My Compaq Presario V3010 ( updated 3d & FPS benchmark )
Finally i brought my 1st notebook in my life ~~~ HP Compaq Presario V3010…^^Yesterday night i paid deposit, this afternoon i went to collect ( luckily dont need to wait long ）.
But it took me more than 1 and a half hours to settle the payment…
A young trainee served me and briefed me regarding my notebook… But i knew about the notebook more than him haha.
According to the spec, my notebook suppose to be FreeDos which didnt have any OS installed but they installed a pirated window xp pro & office for me, and make 2 partitions for my hardisk.
Anyway , it did save my time for window OS, but i plan to dual boot my system with window xp & ubuntu linux.
Well, cut the crap… Lets take a look of my notebook spec.
Due to i dont have DC, tomorrow i go borrow from my gf and post some photos regarding the outlook of my notebook.
Just benchmarked my notebook using 3D Mark 03 & FPS to check the gaming speed.
Eventhough the 3d mark result is pretty low, but it still manage to finish the test. My old desktop graphic card Nvidia GeForce 4 MX440 cant even run the test…
For FPS which stand for frame per second, I tested it with my favourite game ~~Dota.
It manage to reach 20 FPS~~~ Which consider smooth inside the game.
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Mark
September 28, 2006 | 11:43 AMHey,
How is ur new laptop? I also planning to buy one myself. Does it hang often? How bout the heat generation?
didi
September 30, 2006 | 11:15 AMwell, it running very smooth. It just hanged 1 time during boot up ~~~ maybe due to my dual boot. I did run at for more than 10 hours, but the heat is still ok…
Mike
December 24, 2006 | 2:17 PMhi, you do have a really nice blog with lots of informations here, never knew a guy from ipoh knows so much about IT stuffs … i recently went to the PC Fair at Stadium Indera Mulia .. there are so many choices of laptops, i just couldn’t make up my mind which to buy, AMD or Intel? there are just so many things on my mind … any suggestions? or should it be Vista compatible?
didi
December 24, 2006 | 6:01 PMHi Mike! Im just “tipu tipu cari makan”…haha…
Actually for current laptop market, its really hard to choose because the price are almost the same.
For intel platform, u should choose coreduo2.
* Centrino and celeron is the obsolete model, therefore the price are cheaper.
For amd paltform, u should go for turion64x2.
If you ask me which brand is good, then i really cant answer u. But i can tell you that Toshiba always is the best selling brand in PC fair.
For new type of laptops which is equipped with
Below is some simple guide for u to buy what kind of laptop:
1. screen: 12.1/14.1/15.4
* bigger screen means more heavy & power consume
2. ram: recommend min. 512MB ( 1 stick )
* every laptop normally only equipped with 2 ram slot, therefore never get a 2X256MB =512MB.
Take 512MB 1 stick so that u can have a room to upgrade…
For you info Vista need more than 512MB to run
3. graphic: nvidia or ati if you want to have to better graphic, if not just go for intel GMA
4. weight: <2kg , <3kg , >3kg
If u always travel, then lesser weight will be more convenience for u 2 carry
* if u take a 2.4kg laptop, plus the charger & bag, then the weight will be more than 3kg…
5. budget: the most important things have to do before buying…
* I think i should put in to the 1st step? haha
6. Vista rdy: the key component in Vista is its aero3D effect. To check whether your laptop can cope up with this, just go to below ati n amd website to check compatible chipsets
http://ati.amd.com/technology/windowsvista/Products.htm
http://www.nvidia.com/page/technology_vista_home.html
micwk
December 24, 2006 | 7:37 PMwow, u really are a genius … thanks for the advice, well today is xmas eve, im still wondering where to go, gf went to kl for Justin’s concert … any recommendations? hahaha
didi
December 25, 2006 | 8:50 AMIf gf not around, then u can go for bachelor night with your friends… haha
micwk
December 25, 2006 | 11:28 AManyway, merry xmas bro …. if u knew any reliable yet reasonable price computer shops in ipoh, pls do let me know … have to go check out lappies … cheers bro
didi
December 25, 2006 | 1:12 PMWell, every retail price for laptop are same, only difference is that what kind of free gift they provide..
I brought from SNS using credit card easy installment… They only give me lousy optical mouse & lock…
How much is your budget?
What is your main purpose using laptop? Gaming or just normal use ?
I can provide you some of the retail price for laptop such as Acer, Toshiba, HP Compaq, HP pavilion, Benq, Lenovo, NEC, Fujitsu…
micwk
December 25, 2006 | 8:11 PMim looking at :-
1. Core 2 Duo processor
2. 1GB ram
3. 100Gb Harddisk
4. 256Mb Graphic Card
5. Wlan, Bluetooth, Card Reader
6. Widescreen
thinking of Lenovo T60, Dell Latitude 820, or some other brands relevant to that specs
anyway, if u have msn, i’ll chat to u later?
didi
December 26, 2006 | 12:32 AMLenovo T60 ~ RM6000++
* not worth it
For cheaper lappie & can meet your high requirements, u can consider Acer AS9400 series.
Specs:
Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 ( 1.6Ghz/2MB/667Mhz )
1GB DDR2 ram
120GB hardisk
NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 7300 with up to 256 MB TurboCache™
17″ WXGA wide screen
8X DVD Super Multi drive
Built in 5 in 1 card reader, bluetooth@voip phone, 1.3Megapixel webcam
Window MCE
1 Year International Warranty
~3.81kg –> very heavy
~RM4488 ( Aspire 9423WSMI )
* Wireless is a must in lappie, therefore not included.
me again
December 30, 2006 | 10:41 AMrecently i went to low yat ( laptop hunting ), found a Toshiba Satellite M100-3011E, pretty impressive specs, i dont mind paying the extra buck, it has
1. Core 2 Duo 2.0
2. 1024Mb Ram
3. 120Gb Harddisk
4. Intel T7200 @ 667FSB / 4mb cache
but im still looking for a lappie with a T7300 @ 800FSB,
any recommedations?
didi
December 30, 2006 | 5:29 PMAccording to Intel roadmap, T7300 only available at Q2 2007.