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Hey there everyone...I currently purchased an Inspiron 5100 that is a pretty nice system. It's not the most powerful in the world for gaming especially with its Radeon 7500 chipset, but it does well. I got this system because I'm in the Air Force and currently deployed to England. I know that most of you will tell me that I should've gotten a laptop with Radeon 9000 or GeForce 4 4200 Go chipset, but thats not my consern. The price difference was big so I went with this. My question is, what do you guys think of using laptops for gaming and LAN parties? After using this Dell Inpiron I'm thinking the days of lugging around a LAN box with my 19" monitor are done with. Even a 15" monitor was a pain in the but. One bag carries all my accessories and I'm good. The image quality may not be as good and the framerates may be lower, but I think that Laptops may become more and more popular items at LAN's. My friend has an Alienware 2.8GHz system that is just awesome. I know that if my GPU were better that I'd be gaming almost as well as I do with my desktop. I only have an 8500 AIW in her though. I'm not saying that desktops are doomed to laptops. It's alot cheaper to build a new desktop that will double the scores of a new laptop purchased from Dell or Alienware. Realistically some laptops are capable these days of playing many of today's most popular game titles.
I've been playing Warcraft 3 and Freelancer on my 5100 with no problems. The eye candy is turned off of coures, but I'm playing at resolutions of 1024x768 smoothly. I don't know what my machine scores in 3dMark2k1 so please don't ask, but I can tell you that it has enough gaming power for me. I'm sure one day it will be common to see LAN parties with nothing but laptops. What are your thoughts...
I've been playing Warcraft 3 and Freelancer on my 5100 with no problems. The eye candy is turned off of coures, but I'm playing at resolutions of 1024x768 smoothly. I don't know what my machine scores in 3dMark2k1 so please don't ask, but I can tell you that it has enough gaming power for me. I'm sure one day it will be common to see LAN parties with nothing but laptops. What are your thoughts...