The Hidden Forest

Hello all,

im looking for a Notebook which i could play EQ.

Which one is better for EverQuest, or in other words, is EverQuest playable on both?

Dell Studio 1735:
Dell Studio 1735 (Studio 17 Serie)
Intel Core 2 Duo T8300
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650
17.0 Zoll, 16:10, 1440x900 Pixel
3GB DDR2 Ram
Windows Vista Home Premium 32Bit

Acer Aspire 7730G
Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 / 2x 2 GHz
4 GB DDR2 Ram
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT 512MB
Windows Vista Home Premium 32Bit

Need it for 1-2 session at same time (SK and Cler for example).

Greets

The acer is the better machine because:

1) More ram (3GB vs 4GB) - as long as you use x64 version of windows 1gb more less swapping to disk. If you stick with the x32 version supplied you will likely only see 3-3.5gb of ram anyway, in which case its a moot point.

2) Better graphics card. The 9600m is (slightly) better than the ATI card. Expect to see maybe 3-4 FPS extra.

3) It's not Dell.

The CPU's are close. The acer has better power consumption and memory bandwidth, the dell has a higher clock speed but uses a little more power and in benchmarks has slightly less memory bandwidth. I doubt in real-world uses you would notice much difference between them, apart from the acer having slightly better EQ experience because of the slightly better GPU. (Maybe a few frames higher in game)

You would be much better off looking for an AMD A4/A6/A8 cpu as these have the much better integrated radeon 6xxx series GPU which would blow both the GPU's in the above machines. EQ dosent require much GPU, and even a sandybridge with HD2000 graphics provides enough oomph to have an ok experience.

I would say either would work with about the same end result. Buy the cheapest, and use the money you save to put in a SSD and you will be happiest.

Then again, I might have just made all the above up and I could be talking out of my evacuation chute.

Thank you for your answer , can you tell me any laptops with the AMD Cpu?

I just wanna spend around 200-300euros for a Laptop ..