Jun 29 2008, 02:41 AM
QUOTE(myremi @ Jun 29 2008, 12:06 AM)
my old laptop was a dell xps 1310. 2 gb ram and i think it was a go 7300s. intel process T5600, 1.8 GHz, 2 MB cache, 667 Mhz. bought it when vista first came out. often got the blue screen but after the burn in period, seems more stable. 12.1" Widescreen XGA display with truelife 1280x800 res. windows rating 3.0.
new laptop is a dell xps 1530. 3gb ram, go 8400M GT. processor is Intel T8300 2.40 GHz, 3 MB Cache 800 Mhz. 15.4" ultrasharp widescreen WSXGA 1680x1050 TFT Display with Truelife. Also using Vista. windows rating 5.0
Latency was same for both laptops but FPS went up by 20-50, depending on the area. DPS in raids shot up as well but hard to tell how big the increase was as I also upgrade quite a lot of gear as well.
Another I'm not sure but I suspect things are also more stable with Streamyx compared to the beginning of the year. This is pure speculation on my part but then again, we all have our streamyx conspiracies, no?
the upgrade's pretty obvious. if ur running vista + WoW, your ram usage will be around 2gb or at least very close to it, and that will result in a lot of HDD swappings and notebook hdd's are 2k RPM slower than desktop counterparts, and even on desktops, rams goin HDD vram swapping = HUGE performance drop.new laptop is a dell xps 1530. 3gb ram, go 8400M GT. processor is Intel T8300 2.40 GHz, 3 MB Cache 800 Mhz. 15.4" ultrasharp widescreen WSXGA 1680x1050 TFT Display with Truelife. Also using Vista. windows rating 5.0
Latency was same for both laptops but FPS went up by 20-50, depending on the area. DPS in raids shot up as well but hard to tell how big the increase was as I also upgrade quite a lot of gear as well.
Another I'm not sure but I suspect things are also more stable with Streamyx compared to the beginning of the year. This is pure speculation on my part but then again, we all have our streamyx conspiracies, no?
the 1 more gb on ur new laptop would give it enough buffer to avoid vrams.
then, theres 1 generation upgrade from geforce 7 > 8. if anyone is familiar with lowend cards (geforce 7 comes to mind, and yes i do have a spare geforce 7200 GS, due to my old GTX RMA), running vista, or aero in particular(which isnt exactly high end graphics) will lag the shit outta you. needless to say, to a full 3D game over a windows interface, it will be worse. the 8 series, even though lowend ones, would still be a lot more decent than an old 7 series.
processor, which is also a crucial component in WoW, especially those that raid/pve a lot, and runs on a good list of UI addons with meters and what not, will be soaking up a lot of processor power. and the upgrade of 600mhz with 1 more mb cache with faster FSB speed is a HUGE upgrade over the old laptop.
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