If the laptop is ready for that, indefined. I've been working with it activated more than 6 hours with non stop. Would be different if the laptop is not ready for doing it by the manufacturer and you overclock it by yourself, but if it's ready, no problem. I don't know in the others, but in the MSI you can only activate the Turbo when connected to the plug but never using the battery.

I suggest you to check this kind of stores with customized computers when you buy it, sometimes the differe with a "normal" laptop is huge in specs and small in price. Checking is frree, who knows

I'm studying abroad so I have never played LFS in my laptop, I prefer to do it when I go back home with my dear G25 , but I'm sure you can have 60 constant fps with both.

Here you have a chart with all graphic cards available for notebooks with a full description of each one and performance comparison. That ATI is quite nice for the price, just around the top of the 2nd class.
One thing about those 2Gb of video memory: 1Gb is from the videocard, the other 1Gb is taken from the ram.

The resolution is limited by the screen or the graphics card, but any decent card from the last 5 years is able to run at 2500+ pixels so basically the screen is the one that limits the resolution.

From my experience a resolution from 1680 allows you to work in a confortable way in 3D modelling or graphic design, beeing 1440x900 a decent one if there is not other choice.

I've been customizing a laptop in XoticPC. There is one called FORCE 3551 which is the same base than the MSI GT628 (that's great) and you can get it for 1120$ with the following specs:

15.4" 1680x1050
Core2Duo 2.4Ghz 3mb (Probably up to 2.9Ghz if you flash it with the bios of the MSI GT628 and activate the Turbo button)
nVidida GT160m
2x2046mb DDR3 1066
320Gb 7200rpm

It's slighly over your limit but just 120$ more than the HP with higher resolution, 10x times better videocard, lighter and nicer design. On the other hand it has no OS (add extra cost for it you wanna buy it).

Anyway if you like the HP is still a decent option IMO, beeing the screen the only drawback, but don't try to find a 100% perfect laptop because it doesn't exist

I think the graphics card is ok, I'd be more worried about the screen resolution, that's low for 3D modelling (you said you'll use them?). You can always buy a screen and plug it when you're at home, but then it's 1000$ + screen

In red

Racing is the only thing more exciting than sex :throwrose

Photo taken by me

Desktop

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...Thanks for the links. Also, a couple of questions. How much did your model cost you? It seems like it would be pretty costly (by my budget)...

I paid 1350€ in UK, but in the USA the same laptop with dual core instead was 1200$ and 1000$ for the lower version. I don't know how the prices are know, especially after the GT628 arrival.

My suggestion is a customized Sager NP8662 or similar

PC Torque
XoticPC
Deviltech
Sager official webpage
Powernotebooks

There are many more places. You can customize everything, even the warranty and the cover and if you have doubts about the brand, read this: Who Really Makes Laptops and W ... industries hidden secret)

I was in the same situation this summer, since I'm studying transportation design and I need a powerful but still portable machine (not only graphic design but also intensive 3D modelling) and I bought the MSI GT627 246UK.

Intel Core2Quad Q9000 @ 2.25Ghz (It's a Core2Duo killer, tested :tilt
2x2048mb DDR2 800 CL5 (Usually laptops use 667)
nVidia 9800GS 1024mb (Flasheable to GTS)
WD Scorpio Black Series 320Gb 7200rpm (Usually laptops have 5400rpm drives. It's amazing how fast this one is, and 0db in every moment)
15.4" 1680x1050 Gloss (I was worried about such a big resolution in a 15" screen, but after using it, the only thing I can tell you is that's perfect)
Bluray / HDMI / eSata / WiFi N / Bluetooth 2.0
2.7Kg / 2.5+ hours of battery (with 6 cell, 9 cell available)
MSI GS-502 3200dpi (It saved me to buy a Logitech G9, it's a nice mouse)
MSI Backpack

I love it, it's the perfect laptop for me and it's running Windows 7 Ultimate x64 like a charm The American version has Core2Duo at 2.4Ghz, but goes to 2.9Ghz when you press the Turbo button. Sweet
MSI has released a new GT628 with nVidia GT160m and DDR3. The standard version used to cost around 1100$ IIRC

TOCA2 and Midtown Madness 2 especially

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my new one

Is that render made by you?

Always liked that guy. :bowdown: I remember some nice races against him in TOCA2 with the Honda Accord

Loeb, Rossi and Schumacher, epic drivers :bowdown:

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I always thought this is kind of sad. Imagine you could never get out of the house...


:bowdown:

Well, I'm not sure... Of course from the human point of view a life like that is crap (even if sleeping and eating is the dream of most people out there lol ) but maybe for a cat is a nice option, I don't know what they think about it ... Anyway, is not my cat so I didn't choose that life for it

Quote from 5haz :

'Highres' Didn't exist in 1975, thats as good as it gets. :doh:

I posted before seeing your pics

Nothing special in most of those pics tbh, they're not even hires

Nice crash
Some rain

Canary Islands
The main income is tourism so no problem with the language

Quote from audimasta :

Lol Chuck Norris beat them both.

:ices_rofl

Quote from Racer Y :

chuck norris doesn't play video games. He looks at them until they give him the high score.

:ices_rofl

Car show for having fun even if you don't like cars: Top Gear
Serious car show in which you can actually can see how a car performs: Best Motoring
Something in the middle: 5th Gear

So we need all of them

Thanks guys. So basically after such a scientific poll in a racing simulator forum I come to the conclusion that this cat is a normal cat.
It's an indoor cat, this kind of animals which spend their whole life eating and sleeping.
I'm sorry for those who lost their cats

Well, there is a cat living with me (or I'm living with it, since it arrived to the house before me ), and I've found that it usually pukes. It's like a piece of shit covered by fur, quite solid. Is normal for a cat to do so? Or maybe it's sick? I know many people in this forum have a cat so that's why I ask here

PD: Yeah wrong title... that's what happens when you study something related to cars, they're always in your mind

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Just tried with my friend's screen and after a couple of minutes we managed to make it work fine. The 15.4" screen of my laptop at 1680x1050 and the external 23" screen at 1920x1080 as extended desktop

First of all thanks for the update

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Included "Latino" translation : South American / Mexican Spanish...

Who had this idea? Then we should have also Canario, Aragones, Andaluz... and obviously American and British English separated as well

Quote from theirishnoob :

one bullet will end you - its just not fun to be one shot killed.

if you think it is, step outside then

In LFS, one mistake and you spin off, lose 5 seconds and finish 7th instead of 1st. Is not fun then?

Completely agree with MAD3.0LT. Maybe OF2 is a nice game, but it does not deserve that name. Same with GRAW, RainbowSix and many others, but we know people prefer arcadish games and that's what we get. Money talks

Downloaded few days ago but haven't installed. I read is not as hardcore as the orginal one or Arma so I don't feel curious about it... don't have time for games right now anyway

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Greaaaaaaaat

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