Hi everyony,
I have an old laptop that I really love (small, lot of battery, I do
everything with) which is an old ibook g3 600 mhz (on gentoo linux).
But recently, I started a master in computer science, computer graphic.
The problem is not that the laptop is slow (and it is, for raytracing or other stuffs but it's the lake of functionality of that computer (sse, SMP, hardware vertex, GPGPU, ...) so I decided to buy a new laptop.
I want intel card (I respect Intel for their choice, want to support them, want something that work now and in 10 years).
Apparently, every intel cards starting from X3100 have all the interesting functionalities, so the question is "X4500 or X3100" ?
Occasionally, I play some video games (WoW, Track Mania, Diablo (diablo 3 ? ), for this I have an old desktop computer (Athlon XP 2k+, GeForce 3ti 128) which is great, but I can't take it in the train and it sound like a plane because of bad fans.
Do you think that a X4500 chip (with a dual core and a big amount of ram) is better than my GeForce 3ti ?
The problem is: if it is better, then I buy a powerful laptop (with X4500) (big CPU, ram, screen) and I drop my desktop. If not, I buy a low cost laptop (with X3100) and keep my desktop.
Last question, which is subsidiary, I am looking for a light laptop, with some battery, a good CPU, fair amount of ram (>1G), good screen, REALLY good keyboard (some pain in my wrists). There is something in Lenevo T400 or Dell E serie, what do you think ?
Correction of my English will be appreciated
Thanks,
I have an old laptop that I really love (small, lot of battery, I do
everything with) which is an old ibook g3 600 mhz (on gentoo linux).
But recently, I started a master in computer science, computer graphic.
The problem is not that the laptop is slow (and it is, for raytracing or other stuffs but it's the lake of functionality of that computer (sse, SMP, hardware vertex, GPGPU, ...) so I decided to buy a new laptop.
I want intel card (I respect Intel for their choice, want to support them, want something that work now and in 10 years).
Apparently, every intel cards starting from X3100 have all the interesting functionalities, so the question is "X4500 or X3100" ?
Occasionally, I play some video games (WoW, Track Mania, Diablo (diablo 3 ? ), for this I have an old desktop computer (Athlon XP 2k+, GeForce 3ti 128) which is great, but I can't take it in the train and it sound like a plane because of bad fans.
Do you think that a X4500 chip (with a dual core and a big amount of ram) is better than my GeForce 3ti ?
The problem is: if it is better, then I buy a powerful laptop (with X4500) (big CPU, ram, screen) and I drop my desktop. If not, I buy a low cost laptop (with X3100) and keep my desktop.
Last question, which is subsidiary, I am looking for a light laptop, with some battery, a good CPU, fair amount of ram (>1G), good screen, REALLY good keyboard (some pain in my wrists). There is something in Lenevo T400 or Dell E serie, what do you think ?
Correction of my English will be appreciated
Thanks,
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