Dell Latitude d820
2.00 Ghz Core 2 Duo
Windows XP Media
2GB Ram 667 Mhz
80gb HD 5400 rpm
***512mb nVidia Quadro NVS 120m Turbocache***
I'm a college student but rarely tote my computer to and from class. I just want to know if I will be able to:
watch dvds
play some games (Rome: Total War + expansions, Medieval Total War, Age of Empires 3)
use adobe photoshop CS2
I've read a lot about the Quadro graphics card and now i'm worried that i might have gotten a rotten deal with the specs on my laptop and what I want it for. I dont game a lot, literally those games I lised are the only thing I play, I have a ps2 for others.
2007-02-13 14:11:23 · 6 answers · asked by Ryan M 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
just to let you know I paid about $2000 CAD before taxes. I think in the end it came under 2300 because I get a business discount.
2007-02-13 14:33:45 · update #1
Without knowing what you paid for it I can't say if you got a good or bad deal, but the laptop sounds really nice. You'll be glad you got the Core 2 Duo for sure. The RAM and video card (which I would LOVE to have in mine) will make the games you do play run smoothly (Age of Empires needs a decent graphics card if you want it to look nice; I don't know much about the others), and it will also make sure your DVDs don't freeze up or lag behind. On top of all that, you won't have to worry about upgrading for awhile.
2007-02-13 14:19:22 · answer #1 · answered by ~Teresa~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should be fine, I am not too familiar with Quadro graphic cards, I think they are used more for graphic design than just pure video games, although I know that Nvidia used tubochace on their less powerful graphic cards. But you should be able to play your games, def watch dvds, and use photoshop. I don't know if you can play your games on max settings at the highest resolution, but you should be able to play them.
2007-02-13 22:19:41 · answer #2 · answered by Steve 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's a great, expensive computer: you can play some games, you can use cs2 (adobe.com), I don't know if you can watch DVDs (depends on the disk drive), and 512MB for graphics is a little too much just for 3 video games...
If you plan to store more than 5 games on your hard drive, buy an external hard drive from Costco because of their life time warranty (costco.com)
P.S. Dell is kind of expensive, next time, try someone else... That's when I switched to Apple (apple.com)
2007-02-14 17:37:00 · answer #3 · answered by Daniel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get an HP laptop, HP is the best, forget Dell, and most laptops now are upgraded to Vista, when you buy one at the store after Jan,30
2007-02-13 22:19:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
that laptop is awseome. u need nothing. i wouldn't say u got the best deal, but that will run everything smoothly
2007-02-13 23:59:24 · answer #5 · answered by Albert M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a Mac.
2007-02-13 22:32:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋