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ColdWave 02-07-2010 05:05 PM

new laptop
 
my old one burned out :D
My video card just burn ...

So i'm planning to buy

HP 6830s

Pentium Dual Core(2.2GHz,800MHz,)

3GB (2+1GB (DDR2-800 MHz)

320GB SATA (5400rpm)

17"

1440 x 900

BrightView

512MB ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3470

DVD Super Multi drive DL

Wireless 802.11a/b/g/N, Bluetooth


battery : 3 h


It is second hand and it's about 400$...

I don't have any money than those 400$ so is this a good choice or not... I never used ATI ...

Advices ?

murambi 02-07-2010 06:26 PM

hey im guessing you still have your old monitor so i would suggest you get a cheap ati 100 dollar graphics carsd ati radeon hd 4830. get the e2180 processor for 50 dollars(stock speed is 2.0 but can be overclocked to 3.0 with the original fan) and the rest can be spent on motherboard and ram:) laptops are nothing but a waste of money

ColdWave 02-07-2010 06:58 PM

I need laptop coz i travel alot from the place i study in the uni to my hometown... so i need laptop for sure...

Give some suggestions... ?

murambi 02-07-2010 08:26 PM

for that amount a good laptop that can handle maya is very hard to find let me do some more research ill let you know

gster123 02-07-2010 09:16 PM

Ive got a Dell M6500 (probably the best laptop available for Maya on the move), I used to have a XPS and that ran Maya no probs, not too sure of the second hand price though.

That looks pretty good, though don't expect it to be amazing, it should do the job but may get pushed very hard in a year or so.

Ozgalis 03-07-2010 01:22 AM

I have a laptop close to that, had 2 gigs of ram not 3 and a 256 video card...so far it works fairly well, sometimes if I let the history build up a little to long it bogs down and I have to restart Maya and it renders slower than I would like but those are my only complaints. I am not all to experianced though so it may be different for you, good luck.

murambi 03-07-2010 06:11 AM

wow steve dont think thats anywhere near his price range

gster123 03-07-2010 06:27 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by murambi
wow steve dont think thats anywhere near his price range
Hence why I recommenced a second hand XPS and commented on the HP.

Got to say though the M6500 is a bloody great bit of kit! Just need to upgrade the ram to 16 gig!

murambi 03-07-2010 05:58 PM

damn i upgraded recently and have 8gb of ram which is way more than i am used to(had 4gb ) i think that much ram wolud make me careless and less efficient with optimising my scenes

ColdWave 03-07-2010 06:44 PM

What about this one

http://www.compusa.com/applications/...151&CatId=4938

murambi 03-07-2010 08:30 PM

thought your budget was 400 bucks for 1000 dollars you could easily get a mac book pro way superior battery life

elephantinc 04-07-2010 12:16 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by murambi
thought your budget was 400 bucks for 1000 dollars you could easily get a mac book pro way superior battery life
Really? http://store.apple.com/us/browse/hom...co=MTAyNTQzMzk
And on top of that they tend to be a little more outside of the US

Chirone 04-07-2010 04:21 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by murambi
thought your budget was 400 bucks for 1000 dollars you could easily get a mac book pro way superior battery life
that's some really funny rounding you got going on there murambi, i'd say based on coldwave's first choice at $400 and extra $200 is a massive difference

i dont think there's much wrong with the toshiba, despite it's small battery life

ColdWave 05-07-2010 10:55 PM

nah ... i paid my bills and now i have only 300$ so i'm going for Core 2 Quad and changing my Signe core 3Ghz Celeron...

So basicly i'll have

Core 2 Quad
1GB RAm
256 Nvidia 7600
And my OLD monitor :D

:headbang:

gster123 06-07-2010 07:45 AM

I would really try to up the RAM if you can ASAP 1Gig is going to crawl.


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