I just bought this Laptop......any good for latest gaming ?

[nayilsi]

I wanna play

FEAR
CLIVE Barker's Jericho
Thief 3
Half Life 2
Doom 3
Rainbow 6 Vegas
The Latest Call of Duty

Dell Vostro 1500, Intel Core 2 Duo T7250, 2.0GHz, 800Mhz, 2M L2 Cache
2GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 DIMM
15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA LCD display with TrueLife
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
80GB @ 5200 rpm

Price with Tax 877.69 ......bad deal ?

[VTECnical]

I have a Vostro 1500 for work. I like it.

[nayilsi]

is it fast ??

[eth3rton]

You shouldn't have much if any problems playing the games you listed.... Good laptop/price.

[Lenas]

CoD4 is going to be taxing. You will have to turn down the quality some.

[eth3rton]

Originally Posted by Lenas

CoD4 is going to be taxing. You will have to turn down the quality some.

Oooo.. didn't catch that one. Yeah turn it down a lil bit and you'll do fine. GOTY IMO!! (and many others for that matter).

[nayilsi]

Thanks!!

Haven't seen etherton and lenas b4.....appreciate the comments

[NcA]

For a Laptop, yeah, the price / performance of it is decent. You probably won't be running full settings on about half of those games, but you'll be able to play them for sure. Just beware of overheating... Dell laptops with graphics cards in my experience tend to overheat due to bad thermal design, however they might have sorted this out with the Vostro line as it's fairly new.... GL, for a good buy!

[ir3ka]

My dv6500 had basically the same config, with the exception of 4gb ddr800. Most of the games you listed I was able to play on high setting. Cod is another story. I could only handle it around medium-high with all the advance graphics scaled down to lower resolutions (that's y I went back to my desktop with 8800GT and sold the laptop for $1500). So for the specs and price, its a good deal.

[nayilsi]

YouTube - Call Of Duty 4 : Modern Warfare : GeForce 8600M GT

this guys playing COD4....with my same card....

its a youtube video.....might be a bluff ?

[Lenas]

^- thats pretty laggy.

I have an 8800 gts 320mb card and while I play maxed out, it can drop at times noticeably.

[I Vtec, do you?]

Looks pretty decent. You most likely won't be able to play any high end games on the highest specs, though.

[nayilsi]

Originally Posted by Lenas

^- thats pretty laggy.

I have an 8800 gts 320mb card and while I play maxed out, it can drop at times noticeably.

yea...

wat the hell is this fraps thing ?

I hear it reduces youtube vid quality lol

Originally Posted by I Vtec, do you?

Looks pretty decent. You most likely won't be able to play any high end games on the highest specs, though.

def not gonna be the best for gaming....but as long as sum of em work

[eth3rton]

Get you a good mouse and keyboard too if you plan on gaming with it IMO. I can't use the trackpad for any games. I highly recommend the Razer Copperhead & Razer Lycosa.

[nayilsi]

The laptop just arrived.....

the Video adapter memory size says 512 mbs

Is it cause the laptop has core 2 duo processors ? or did dell make a mistake ?


sumone please answer me this....

[ImTheVoiceOfGod]

– Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo Processor T9300 (2.50 GHz, 6 MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)
– 15.4" diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1280 x 800)
– 3GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
– 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS - For Core 2 Duo Processors
– 250GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive

Bought about a month ago...... $960ish

[nayilsi]

^^^

what brand?

[ImTheVoiceOfGod]

HPizzle

[nayilsi]

^^^

lol....the only thing I own u at is the graphics card

hehe

oh well....loving the dell office laptop

[ImTheVoiceOfGod]

I didnt bother with a graphics card as I dont play games. I just need fast processing for my 200+ Photoshop filters and HDR processing.