New Laptop Specs

[mousiness]

Hey guys my lappy is a lenovo 3000 N100 15.4 inch WS model with Intel Core 2? Duo 1.83Ghz T5600 with 983Mhz FSB, Go 7300 512mb video card, 1 gig ram and 100 gig HDD, im pretty sure it cost around 1300 CDN but im too sure, anyways what do you guys think good deal or bad?

[sushrukh]

Pretty good deal i say but,you also could get a better graphics card like in the 8600 series so that you could game a bit on it.But otherwise i think it has got pretty decent configuration.Show us some pics if you can.Hope you enjoy your new gadget. :smile:

[mousiness]

yeah ill post some photos of it, how much would an 8600 cost and is it easy to install?

[sushrukh]

As a 8600 is also a PCI-E card like that Go 7300,the installation process is same.For the exact price of an 256MB NVIDIA ®GeForce™8600M GT card you need to ask your dealer/E-Trailer but i think, it should be around $200 as per the Dell Canada price.You know, if you can afford to get this card Mousi,then you'll be able to play DX10 games & applications on your laptop in a reduced resolution ofcourse because it's no 8800 card but your lappy will still be DX10 capable.The installation procedure is the same as installing other Geforce Go based PCI-E cards.If you can't afford that 8600M GT card,then there's also 8400M cards available which you may find pretty cheap & still get the DX10 functionality.I know these cards can't provide you exceptional results but it's better to make your lappy as much as future proof ( as your money permits)as you can because it's not always possible to upgrade laptop parts like we can easily do in desktops.So, best of luck & keep us updated my friend. :)

[westy87]

My step dads lappy has go7900 card in it and it plays oblivion basically maxed out

[mousiness]

well my lappy scored a 700 on 3d mark 06 so i shouldnt expect much out of it :ahhhhh: BTW I cant find the 8600m its not for sale and neither are the rest of the notebook video cards

[sushrukh]

Which dealer or E-Trailer have you searched for it Mousi ? It would have been better if you would have ordered it while you were buying your notebook.Laptop graphics cards are a bit difficult to find separately.I know it's available with Dell though.

[PP Mguire]

What is your laptop for? Mine is strictly for internet and old skool game usage. It has a Mobility X600 in it and it plays Halo maxed out (lol). That 7600 shouldnt give you to bad of results. If you have a PC for gaming id say spend your money on upgrading it instead of your laptop. I recomend only putting like RAM and HDs in your laptop.

EDIT: Also, its a Core Duo.

[sushrukh]

He's having a 7300 PP,not a 7600.

[PP Mguire]

Either way, still alot better than an X600. If he has a gaming PC then i wouldnt suggest dumping a bunch of cash into a new mobile vid card.

[sushrukh]

Ya, that's right.I've suggested thinking that he'll game on it but really if he has a gaming machine,then he can skip this idea.

[PP Mguire]

I used to be pro gaming on a laptop constantly but actualy it kinda sucks. Cause even with an X600 and Pentium M 1.6ghz the thing makes my room hot just playing Mechwarrior 4. I can only imagine what a Core2 Duo SLI laptop would do. Prolly make you sterile playing STALKER or something. Im actualy pro gaming on a PC and internet on a laptop. But, i like to have lots of RAM and a fast HD. (And a dual core too)

[mousiness]

well this laptop came to me as a surprise, so my dad had chosen the specs, plus I found out that this is the highest card IBM/Lenovo have to offer, I was never really seiously looking at ordering a new video card seeing as how I dont game a lot anymore and how this laptop is mainly for schoolwork, thanks for your suggestions though now I know what to do when this kind of upgrade ever indeed comes to life, I just really wanna see what a laptop video card would look like if ordered though, Ill hop on that train right now and start looking for some pics... hehehe :grin:

EDIT: Oh and BTW it plays CSS at 30-45 fps on fairly above aaverage settings, izz niiiiceeee

[sushrukh]

Well here you'll find a little detail about the 8600M chip's specs :- http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_8600M.html

And you can visit here to see how they perform :- http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=125246

8600M is able to score more than 3500 3D Mark 2006 marks with a Mobile C2D CPU & 2GB memory in non-OC mode & it can produce a score of 5411 when overclocked & is playable to run all latest games as you'll see the proof on the previous link.So, you know how powerful it is.

[PP Mguire]

Well the 8600 chip almost can compare to my 7950GT in DX9 so i would HOPE it could give those kinda scores.