2 and 8600Gt might be eclipsed by the mobile version of the 9600GT within 3-4 months or so, but other than that, it is a pretty good deal.
Due to changed priorities with work meaning I needed a more powerful home machine I ended up with a Q6700 powered laptop ;)
Now getting a very warm lap setting the thing up...
No way... you got the rock SL8? :D
That is one beastly...beast :p
Pic's pleaaaaaase.
It's from Eurocom - D90x which is the Clevo D901 - same as the SL8 ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by staffsMike
Specs are 4GB 800 MHz DDR2, 200GB SATA-300 HDD (will be adding a second soon enough), Q6700 2.66GHz quad-core, 8800 GTX 512MB Gfx card.
I didn't go with SLI as I don't need SLI - but do need CPU cycles :)
VERY VERY nice keyboard, very nice cooling (couldn't resist the lure of a user openable component bay - for an engineer that's a temptation too far), the WUXGA screen is lovely.
Will post some pics when I get chance.
My only negative comments is the windows Vista performance index score is lower than my old Asus F3 - however all the proper benchmarks are way faster so think it is more software related.
3dMark06 score was 9700 with no overclocking.
Mine got a score of 9356 so its good to know i aint too far behind :D
That is one nice machine though :P Just dont drop it on your toe lol
Neo (don't I know you from the Rock forums? ;) )
What's your Vista performance score for the 8800? Mine is lower than my 8600! (But everything else is higher - including FPS in the games I do play etc)
Novatech are also selling laptops with the T9300
Hello Arimus, Yea you know me from the Rock forums :P
I got my laptop from Kobalt with Windows XP as vista is too slow for games in my opinion. I go a 3d mark score of 9356 which is pretty good :P
I haven't played loads of games on it yet, Only CS:S, TF2 and they all play at max resolution with all settings to high.
I was going to use novatech cause they were so much cheaper but heard of alot of faults with them and that they use cheaper parts (hense the cheap price) so i stayed away and paid the xtra.
I went with Vista 64 bit as for me I need the memory space - photoshop is one greedy SOB when it comes to memory and I tend to run eve online while editing photos... so more memory is good.
(Soon as I get the front room sorted I'll set up a proper desktop for photoshop work)