Hi,
Let me first thank you for readomg this post. I'm sure this topic has come up before, but I wanted to ask about 2 specific laptop configurations and about laptop gaming in general.
First off, here are the 2 laptops I've narrowed it down to, with prices for both:
1) The XG Action Notebook 6000 from www.buyxg.com
Specs
NOTEBOOK: MSI MS-1039 Notebook 15.4" Glare WXGA 1280x800 Pixel w/ Mobility Radeon X1600 Video, Turion™64, & 802.11g Wireless
CPU: Mobile AMD Turion™64 MT-40 CPU @ 2.2GHz 1MB Cache Ultra Low Voltage 25Watt w/ HyperTransport Technology
MEMORY: 1GB PC3200 400MHz DDR SODIMM Memory (Corsair Value Select)
VIDEO: Built-in Mobility™ Radeon® X1600 256MB PCI-Express X16 Video
LCD: 15.4" Glare WXGA TFT LCD Display Max: 1280x800 Pixels
HDD: 80GB 7200RPM ULTRA ATA 100 HARD DRIVE
CD: 8X DVD REWRITABLE DRIVE
MOTHERBOARD: ATI RX 480M + ATI SB 400 Chipset Mainboard
BATTERY: Li-Ion 8-Cell PACK, 14.4V x4400 mAh
Total price: $1346
This laptop also comes with 5% off and free shipping, which brings the grand total to $1279
The other site I looked at was www.killernotebooks.com because I saw a lot of people refering to their on this forum. There I was interested in the eliminator, being the closest config tot he one above:
Specs:
CPU: Mobile AMD Turion™64 MT-40
MEMORY: 1GB CAS 2.0 DDR 333
VIDEO: Built-in Mobility™ Radeon® X1600 256MB
LCD: 15.4" WXGA (1280x800)
HDD: 80GB 7200RPM ULTRA ATA 100 HARD DRIVE
CD: 8x Dual Layer DVD Burner
MOTHERBOARD: ATI® RS 480M + ATI® SB 450 Chips
OS: ??? (Doesn't say if it icludes Windows)
BATTERY: 6 cell 4400 mAh
Total price: $1715 (I don't see any specials listed).
There are a few differences in the additions to each laptop (# of memory card reader slots, ports, etc), but nothing I would consider essential to gameplay.
So now for the questions.
1) Can either of these laptops be considered "gaming" laptops. I don't play HEAVY graphics intensive games, the main kind of games I'm wondering about is World Of Warcraft and the new Dungeons and Dragons MMORPG. With my current laptop (MT-32, 1 gig, 128 shared video memory) World of Warcraft plays horrible, bordering on unplayable. Now while I'm not looking for super high quaity cranked up to the max settings, I would like to play WoW fluidly and with crisp graphics. Anyone have any experience with that game and a laptop as configued above? Or about my configuration and the WoW in general?
2) There is a big difference in prices for these 2 similarly configured laptops, $436 to be exact. Is there any reason for the drastic difference in price? Is there somthing I'm not seeming between the different sellers? I have used www.buyxg.com before, got my girlfriend a gaming desktop from them, and have no complaints about my experience. I'd like to hear other peoples opinions though, especially if you got a laptop from them.
Thats about it, if I can think of anything else I'll add to this post. Thanks again for reading.
Edit: The Eliminator also comes with free shipping, forgot to add that.
Let me first thank you for readomg this post. I'm sure this topic has come up before, but I wanted to ask about 2 specific laptop configurations and about laptop gaming in general.
First off, here are the 2 laptops I've narrowed it down to, with prices for both:
1) The XG Action Notebook 6000 from www.buyxg.com
Specs
NOTEBOOK: MSI MS-1039 Notebook 15.4" Glare WXGA 1280x800 Pixel w/ Mobility Radeon X1600 Video, Turion™64, & 802.11g Wireless
CPU: Mobile AMD Turion™64 MT-40 CPU @ 2.2GHz 1MB Cache Ultra Low Voltage 25Watt w/ HyperTransport Technology
MEMORY: 1GB PC3200 400MHz DDR SODIMM Memory (Corsair Value Select)
VIDEO: Built-in Mobility™ Radeon® X1600 256MB PCI-Express X16 Video
LCD: 15.4" Glare WXGA TFT LCD Display Max: 1280x800 Pixels
HDD: 80GB 7200RPM ULTRA ATA 100 HARD DRIVE
CD: 8X DVD REWRITABLE DRIVE
MOTHERBOARD: ATI RX 480M + ATI SB 400 Chipset Mainboard
BATTERY: Li-Ion 8-Cell PACK, 14.4V x4400 mAh
Total price: $1346
This laptop also comes with 5% off and free shipping, which brings the grand total to $1279
The other site I looked at was www.killernotebooks.com because I saw a lot of people refering to their on this forum. There I was interested in the eliminator, being the closest config tot he one above:
Specs:
CPU: Mobile AMD Turion™64 MT-40
MEMORY: 1GB CAS 2.0 DDR 333
VIDEO: Built-in Mobility™ Radeon® X1600 256MB
LCD: 15.4" WXGA (1280x800)
HDD: 80GB 7200RPM ULTRA ATA 100 HARD DRIVE
CD: 8x Dual Layer DVD Burner
MOTHERBOARD: ATI® RS 480M + ATI® SB 450 Chips
OS: ??? (Doesn't say if it icludes Windows)
BATTERY: 6 cell 4400 mAh
Total price: $1715 (I don't see any specials listed).
There are a few differences in the additions to each laptop (# of memory card reader slots, ports, etc), but nothing I would consider essential to gameplay.
So now for the questions.
1) Can either of these laptops be considered "gaming" laptops. I don't play HEAVY graphics intensive games, the main kind of games I'm wondering about is World Of Warcraft and the new Dungeons and Dragons MMORPG. With my current laptop (MT-32, 1 gig, 128 shared video memory) World of Warcraft plays horrible, bordering on unplayable. Now while I'm not looking for super high quaity cranked up to the max settings, I would like to play WoW fluidly and with crisp graphics. Anyone have any experience with that game and a laptop as configued above? Or about my configuration and the WoW in general?
2) There is a big difference in prices for these 2 similarly configured laptops, $436 to be exact. Is there any reason for the drastic difference in price? Is there somthing I'm not seeming between the different sellers? I have used www.buyxg.com before, got my girlfriend a gaming desktop from them, and have no complaints about my experience. I'd like to hear other peoples opinions though, especially if you got a laptop from them.
Thats about it, if I can think of anything else I'll add to this post. Thanks again for reading.
Edit: The Eliminator also comes with free shipping, forgot to add that.