hello all..

I bought Compaq V3616 finally back during Raya holiday.. Cost is RM2450. Free 2GB (667) DDR2 RAM and many other free gift & gadgets.

I use CPU-Z to check out my processor details and motherboard driver revision. The processor which uses AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60 has a clock speed of 2 Ghz. But sadly it still uses 90nm (Trinidad) revision. But the socket is S1 means there are posibilities for processor upgrade to 65nm (tyler).

My friend is using V3614 and it has the Turion TL-58 (1.9Ghz) 65nm based. U can also see the review of V3614in lowyat site.

Graphics is IGP and Shared Memory (256MB max). Anyway I did tuned up for maximum. I installed both XP & Vista in it. Infact I even tried KUBUNTU Linux and it work well. This Laptop is quite awesome. I basically bought them for work though I am a PC gamer freak, which so far played :

1. Counter Strike CZ - smooth
2. PirateKing Online - also smooth (Lucky internet no lag)
3. Warcraft 3 - smooth (as well as Dota)
4. The Sims Makin Magic - Loading time damm fast!!
5. Sims 2 - smooth
6. Mo Siang - smooth but boring
7. PerfectWorld Online - cant play coz Closed Beta is over + few delays (But I m optimistic it can be played).

I know for some of u may think that I am quite outdated for playing these kind of games but then again, atleast it still entertain me

Playing Movies also quite good.. I installed K-Lite Mega Codec which allows me to play as many video formats (eg. RM, MKV, Divx, Flv..etc..). I also did some video editing and it was quite good.. As for graphics editing I used Photoshop CS3 and it was tumbs up!

Oh not to mention, If u all want a good performance on the laptop, then u have to update the driver from time after time. I think can obtain from nvidia for the IGP and chipset driver. By updating it, u'll have a smoother operations.

Overall, If you want to have a Cost-saving dual-core processor notebook, go for AMD Turion X2 (TL-58 onward version) notebook. Its not bad compared to Intel C2D (still costly! even the non-santa rosa type).

Anyway the only problems about compaq V3000 notebook is the position of the Hard Disk which lies on the left of the palm rest area. Though I didn't face the problems, but when the HDD is fully optimized, your left palm will feel the heat and unconfortable. But the solution is of couse to use the laptop cooler. I had 1 and it really helps a lot..

Keyboard Spring problem?? Tough luck my friend.. Or maybe u press too hard?

I m not so sure for nvidia 6150, since I m using nvidia 7150m.. But what I can say is that 7150m performance is very good (Well of cos compared to 6150 and X3100). However I m not sure if I am right. What is the latest driver for nvidia 7150m/630m chipset & display?? Any ideas guys?

If only the integrated support DirectX 10, it would be very nice