games pc...what do you chaps think.?

[peterpeter]

Im looking at buying a new pc, but I think Ill end up getting a decent destktop first,
then a dx10capable laptop once they come out.


what do you guys think about this machine....it got a great review in PCzone.

www.chillblast.com/product.php?productid=17961


while im at it,,

what do you think about this as a laptop option?

http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellst

Edited by peterpeter on Wednesday 25th April 21:39

[MTY4000]

Laptop: Ive got an XPS, with a few of the upgrade options:

2.16 GhZ Dual Core
2048Mb Memory
512Mb Graphics Card

.. adds a fair bit to the price over the base spec though.

Handels every game I have tried very well, I max out pretty much everything in terms of the fancy graphic settings / options too. Very powerfull piece of kit.
Runs very quiet and cool. Sound through the inbuild speakers could be better though, but is OK.
oh.. and its got cool looking lights built in.

Edited by MTY4000 on Wednesday 25th April 23:47

[RobDickinson]

If you want to game at home & it be discrete get a small form factor desktop that can cope, laptops whilst OK for gaming when there made are expensive.

(I bought a 6800 equiped dell lappy for gaming on the move, is OK).

[chris watton]

That looks like a decent price for a C2D and full fat 8800GTX card! That certainly wouldn't disappoint.

[eyebeebe]

If you know how to read and plug connectors into slots why don't you build your own?

I built a similarly specced PC but with better memory a SB fatality pro soundcard and a bigger and better hard drive for about £100 more back in November.

[ThePassenger]

MTY4000 said:

Laptop: Ive got an XPS, with a few of the upgrade options:

2.16 GhZ Dual Core
2048Mb Memory
512Mb Graphics Card

C2D 2Ghz, 2Gb and the 7500 GS... so 256Mb graphics? Meh. It still stonks over everything

Dunno about you, but I find mine damn heavy to haul around everywhere. I agree about the speakers but they are a lot better than some laptops I've had, especially with the sub going (if yours isn't check the sound properties... the drivers default to muted).

[vodkakid]

www.alienware.co.uk/main.aspx

[ThePassenger]

vodkakid said:

www.alienware.co.uk/main.aspx

Not that good according to reviews on Hexus, at least since the Dell buy-out. They looked at the then new £3k base unit. Other than some nice plastics the machine was built from totally off the shelf components, not even 'best of the best' ones; verdit was £1.5k hell yes. £2k yes, £3k... no way.

[michael_JCWS]

I think I'm going to get a dell 710 H2C, just waiting to be able to order it with vista

cheers

michael

[trooperiziz]

michael_JCWS said:

I think I'm going to get a dell 710 H2C, just waiting to be able to order it with vista

cheers

michael

I just bought a Dell dimension 9200 2.13ghz dual core, 2gb ram, 320gb hard disk, 7900GS graphics card, vista ultimate, etc... off the dell outlet store for £500.