What would you do if 2 Grand was burning a hole in your pocket
angelyne:
I'm trying to decide if i should buy a gaming laptop, upgrade my current desktop or just let my common sense override my "moar shinies!!! (but it's on sale!) impulse.
Here are the options :
Dell XPS M1730 Laptop
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T8300 (2.4GHz/800Mhz FSB/3MB cache)
17 inch UltraSharp TrueLife Wide-screen WUXGA
4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
Speed: 320GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) with Free Fall Sensor
NVIDIA®SLI™Dual GeForce®8700MGT with 512MB GDDR3 Memory
Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy HD Software Edition
Dell XPS 730X Desktop
Intel® Core™ i7-920 (2.66GHz, 8MB cache)
3GB Tri-Channel DDR3 at 1066MHZ (3x1GB DIMM)
300GB Western Digital Velociraptor - SATA-II, 3GB/S, 10000RPM, 16MB Cache
500GB - SATA-II, 3GB/S, 7200RPM, 16MB Cache
nVidia GeForce 9800GT 512M OR ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB
Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
How do you think both of these babies would run The Sims (with all the expansion packs) or the just-around-the-corner Sims 3.
You're also welcome to try to argue me out of dropping 2k on a frivolous geeky purchase
J. M. Pescado:
I suggest you hang onto your money, personally, and don't go dropping it on TS3 quite yet. For one, I have tons of information to indicate TS3 may be made of pure elemental suck. Also, 2K for the computer specs given is way too high, and it looks like you are buying brand name shitboxen. DON'T BUY DELL. Besides, previous shopping around suggests you can get a computer just as good for half the price you're quoting. Avoid Dell, they are overpriced shit! Don't buy brand name computers, you're asking for nothing but trouble doing that. Besides, buying a Dell is automaticaly "non-Geeky", as no one who actually KNEW anything about computers would buy Dell!
Lorelei:
Also, UBid, w00t and NewEgg(?) all offer substantially lower prices on things than do bigbox chainstores and compy stores.
HomeschooledByTards:
Laptops are not really meant to run games, even gaming laptops. Someone here (marhis? Skadi?) had an Alienware laptop melt on them. I had a Dell laptop with an Nvidia GeForce card in it. Sims 2 (base game) never did run correctly on it even though it met the specs.
On the other hand, I spent roughly $4K on my current gaming desktop/new monitor and I love it. I won't shill, but if you want details PM me.
I know I paid too much. I paid for the privilege of not having to deal with building it myself and supporting it. I also paid for a kickass sparkly green case. My last homebuilt computer had major heat issues. Hardware is not really my thing. I'm covered with regards to hardware failure for the next three or four years.
If you can build a new desktop yourself I would recommend that, otherwise I would buy a new desktop from someone who makes gaming machines.,
rufio:
Well, shit. I had a Dell laptop for 6 years and played games on it quite a bit. Even after the six years it didn't melt - it was stolen out of my car. Now I have another Dell laptop which runs TS2 just fine, as well as a number of other graphics-intensive games that I play, and I've never had any problems with it. Clearly I must live in some kind of alternate universe.
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