Ishu Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 740QM is a lot faster than 640M Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Chevalier Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 I'm buying a new laptop today, i have these options; 1) HP- AMD Phenom 11 dual core 2.8ghz/4gb ram/win 7/ATI mobility radeon HD 5450 512mb....£500 2)Sony- AMD Phenom 11 Triple core 1.8GHz/4GB ram/ATI Mobil;ity Radeon HD 5145....£550 3)Acer- AMD Phenom 11 Quad-Core N930 2 GHz/3GB ram ATI radeon HD4250.....£500 4)Dell- Intel core i-3-350 2.26 GHz/1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 graph card/4GB ram....£579 Conflicted as to which one to buy. Proccessor and Graphics are priority, as opposed to one more GB of ram over the other. Any help please? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardos79 Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Can anyone tell me what I can expect from playing FM2011 on the following laptop: AMD Sempron 1.8GHz 1GB RAM Windows system rating 3.0 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishu Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 I'm buying a new laptop today, i have these options;1) HP- AMD Phenom 11 dual core 2.8ghz/4gb ram/win 7/ATI mobility radeon HD 5450 512mb....£500 2)Sony- AMD Phenom 11 Triple core 1.8GHz/4GB ram/ATI Mobil;ity Radeon HD 5145....£550 3)Acer- AMD Phenom 11 Quad-Core N930 2 GHz/3GB ram ATI radeon HD4250.....£500 4)Dell- Intel core i-3-350 2.26 GHz/1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 graph card/4GB ram....£579 Conflicted as to which one to buy. Proccessor and Graphics are priority, as opposed to one more GB of ram over the other. Any help please? Acer for only FM, Dell for overall/gaming. Can anyone tell me what I can expect from playing FM2011 on the following laptop:AMD Sempron 1.8GHz 1GB RAM Windows system rating 3.0 5 leagues with 12,000 players Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike.83 Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 I've just doubled the RAM in my machine, meaning my specs for FM this year are Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.00GHz 4GB (4x1GB) CorsairTwinX XMS2, DDR2 RAM NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT card Windows 7 64bit. The Graphics card isn't amazing, this is because I had a 320MB XFX 8800GTS fail on my a few weeks ago which I haven't replaced yet. Still, the extra RAM I added has improved the demo speed no end. I get to see the opening 5-10 minutes of games and everything! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Chevalier Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Acer for only FM, Dell for overall/gaming.5 leagues with 12,000 players So definatley not the Sony one then? As for leagues and players and 3d, will the acer/dell be just average or quite good? Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
j@cko Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Can you let me know how many leagues/players etc. I would be able to run with this laptop please. Intel® Core™ i3-330M (2.13 GHz) Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit 4096 Mo, Hard drive: 500 GB, 15.6 Widescreen Graphics card Integrated - 128MB statically allocated from RAM Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
antl Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 any ideas how well this will run fm11. Intel® Core™ i5-430M Processor - 2.26 GHz - 4.8 GT/s DMI - 3 MB L3 Cache -4GB installed DDR3 RAM (1066 MHz) -Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishu Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 So definatley not the Sony one then? As for leagues and players and 3d, will the acer/dell be just average or quite good? Thanks No. Acer will run 3D on high. Acer will run 40 to 50 leagues and the dell 20 to 25 leagues. IMO. Can you let me know how many leagues/players etc. I would be able to run with this laptop please.Intel® Core™ i3-330M (2.13 GHz) Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit 4096 Mo, Hard drive: 500 GB, 15.6 Widescreen Graphics card Integrated - 128MB statically allocated from RAM Thanks! 25 leagues/80,000 players any ideas how well this will run fm11. Intel® Core™ i5-430M Processor- 2.26 GHz - 4.8 GT/s DMI - 3 MB L3 Cache -4GB installed DDR3 RAM (1066 MHz) -Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD thanks 30 leagues with 3D on high. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
antl Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 thanks ishu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMS Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Hi guys. I'm thinking of buying a new laptop for no more than £500. I've found this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-15-6-inch-Notebook-Pentium-Windows/dp/B003S3R7RU/ref=sr_1_4?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1288023427&sr=1-4 Could anyone tell me how this one would do with FM, or suggest any better ones they know of. Thanks for any help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTime Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Hi guys. I'm thinking of buying a new laptop for no more than £500.I've found this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-15-6-inch-Notebook-Pentium-Windows/dp/B003S3R7RU/ref=sr_1_4?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1288023427&sr=1-4 Could anyone tell me how this one would do with FM, or suggest any better ones they know of. Thanks for any help. Here's a better one http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-pavilion-dv6-3050sa-06474346-pdt.html If you don't like that colour there's the white version http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-pavilion-dv6-3032sa-06559636-pdt.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshace Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 ok... im a bit more aware on what im after now.. can anyone help me out and find something similar to these specs? : -Good processor, ideally i3 as they are relatively cheap and seem to be much better then dual cores now -At least 3 gb ram , ideally 4+ ddr3 -Dedicated graphics .. dont want integrated.. -HDD space is flexible.. ideally 500gb but obviously this is very flexible no more then £500, give or take a few £ obviously someone help me pleaseeeeee??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTime Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 AMS If you're willing to spend £50 you could go for this, which is better than the two above, http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/toshiba-satellite-l505-144-04127246-pdt.html Or this one http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/acer-aspire-5553g-06282363-pdt.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTime Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 ok... im a bit more aware on what im after now.. can anyone help me out and find something similar to these specs? : -Good processor, ideally i3 as they are relatively cheap and seem to be much better then dual cores now -At least 3 gb ram , ideally 4+ ddr3 -Dedicated graphics .. dont want integrated.. -HDD space is flexible.. ideally 500gb but obviously this is very flexible no more then £500, give or take a few £ obviously someone help me pleaseeeeee??? http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-pavilion-dv6-3032sa-06559636-pdt.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshace Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 nice.. and thanks tiger .. but surely that processor is a little underpowered? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshace Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 its sad... if this one http://www.amazon.co.uk/Toshiba-Satellite-L670-117-notebook-SuperMulti/dp/tech-data/B003LJX75W/ref=de_a_smtd just had a dedicated graphics option.. it would be perfect for most looking for a lappy on here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTime Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 nice.. and thanks tiger .. but surely that processor is a little underpowered? High clock speed makes up for that a bit. Couldn't find anything with more cores for under £500. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoGBoYz Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 HD5450 and HD5470 is no upgrade at all. You won't notice the difference. Make sure. Or the CPU will be wasted BTW 1055T is not 220 AUD. its $250. And 1055t if you are not OCing. 965BE or 1090T if you are OCing. Thanks Ishu. I've actually seen it for $233 and now I've found it for 199 at a local PC shop. Thanks for the advice guys, think I'll go with the 2.8 GHz 6 core on the 890fx board. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJJESSE Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 You will be able to run around 30-40 leagues with 60,000 players. Seriously. Thats cool but would that 30-40 leagues with 60,000 players run comfortably or horribaly with the intel pentium dual-core processor and 4gb ram? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishu Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Seriously. Thats cool but would that 30-40 leagues with 60,000 players run comfortably or horribaly with the intel pentium dual-core processor and 4gb ram? I would say 20 to 25 leagues with 80,000 players (If its Win 7 64bit). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Gooner Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Correct me if I am wrong but having anything over 4GB of RAM is pointless? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
reflection22 Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Cool, well what do you think of this? http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-pavilion-dv7-4050ea-06487014-pdt.html Slightly less powerful, but about the same price and part of me would prefer to get a 'brand name'. Plus I'm not too keen on the finance options at pcspecialist. 740QM is a lot faster than 640M Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibber Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 I've got a macbook... core 2 duo 2ghz 3gb ram how many leagues/players should i be running for a decent speed game? I run about 8 leagues and 18k players on fm10 but always feel i may have undercooked it, I like to play long term games. ps looking at the new macbook pro core i5 or i7, how many would these be able to run. probably with 4gb ram. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMS Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 AMSIf you're willing to spend £50 you could go for this, which is better than the two above, http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/toshiba-satellite-l505-144-04127246-pdt.html Or this one http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/acer-aspire-5553g-06282363-pdt.html Thanks for writing back. I quite like the look of that Toshiba, but it seems to be sold out everywhere online Must be popular! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTime Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Seriously. Thats cool but would that 30-40 leagues with 60,000 players run comfortably or horribaly with the intel pentium dual-core processor and 4gb ram? Maybe I exaggeration on the leagues a little. Probably more like 25-35. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hursty2 Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 FML the demo runs pretty slow on my current laptop so looks as though I'm going to have to delve into my pocket. And on further thought I don't have a clue on how to upgrade the family desktop so would probably be best off just buying a new tower. Any suggestions? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishu Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Correct me if I am wrong but having anything over 4GB of RAM is pointless? On 32bit OS yes. On 64bit no. I've got a macbook...core 2 duo 2ghz 3gb ram how many leagues/players should i be running for a decent speed game? I run about 8 leagues and 18k players on fm10 but always feel i may have undercooked it, I like to play long term games. ps looking at the new macbook pro core i5 or i7, how many would these be able to run. probably with 4gb ram. For a very long term game, 20-25 leagues and 40-50k players. FML the demo runs pretty slow on my current laptop so looks as though I'm going to have to delve into my pocket. And on further thought I don't have a clue on how to upgrade the family desktop so would probably be best off just buying a new tower. Any suggestions? Get a new box and use old monitor, speaker. Possibly use stuff from inside the box too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hursty2 Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Yeah I will use the old monitor. Could I just replace the parts from within my box with the new ones, is it really that easy? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTime Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Yes, it is pretty easy. Can you tell me your specs? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishu Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Cool, well what do you think of this?http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-pavilion-dv7-4050ea-06487014-pdt.html Slightly less powerful, but about the same price and part of me would prefer to get a 'brand name'. Plus I'm not too keen on the finance options at pcspecialist. Site not working Yeah I will use the old monitor. Could I just replace the parts from within my box with the new ones, is it really that easy? As Tigertime said its very easy. If you watch some youtube videos beforehand it will be a breeze. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MirrorrorriM Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 I have a friend building a PC for me and I am currently specing it out (as he would have me spending thousands!). I want to run FM quickly but with as many leagues as possible - what could I get upto with this spec; Processor (CPU) AMD ATHLON II X4 645 (3.10GHz/2MB CACHE/AM3) Motherboard ASUS® M4A79XTD EVO: DUAL DDR3, S-ATA II, 2 x PCIe x16, 2 x PCIe x1, 2 x PCI Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB) Graphics Card 1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5750 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11 Memory - 1st Hard Disk 60GB OCZ VERTEX 2 SATA II 2.5" SSD (upto 285MB/sR | 275MB/sW) 2nd Hard Disk 1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm) OS Windows 7 64 bit Will a SSD have much impact on the game speed? Thanks in advance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
reflection22 Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Yea it was down earlier for maintenance but it's working now. I have a £1000 budget, it's the best pre-built machine I've seen for under a grand. http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-pavilion-dv7-4050ea-06487014-pdt.html Intel® Core™ i7-720QM Processor - 1.6 GHz - 2.5 GT/s DMI - 6MB Smart Cache Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Professional RAM 4GB Graphics card ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5650 Graphics - 1GB Dedicated 500GB hard drive Site not working Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishu Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 I have a friend building a PC for me and I am currently specing it out (as he would have me spending thousands!). I want to run FM quickly but with as many leagues as possible - what could I get upto with this spec;Processor (CPU) AMD ATHLON II X4 645 (3.10GHz/2MB CACHE/AM3) Motherboard ASUS® M4A79XTD EVO: DUAL DDR3, S-ATA II, 2 x PCIe x16, 2 x PCIe x1, 2 x PCI Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB) Graphics Card 1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5750 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11 Memory - 1st Hard Disk 60GB OCZ VERTEX 2 SATA II 2.5" SSD (upto 285MB/sR | 275MB/sW) 2nd Hard Disk 1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm) OS Windows 7 64 bit Will a SSD have much impact on the game speed? Thanks in advance. I'd rather have a better processor than an SSD (For FM). CONS old motherboard, weak CPU, Samsung RAM. Yea it was down earlier for maintenance but it's working now. I have a £1000 budget, it's the best pre-built machine I've seen for under a grand. Looks very good. Get it ASAP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
reflection22 Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Yea i thought so...what is confusing me is why this laptop is priced higher for a (apparently) lower spec? http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-envy-14-1050ea-06487011-pdt.html Surely the i7 720qm is better than the i5 450m? Which one would u go for out of the two? Looks very good. Get it ASAP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MirrorrorriM Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Ishu thanks for your input. I have kicked SSD to upgrade the cons you highlighted. They are as follows; Processor (CPU) AMD PHENOM II X4 970 (3.50GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION Motherboard ASUS® M4A87TD/USB3: DUAL DDR3,SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0 Memory (RAM) 8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (4 x 2GB KIT) Graphics Card 1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTS450 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11 How would this run? Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hursty2 Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Yes, it is pretty easy. Can you tell me your specs? For the Dell Inspiron 530, which I'm not on at the moment so these are just off the top of my head 1GB Ram 1.6 GHZ Intel Celeron Processor I'll get back to you with the full specs tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTime Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Ok. Will give some feedback then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishu Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Ishu thanks for your input.I have kicked SSD to upgrade the cons you highlighted. They are as follows; Processor (CPU) AMD PHENOM II X4 970 (3.50GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION Motherboard ASUS® M4A87TD/USB3: DUAL DDR3,SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0 Memory (RAM) 8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (4 x 2GB KIT) Graphics Card 1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTS450 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11 How would this run? Thanks. Looks good Yea i thought so...what is confusing me is why this laptop is priced higher for a (apparently) lower spec?http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-envy-14-1050ea-06487011-pdt.html Surely the i7 720qm is better than the i5 450m? Which one would u go for out of the two? No idea. Maybe because its a 14". For the Dell Inspiron 530, which I'm not on at the moment so these are just off the top of my head1GB Ram 1.6 GHZ Intel Celeron Processor I'll get back to you with the full specs tomorrow. Is this the Desktop specs?? If yes, it needs to be replaced completely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Gooner Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 On 32bit OS yes. On 64bit no. Thanks Ishu I am running Windows 7 64 Bit, so FM will be able to see and use the 6GB of RAM I have installed? Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Gooner Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 On 32bit OS yes. On 64bit no. Thanks Ishu I am running Windows 7 64 Bit, so FM will be able to see and use the 6GB of RAM I have installed? Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishu Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Thanks Ishu I am running Windows 7 64 Bit, so FM will be able to see and use the 6GB of RAM I have installed?Thanks Actually on 64bit FM will use 4GB RAM. 2GB can be used by windows, softwares etc. In 32bit FM can only use 2GB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC4LIFE Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 http://www.dixons.co.uk/gbuk/hp-compaq-presario-cq61-417sa-refurbished-laptop-06200165-pdt.html#tab-tech-specs Is this one OK, Ishu? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishu Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 http://www.dixons.co.uk/gbuk/hp-compaq-presario-cq61-417sa-refurbished-laptop-06200165-pdt.html#tab-tech-specsIs this one OK, Ishu? LOL you haven't bought one yet. This one seems OK too. Upgrade the RAM though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC4LIFE Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 LOL you haven't bought one yet.This one seems OK too. Upgrade the RAM though. Haha, not yet! I keep putting it off incase anything better comes up lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyjacker Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 How many leagues and players can I run on following machine: I7 720 QM 1.6 Ghz 4Gb Ram Geforce GT230 W7 64 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishu Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 How many leagues and players can I run on following machine:I7 720 QM 1.6 Ghz 4Gb Ram Geforce GT230 W7 64 Around 50 leagues with 100k players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshace Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 ok, after much deliberation.. ive decided to go for a desktop instead.. (more bang for my buck and a laptop can come later for web browsing etc) so..... £600 budget.... whats the best gaming pc i can get? baring in mind the games in question will be Football manager , total war series and possibly the likes of arma 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyjacker Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Around 50 leagues with 100k players. Wow that's a lot... Would they all be playable? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
reflection22 Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 That site is really handy for checking your computers rating in relation to FM, cheers! Have a look at this site. http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=770&game=Football%20Manager%202010 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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