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    3 year old vs cheapy and warcraft vs xps1530 for warcraft

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by shol, Jul 3, 2008.

  1. shol

    shol Notebook Consultant

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    Hi there :)

    Recently ordered the xps with 256 8600 gt 3gigs and 9300 cpu....

    I have an old acer from 3 years 1 gig and some mediochre specs for back then.....

    also play wow on my work laptop t2400 with 1 gig and it is pretty quick..... mind you im stuck at 1024 x 768 rez on that one.....

    Just wondering how it will be on the new computer, I am sure it will be pretty enjoyable just anticipating what to expect.

    oh and my brother purchased a refurb cheapy HP laptop with 2 gigs and standard stuff for about 400 cdn....i believe it has some soft of integrated video. im sure it will run it ok...

    Just wondering how much cooler it will be on the new computer... (looking forward to playing at something higher than 1280 x 800 or whatever is the max on the acer) (I orderedthe 1440 x 900 LED)

    Just some opinions would be cool :)
     
    shol, Jul 3, 2008
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  2. tianxia

    tianxia kitty!!!

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    wow is old, 8600m gt will be able to max out the game at 60fps no sweat.
     
    tianxia, Jul 3, 2008
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  3. sko105

    sko105 Notebook Geek

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    I run wow at 1680x1050 pretty much maxed out at 60fps. The frame rate drops occasionally, but I don't feel any need to knock down any of the settings. See laptop specs below.
     
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