Gandorf61 Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Well I'm buying this laptop because it has pretty much everything I need for a great price. The only thing is it uses wireless G instead of wireless N. My question is how much better is wireless N than G? Because I'm debating whether to get a Wireless N card for the laptop and a Wireless N router instead of G but it would cost more. Also would this laptop run RS HD fairly well? Any help would be great. : Pyramid Plunder Guide Tip.it Forum Rules Adventurer's LogThanks to Cowboy14 for the awesome sig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilya Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 I bought a laptop similiar to that for 599.99 from futureshop. 2.0 GHz instead of your 1.9 GHZ 3gb of ram instead of your 2 GB 250 gb of harddrive space instead of your 160GB Same graphics card (Nvidia Geforce 8200M) I'll run RuneScape HD at the highest setting, with about 40FPS so no worries there. Although I do suggest you wait and see what other laptops you can get, because I bought mine half a year ago and it had better specs then your. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandorf61 Posted December 27, 2008 Author Share Posted December 27, 2008 ^ Mhm, well I might purchase another 2GB of RAM if I find it too slow but the harddrive is a perfect size for me as I haven't even used 40GB of the computer I'm currently using. I might wait another month or so and see what comes up though. Anyone know the difference between wireless G and N? Pyramid Plunder Guide Tip.it Forum Rules Adventurer's LogThanks to Cowboy14 for the awesome sig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavi Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 According to Wikipedia, b/g use one channel to transfer data while n uses up to 4. Here's the article: 802.11 standards (Just looking at the tables there that show max speed, range etc. should show you the difference) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pryomancer Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 So I'd see a faster connection if I upgraded my router from G to N, without doing anything about my actual broadband speed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavi Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 You would see a huge increase in local file transfers, like putting the ISO of a DVD on another networked computer, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandorf61 Posted December 28, 2008 Author Share Posted December 28, 2008 Well I brought that laptop and I am very happy with its performance. It's fast and runs RSHD extremely well with all settings. I ended up getting an N-Router even though my laptop used a G Internet connection. The internet I get is still super fast and the router was works great. I might end up buying some extra RAM which would be nice. Thanks for all the help by the way. Pyramid Plunder Guide Tip.it Forum Rules Adventurer's LogThanks to Cowboy14 for the awesome sig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldJoe Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Isn't N still in draft state? Or do i remember wrong... J'adore aussi le sexe et les snuff moviesJe trouve que ce sont des purs moments de vieJe ne me reconnais plus dans les gensJe suis juste un cas désespérantEt comme personne ne viendra me réclamerJe terminerai comme un objet retrouvé Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavi Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 You remember right, but people are still using n. When the standard is complete, I'm sure lots of products won't be compliant, but that's how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaN Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Wireless N has not been released yet, the "Wireless N" equipment released today is in fact false advertising. My laptop has "Wireless N" ability but whether or not it will be compatible with the final specifications waits to be seen. I would avoid investing any significant amount of money into it, until the standard is officially released. ~Dan64AuSince 27 Aug 2002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 My laptop came with Wireless N, but I haven't really noticed a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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