shawn3090 Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 I am going to buy a laptop soon, and will probably use it for all of college. (Junior in HS atm). I need something with a good processor like i3/i5, dedicated graphics card (I plan on doing LOTS of 3D rendering), and around 500GB of storage. Microphone and webcam are not necessary, but helpful. The mouse does not matter; I will use my current one. Also, a large screen size + battery life would be nice. Budget: $1000 USD Also please try to see if I can get it on newegg i just love that site. EDIT: What would be better, Core i3/5 (or AMD equivalent) or Core 2 Quad (or AMD equivalent)? [hide=Stats][/hide]"One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic."-Joseph Stalin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solartide Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 large screen size + battery life lol'd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn3090 Posted April 28, 2010 Author Share Posted April 28, 2010 I was talking about those stupid 13" super cheap thingies. I don't mean 18" stuff id rather get a desktop if i wanted that. [hide=Stats][/hide]"One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic."-Joseph Stalin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 How much battery life are you looking for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeaceBoy Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Uhhh. You can spend up to 1k but you want a small screen which means possibly being a netbook. You can pretty much get those for about 200-300 USD. Only bad thing is they are usually single core processors and have a horrible internal video chipset. Try looking for some laptops at http://newegg.com And post the links of the laptops you might want and we'll tell you if it's good. スーパーかわいい~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champion Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Uhhh. You can spend up to 1k but you want a small screen which means possibly being a netbook. Where does he say that? :???: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeaceBoy Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 I am going to buy a laptop soon, and will probably use it for all of college. (Junior in HS atm). I need something with a good processor like i3/i5, dedicated graphics card (I plan on doing LOTS of 3D rendering), and around 500GB of storage. Microphone and webcam are not necessary, but helpful. The mouse does not matter; I will use my current one. Also, a large screen size + battery life would be nice. Budget: $1000 USD Also please try to see if I can get it on newegg i just love that site. EDIT: What would be better, Core i3/5 (or AMD equivalent) or Core 2 Quad (or AMD equivalent)? I was talking about those stupid 13" super cheap thingies. I don't mean 18" stuff id rather get a desktop if i wanted that. Uhhh. You can spend up to 1k but you want a small screen which means possibly being a netbook. Where does he say that? :???: He wants sometime small but has good processing power and great video rendering. A laptop that small usually is a netbook and can't go far for internal specs. The specs he asked for are usually in laptops 15" and up. スーパーかわいい~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy500fan Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 What he wants is a desktop. A $1000 laptop will not be able to do 3D rendering, have a decent screen size and good battery life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeaceBoy Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 What he wants is a desktop. A $1000 laptop will not be able to do 3D rendering, have a decent screen size and good battery life.Well he's asking for a laptop. If he went for a desktop he can get a really good rendering pc around 800. スーパーかわいい~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champion Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Uhhh. You can spend up to 1k but you want a small screen which means possibly being a netbook. Where does he say that? :???: He wants sometime small but has good processing power and great video rendering.Also, a large screen size + battery life would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn3090 Posted April 28, 2010 Author Share Posted April 28, 2010 Yay for misinterpretation! For the screen, I am talking about 15.5. Also, I think I found a good one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834115763 Will that work out? [hide=Stats][/hide]"One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic."-Joseph Stalin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeaceBoy Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Yay for misinterpretation! For the screen, I am talking about 15.5. Also, I think I found a good one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834115763 Will that work out?Yes that computer has a very decent processor and the video card is quite good. You'll get about 200+ fps in most modern games with that laptop. スーパーかわいい~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn3090 Posted April 29, 2010 Author Share Posted April 29, 2010 Is that good or something? The most fps i get is 5 in like Command and Conquer Generals with my current PC, so I don't know how good 200 will be. [hide=Stats][/hide]"One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic."-Joseph Stalin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy500fan Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Hmm, that's a better laptop that I thought you could get for that price. Still if you want to do rendering you should get a desktop, you can spend less and get better performance. Then buy a cheap netbook to take around to classes. Also the specs for that laptop say 3.5 hr battery life and I don't think that is anywhere near possible for that laptop, that must be in a very low power mode in which the screen is turned down a lot, as well as the processor. If you are rendering then you should expect less than half of that battery life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbrideau Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 After a year, the Acer battery life is almost nonexistant, I can say that by observation, someone in my class has a Acer laptop and the battery only last like 20 minutes, laptop is only a year and a half old. My Asus laptop's battery life hasn't changed much, the battery is almost as performant as new, after 2 years of having the laptop, although it has reduce a little bit because of usual usage with any battery. This one seems pretty good, although I usually prefer Nvidia cards because of the better drivers: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220699&cm_re=asus_laptop-_-34-220-699-_-Product Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn3090 Posted April 29, 2010 Author Share Posted April 29, 2010 After a year, the Acer battery life is almost nonexistant, I can say that by observation, someone in my class has a Acer laptop and the battery only last like 20 minutes, laptop is only a year and a half old. My Asus laptop's battery life hasn't changed much, the battery is almost as performant as new, after 2 years of having the laptop, although it has reduce a little bit because of usual usage with any battery. This one seems pretty good, although I usually prefer Nvidia cards because of the better drivers: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220699&cm_re=asus_laptop-_-34-220-699-_-ProductAmazing, but with one down-side: I was planning on buying multiples :S EDIT: Actually, I can just make two Newegg accounts. [hide=Stats][/hide]"One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic."-Joseph Stalin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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