Silkroad Online Forums

Hey ! yeah i know getting boring, its like a wallpaper threads now :p

Well since so many people decided to buy laptop, am too very interested to get one :0
always wanted one but couldnt buy...

anyways i want to set up the XP sp2-3, and most of them come with vista installed ..
i was in a computer shop , the seller told me that most laps require vista right now to run good, as the drivers no longer made for XP, for me it sounds like he is trying to make me pay more, but whatever...

I want to know if Gigabyte laptops are good , or should i just go for HP or DELL whish seems to be the leaders now?

Here is the comp ive choosen it summs on about 1k-1.3k US dollars...
Specs:
gigabyte W566n
160GB HD
2GB 667mhz DDR2
Core2Duo 1.86ghz t2390
nvidia 8400gs 256mb (64bit bus) >,<
well and much things included...
(for me its good enough, cause i do not want a super gaming machine or whatever, more like just want to have one )
well to make the question simple

Worth getting gigabyte at all? if not what is the problem with them?

Isn't gigabyte a motherboard company?
As for the laptop it looks decent, I have a similar setup with 3 gigs of ram and 250gb hard drive, with the gfx card with 128mb dedicated (however I can share more, so the max is something stupid like 1280mb). I only played 900 for mine though. Take a look at this, its gone back up in price:
http://www.amazon.com/Pavilion-Artist-D ... B0014A73XC

anyone else hate these trends where one guy opens a topic and suddenly a dozen ppl need the same thing and make new topics for it....i mean, couldn't they read the combined post of all the other topics to figure out whats good or not....

maybe im just insane here

XemnasXD wrote:anyone else hate these trends where one guy opens a topic and suddenly a dozen ppl need the same thing and make new topics for it....i mean, couldn't they read the combined post of all the other topics to figure out whats good or not....

maybe im just insane here

I wantz a yo yo, you have any suggestions?

StealMySoda wrote:

XemnasXD wrote:anyone else hate these trends where one guy opens a topic and suddenly a dozen ppl need the same thing and make new topics for it....i mean, couldn't they read the combined post of all the other topics to figure out whats good or not....

maybe im just insane here

I wantz a yo yo, you have any suggestions?

personally i feel that you can't go wrong with a Duncan. Its just classic in design and function and always made of quality whether your doing it for fun or you want to do tricks.

cpinney wrote:http://www.cyberpowerpc.com

much cool laptops, with good price although i just wont be able to buy them yet, my credit card works only inside my country

StealMySoda wrote:Isn't gigabyte a motherboard company?
As for the laptop it looks decent, I have a similar setup with 3 gigs of ram and 250gb hard drive, with the gfx card with 128mb dedicated (however I can share more, so the max is something stupid like 1280mb). I only played 900 for mine though. Take a look at this, its gone back up in price:
http://www.amazon.com/Pavilion-Artist-D ... B0014A73XC

i wish i could find sucha lap in here, design is just a win

Thats why im asking, my self never even heard about gigabyte laptops, was just wondering maybe something is wrong... as for the GFX card well basically sharing more memory into gfx wont really help i think.
there is another option to get x3100 intel build in card, which for me sounds like a total crap , i mean ive never even heard about intel gfx cards and after reading all the reviews about it i just cannot let my self buy it

XemnasXD wrote:anyone else hate these trends where one guy opens a topic and suddenly a dozen ppl need the same thing and make new topics for it....i mean, couldn't they read the combined post of all the other topics to figure out whats good or not....

maybe im just insane here

Yes you are right, but if i could find an answer in the other topics i wouldnt start this one, i did read all of them its just that there is nothing about this company , and usually people suggest getting HP, which is here comming with vista preinstalled..


so still can i reinstall XPsp2 on the laptops and will they really lack the drivers later on?

The difference between the performance between a 128 and a 256 would be very little anyway. I was just trying to reiterate that fact.

BTW, Where do you live?

Mmmmmmmmmmacbook.

StealMySoda wrote:The difference between the performance between a 128 and a 256 would be very little anyway. I was just trying to reiterate that fact.

BTW, Where do you live?

Yes the difference is not really big, at least for the mobile cards
most of them use only 64-128bit bus, so its just pointless to have more than 256mb memory, but in fact some games can actually take more memory if you are able to allocate it, so having this option is not completely useless

I live in Israel btw

Pfft Dell is so bad, people only buy it because its mainstream

CrimsonNuker wrote:Pfft Dell is so bad, people only buy it because its mainstream

hey but we are talking about gigabyte
but oh well
won't mind knowing what not to buy anyways :p

AnemuS wrote:

cpinney wrote:http://www.cyberpowerpc.com

much cool laptops, with good price although i just wont be able to buy them yet, my credit card works only inside my country

oh xD should have looked at your location eh

Well ive picked the comp i want, it will be from gigabyte , after reading about it in internet , seems like a very good notebook and a good reviews/responses about it.

W566N T8100 2.1ghz
2gb 800mhz DDR2
250gb HD
nvidia 8400gs 256mb 64bit (well it does play few games, more than enough i guess.)
15.4" TFT LCD 1280-800*
2,7kg weigh
+i can install good old windows XP on it, im not a fan of vista
and some stuff that probably included in any other laps

+since i have 34$ on my paypal xD
i want to order one of those



im desperate whether get the silver(first one on the left)
or the red in center any thoughts?

get the green one lol, i like the silver better

be a bad ass and get the american flag.

even tho your not an american.

Seems like a nice laptop, don't get any skins, you'll look stupid lol, just slap on a sticker or something

yeah i guess ill pass those skins, decided ill better spend the money on hosting for my site

the skins looked terrible anyway

Hey guys ive at least bought the laptop, very very happy with it )

Anyways just wanted to ask few things, as im a very driver nub*
i dont know what video drivers to download, i went to the nvidia site, and downloaded latest 175.19 drivers, but im afraid to install them yet, my video card is 8400m gs , is it compatible with these drivers , or do they fit the notebooks at all...

Sorry i really have no clue on what to install..


nvm , found by myself