New Laptop :D

[Aboobie]

I've finally bitten and bought myself a new laptop which arrived this morning.

It's an Acer 7738G

Processor: Intel® Core 2 Duo (T6600 - 2.2GHz, 800MHz FSB, 2MB cache)
Screen: 17.3" (Acer CineCrystal, LED Backlit, 1600 x 900 Resolution)
RAM: 4GB (DDR3 1066MHZ)
Hard Drive: 320GB
Optical Drive: Blu-Ray (Blu-Ray HD Play back + DVD-RW & CD-RW)
Graphics: Dedicated (NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 240M with 1GB DDR Dedicated Memory)
Wireless LAN: Wireless (WIFI LINK A,B,G,N Includes MIMO)
Network Card: 10/100/1000 Gigabit Fast Ethernet
Integrated Webcam: Yes (Acer Crystal Eye Integrated 1.0Mp webcam)
Card Reader : 5-in-1 card reader (SD//MS/MS-Pro/MMC/xD-Picture card)
USB Ports: 4x USB 2.0 Ports
Bluetooth: Version 2.0
Speakers: Dolby Home Theater
VGA Port: 1 External VGA Port
Kensington Lock: Kensington lock slot
HDMI: 1 HDMI Connector
Finger Print Reader: Fingerprint Reader

All for the princely sum of £510 delivered which I thought was a bit of a bargain. The only problem is it came with Windows Vista 32 but I've already stuck 7 64 on and stuck ubuntu on my old laptop (it'll just be a web browser for the family).

It's been a while since I've had any kind of PC/laptop that can play games so I'm looking forward to seeing what this offers. What have I missed? Is Spore worth a play and I believe this can handle Crysis so I'll grab a demo Of this too? Any other PC only title I should take a look at as the last thing I played was Eve about 5 years ago.

Really quite excited :D

[leowyatt]

New toys are always good and being an Acer you'll hopefully have no problems with it! :D

[NokkonWud]

I wouldn't bother with Crysis, it's a shockingly boring game IMO. I absolutely detested it. I don't think Spore is very popular either, it got a lot of mediocre reviews and seemed to disappoint the vast majority by not living up to its promises.

Games wise, Football Manager 2010. :D

[Aboobie]

New toys are always good and being an Acer you'll hopefully have no problems with it! :D

Aye. This will be my 3rd Acer laptop in a row and despite batteries becoming dead after 18 months they've served me faultlessly. I very nearly picked up a Dell this time but this Acer deal came along and.... I was weak :P

My Windows Experience Index is looking a lot healthier now too.

Processor .. 5.7
Memory .. 5.7
Graphics .. 6.4
Gaming Graphics .. 6.4
HD .. 5.4

[divine]

How on earth did it give a GT240M 6.4 for gaming graphics, my GTX260 only gets 6.3 :/

As for games, you could give the Crysis demo a go but I wouldn't expect miracles, 1600x900 will be pushing it, Crysis is a hugely demanding game even now and a GT240M isn't exactly a powerhouse (no laptop GPU is and their names are hugely misleading with regards power).

edit - just stumbled on a benchmark where a spec of Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 2GHz 4096MB RAM GeForce GT 240M (550MHz), 1024MB (790MHz) managed Crysis at 32fps running at 1024x768, medium settings and no AA or AF.

[Jingo]

I wouldn't bother with Crysis, it's a shockingly boring game IMO.

Fair enough...

BUT to then go on and say...


Games wise, Football Manager 2010. :D

All gaming credability out the window ;D :p

Enjoy the new laptop Mr Boob :D

[NokkonWud]

Football Manager is the most amazingest gaming franchise ever you heathen! :p.

[Wyrdo]

I think of football manager all the time...

...when I'm having trouble getting to sleep and need to think of something boring :p

[Davey_Pitch]

Lovely specced laptop, that's exactly the type I want to get when I get a new one. If you don't mind me asking, where did you get it from for £510 new? :)

[NokkonWud]

I think of football manager all the time...

...when I'm having trouble getting to sleep and need to think of something boring :p

Shush you Dean, go back to your love fests with Danny. You know, the ones I'm NEVER invited to. :'(

[Aboobie]

Lovely specced laptop, that's exactly the type I want to get when I get a new one. If you don't mind me asking, where did you get it from for £510 new? :)

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_7738_Laptop_LX.PFT0X.203/version.asp

I see it's gone up £10 and I managed to get £15 back as they advertised it with Windows 7 rather than the Vista it comes with. You can also get £9 back through topcashback.

I really do think it's an absolute steal and specced far better than anything else out for the price. I've now tried demo's of both Crysis and Dirt 2 which it ate for breakfast with everything maxed.