Laptop vs DesktopPost Date: 2009-07-29 |
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zmank
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Topic: Laptop vs Desktop Posted: 29 Jul 2009 at 10:17pm |
Hey everyone, I wanted to know what you people think, should I get a laptop or a desktop. I travel almost every weekend but only for about a day and a half and I have stuff to do there but I still might want to game so what to you think?
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DanM103
Newbie Joined: 14 Jun 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 60 |
Quote Reply Posted: 29 Jul 2009 at 10:38pm |
well in the long run desktop would be better, but if you really want to be able to game when ever you want go with the laptop
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DST4ME
DS ELITE Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36758 |
Quote Reply Posted: 29 Jul 2009 at 10:54pm |
Desktop will always be stronger and laptop seems to get warm after a while.
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zmank
Newbie Joined: 12 Jul 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 89 |
Quote Reply Posted: 29 Jul 2009 at 11:19pm |
Yeah, desktops are more powerful and can be upgraded and I can always use my old laptop to do some low end gaming.
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Landaulet
Groupie Joined: 22 Jul 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 243 |
Quote Reply Posted: 30 Jul 2009 at 9:55am |
What's your budget?
For you budget a laptop or a desktop might be better. |
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zmank
Newbie Joined: 12 Jul 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 89 |
Quote Reply Posted: 30 Jul 2009 at 10:06am |
My budget is about 2300 to 2400 and for a desktop that includes a monitor.
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DST4ME
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Quote Reply Posted: 30 Jul 2009 at 10:56am |
well before we can config a system for your we need to know what resolution your monitor is going to have so we can tell you what gpus/s you need, so what size monitor are you thinking about going with?
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zmank
Newbie Joined: 12 Jul 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 89 |
Quote Reply Posted: 30 Jul 2009 at 11:15am |
My monitors resolution is going to be either 1920x1080 or 1920x1200 and it will be around a 22 inch screen.
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DST4ME
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Quote Reply Posted: 30 Jul 2009 at 11:20am |
Well for 1900 x 1200 if you want to game at high settings( aks DX10 and high aa and af) you will need 2 gpus.
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zmank
Newbie Joined: 12 Jul 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 89 |
Quote Reply Posted: 30 Jul 2009 at 12:46pm |
Thanks
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DST4ME
DS ELITE Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36758 |
Quote Reply Posted: 30 Jul 2009 at 12:49pm |
My pleasure
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