Well, dad finally got some permanent internet.
-dances-

However, i do not havea computer that i can call my own.
What i ask of you spectrum people is to recommend a good computer-desktop tower- that can run most good games, -i.e black ops-
that wont rape my savings, so around 400 - 500.

If anyone can sell me a second hand tower for that price, would be great. If so, contact me somehow.
Even better, find one thtat is brand new and isnt a heap of ****.

Kthx bai.

Ebay is a great place, but the ones i saw under $500 didn't have video cards...

At the moment, Black Ops is unplayable on most PCs, even the best i7 gaming rigs, its quite sad really, but they said there will be a patch out soon to fix those problems so maybe i can actually play without **** loads of lag.

Yeah they fixed it.
Idk what was wrong but my friends at school are quick to remind me that it is fixed and is '**** Amazing'

Dads lookin at getting a Toshiba Satellite A500/2J
Intel core i5 2.2ghz Processer
4gb RAM expandable to 8gb
500gb HDD
16" LCD wide screen
1gb discrete GFX

Is that good?

2.2 ghz is less than what my laptop has. My laptop can't play many new games - I can't play Blur or Need for Speed for instance.

it's 2.2ghz on an i5. It should be fine.

that sort of pc looks pretty good. just make sure it all works when you put it in. Nothing worse than buying a computer and finding out that the internal fan doesn't work so you have to pay to fix it after it melts...

Found a bettrer one

http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/computers-laptops/laptops/toshiba-f60-033-qosmio-16-notebook/580591

It says it only has a 32 bit OS... Iunno what that means.

Key Features

Intel Core i7-740QM 1.73Ghz CPU

4GB RAM

640GB HDD

BluRay Burner DVD SuperMulti

Webcam & TV Tuner

Wi-Fi

NVIDIA GeForce GT330M Graphics with 1GB Dedicated

Windows 7 Home Premium

32 bit on that computer means your going to have only like 2.5GB of that 4GB of system memory. Really need 64bit when you have 4GB of memory, and a video card with 1GB of memory.

The laptop looks sound. Just the number one thing that keeps laptops from gaming are the graphics cards. That laptop has a GT330 so gaming should be pretty good. Done think your going to get highest settings in all games. But games that use Source engine you should be highest settings. I'm not 100% on COD. My laptop only has a GT210 and can play COD:MW on about lowest(I also have a low voltage CPU, so less powerful). So I bet it would be playable at maybe Med./High settings.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Black+ops+GT330M&aq=f

Shows a lot of people having pretty good luck playing on it.

http://www.mytoshiba.com.au/products/notebooks/qosmio/f60/pqf65a-033002/specifications#details

that is more of an indepth view..
I have no idea what it means by Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium (32bit) (includes recovery partition for Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit)
but i think this one will be the go... Unless people can suggest something better,

That means soon as you get it, you should recover with that 64bit partition. Not sure why they do that, makes no sense.

But here is a question that will help looking for a laptop. Does your dad care about the looks of the laptop? or really if its has very good... lap skills (aka huge)?

It is for me.. I dont really care about the size or anything, the bigger the better IMO..
Ill prolly build a desk to put it on anyways...

One company I suggest looking at is ASUS. They make great laptops. I say that owning a ASUS laptop, and its never had a issue, and is super fast even for being a portable laptop.


http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=32&name=Laptops-Notebooks&Order=REVIEWS

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220695

That laptop has the same graphics card as my desktop.... That thing should be damn powerful. It does have bad reviews do to trying to get that much power in a laptop.

The qosimo has a better CPU speed... It looks like a little n alien ware : D

Yeah CPU is a little faster, so you'll be able to encode a video 5 seconds fast.

while in a game, cpu matter less than graphics.

Nvidia 330m:

CoD Modern Warfare 2 @ High: ~30fps
Crysis @ High: ~23fps

ATI 5870:

CoD Modern Warfare 2 @ Ultra: ~50fps
Crysis @ High: ~56fps

Hmmm, that is pretty good..
I just dont like the design of the ASUS....
Plus, ill prolly have to order online, which i dont like doing.

I fnally got a computer to my own!
HELSS YEAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!
Its a HP Pavillion elite :3

Specs:


Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: HP-Pavilion
System Model: VT663AA-ABG HPE-175a
BIOS: 03/03/10 20:25:08 Ver: 5.13
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 4056MB RAM


Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GT 220
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0A20&SUBSYS_19101462&REV_A2
Display Memory: 2778 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1007 MB
Shared Memory: 1771 MB


How good is that GFX card though, it seems pretty good.