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I currently have a desktop PC that was bought in Aug 2007 and i am thinking of replacing it with a Notebook. My PC has:

intel E6750 CPU
Nvidia 8800GTX Graphic card
Memory: 4GB CORSAIR TWIN2X2048-6400C4DHX, PC2-800, CL4-4-4-12
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 S775
Monitors: 2 x 22" Samsung

It was a good system back in the day. I use the system for:

Websurfing
Video Skype
Light Photo Editing - Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop
iTunes
Playing some games: Sacred2, Civilizations


so my gaming has changed and I do not do so much any longer. As a result I was thinking of replacing the big heavy PC case with a laptop.

The questions are:

1. Is there a laptop that can outperform the 8800 GTX on graphics and support 2 x 22" monitors?

2. Is there a laptop that is still considering portable and can outperform my current computer?

3. What would be a disadvantage to replacing my big heavy water cooled PC with one of today's laptops?

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1.Ati 5870 supports Dual-View capable Supports two different applications open at one time; one on the External Monitor, and one on the Laptop Screen. To use 2 monitors I think you need some thing like Matrox DualHead2Go. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...


2.ASUS G73JH-A1 will take your PC for a walk in the bushes and shot it in between the eyes :??:  . It comes with;

ATI Mobility 5870,

Intel® Core™ i7-720QM (customisable up to Intel Core i7-920XM Extreme),

8GB Memory DDR3 1066MH (customisable up to 16GB DDR3 1333MHz Memory)

2 500GB 7200RPM 8MB Hard drives(upgradable to Intel X25-M Solid State Drive).

4X Blu-Ray Reader (upgradable 4X Blu-Ray Writer/Reader).

Asus G Series Razor Gaming Mouse

2 years warranty.

It will be out in late January/early February. http://www.xoticpc.com/asus-g73jha1-p-2731.html?wconfig...

3. Disadvanges; it will cost you more, it’s more fragile, is more difficult and expensive to repair damaged parts (but remember the Asus comes with first year accidental cover).


With my docking station at work my crap dell 620 can run dual monitors. However, one monitor always seems to have a slightly different colour than the other even though they are the same and set identically. One is brighter and the other a bit darker :fou: 

schlange said:
With my docking station at work my crap dell 620 can run dual monitors. However, one monitor always seems to have a slightly different colour than the other even though they are the same and set identically. One is brighter and the other a bit darker :fou: 


Thats pretty typical. All docking stations I work with do the same, it may be a matter of the fact one signal is DVI and one is VGA, not sure. On the other hand it really isn't too bad. A docking station would let you essentially do what dual-head does, with the advantage of letting you plug other peripherals into it (keyboard, mouse, etc).
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