HP Pavilion DV5-1199ef

[Segvoia]

I want to replace my laptop for Christmas. With a little searching on the net I find the HP Pavilion DV5-1199ef 15.4" (BLUE RAY, Core2 Duo, 9600 gt 512 MB, 4 GB of RAM).

Currently my laptop is a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Pi 1556 purchased two years ago with core 2 duo, 2 GB RAM, 120 GB HDD, GeForce 7600GT.

What do you think? Does the performance difference is worth buying? I am open to other proposals.

[Alexisus]

you'll spend on Core 2 duo ..... Core 2 Duo ....

if you play, it is primarily with the graphics card you can see a difference:

7600 GT has a 3DMark 2006 score of 2850 points
9600 GT has a 3DMark 2006 score of 4800 points (on the same config)

Also the 4 GB of RAM will make a little more under vista, but you can save as much on your pc for cheap

Personally, I would rather drive BlueRay, or wait a bit and save more expensive to get a better graphics card into the laptop

[Segvoia]

I admit it makes me hesitate. It's an investment. A small question, how do we know the amount of RAM you can add and what kind should we buy?

[Alexisus]

for the quantity, you refer to the manual of your laptop

for the type of RAM you can use a program like Everest, which gives the characteristics of all parts of your laptop

[Segvoia]

I don't require the graphics card because I just play very few games. I play a call of duty 4 without problem. Also with the hard disk, I will go for 120 GB. For the ram I watch I can not make more than 2 GB (I don't any more).