Dell 9200 notebook good for gaming?

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aladin a ecrit :

> Hello,

Hello,

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> Questions:
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> 1. I'm told that a 2ghz Centrino is roughly equivalent to a Pentium 4
> 4ghz. Basically double it. Is that true?

AFAIK:

1,3ghz Centrino = 2.0ghz P4
1,4ghz Centrino = 2.2ghz P4
1,6ghz Centrino = 2.4ghz P4
1,7ghz Centrino = 2.6ghz P4

For the 2ghz Centrino... I don't know... But the fact is that Pentium 4
on notebooks don't work at their maximum capability, because it would be
to warm for a notebooks.
P4 are note designed for notebooks, Centrino are.

> 2. The memory listed above, is that the best memory out there? I can
> get as low as 256 and pull that out if it comes down to it.

I'm not sure I have understood your question (english is not my mother
tongue). As far as I know, the 333Mhz memory are the best for notebooks,
for now. And on Dell website, it seems you can have 2048 RAM, (2x1024),
but it's very expensive (the price of this notebook, in that case)

> 3. The 128 graphics card. Do you guys know if I can pull it out and
> install a 256 or even a 512 graphics card in about a year?

There are two graphic gards for notebooks:

1) the graphic cards is directly on the mother board, and cannot be
removed.
2) the graphic cards is a real card, and can be changed, but even there,
it is not easy to find a graphic card to buy. Try to ask in shops if you
they sell graphic cards for notebooks :-(


> 4. Whats the difference between a 7200 harddrive and a 5400 hard
> drive?

That is the speed to access data on the drive. This speed depends on the
size of the memory cache of the hard drive, too.
A 7200 is faster than a 5400.

> 5.Finally, would this notebook be a decent gaming notebook? I need a
> laptop for traveling, but I want to have the power to play games. This
> seems to be a happy medium.

I'm thinking about buy this one, too. And the gaming is important to me,
too ;-)
The most important in a notebook for gaming is the graphic card, and the
ati 9700 is one of the better for now (Is the 9800 out yet?) So I think
it will be good for gaming, but never forget that it will never be as
good a desktop.

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