Recent content by jfriley

Thanks. I don't know what else to do with these morons. They've basically told me becasue I have Windows 7 and such a "crappy" processor, they can't help me.

I shot back what you guys were saying to Bethesda, here is their response: Gotta love tech support.

Thanks. Its frustrating to have a company's support team give such a half-assed answer like that.

Which is considered faster, a 2.4 Ghz Intel Pentium 4, an Intel Core 2 Duo processor 2.4Ghz, or an Intel Core i5 M430 @2.27 GHZ? I am asking because my MSI GX640, which has the last of these three processors, keeps crashing when i try to play Fallout 3. When I contacted Bethesda tech Support...

Hi all, I went with the MSI. Thanks again for all the help. I'm very pleased with it except in one area: the onboard speakers seem to suck. They are all high end and thin sounding. Am I just missing a setting somewhere? My wife's off the shelf gateway from Bestbuy sounds better.

DOH!! I just went to order the MSI and now Amazon doesn't have it anymore (new anyway) Anyone know where else I can get one? ohhhhhhhh I forgot what a pain this was... I was going to go with this over the Asus G73 becasue Best Buy had to special order the asus and lots of folks said it was...

Sorry to muddy the waters yet again but I just found this one online, it may be a today only sale: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+Laptop+with+Intel%26%23174%3B+Core%26%23153%3B+i5+Processor+-+Blue/Black/9736955.p?id=1218164036446&skuId=9736955 These best buy links haven't been working so...

Thanks, yeah I forgot how easy it was to creep up on what your willing to spend. Other than the MSI one, if I wanted to keep it at $1,000, which way would you look? (thinking something the $900 one and the $1200)

Well, I think this may be the winner, its on sale this weekend: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+Laptop+with+Intel%26%23174%3B+Core%26%23153%3B+i7+Processor+-+Black/9741729.p?id=1218165344675&skuId=9741729 If the link does not work its a 17" Asus with core i7, 6 GB ram, and ATI radeon 5870...

What would be the comparison between the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730 vs the GE FORCE 360M

Hi, thanks for the help. Is the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M card better than the ATI Radeon HD 4570 ? If I read the review of the MSI its card is a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850. How is that one in the pecking order?

Thanks for the help so far, I think I'm goign to bump my budget up to $1200 to try and snag a better gaming video card. Thoughts?

OK, sry. I posted THEN read the FAQ. Here are some specifics... 1_What is your budget? $1000 2_What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 15-17" 3_What screen resolution do you want? IDK 4_Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? no 5_How much battery life...

Hello, I have $1,000 to spend on a laptop that will play modern games (mass effect, Dragon age). Whats the best system for the money please? Thank You