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    Discussion in 'MSI' started by ronss, Aug 14, 2010.

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    It's alright, but msi should have gone with a 285m for that notebook, so it could keep up with the 5850.

    And they should have gone with a 480m in the GT660.
     
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    That vaio looks like a pretty good deal.
    But it's GPU is weaker than the one in the 1656.

    If you don't need a powerful GPU, I would go with the vaio. If you play games or use applications that take advantage of a fast GPU, I guess you should go with MSI.

    You might want to buy any notebook that you like and just upgrade the screen yourself:
    http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=16...t=1&LH_SALE_CURRENCY=0&_sop=12&_dmd=1&_ipg=50

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/msi/455694-msi-laptop-lcd-screen-replacement-upgrade.html
     
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