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    P300 performance and value with 8400GS?

    Discussion in 'LG' started by Ontrop, Jul 9, 2008.

  1. Ontrop

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    Hello guys.
    In a couple of months I will be attending an university, and hopefully I will have a suitable notebook with me. I used to be very interested in Dell XPS 1330, but due to complains about design imperfection and other things I have now been looking more at the LG P300. But, here is the question(s), since I am not really a gamer, is the P300 with the 8400 GS graphics card (8600 is to expensive I'm afraid) still a good choice?

    Also, would the battery life be improved with the slower 8400 GS graphics card?

    I will be using the computer mainly for some (not heavy) video encoding and programming, mainly C++ and Flash Actionscript.

    Thank you for a great forum,
    /Ontrop.
     
    Ontrop, Jul 9, 2008
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  2. Johnny T

    Johnny T Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    8400GS will be perfectly fine. And yes battery life should be improved.
     
    Johnny T, Jul 9, 2008
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    The 8400m gs will be more than enough for anything short of serious gaming so you'll be fine.
     
    CeeNote, Jul 9, 2008
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    Thank you. I kinda guessed that that battery life would be greater, but does anyone have any real numbers? Would it be a minor difference or a large one?

    Many thanks,
    /Ontrop.
     
    Ontrop, Jul 10, 2008
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