Laptop spec

[Smegster]

Hey guys , you probably get quite alot of posts like this but... wat the hell ^^

Ive been 2 boxing for a while now and the past weeks ive upgraded to 4 boxing. now ive got a new job etc i have hardly any time to play my characters.

soooo. i was thinking of getin a laptop so i can play at work :P lol, laptop i have at the moment only good enough to run 1 copy of wow and from playing 4 characters to 1 is just... ergh... cant stand it

well my post is about gettin a new laptop, and would like some input on what other laptop boxers use (specs) so i can get a decent enough one to play my 4 team , any input will be nice

sorry if this makes no sense i do tend to talk about rubbish when i wite posts thanks alot.

byt the way i dnt mind running all on minimum graphics
smegster

[noir]

I've got a Dell XPS M1730 running Nvidia 8700M GT 512MB SLI and runs 2 instances of WoW okay. If I minimized everything, I think I could push 3. If you want to 4-box, I'd say you have to get the 8800M GTX 1GB, but that's top-of-the-line that'll cost you an extra grand, just for the card.

[Noids99]

Hey Smeg, I've got a Dell M1710 7950GTX 4GB RAM 2.2GHz. I 5 box with it adequately, I get extreme lag in highly populated spots in AV though. Personally I'd wait for montevina if you want something that will have no worries with 5 boxing on a laptop, due 3/4th quarter this year I think, and hopefully with quad core chips which is the main benefit.

Cheers

[Smegster]

thanks for help you 2, i found this on a website, i customized abit so i dont kow if link will work for you but here we are:

http://www.rizeon.com/laptops/config...view_jhl90.php

not sure if that will run it but my main objective is to be able to BG so i hope i do not get lag that much when im playing :S :P lol

EDIT: nope link does not work :P lol

Screen: 15.4" Wide Screen WSXGA+ (1680x1050) Glare Type Display Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition Warranty: 1 Year Collect and Return Insurance Backed Service Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz 3MB L2 Cache 1066MHz FSB Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 PC-6400 800MHz - 2x1GB Hard Drive: 250GB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive Graphics: Nvidia Geforce 9600M GT 512MB Optical Drive: DVD Super-Multi(DVD-RAM/-R/-RW/+R/+RW) Sound Card: High-Definition Audio with 3D Effect & Full Duplex Wireless Card: Intel® PRO/Wireless 4965AGN network card Turbo Memory : 1GB Intel Turbo Memory Card - flash memory module Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 Carry Case: None Optical Mouse: None Productivity Software: None Security Software: None


ergh spammm! :P

thats £ 780.15
$ 1,555.67
Eur 985.149

not sure if it is a good buy

[Bovidae]

They have an option for 4gb ram, I'd highly recommend that.

You might also want to consider external cooling. My laptop gets REALLY REALLY hot when I box 2 toons....

[lans83]

i just ordered this laptop below and am waiting on it to arrive...once i get set up, i'll let everyone know how it performs....should be pretty good seeing as how there are others here that 5 box on laptops with lower specs

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834115475

getting this cooler too

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834998051

[Smegster]

wow nice

cant seem to find a british site that sells it tho

if i could i would probably end up gettin it too , are coolers rlly important then? i know latops can get hot but... that hot? :P lol

[Tasty]

HP zd8004ap - 4gb ram / 128mb ati x600 / p4 3.2ghz

Runs 5 wows just fine for ME WoW is very resource unintensive

[Smegster]

hey, quick question more,

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/139570...roduct_reviews

if i upgraded to 4gb ram would you think it would be able to run 4 clients?

that kinda giives me another question, is ram most important thing to have?

average graphics card because it will only be displaying 1 instance? no? :S

i always get confused when it comes to specs, i really have no idea what to look for so glad i got u guys lolz

any help wuld be nice thanks

[SonyUSA]

I'm using a HP Dv9000 which is around 2.4ghz with 2gb of ram, has a GeForce 7400 in it. I run 5 accounts just fine in instances and running around. The only problem I have is super high population cities like orgrimmar which make me lag so it takes me a few minutes to get past the entrance, other then that it works fine.

The key here is setting Maximizer to have your non-focused windows around 10fps. I can still see what they are doing and its not hogging all the resources trying to update them smoothly. I really don't need to look at them at all since I can see who is casting from my mains add-ons (xperl frames). If I need to play on them, I have their focused FPS around 20-25 which looks just fine in their smaller windows. Of course my mains fps is 15 minimum and around 40 focused cause I want to see the pretties XD