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New Laptop GeForce GO 8800--- OK?
Dashiell Slade
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03-05-2008 18:47
I have a friedn who wants to take full advantage of Windlight's clouds and water effects.

She is considering the Gateway P6831-FX Laptop w/ 3GB ram and GeForce 8800 (specs below)... Any comments?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8651167&productCategoryId=abcat0502003&type=product&tab=2&id=1195599780039#productdetail
Beezle Warburton
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03-05-2008 22:57
Enough ram and good video -- should work fine for SL.
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Bryan Heiden
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get laptop at best buy
03-05-2008 23:28
im just wonder if my laptop will run sl here the specfication


ProcessorIntel® Core(TM)2 Duo MobileProcessor Speed1.67GHzDisplay TypeWXGA high-definition widescreen with BrightView technology (1280 x 800)Screen Size15.4"System Bus667MHzCache Memory2MB on die Level 2System Memory (RAM)3GBSystem Memory (RAM) Expandable To4GBType of Memory (RAM)DDR2Hard Drive TypeSATA (5400 rpm)Hard Drive Size250GBOptical DriveDouble-layer DVD±RW/CD-RWOptical Drive Speeds2.4x DVD+R DL, 4x8x8 DVD+RW, 4x8x8 DVD-RW, 24x16x24 CD-RWDirect-Disc LabelingYesDigital Media Reader or SlotsYes, digital media card readerGraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 8400M GSVideo Memory256MB (dedicated); up to 1535MB total available graphics memory thanks bryan
Lee Ponzu
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03-06-2008 08:44
Both these should be fine.
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Beezle Warburton
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03-06-2008 10:47
From: Bryan Heiden
im just wonder if my laptop will run sl here the specfication


ProcessorIntel® Core(TM)2 Duo MobileProcessor Speed1.67GHzDisplay TypeWXGA high-definition widescreen with BrightView technology (1280 x 800)Screen Size15.4"System Bus667MHzCache Memory2MB on die Level 2System Memory (RAM)3GBSystem Memory (RAM) Expandable To4GBType of Memory (RAM)DDR2Hard Drive TypeSATA (5400 rpm)Hard Drive Size250GBOptical DriveDouble-layer DVD±RW/CD-RWOptical Drive Speeds2.4x DVD+R DL, 4x8x8 DVD+RW, 4x8x8 DVD-RW, 24x16x24 CD-RWDirect-Disc LabelingYesDigital Media Reader or SlotsYes, digital media card readerGraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 8400M GSVideo Memory256MB (dedicated); up to 1535MB total available graphics memory thanks bryan


8400M video may be a bit gimpy, but should work with lowered settings.
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