Looking for complete desktop replacement

Yoodaa · 12th September 2006, 2:50 PM

Hey all,

Im looking at selling up my main rigs, and buying a serious laptop. I need the few following features:

Great Gaming graphics
Core 2 duo
dual video out for my two LCD screens (can be via a docking station if need be)

Anyone know of a lappy with these specs? Or close to it?

SLATYE · 12th September 2006, 3:06 PM

To get the gaming performance, it'll have to be a 17" or 19" model. The quickest video cards in 15.4" ones are Geforce Go 7600s and Radeon Mobility X1600s.

Dell's Precision M90 seems to offer dual-monitor output from the docking station (I'm not 100% sure about that).

It's got a Quadro FX 2500M, which is apparently very similar to a Geforce 7900.

The big disadvantage is the price - it'll be approaching $5000 with the docking station. Upgrading the RAM to the maximum of 4GB puts the price around the $10000 mark.

An alternative is Matrox's DualHead2Go, which takes a single VGA output and splits it for use by two monitors. That's probably a better option. You could use it with this to get dual-monitors for under $4000.

ice_cool · 12th September 2006, 4:52 PM

Check this out, this is a desktop replacement:
http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/prod...n&s=dhs&~ck=mn
It also has a decent GPU.

I think alienware have an SLi 17" notebook too:
http://alienware.com/product_detail_...de=SKU-DEFAULT

MrSmith · 12th September 2006, 5:54 PM

whats your budget?

12th September 2006, 2:50 PM	#1
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12th September 2006, 3:06 PM	#2
SLATYE SLATYE, not SLAYTE Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Canberra Posts: 21,038	To get the gaming performance, it'll have to be a 17" or 19" model. The quickest video cards in 15.4" ones are Geforce Go 7600s and Radeon Mobility X1600s. Dell's Precision M90 seems to offer dual-monitor output from the docking station (I'm not 100% sure about that). It's got a Quadro FX 2500M, which is apparently very similar to a Geforce 7900. The big disadvantage is the price - it'll be approaching $5000 with the docking station. Upgrading the RAM to the maximum of 4GB puts the price around the $10000 mark. An alternative is Matrox's DualHead2Go, which takes a single VGA output and splits it for use by two monitors. That's probably a better option. You could use it with this to get dual-monitors for under $4000. __________________ Main system: Pentium-D 805 \| 1GB (2x 512MB) PQI DDR400 \| Gigabyte 8I865GMK-775 \| Xtreama Radeon 9800Pro with Zalman ZM-80HP-D \| 320GB WD SATA HDD \| Antec SmartPower 2.0 500w Laptop: Compal EL80 \| C2D T7200 \| 320GB Fujistu HDD \| 2GB DDR2-667 \| GF Go 7600

12th September 2006, 4:52 PM	#3
ice_cool Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,303	Check this out, this is a desktop replacement: http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/prod...n&s=dhs&~ck=mn It also has a decent GPU. I think alienware have an SLi 17" notebook too: http://alienware.com/product_detail_...de=SKU-DEFAULT __________________ w3520, dfi ut x58, corsair dominator gt 6gb, HIS HD 4850, 2x250gb seagtes raid 0 DS-Lite.NINTENDO™ DS Lite Owners Club Member #0049 Successful trades: butters OC'd, Rolan, Borgod, bazadilligaf, skyline34, decksla, cracka. + many more

12th September 2006, 5:54 PM	#4
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