New Laptop

[Check Six 2]

I am thinking of buying a laptop tomorrow. Wonder whether it will handle OFF.

 

HP Pavilion DV6-1214AX HNX

16" Widescreen Notebook

AMD Turion x 2 (Dual Core) @ 2.2 Ghz

RM-75 IMB L2 Cache / 3600 MHz SB

4GB DDR2 RAM (800 MHz)

500 GB SATA Hard Drive

ATI Mobility Radeon HD4650 PCI Express Graphics

1 GB dedicated video memory

DVDRW Super multi drive with lightscribe

Draft N Wireless, Firewire, e-SATA & HDMI connectivity

1.3MP webcam with mike, Memory card reader

2.56Kg

 

The OS is Vista 32 bit. Is that a problem? It might be a problem for me, I've never used Vista. Ant reports on that OS as well?

 

Of course, there's other uses for it, but the video graphics seem like they might be able to cope with intensive graphics games.

Anyone have a similar system and they run OFF on it?

Edited August 6, 2009 by Check Six

[Rickitycrate 10]

I run OFF on my laptop running Vista 32 no problem. I am unable to comment beyond that.

[BirdDogICT 3]

Of course, there's other uses for it, but the video graphics seem like they might be able to cope with intensive graphics games.

 

Check Six,

 

I'm running similar graphics card, and no problems, especially with ATI Catalyst 9.7 drivers. OFF is very CPU intensive, runs on a single core, so dual or quad core won't help much. I'd try to get more raw CPU speed, say at least 3GHz (I'm running at 3.0 GHz with decent performance).

 

Your laptop will work fine if you run at lower slider settings. You're falling into the "lower spec system" category.

 

But don't take my word for it, check out the developers' recommendations at http://www.overflandersfields.com/sysreq.htm

 

Good luck.

[Check Six 2]

Thanks Ricketycrate and BirdDogICT

[Duce Lewis 3]

Check Six, I bought a laptop a few months ago

Not my gamer but for the everyday stuff

 

This has nothing to do with performance

But I bought a MS Explorer Mini Mouse (Mod 1363)

Cordless, it has a dual light sytem that works on about any surface, rough, irregular

Software installs when you plug the dongle in

Snap the Dongle back into the mouse and it powers down to save batteries

Really is a nice little addition ...if you have any money left over after buying that rocketship

 

Enjoy,

[Check Six 2]

Check Six, I bought a laptop a few months ago

Not my gamer but for the everyday stuff

 

This has nothing to do with performance

But I bought a MS Explorer Mini Mouse (Mod 1363)

Cordless, it has a dual light sytem that works on about any surface, rough, irregular

Software installs when you plug the dongle in

Snap the Dongle back into the mouse and it powers down to save batteries

Really is a nice little addition ...if you have any money left over after buying that rocketship

 

Enjoy,

 

Duce,

 

I recently purchased (for this new desktop computer) Microsoft Office 2007 that came bundled with a free Mircosoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 3000 that does exactly as you describe (dongle plugs into the base and turns it off to save on batteries) and I'm using that on my new laptop right now.