Please help me choose laptop 4 school/gaming (I know)

foxhound009

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Hi TH community,
I'm a nab when it comes to laptops, I'm there to suggest
when it comes to PC but with laptops I'm just not sure enough yet
so I ask you, who allready had/has experience with laptops.

It's an laptop for gaming/college (bussiness IT) :)




http://www.4launch.nl/shop/#p-4-productid-049602

Toshiba Notebook Satellite A300-16I
-[709 Euro]
-Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 / 2.1 GHz
-3 gb 667
-ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 HyperMemory


http://www.computer-land.nl/ProductDetails.aspx?en=NS00631275

Aspire 15,4" 5930G-734G32MN
-[889 Euro]
-Processor Intel Core 2 Duo T7350 - 2,0GHz
-4 gb (don't know what speed)
-NVIDIA GeForce 9600M-GT 512MB - Tot 1280MB Shared


http://mycom.nl/Products/View/ASUS%20F3SGAP064E/179354.aspx#Specs

ASUS F3SG-AP064E
-[855 Euro]
-Intel Core™ 2 Duo T8300 2,4 GHz
-3 gb 667
-nVIDIA GeForce 9300M G with VRAM 256MB (really bad?)


http://mycom.nl/Products/View/ASUS%20M51SEAP043C/178677.aspx#Specs

ASUS M51SE-AP043C
-[846 Euro]
-Intel Core™ 2 Duo T8300 2,4 GHz
-3 gb 667
-ATi Mobility Radeon HD3470 with 256MB VRAM


http://www.perfect-systems.nl/computerwinkel/product-informatie/p107285/_9/asus-m51vr-ap011c-core2duo-p8400-3gb-250gb.html

Asus M51VR-AP011C
-[855 Euro]
-Core2Duo P8400
-3GB (not sure about speed)
-ATi Mobility Radeon HD3470 with 256MB VRAM


http://mycom.nl/Products/View/HP%20Pavilion%20dv71070/196445.aspx#Specs

HP Pavilion dv7-1070
-[999 Euro]
-Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T7350
-4 gb
-NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
 

auscanzukus

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You don't need to know the ram speed, cuz nobody in OEM biz will overclock the ram. A simple way to determine the ram speed is divide the cpu fsb by half. That's stock. i.e.

T7350 is 1066mhz FSB / 2 = ~667mhz DDR2.

This chart helps you decide on the mobile cpu:

http://www.intel.com/products/centrino/compare.htm

The fastest gaming lappy in your selection would be HP Pavilion dv7-1070 with NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT.
 

foxhound009

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thx for the response :)
I'm leaning towards Aspire 15,4" 5930G-734g32MN....
Though I'm not sure....
The Toshiba Notebook Satellite A300-16I seem fine,

HD3650 mobility has performance little above 8600m GT
but it's 180 Euro less.... Is it worth it?
It will be about 4 days before I get the money so I guess I'll have time figuring that out (though any suggestions are more than welcome)

Thank you for helping me out :)
 

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Not true at all - my XPS M1710 is running DDR2-667 with a 667FSB (T7600). Most newer laptops use DDR2-800 or DDR3-1066 for the higher end stuff (they tend towards a 2:1 ratio), with DDR2-667 reserved for more budget models.
 

cow_moo

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ya that is true some laptops have a 667 fsb or 800 so if 800 in half is 400 your not running 400mhz ddr2 you would be using either ddr2 667 or 800