Stephan Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Also, why take a laptop if you want a separate GFX card of that price? You can get a 9800GTX+ or a 4850 for that money. If that's the money you are willing to spend on the full laptop, you should be thinking Eee PC, not something with a really deluxe graphics card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 If I were you, I would have gone with this. Assuming of course that money is a major concern. That's a 6-bit panel though, and uses temporal dithering to simulate the full 8-bit range. Cheaper yes, and quite usable, but not for me I'll be using this monitor for years, many hours every day, so it's worth it to me to spend a few hundred dollars for the better quality. If I were to get a 6-bit panel down at that price range, I would've gotten this Samsung: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... g%202493hm Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 250-350€ for the graphic card is realistic I guess... I would spent 800-1000€ on the whole notebook^^ Quote - My Gallery | My Deviant - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sozo Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 If I were you, I would have gone with this. Assuming of course that money is a major concern. That's a 6-bit panel though, and uses temporal dithering to simulate the full 8-bit range. Cheaper yes, and quite usable, but not for me I'll be using this monitor for years, many hours every day, so it's worth it to me to spend a few hundred dollars for the better quality. If I were to get a 6-bit panel down at that price range, I would've gotten this Samsung: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... g%202493hm Ah, I see. So your objective was to get a nicer high end model, not just more screen real estate. In that case your choice makes perfect sense. 250-350€ for the graphic card is realistic I guess... I would spent 800-1000€ on the whole notebook^^ I'm not sure how that translates to dollars, but I'll give you a few recommendations anyway. Here's some on Newegg. And Gateway too. If I see some more I'll let you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668182.php This one looks very nice... But I'm not sure how safe it would be to ship it to europe. Additionally I have to pay value added tax. Quote - My Gallery | My Deviant - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephan Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 http://www.alternate.de/html/product/No ... k+2%2C1GHz Very German With ATI "grafikkarte", Dual core processor, and <1000€ --- In other news, I updated my project website (From now on called "Fluctu") with a comments section and a preview of the code. This is supposed to get some CC in to continue with it. http://86.91.64.66/wbs/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalton Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Don't get Gateway's. Ever. Quote MyBB Tutorials, check out my site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sozo Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Don't get Gateway's. Ever. I've had excellent experiences with all the Gateways I've ever owned. My first PC, a 1995 Gateway 2000 with a Pentium 133mhz processor, 64 megs of ram (upgraded) and 2 gigs of hard drive space worked so well and reliably that I didn't part with it till I moved last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopHATslash Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Don't get Gateway's. Ever. I've had excellent experiences with all the Gateways I've ever owned. My first PC, a 1995 Gateway 2000 with a Pentium 133mhz processor, 64 megs of ram (upgraded) and 2 gigs of hard drive space worked so well and reliably that I didn't part with it till I moved last year. Oxy moron? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sozo Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Don't get Gateway's. Ever. I've had excellent experiences with all the Gateways I've ever owned. My first PC, a 1995 Gateway 2000 with a Pentium 133mhz processor, 64 megs of ram (upgraded) and 2 gigs of hard drive space worked so well and reliably that I didn't part with it till I moved last year. Oxy moron? Quite. Don't you remember the '90s? Everything "new, high tech, and cool" had 2000 in it's name then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Don't you remember the '90s? Everything "new, high tech, and cool" had 2000 in it's name then. I was about to said the same thing. But most users here are too young to remember the '90s. Quote All creations Ash + Paint.NET [ Googlepage | deviantArt | Club PDN | PDN Fan ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 http://www.alternate.de/html/product/Notebooks_AMD/Fujitsu_Siemens/AMILO_Pa_3553/286891/?tn=BUILDERS&l1=Notebooks&l2=Apple+MacBook+2%2C1GHzVery German With ATI "grafikkarte", Dual core processor, and <1000€ That one looks very good and cheap, but why is there 4 GB of ram? Doesn't windows only harks back to 3GB max? Hmm and it has a HD graca but no HD DVD burner... Quote - My Gallery | My Deviant - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake2k Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Speaking of monitors, I just got a Samsung 245T last week to go with my Dell 2405FPW. Two 24 inchers ... and man this Samsung is sweet. I'd like to see that, gotta pic? Bet it makes my 20" look like an ipod Quote ^Click to visit my Flickr Gallery^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew D Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 http://www.alternate.de/html/product/Notebooks_AMD/Fujitsu_Siemens/AMILO_Pa_3553/286891/?tn=BUILDERS&l1=Notebooks&l2=Apple+MacBook+2%2C1GHzVery German With ATI "grafikkarte", Dual core processor, and <1000€ That one looks very good and cheap, but why is there 4 GB of ram? Doesn't windows only harks back to 3GB max? Hmm and it has a HD graca but no HD DVD burner... Yes, it can really only use 3GB's of RAM, but to get the best performance possible, you'll need 4 GB's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sozo Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 http://www.alternate.de/html/product/Notebooks_AMD/Fujitsu_Siemens/AMILO_Pa_3553/286891/?tn=BUILDERS&l1=Notebooks&l2=Apple+MacBook+2%2C1GHzVery German With ATI "grafikkarte", Dual core processor, and <1000€ That one looks very good and cheap, but why is there 4 GB of ram? Doesn't windows only harks back to 3GB max? Hmm and it has a HD graca but no HD DVD burner... Yes, it can really only use 3GB's of RAM, but to get the best performance possible, you'll need 4 GB's. 32 bit operating systems can only use ~3-3.2 gigs or ram though, depending on how much your video card uses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3VENGE Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 i barely use pdn anymore and im barely on these forums either Quote psn id: R3V-fiR3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Ack! He's slipping away! Quick, immediately implement emergency brainwashing! Also, this thread has 1200 pages! Yay! Quote Create A Professional-Looking Product Advertisment Mockup flickr | Deviant Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 i barely use pdn anymore and im barely on these forums either Yeah, unfortunetly same here. The most I do Paint.NET related anymore is fool around with CodeLab or do some prerelease testing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 i barely use pdn anymore and im barely on these forums either Yeah, unfortunetly same here. The most I do Paint.NET related anymore is fool around with CodeLab or do some prerelease testing Have you switched to Photoshop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Nope. I switched to nothing. All I have on my system is a broken prerelease of Paint.NET and then MS Paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Nope. I switched to nothing. All I have on my system is a broken prerelease of Paint.NET and then MS Paint. I lost the pre-release when I upgraded to 3.6. :? Although I realise I could have kept it. Did it reach the crash date? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 I am still using it, namely because of updating issues :? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 I am still using it, namely because of updating issues :? I had to download it from the website to install, of course. Try uninstalling the moon and re-installing 3.6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 The first rule of Fight Club is not to mention Fight Club. You have been warned. :twisted: Quote Click to play: Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and how about a Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Expiration- Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 So that's what Fight Club is. I think. :shock: Quote Call me expired. Please. Don't go counting your chickens before the pack of rabid ravaging foxes attacks. -Sozo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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