computer

[Rika]

hey all just ordered this. I live in thailand so my internet is pretty slow so online games are out of the question, but is this enough to play wow (barring internet speed? and maybe half life 2? im out of the loop on computers and for a secned comp notebook this is all im gonna get, its pretty much the midrange standard from this company and mosly i just play shit like diablo when im in SE asia anyway. thanks i can still stop payment on this if i need too and up it a little bit i guess.

specs

Alienware
[1] Aurora™ m9700

Video/Graphics Card: 256MB NVidia® GeForce™ Go 7900 GS
Chassis: 17" WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD with Clearview Technology -Conspiracy Blue
Processor: AMD Turion™ 64 Mobile ML34 1.8GHz 800MHz FSB 1MB L2 Cache
Memory: 1GB Dual Channel DDR SO-DIMM at 400MHz - 2 x 512MB (1024)
Motherboard: Alienware® NVIDIA® Mobile SLi Chipset
Operating System Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
Notebook Tuners and Remotes: Without Media Center Remote Control or TV Tuner
System Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 80GB Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s 5,400 RPM w/ NCQ & 8MB Cache
Optical Drive: 24x DVD-ROM/CD-RW Burner
Sound Card: High-Definition Audio with surround sound
Wireless Network Card: Internal 802.11b/g WiFi Card
Communications: Integrated 10/1000Mb Gigabit Ethernet & 56K V.92 Modem
Bluetooth: Integrated Bluetooth® Device
Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support w/ Onsite Service
Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mousepad
Alienware Extras: AlienInspection - Exclusive Integration and Inspection - $100 Value - FREE!
Free Alienware® T-Shirt: Free Alienware® T-Shirt - Black

upgrade this? or good enough? Just general gaming, not looking for anything amazing, just dont want a piece of shit if i can get wow to work on this thing.

[aed]

WoW will definately work on that comp without any trouble, probably on highest setting unless you're in a raid or something.

As for Halflife2, I'm convinced it will work, but not sure you can run it on the highest :).

If you were to upgrade something on that comp, I'd look towards the harddrive or the memory. 80gb worth of space isn't a whole lot of room to move around on, but if you're just looking to play a few games off and on, it'll probably be enough. If you're gonna watch movies and stuff on the computer, you'll probably want bigger. As for the memory, 1gb is more or less standard now, but you'd probably notice a pretty big leap in performance in WoW for one if you jumped up to 2gb since it needs to load a buttload of textures, the less it needs to use the harddrive for that, the better.

/aed

[Rika]

ok i can up the processor to 2.4 for 100 or go to 2 gigs mem for like 150, as for general storage i have an external for other stuff like mp3s and movies, that seems to do decent for the extra 120 gigs also got a desktop with another 250 or so that i can share off of.

[aed]

ok i can up the processor to 2.4 for 100 or go to 2 gigs mem for like 150, as for general storage i have an external for other stuff like mp3s and movies, that seems to do decent for the extra 120 gigs also got a desktop with another 250 or so that i can share off of.

Don't think the relatively tiny boost in performance you'd get from upping the cpu to 2,4ghz would be worth the $100 you had to chip out for it.

As for the ram, I'd say get the 2gb ram, I sure would :).

/aed

[Rika]

thanks

[Talas]

I would have said to bump up to the 8000 series of cards, but that laptop should be able to play any new games through this next year without any trouble.

1MB of L2 cache is nice... and so is the free t-shirt!

Get an extra 1GB of RAM if you can afford it later, like Aed said.

[Syana]

That's better than both my desktops that I play wow on. :p oh and get the extra ram, yah.

[Rika]

ok this is what it finally ended up as

[1] Aurora™ m9700

Video/Graphics Card: Dual 256MB NVidia® GeForce™ Go 7900 GS - SLI Enabled
Chassis: 17" WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD with Clearview Technology
Processor: AMD Turion™ 64 Mobile ML34 1.8GHz 800MHz FSB 1MB L2 Cache
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR SO-DIMM at 400MHz - 2 x 1024MB
Motherboard: Alienware® NVIDIA® Mobile SLi Chipset
Operating System Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
Notebook Tuners and Remotes: Without Media Center Remote Control or TV Tuner
System Drive: Extreme Performance (RAID 0) 160GB (80GB x 2) Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s 5,400 RPM w/ NCQ & 8MB Cache
Optical Drive: 24x DVD-ROM/CD-RW Burner
Sound Card: High-Definition Audio with surround sound
Wireless Network Card: Internal 802.11b/g WiFi Card
Communications: Integrated 10/1000Mb Gigabit Ethernet & 56K V.92 Modem
Bluetooth: Integrated Bluetooth® Device
Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support w/ Onsite Service
Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mousepad
Alienware Extras: AlienInspection - Exclusive Integration and Inspection - $100 Value - FREE!
Free Alienware® T-Shirt: Free Alienware® T-Shirt - Black

[Arawn]

Free Alienware® T-Shirt: Free Alienware® T-Shirt - Black


OMG so worth It
All the time you'll spend at home,
only the cranky lady at the quicky
mart will see the shirt!

[Rika]

heh, you, my friend, are living in a different world than I.

[Lonskils]

HAHA Arwan, I don't even think where Rika there are convience stores, talk about the boonies! geez