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| Thread ID: 113047 | 2010-10-03 00:29:00 | sub $2000 gaming laptop suggestions | Kindel (6640) | Press F1 |
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| 1141265 | 2010-10-03 09:03:00 | The issue with LCD resolution is that generally they should not be different from the manufacturer's recommended resolution, in the sense that the display quality would begin to deteriorate. Yep, gotta play on native resolution, and drop every other setting down. LCDs are a ***** if your system can't keep up. |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 1141266 | 2010-10-03 19:36:00 | Acer is not my preference although some overly slag them in this forum, reliability is recent years has been pretty good. This is close to what your after for 2K ish. www.dse.co.nz I5 and the ATI 5650 beat the common Nvidia GT330m |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 1141267 | 2010-10-03 21:20:00 | It depends on what sort of video you want to edit. SD and HD have different requirements. I completely disagree. Any computer can edit video. The only difference between SD and HD is the time required. It is not as if you make a poor purchase decision, you will be stuck with a computer that can edit SD but not HD. The only 'requirement' for HD editing over SD is more HDD space. I use my athlon 1800+ to edit HD video and let it run overnight. Thread title, basically. What's are some best performance bang for buck laptops in this price range? :pf1mobmini: You can get the Alienware M11x for $1949. It can be configured with an i7 and has discrete graphics. It is an ultraportable gaming notebook, I don't know of anything comparable. |
utopian201 (6245) | ||
| 1141268 | 2010-10-03 21:51:00 | I completely disagree. Any computer can edit video. The only difference between SD and HD is the time required. It is not as if you make a poor purchase decision, you will be stuck with a computer that can edit SD but not HD. The only 'requirement' for HD editing over SD is more HDD space. I use my athlon 1800+ to edit HD video and let it run overnight. I would disagree. Some devices can't even playback HD video, let alone edit it. How can you tell if your edit is any good if your device struggles to play it back, not to mention if it's not displaying it at a Full HD resolution ;) I do a bit of gaming on my Macbook: store.apple.com The GPU uses shared memory which sucks by comparison with a dedicated card, however I still run LOTRO at a decent resolution, decent framerate, no antialiasing. However, it's got nothing on my Desktop which has an ATI HD4850 which runs everything at max with 8x anti-aliasing for the same game. As mentioned, you'll never get the same high-end performance, but for the odd game of Call of Duty or similar, most people I know that aren't hard-core gamers are perfectly happy with a laptop that has even shared video RAM. How hard-core you are I guess is determined by your budget, and at that budget, you'd have to assume you're not *too* into high-end gaming ;) Still, nothing wrong with being a casual gamer. Moved to the PF1 forum, although it's chat, it's still PC-related :) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1141269 | 2010-10-03 22:57:00 | You can get the Alienware M11x for $1949. It can be configured with an i7 and has discrete graphics. It is an ultraportable gaming notebook, I don't know of anything comparable. $1949 is a i3 CPU setup. $2,099 comes with a i5 and $2,499 an i7. www1.ap.dell.com DSE has a HP with a 2.4Ghz i5 CPU, 4GB RAM and some kind of 1GB dedicated graphics for $1699. Warehouse stationary has 30% off all laptops isn't it ... :confused: |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1141270 | 2010-10-04 03:48:00 | I completely disagree . Any computer can edit video . The only difference between SD and HD is the time required . It is not as if you make a poor purchase decision, you will be stuck with a computer that can edit SD but not HD . The only 'requirement' for HD editing over SD is more HDD space . I use my athlon 1800+ to edit HD video and let it run overnight . Read my thread properly and you will see what I mean, core temps at over 100 degrees with 100% usage . How long would the poor old laptop last when treated like that . Perhaps I should have said I usually make a DVD with menus, titles, fades . . . . the full catastrophe!!! Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1141271 | 2010-10-04 18:59:00 | Read my thread properly and you will see what I mean, core temps at over 100 degrees with 100% usage . How long would the poor old laptop last when treated like that . Perhaps I should have said I usually make a DVD with menus, titles, fades . . . . the full catastrophe!!! Ken im surprised that the laptop didn't shut itself down at that temp, i thought all lappy have thermal protection auto shut down these days??? |
powerover (12121) | ||
| 1141272 | 2010-10-04 19:07:00 | Likewise. Most I've seen are configured factory default to do it between 70 and 90 degrees. There's nothing wrong with the CPU being at 100%, even on my C2D 3Ghz desktop pc it happens when I'm encoding video. However, the temperature on my machine remains around 35 degrees. That's still very safe :) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1141273 | 2010-10-04 23:12:00 | There isn't. laptops are not designed for gaming. If you want it capable then you need to double the budget. At least. Gaming - get a desktop. Some laptop are indeed designed for gaming - like this one (www1.ap.dell.com). It's only 11.6" but runs at 720p (1366x768) notebookcheck.net (http://www.notebookcheck.net) said of it's graphics card: "The 3D performance of the GT335M is on a level with the Mobility Radeon HD 5650 in the middle class." It averaged 54fps on cod4mw2, and you can even play crysis. |
jareemon (5207) | ||
| 1141274 | 2010-10-06 02:57:00 | Shortlist is down to: www.elive.co.nz vs www.itexpress.co.nz The former will be better at video work, the latter at gaming I believe. Anyone know how reputable either store are? |
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