08-07-2004, 03:54 PM
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Hello everybody,
I'm need a laptop at school next year, so I'm going to buy on this month,
but there are some things bugging me, maybe you can help!
Right now I'm looking at
€1,109 - Acer Aspire 2012 - Centrino 1,5 / 15.4" / 60GB / 512MB / Dual-DVDRW / M-Radeon 9700 Pro 64Mb
€1,069 - Acer Aspire 1661 - Pentium 2,8 / 15.4" / 60GB / 512MB / Dual-DVDRW / M-Radeon 9700 Pro 64Mb
€1,035 - Acer Aspire 1511 - Athlon 64bit 3000+ / 15,0" / 60GB / 512 / Dual-DVDRW / nVidia 64MB Geforce FX Go5700
Since I'm both an Intel Pentium fan, and a ATI fan, I probably want either the 2012, or the 1661, but I am having
trouble deciding! First of all, does anyone know if a Centrino 1,5 outperforms a Pentium 2,8? How does the Centrino
chip work?
I've read that the battery of the 2012 lasts 5 hours, and the 1661 two hours, can anyone confirm that?
Please help me with this, I need the laptop for heavy applications, Visual Studio .NET (2003), Delphi 8, and Doom3 :P
Thanks in advance!
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08-07-2004, 04:00 PM
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That's a tricky one. I have a Dell Inspiron Somewhat with a Centrino 1.4 ghz and I'm very happy with it.
I was told that you can double the ghz rate to compare it with a pentium 4. Kinda like the AMD ones, cause of the better architecture. But the again I'm not sure about this.
Keep in mind that the Centrino has built in W-LAN and Bluetooth. And I can confirm the longer battery stay. Mine runs somewhat about 4 and a half hours, which is very much.
So in my opinion, Centrino is the best for a Laptop-build.
Edit: I'll try Doom3 on mine shortly, gonna post the results.
(Centrino 1.4ghz, 768mbram, 9600pro 128mb)
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08-07-2004, 04:31 PM
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Yeh i see wot you mean mate, its tricky to decide. I have also heard the centrino pentium m is much faster than the p4. Im not really sure but i have read that in a magazine and also my mate has an acer laptop with a 2ghz pentium m in it and it runs extremely fast. heres the one he bought on http://www.acernotebooks.co.uk/acersite/as...archFor=&PT_ID= , you might want to look at that as the laptops on there are cheap.
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08-09-2004, 10:34 AM
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Okay thanks,
I'll probably choose the centrino build then, the laptop itself has great features,
and if you say I can double the speed, that would be great!
Do you have some doom3 results? (just curiosity)
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Phil,
Thanks for the advice, but I live in the Netherlands..
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08-09-2004, 10:56 AM
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I have the Acer Aspire 1503LMI and it's really good. Taken it to Germany for Cebit, LA for E3 and so on. Plays Doom 3 at medium quality and 800x600 (maybe 1024, haven't tried) smoothly. It's an A64 3200+, 512mb RAM, Radeon 9600.
My only complaint is the weight.
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08-09-2004, 02:36 PM
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Oh well, the Doom3 Results:
Ok, I haven't made any time Demo, but had the fps counter on while playing.
on 1024*768 on high I got very playlable 30 fps, which is quite impressive for a 1.4ghz Centrino and shows it has some power.
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08-09-2004, 04:24 PM
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Wow, those are good results for a laptop, thanks for the info!
I guess you really can double the speed with a centrino! Can anyone confirm this?
Anyway, I've discussed it with the youknowwhos, and hopefully I'll be able to order this week 
Thanks all...
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08-10-2004, 09:19 AM
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Quote:
Oh well, the Doom3 Results:
Ok, I haven't made any time Demo, but had the fps counter on while playing.
on 1024*768 on high I got very playlable 30 fps, which is quite impressive for a 1.4ghz Centrino and shows it has some power.
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WTF?? i got a centrino 1.5, 512 mb ram and - ok only a - geforce 5200, but i can't play it with an higher resolution than 640x480 without losing a lot of fps. now i'll play it with 640x480 and medium detail. moren than one enemy and my fps will decrease from 30 to 7 or sth. like that.
do not take a centrino!
intel sux³. i got one and i am really unhappy with that shitty cpu made by losers. take an amd and be happy. support that good company!!
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08-10-2004, 09:47 AM
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are you talking about celeron or centrino there dude?
Go for teh AMD Laptop, ATi controls the mobile market(see if u can get a 9800 mobile) and the AMD is really nice.
Centrino is good for the power usage though
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08-10-2004, 10:22 AM
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well, i said centrino, so i am talking about centrino and nothing else then centrino ;)
centrino sux, and so does intel ;)
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