investinwaffles
Limp Gawd
- Joined
- Apr 26, 2010
- Messages
- 495
So my friend plays SC2, Left 4 Dead 2, and WOW pretty frequently (still considers himself a casual gamer though)
Anyway, his laptop is very very slow and "laggy", even after a clean W7 install.
--It is an HP DV9000
--Turion TL-56 (1.7ghz dual core, I think)
--3gb of ram
--Nvidia graphics (I think it is a "7600 Go", but I am not 100% positive)
--and 5400rpm drive
--Crappy 17" screen
Anyway, would a Dell M1710 be a worthwhile upgrade for him on a very tight college budget? He can snag it for $200, with a shot battery ($40), and the DC jack might be loose (probably also an easy fix to re-solder a new DC jack on myself).
--2.0 GHz Dual-Core T7200 Intel Processor
--17” Display, max resolution 1920 x 1200 (Widescreen)
--2 GB DDR2 RAM
--256MB Nvidia GeForce 7900GS Graphics Card
--120GB HDD 7200rpm
The ram can transfer over (3gb), and the hdd is faster (the DV9000 is ATA I think). The screen alone IMO is worth the upgrade, but he is worried that it wont be any faster during gaming.
What do you guys think? Worth it or not??
Anyway, his laptop is very very slow and "laggy", even after a clean W7 install.
--It is an HP DV9000
--Turion TL-56 (1.7ghz dual core, I think)
--3gb of ram
--Nvidia graphics (I think it is a "7600 Go", but I am not 100% positive)
--and 5400rpm drive
--Crappy 17" screen
Anyway, would a Dell M1710 be a worthwhile upgrade for him on a very tight college budget? He can snag it for $200, with a shot battery ($40), and the DC jack might be loose (probably also an easy fix to re-solder a new DC jack on myself).
--2.0 GHz Dual-Core T7200 Intel Processor
--17” Display, max resolution 1920 x 1200 (Widescreen)
--2 GB DDR2 RAM
--256MB Nvidia GeForce 7900GS Graphics Card
--120GB HDD 7200rpm
The ram can transfer over (3gb), and the hdd is faster (the DV9000 is ATA I think). The screen alone IMO is worth the upgrade, but he is worried that it wont be any faster during gaming.
What do you guys think? Worth it or not??