- Jun 9, 2007
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Hi everyone,
I'm thinking of buying a new laptop this christmas, so I just hope you'll help me.
My last laptop was a Toshiba A-40 (P4, 3GHz, 512 MB RAM, 64MB Intel integrated video card, 60GB HD), and I didn't treat it with too much care, you know, I left it on soft surfaces (sofa, bed), lots of hours without shutting it down, always plugged to electricity, and gaming with settings over its possibilities.
Therefore, I've got the results of the past, and my laptop is always overheating... if I play a Flash video during 1 minute or so, fans start working madly making lot of noise, and then, it automatically shutdowns. And if I start any game (even Counter Strike 1.6 with low settings) the same happen.
So now, I want to avoid this happen to my new laptop, so I would appreciate that you keep this in mind.
I've thinking of: Intel Core 2 Duo T7XXX (2.0 GHz or over), 800 MHz bus, 2-4 GB RAM, 15,4" or 14,1" at 1280x800, 150 GB HD, and I would use a dual boot Vista - Ubuntu. I want to spend around 1.000 € on it (1.000 $ approximately (I'm spanish, suppose you've notice it for this childish english)). I'm considering Dell - Asus - HP laptops.
My main doubt is graphic card. I want to play occasionally (maybe two hours of Counter Strike 1.6 per week), work with Photoshop, visit webs, play audio and video, and do university stuff (I'm studying computering). I've been thinking of nVidia 8400 or 8600 (I prefer nVidia, not ATI), but I'm not sure if a dedicated GPU will fry my notebook. However, an integrated GPU may not be enough for my expectations.
What do you think I should do?
Prototype00
I'm thinking of buying a new laptop this christmas, so I just hope you'll help me.
My last laptop was a Toshiba A-40 (P4, 3GHz, 512 MB RAM, 64MB Intel integrated video card, 60GB HD), and I didn't treat it with too much care, you know, I left it on soft surfaces (sofa, bed), lots of hours without shutting it down, always plugged to electricity, and gaming with settings over its possibilities.
Therefore, I've got the results of the past, and my laptop is always overheating... if I play a Flash video during 1 minute or so, fans start working madly making lot of noise, and then, it automatically shutdowns. And if I start any game (even Counter Strike 1.6 with low settings) the same happen.
So now, I want to avoid this happen to my new laptop, so I would appreciate that you keep this in mind.
I've thinking of: Intel Core 2 Duo T7XXX (2.0 GHz or over), 800 MHz bus, 2-4 GB RAM, 15,4" or 14,1" at 1280x800, 150 GB HD, and I would use a dual boot Vista - Ubuntu. I want to spend around 1.000 € on it (1.000 $ approximately (I'm spanish, suppose you've notice it for this childish english)). I'm considering Dell - Asus - HP laptops.
My main doubt is graphic card. I want to play occasionally (maybe two hours of Counter Strike 1.6 per week), work with Photoshop, visit webs, play audio and video, and do university stuff (I'm studying computering). I've been thinking of nVidia 8400 or 8600 (I prefer nVidia, not ATI), but I'm not sure if a dedicated GPU will fry my notebook. However, an integrated GPU may not be enough for my expectations.
What do you think I should do?
Prototype00
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