A little advise, please....vanity

[waste gate]

I'm considering a new notebook computer and was interested in knowing if the package I am looking at will work with SH3. If so I'm going to buy a second copy of SH3 for the road.

Any help wil be greatly appreciated!

this is the package:

17" WSXGA+ (1680 x 1050) Super Wide Angle Glass View LCD
ATI Mobility™ Radeon® X800 16X PCI-E with 256MB DDR3 VideoRAM
3.0GHz Intel® 630 Pentium® 4E HT Enabled CPU - 800MHz FSB W/2MB L-2 Cache
2048MB 533MHz DDR2 RAM (2 DIMMS)
80GB SERIAL ATA150 HDD 5400 RPM
Optional Second Hard Drive (Fits in Dedicated 2nd HDD Bay)
8X24X10X24 DVD/CDRW Combo Drive (8x DVDRW available)
FREE External USB 3.5" 1.44MB Floppy Drive
12 Cell Smart Li-Ion Battery - Approximately 2.0 Hours of Runtime
110/220V 180W Auto Switching AC Adapter - Included
Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audio - Included
Generic Integrated System Speakers - Included
Windows XP Home SP2 with Drivers and Utilities CD
802.11G 54Mbps Mini PCI Internal- Standard
Standard 12 Month Parts and Labor Mail-In Coverage
RAID - None Enabled (Dual HDDs Required)
7 in 1 Flash Card Reader – Standard


I'm looking forward to your opinions.

Thank you in advance
waste gate

[AlanSmithee]

:o

Don't think you'll have any problems with a setup like that. One big issue with laptops is the lack of an adequate video card, but you should be fine with a Radeon X800 with 256 megs. Heck, if I can get SH3 to run mostly adequate on a P4 2.39GHz laptop with 768mg of ram and a Radeon 9000 with 64 megs of ram, you should be fine. :up:

[FAdmiral]

That laptop sounds like top of the line. It should run anything....


JIM


PS. I will bet its NOT cheap though !!

[jason10mm]

I run SH# on a Dell 8600 with the ATI7800pro 128mg card (i think, it is a bit less powerful than the x800 for sure). The CPU is what will kill you though, try for a Pentium Mobile chip, saves you a LOT of battery life and it is the equal of the P4s. I have a PM 1.6, I think a 2.0 or 2.1 is the fastest out there ATM.

Those 17"WS laptops are HUGE! If you have any desire to carry it around with you (versus just having a "portable" desktop) then I would recommend a 15" at the most. Your listed specs have a puny 2 hours of battery life, probably less running the DVD drive or gaming. A smaller screen and a PM chip will dramatically improve the functionality and travelability of your system without sacrificing power. But if you know what you want, then that system should play SH3 without any problem.

[tycho102]

The processor is slow. It could stand to be faster, but it'll definately play the game.

[FAdmiral]

A PCIE system is about the latest technology at the moment....


JIM

[Twelvefield]

LCD screens can suffer from "ghosting" because they refresh more slowly than CRT screens. For SHIII, that's not usually a big problem, but if the game has graphics that swoop and zip around a lot (like shoot-em-up's, i.e. Battlefield 2), you might get some corrupted graphics. Nothing serious, but it's not always pretty.

I have a 17" widescreen on my laptop and I must say, Size Does Matter! Mostly, it's just vanity, though. A smaller screen will save you battery life.

I've invested in a portable surge protector so that I feel better about plugging in the laptop more often, so the battery isn't in too bad of shape.