Are these computer settings good for gaming?

India
February 4, 2009 12:28pm CST
I am about to purchase the Dell XPS™ M1330 Notebook, and was wondering if these settings were good for gaming? (Inb4 Laptops suck for gaming) Processor (!)Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology - Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T6600 (2.20GHz/ 800 FSB/ 2MB Cache) Operating system Pre-loaded Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Memory 6GB DDR-2 SDRAM Monitor 13.3” UltraSharp™ WXGA Display with TrueLife™ Graphic Card 128MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8400M GS graphic card Would i be able to run games on high? And would their be lag? I am fairly new to gaming although been there done that all on internet
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@luvandpower (2048)
• United States
4 Feb 09
By the sounds of it you won't have a problem with it, especially with 6 GB of membory. However, the Vista has been known to make some online gaming not work.
• United States
4 Feb 09
I apoligize for a double post, but I forgot to menhtion that you will not be able to install XP on the computer. They have set up the new notebooks as to where you can only set up that specific Windows OS. You can however, set up a different OS, such as Linux.
• United States
4 Feb 09
I hear you can install XP on a Vista system, however, you have to first uninstall Vista. Also, as I said before it may be a driver issue.
@Sorhan (26)
• United States
4 Feb 09
Hardware manufacturers CAN NOT make a computer such that you can not install XP on. That being said, almost all hardware does have Windows XP drivers out there some where, finding them is usually pretty easy. Please, if you're going to post information such that something can not be done, please give some kind of justification as to why it's not possible. I'm a IT person as well, and would appreciate the detail.
• Australia
9 Mar 09
What game are you trying to run, pacman? Then yea get this laptop. Dual 2.2Ghz processor, 128mb GFX card, lol, what is this the 19th century. This would run no new games on medium, maybe minimum where it looks like a 4yo paint job. Dont waste your money. One thing you must know, laptops and gaming are two different things. They should not be combined. No where near enough ventilation for any decent hardware. IMO build your own desktop for half the price 5x the performance!
@amitksing (1323)
• India
6 Feb 09
I think they are good, but just like everybody says, you should take a better video card ie one with higher memory if you want to try your hands on latest games. Your screen seems a bit smaller, you should go for at least 15" else you won't be able to enjoy the thrill. I would also suggest you to go for a sub woofer to get sound effects and a joystick to make the gaming experience much better.
@underdogtoo (9579)
• Philippines
7 Feb 09
I don't do any gaming at all but a good accelerator board with lots of ram should do the trick. Cheers!!
@daddyfree (122)
• Philippines
5 Feb 09
If talk about for gaming specs then you need a good video card for that. 128mb is not a good video card nowadays. you get 256mb ddr3 or 512mb ddr3 at least so that it will fast and very smooth in gaming. your other specs are quite ok but it is better to get a desktop for gaming. it will be cheaper and quite more for gaming but if you have a large budget for that you can get the alienware notebooks
@SeANi0W (79)
6 Feb 09
Yes, that 6gb will definately sail along with all new releases of games. Finally Dell have managed to make a notebook that Im actually interested in. The XPS series has always tried to be that little bit better than the other laptops on the market when it comes to games.. theyare also fairly cheap for the technology that they have inside them. Happy gaming mate, Im sure you'l have no problems with that one!!!
@Sorhan (26)
• United States
4 Feb 09
Personal experience only, Dell XPS/Alienware are Extremely overpriced, poorly configured junk. 99% sure you can get the same hardware for better price if you shop around a little. In all honesty, if you're looking for a computer to play games off of, a desktop will almost always out preform a laptop, unless you really, REALLY need it to be mobile. As well, a laptop built for gaming is going to be HEAVY, I don't mean 5 pounds, think more like 10-15. Also, battery life is going to be almost non-existent, which really defeats the purpose of a laptop. As to the laptop spec's you posted, good processor (for a laptop), great amount of RAM, although you'd get the same preformance with 4GB instead of 6GB, the graphics card is good, but that's about it. The size of the screen is the REAL big draw back, you're probably going to be REAL uncomfortable playing any kind of First Person Shooter or Online Role-Playing Games. You're just probably not going to be able to see those small items that you're usually looking for in game. As to whether or not the laptop is going to "lag". that is 99% dependant on your Internet Service Provider. a good computer can not make up for a bad provider, and a "bad" computer will not "ruin" a good provider.
@Mozzak (89)
• United States
5 Feb 09
I would change the graphics card.The rest is OK