Poll: Your computer's weakest link...
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as i am always mobile i decided tog et a decent laptop for gaming, it has served me well and plays everything ive thrown at it so far from med to high setting. my only prob is my cooling, as it is a laptop all i can do is get a cooling pad and hope for the best, which i do. oh well it suits my needs until i am able to get a pc when i settle down and not in college.
Don't know if it counts but the monitor. I bought it 6 or 7 years ago when there was still a debate over flat screen vs. tube, and this was one of the best in it's day. All the rest of my computer has been replaced twice over but the monitor has always done everything asked of it that I'm finding myself having troubles parting from it.
It has trouble powering back up after going into sleep mode which suggests to me a power supply issue, so the end is probably nigh.
It has trouble powering back up after going into sleep mode which suggests to me a power supply issue, so the end is probably nigh.
My PSU the original gave up really fast, I think it was faulty, so I swapped the one out of my old PC into it. Works fine but its definately the worst part. I'm getting a new PC soon anyways.
Oh and the monitor is lol too It's tiny and I got it from Aldi...:|
Getting a massive one with my new pc can't wait.
Oh and the monitor is lol too It's tiny and I got it from Aldi...:|
Getting a massive one with my new pc can't wait.
My graphics card. Everything else works fine, but it's that friggin' Intel HD integrated graphics that brings the whole package down to about 10 FPS.
In a few months, I'll be getting a new laptop, which my college gives to every new student that attends there. It should be able to run most of the latest stuff, but we'll see.
In a few months, I'll be getting a new laptop, which my college gives to every new student that attends there. It should be able to run most of the latest stuff, but we'll see.
My video card. My laptop has 3 or 4 gb of memeory (can't remember at the moment), a strong dual core (2.8 ghz), and a 256 mb video card. Whoever designed it is a dummy.
My motherboard, it's on the way out, also my RAM at the moment i'm down to a mismatched set of DDR2 (2GB, and 1 GB with different speeds) after one of my OCZ 2GB modules died.
Everything else blasts modern games and software out of the water with its horsepower.
Everything else blasts modern games and software out of the water with its horsepower.
Well I finally got Crysis 2 now that they have the Ultra detail DX11 patch out. I didn't play much just the intro bit (it was late) but it ran steadily over 50 FPS at max settings so I think I'm good. Metro 2033 and original Crysis (and every other game I've tried) also all play very well.
Although if I had to pick a weakest link it would probably be either that my SSD is only 80gb or that I don't have the GPU horsepower for 3D or triple monitors (with max settings).
Although if I had to pick a weakest link it would probably be either that my SSD is only 80gb or that I don't have the GPU horsepower for 3D or triple monitors (with max settings).
good topic. sound is my issue. this dell is from 2001 .... 2001! but it's still in fine condition. i don't play anything intensive on it, my real gaming machine is my toshiba qosmio laptop, but as my lady's machine just pooped out she has been using it and i've been looking up components to a new machine.
I don't game on my laptop, but I'll partake anyway.
My current laptop is a mess. The keyboard doesn't work, it is literally coming apart at the seams, the internet is slow and buggy, and the memory capacity isn't worth shit. Practically all I can do reliably on it is play DVDs. This laptop is about two years old.
My old laptop, an eight year old Toshiba, is where I do most of my work. All that it can't do is reliably play movies, everything else on it works fine or better than my two year old laptop. Yeah, the utterly obsolete laptop I replaced because it was running a lot slower than it used to still runs better than the new one.
Never buying a Packerd Bell again, I'll tell you that much...
My current laptop is a mess. The keyboard doesn't work, it is literally coming apart at the seams, the internet is slow and buggy, and the memory capacity isn't worth shit. Practically all I can do reliably on it is play DVDs. This laptop is about two years old.
My old laptop, an eight year old Toshiba, is where I do most of my work. All that it can't do is reliably play movies, everything else on it works fine or better than my two year old laptop. Yeah, the utterly obsolete laptop I replaced because it was running a lot slower than it used to still runs better than the new one.
Never buying a Packerd Bell again, I'll tell you that much...