new lap config - video card and HD

1mpar_ · Post by **1mpar_** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 15:23

IÂ´m buying a dell inspiron 9100 laptop and IÂ´m in doubt about the hardware config.
What would be best for resolume playback:
- ATI 9700 128M and 60G 7200rpm HD
or
- ATI 9800 256M ahd 40G 5400rpm HD
unfortunatly I canÂ´t have both - the best card and HD. So witch setup would play smoothier resolume?

Vj De-X-teR_ · Post by **Vj De-X-teR_** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 15:50

Buy it with ati 9800 256m and without HD:)
Best HD is Hitachi travelstar 7k60(7200 rpm,8MBcache,60GB)

SuperficiaL_ · Post by **SuperficiaL_** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 10:33

Hi 1mpar,

i would go for the ATI 9700 128M and 60G 7200rpm HD, but read the config very carefully.
much things in a lappie are different from desktop pc's like speedstep for the processor, hd speed, video memory sharing with RAM and stuff like that.

De-x-ter's got a point.
i dont know under what type of circumstances u are buying the lappie, but a dell computer is kinda short on options.
since it only supplies a couple of brands of hardware.
it is cheaper than the rest but if it doesnt fit your need exactly its a lot of money for something u cant use to full extend...
and if u let someone else than dell build-in your other hd u are screwed guarantee wise...

Greetz,
SuperficiaL

1mpar_ · Post by **1mpar_** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 14:20

Superficial,

Today I got a Compaq PIV 2.5G, 512, HD 40G 4.200 rpm, ATI 345 with 64M shared memory.

IÂ´m choosing this Dell because itÂ´s the one that best suits my needs. ItÂ´s a PIV 3G, 512RAM, and has this 2 options of video card: ATI9700 and 9800. Many laptops more expensive donÂ´t have these cards.
My actual compaq canÂ´t handle 3 layers in resolume without getting slower playback.
ThatÂ´s why IÂ´m trying to choose the best config. I need to know what would give me the best performance: a better video card or a HD with a higher speed. For me this config is very good and I wonÂ´t need to extend it (donÂ´t even know what I could extend).
About the options of Dell, for me they are fine, since it has everything I need. What could be better?

Post by **bart** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 15:49

a faster HD will probably improve the performance more then the diference between the 9700 and 9800!

Ruud · Post by **Ruud** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 20:25

Would a Hitachi travelstar 7k60 internal hd and any other ATA-6 7200rpm 8MB cache external on USB 2.0 make any difference?

atm i have 4200 internal in my compaq laptop, and while all my specs are great, this really fucks speed up a lot !!
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btw usb2.0 faster than firewire?

SuperficiaL · Post by **SuperficiaL** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 21:40

hi Ruud,

usb 1.0 = +- 100 mbit
usb 2.0 = +- 480 mbit

normal firewire = +- 400 mbit
newer firewire (only on macs till now) = +- 800 mbit...

greetz SuperficiaL...

therandelman · Post by **therandelman** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 14:04

Originally posted by SuperficiaL
hi Ruud,

usb 1.0 = +- 100 mbit
usb 2.0 = +- 480 mbit

normal firewire = +- 400 mbit
newer firewire (only on macs till now) = +- 800 mbit...

why is firewire plus/minus 400? i thought, that using firewire means having always the full rate and only with USB, it is deending on how many devices you are using... am i wrong?

SuperficiaL · Post by **SuperficiaL** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 14:35

well firewire can be used with more devices in one thread to but im not sure about if it uses the full bandwith all the time...

i found this on the net

usb <---> firewire

usefull info.

greetz SuperficiaL...

[Edited on 12-10-2004 by SuperficiaL]

AlexEtJeremy · Post by **AlexEtJeremy** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 21:03

1. You will not see any performances differences between Firewire and USB2 with an external HDD during your Live performance.

2. Desktop Internal 8mb 7200r U133 HDD are cheapper, UBS2/Firewire box for IDE HDD are cheapper too.
Build it yourself. (you can upgrade your HDD later on... or the box)

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