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johnno74 · 09-16-07, 05:05 AM

2nd that advice about celerons. They don't step down their clock frequency when the CPU is idle.

Thats all rather old tech now, intel core cpus are what pretty much all new laptops have, and they rock. I have a Dell Latitude D820 with a core2 duo @ 2ghz, and cpu is pretty much never the bottleneck.

For video I've got an nVidia Quadro NVS 110M which was the top video option for this laptop. I play GWX @ 1680x1050 with no problems at all.
Generally laptops with screens 15" or smaller have crap to acceptable video performance. Some laptops with 17" screens have chipsets that will blow most desktops out of the water - mainly because a 15" laptop is made lighter, and can't dissipate enough heat for a high-end GFX chipset

09-16-07, 05:05 AM	#6
johnno74 Planesman Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 197 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	2nd that advice about celerons. They don't step down their clock frequency when the CPU is idle. Thats all rather old tech now, intel core cpus are what pretty much all new laptops have, and they rock. I have a Dell Latitude D820 with a core2 duo @ 2ghz, and cpu is pretty much never the bottleneck. For video I've got an nVidia Quadro NVS 110M which was the top video option for this laptop. I play GWX @ 1680x1050 with no problems at all. Generally laptops with screens 15" or smaller have crap to acceptable video performance. Some laptops with 17" screens have chipsets that will blow most desktops out of the water - mainly because a 15" laptop is made lighter, and can't dissipate enough heat for a high-end GFX chipset __________________ When you pull the pin from Mr. Grenade, he is no longer your friend.