New Laptop

Posted by Kaz on Aug. 3, 2009, 11:32 a.m.

Since I am going to a new college this coming semester, I decided to get a new laptop. Turns out they required a new one anyway. So instead of sticking with their measly requirements, I decided to go big.

Dell Studio 15

Vista Home Premium

6gb RAM

2.7Ghz Intel Dual Core

512mb ATI Radeon Mobility 4570 video card

Cost: $1600

Turns out, I may have overdone it. I can't make lag. Actually, games play TOO FAST haha. I was playing Prototype and everything was happening so fast I couldn't understand what was going on. So far I've tried playing Prototype and Assassin's Creed while using Photoshop CS4 and Dreamweaver CS4 all at the same time and the processor doesn't go over 50% and the RAM usage doesn't go over 40%. I love it.

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Comments

chiggerfruit 15 years, 3 months ago

hey what's up man, it's been awhile. randomly decided to drop in.

for the longest time i've been torn between the studio 15 and sony vaio fw. i ended up getting the vaio for style and monetary reasons (ironic eh for a vaio?) but the studio definitely looked pretty good itself

KaBob799 15 years, 3 months ago

Faster than mine, but also costs a bit more than mine =p

Josea 15 years, 3 months ago

What about battery life? I wish I had thought more about that before buying my laptop (It barely gets 1.5 hours)

NeutralReiddHotel 15 years, 3 months ago

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I can't make lag.
Your laptop is godly. I want it.

Kaz 15 years, 3 months ago

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hey what's up man, it's been awhile. randomly decided to drop in.

for the longest time i've been torn between the studio 15 and sony vaio fw. i ended up getting the vaio for style and monetary reasons (ironic eh for a vaio?) but the studio definitely looked pretty good itself
Hey! Long time no see. I don't see you on AIM anymore =( A few days ago I thought about you actually.

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What about battery life? I wish I had thought more about that before buying my laptop (It barely gets 1.5 hours)
4 beastly hours.

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Your laptop is godly. I want it.
You're telling me. I'm still amazed by it.

SteveKB 15 years, 3 months ago

wow four hours is impressive for that i was sure your ram would eat all the power XD but yeah congratulations

hey if you can try and download trackmania, it looks so awesome with all the settings high trust me because in the game there is a ton of grass and you can see every single blade and it's so beautiful

Rusky 15 years, 3 months ago

Nice computer. That's an insane amount of ram though, 32-bit computers can only access 4Gb, hopefully yours is 64-bit or you're wasting 2Gb… :O

Kaz 15 years, 3 months ago

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hey if you can try and download trackmania, it looks so awesome with all the settings high trust me because in the game there is a ton of grass and you can see every single blade and it's so beautiful
Trackmania is a great game, I forgot about it. Thanks for reminding me!

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Nice computer. That's an insane amount of ram though, 32-bit computers can only access 4Gb, hopefully yours is 64-bit or you're wasting 2Gb… :O
Of course it's 64-bit, I'm not a fool =P

chiggerfruit 15 years, 3 months ago

haha yah i haven't touched im programs in a long time. what settings are you running your games on? just wondering what i should expect in terms of performance.

also (this mainly goes to Josea but basically anybody with a laptop) have you tried undervolting?

Kaz 15 years, 3 months ago

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what settings are you running your games on? just wondering what i should expect in terms of performance.
Max settings.