xps m170 worth the money??

[m32500]

i'm just wondering if this is worth the price http://boston.craigslist.org/nos/sys/2793235944.html

and what kind of performance would i get in world of warcraft?

thanks

[xBruce88x]

to sum it up it can only do DX9 features... which isn't too bad for WoW i guess. As far as raw performance... its about the same as a GT310, according to notebookcheck.net

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-...TX.2136.0.html

and here you can see how the GT310 would do in other games
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-...M.22439.0.html

should do ok with only DX9 features enabled. the GF Go 7800gtx was a pretty strong gpu when i came out, though if you want the newer effects and such with the expansions then i'd look for another laptop since the gpu is only DX9.0 SM3. However, the options that WoW would let you set you could probably set to high, but the 256MB GDDR3 could limit you at higher res. $250 doesn't seem bad for it though.

I'm assuming that's a Pentium M 2.0Ghz, which isn't too bad. (roughly a core solo)

as for the UXGA, that's 1600x1200 i think. 2GB isn't bad and if all you plan to do with it is play WoW and surf the web the 80gb hdd should be enough.

[whitrzac]

For the price its not bad if you want a large laptop...


One thing to consider though is a modern sandybridge i7 onboard GPU is nearly as powerful
3500 vs 4000 3dmark06


http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-H...0.37948.0.html

[m32500]

thanks for the replys, i think i'm going to hold out for something better. don't really want to be carry this tank around and didn't realize it was single core.

[whitrzac]

I don't think you will find anything faster for less than $300 though...