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Latitude D531 Mobile AMD Sempronâ„¢ 3600+ Processor (2.0GHz)Follow

#1 May 18 2008 at 10:23 AM Rating: Decent
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Is it good enough to play WoW on a lap top with 1 gig memory?

These are the alternatives

Latitude D531 Mobile AMD Sempronâ„¢ 3600+ Processor (2.0GHz) [Included in Price]
Latitude D531 AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Mobile Processor TL-50 (1.6GHz) [add £57.00 or £2/month1]
D531 AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Mobile Processor TK-55 (1.8GHz) [add £42.00 or £1/month1]
AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Mobile Processor TK57 (1.9GHz) [add £49.00 or £2/month1]
Latitude D531 AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Mobile Processor TL-56 (1.8GHz) [add £76.00 or £3/month1]
Latitude D531 AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Mobile Processor TL-60 (2.0GHz) [add £98.00 or £3/month1]


How is it that the 2nd from last is recomended as an upgrade but is only 1.8 compared to 2.0 one that im looking at?


edit might upgrade to 2 gig memory its only 18 pound more.

Edited, May 18th 2008 2:27pm by SWM
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#2 May 18 2008 at 10:32 AM Rating: Decent
CPU isn't going to be your issue on a laptop - low grade video will be. What kind of video does the laptop you're considering come with?
#3 May 18 2008 at 10:35 AM Rating: Decent
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Im not actually sure as it doesnt say as far as I can see

its this one here

http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?b=&c=uk&cs=ukbsdt1&kc=N4XD5311&l=en&oc=L05530&rbc=L05530&s=bsd

(yeah its dell which is why I was asking what is wrong with dell after smasharoos comments yesterday)
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#4 May 18 2008 at 12:40 PM Rating: Excellent
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It's a business laptop, it doesn't have a separate graphics processor, it's just not built for playing games even as simple as WoW. Sorry.

By the way, 1Gb memory should be enough if you had a graphics card in there. And the Turion processor is a step up from Sempron even though it's got a slower clock speed.
#5 May 18 2008 at 12:51 PM Rating: Decent
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Leodis wrote:
It's a business laptop, it doesn't have a separate graphics processor, it's just not built for playing games even as simple as WoW. Sorry.


Background, I play on my current work laptop which is also a Latitude (D620) Im having to give the laptop back as Im leaving so want to replace it with something similar (that will allow me to use it for work (run sql server 05) and play WoW/other games.)

So this laptop wont run WoW? Guess Ill have to look for something different..all i know is that 1gb memory and 2gz processor is what i need as thats what my current has...unless im totally wrong.


*edit* I went for the business machine as I need XP Pro installed for the IIS.

*edit2* I bought it and it plays WoW fine :)

Edited, May 24th 2008 11:55am by SWM
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