Need a suggestion

[foxshox]

Hi,
I am currently in the market for a laptop that is below 900 dollars but yet very capable. It needs a good graphics card since im an avid gamer and graphic designer, it needs 512+ ram, and preferably a amd proccesor, however it is not neccesary. This is the best deal I have come across so far.http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=329129&pfp=BROWSE
If you have a better idea, please dont hesitate to post.
Thanks alot

 

[elmarcorulz]

the video on that is shared, so you might want to add another 512MB ram

 

[alanuofm]

that my friend is a sempron with a 4200 rpm hd with onboard video card = not good
check out the dell inspiron 600m.

 

[DanLatimer]

i dont think you will get a very good laptop for $900, at least not comparable to a desktop computer

 

[The_Other_One]

I have an Averatec 3270 that I've been very pleased with. Specs are below if your intersted. Ah, and it cost me about $700. The only problem is the video card is crap, but it works fine for what I need it for.

 

[alanuofm]

dell inspiron 600m
Pentium M 1.6 ghz
radeon 9000 64 mb of ram
40 gb harddrive 5400 rpm
256 mb pc2700 ram. (you can order ram from somewhere else besides dell)

plays counter-strike with 200 fps and 100fps constant.

grand total out the door (actually mailed to me) = 824$

 

[The_Other_One]

Hehe, if CS wasn't so large and such a pain to install, I might try it on here. It woul dbe kind of funny to see how it runs on here. This video card is crap

 

[alanuofm]

Hehe, if CS wasn't so large and such a pain to install, I might try it on here. It woul dbe kind of funny to see how it runs on here. This video card is crap

actually if you download steam from www.steampowered.com
counter-strike 1.6 can be loaded and ready to play in like 5 minutes. its not like cs 1.1 - 1.4 from back in the day.

 

[foxshox]

well i dont think the dell would be quite how the video producer that i wanted, since well, playing cs is not really comparable to graphic design, and 3-modeling, not that i will do alot of that, but i might do some on occasion. I would also like to steer clear of dell, simply because, any customization on my part would be a pain in the ass, and well i dont like dell at all.. i may be able to bring it up to $1k but thats probably as high as I can go

 

[The_Other_One]

actually if you download steam from www.steampowered.com
counter-strike 1.6 can be loaded and ready to play in like 5 minutes. its not like cs 1.1 - 1.4 from back in the day.

Oh, ok, I might give it a shot sometime...

 

[alanuofm]

to answer you questions about 3-D modeling.
i am an engineer and do auto cad and 3D max on my dell along with every photoshop product. i used cs as an example because it is very graphics card demanding.

about customization. its a laptop. laptops are not customizable. it is not like a desktop. you are free to change the ram, minipci wireless card, and that's about it.

about you don't like dell. have you owned a dell laptop?

 

[joxley1990]

it might be worth u buying it, then upgrading it to the max. new video, RAM, HDD...?

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[alanuofm]

laptops are hard to upgrade and voids all warranty when you do so.