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Re: Laptop/Notebook Performance???
I'm using a Dell XPS M1730. It has a T7700 (Core 2 Duo 2.4) with 4GB of ram (I'm using XP32 so it's only showing up as 3.18GB). It has dual GeForce 8700M GT's in SLi mode. This laptop's GPU can be upgraded to the 8800M GTX in SLi mode. Cost was around $3000USD one year ago. I guess a computer of the same strength would… -
Laptop/Notebook Performance???
The right laptop within the professional art world: I'm not too familiar with the performance of laptops or notebooks when it comes to rendering ungodly amounts of polygons or sub dividing 50 times in Z-brush. I don't trust testimonials from manufacturer bases websites so I thought I'd ask Polycount. I know desktop… -
Re: Laptop/Notebook Performance???
Thanks everyone who responded so far. This is really helping me make a better more clearer decision on what I should be looking for. I was looking at Alienware but steered away from that route quickly. Alienware just seems too costly and I heard they are really heavy not to mention loud. Don't care much for my computer to… -
Re: Laptop/Notebook Performance???
Vista 32 (what comes on the majority of laptops) is limited to less than 4gb of RAM just like Windows XP. There is a "3gb switch" for both XP and Vista (just Google "3gb switch" and your OS of choice). The limitation is a 32-bit OS, not XPvs.Vista. Secondly, Vista uses more RAM than XP, so not only does Vista not really…
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