(10-09-2010, 12:21 AM)Arpit Wrote: [ -> ]Gaming laptops are not laptops, they are simply Desktop replacement because of their hot nature and low battery price...
Intel HD is the only way to get optimum power supply
You dont need an intel graphics card to get good battery life. I have an ATI radeon 4570 in my laptop and on a 9 cell battery it lasts me 5 1/2 to 6 hours. Granted, I dont game on it while on the battery but most people wouldnt do that.
@OP - I highly recommend NOT buying a laptop and gaming on the battery. You'll be lucky if it lasts you an hour. At least thats my personal experience, my previous laptop (Pentium Dual Core, Intel GMA 3100) I tried running Half Life 2 on the battery and it went to dead within half an hour. Not to mention the fact that modern CPUs and GPUs scale back on power consumption when on the battery so performance will be pretty bad.
(10-14-2010, 07:33 AM)Jotokun Wrote: [ -> ] (10-09-2010, 12:21 AM)Arpit Wrote: [ -> ]Gaming laptops are not laptops, they are simply Desktop replacement because of their hot nature and low battery price...
Intel HD is the only way to get optimum power supply
You dont need an intel graphics card to get good battery life. I have an ATI radeon 4570 in my laptop and on a 9 cell battery it lasts me 5 1/2 to 6 hours. Granted, I dont game on it while on the battery but most people wouldnt do that.
@OP - I highly recommend NOT buying a laptop and gaming on the battery. You'll be lucky if it lasts you an hour. At least thats my personal experience, my previous laptop (Pentium Dual Core, Intel GMA 3100) I tried running Half Life 2 on the battery and it went to dead within half an hour. Not to mention the fact that modern CPUs and GPUs scale back on power consumption when on the battery so performance will be pretty bad.
I know, low end cards also save power, but Intel HD graphics saves the most, due to being integrated with CPU itself.
And yes, There is nothing like gaming laptops. They are Desktop Replacements. They need power, more power in order to run. They are not energy efficient. Go for Atom if battery life is dearer.
I think i have a near identical battery to the one your talking about and i usually can play a game like F-Zero GX for about 30 to 40 minutes on full brightness, on the lowest brightness it's usually around an hour or a bit more. This is at full speed also with the occasional slowdown at the start of a race but after a couple of secs it goes back to normal.
I play Dolphin just fine on my laptop lol PS2 games as well...
And my computer gets 2+ hours watching dvd's.
Playing dolphin kills my battery though... we're talking 20 minutes maybe.
Anyone who think that laptops can't play games is really stuck in the past. Lithography and architectural advances mean LESS power and MORE performance.
(11-04-2010, 09:17 AM)hungry man Wrote: [ -> ]I play Dolphin just fine on my laptop lol PS2 games as well...
And my computer gets 2+ hours watching dvd's.
Playing dolphin kills my battery though... we're talking 20 minutes maybe.
Anyone who think that laptops can't play games is really stuck in the past. Lithography and architectural advances mean LESS power and MORE performance.
I would say we are more practical. Gaming laptops tend to be expensive, bulky, heavy, and hot. A $1500 laptop can be outperformed in a desktop for ~$800.
I always go big on the desktop side, and then have my netbook for other uses.
Ahhh but that Desktop isn't exactly portable
but with a Laptop that can run dolphin you essentially have a portable Wii.
(11-09-2010, 12:40 AM)zurginator Wrote: [ -> ] (11-04-2010, 09:17 AM)hungry man Wrote: [ -> ]I play Dolphin just fine on my laptop lol PS2 games as well...
And my computer gets 2+ hours watching dvd's.
Playing dolphin kills my battery though... we're talking 20 minutes maybe.
Anyone who think that laptops can't play games is really stuck in the past. Lithography and architectural advances mean LESS power and MORE performance.
I would say we are more practical. Gaming laptops tend to be expensive, bulky, heavy, and hot. A $1500 laptop can be outperformed in a desktop for ~$800.
I always go big on the desktop side, and then have my netbook for other uses.
I spent 1000 dollars dollars on this laptop =p it can play games and I'm not stuck in one space. I always advocate for people to spend 5-600 dollars on a desktop and get a netbook but the fact is I would never want to be stuck in front of a desktop. The fact that I was able to spend 200 dollars more (frankly you can get a dolphin capable desktop for 5-600) and get what I consider to be hugely beneficial is fine by me.
I'll be needing a laptop next year as I go to university, and I'm kinda wondering how powerfull I should buy it. It'll probably be at least $700-1000, and then I'll see how good of a laptop I can get for that.
But... someone who uses computers as much as me (I might actually study programming), maybe it's worth the money to spend even more? Since after buying my current desktop, I've realised that, your computer specs does indeed increase your life quality
(11-13-2010, 10:17 PM)KHRZ Wrote: [ -> ]I'll be needing a laptop next year as I go to university, and I'm kinda wondering how powerfull I should buy it. It'll probably be at least $700-1000, and then I'll see how good of a laptop I can get for that.
But... someone who uses computers as much as me (I might actually study programming), maybe it's worth the money to spend even more? Since after buying my current desktop, I've realised that, your computer specs does indeed increase your life quality
I'm a comp sci major and I do programmin in Ubuntu for Android development. It's nice having the extra RAM and specs to allocate to a virtual machine so that I can get between my VM and windows to do all of my different things.