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December 29th, 2002, 12:48 AM
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Hi guys,
I'm having a little bit difficult in choosing one of the two below:
HP Pavillion ZT1195 (PIV - M 1.5, 40GB, 512MB, 15 inch 1400x1050, DVD-CDRW, Wi-Fi, S3 Savage Pro 3D 16MB Share)
Sony Vaio GRX520 (PIV - M 1.6, 30GB, 256MB, 15 inch 1024x768, DVD-CDRW, ATI 7500 32MB Dedicated)
Which one should I take? The HP one sounds overall good but it has share video memory , I heard that sony is more reliable and durable.
Pls help me pick one guys.
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December 29th, 2002, 12:51 AM
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no mention of price, but assuming roughly equal, then the hp gets my vote.
it has:
25% more hd space,
2x memory
higher resolution display
and imo, hp does a better job of post-sale support thru their website and cust service.
the slightly slower cpu is meaningless...
edit: i should add that i don't game so the video is not important to me
Last edited by PresterJohn : December 29th, 2002 at 12:54 AM.
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December 29th, 2002, 12:52 AM
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Sony. Slight less on the specs, but much better video. 
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December 29th, 2002, 12:55 AM
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HP has been nothing but good to me, they do have weird cases tho
Get 32MB card for like 60$ now | |
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December 29th, 2002, 01:10 AM
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That S3 Savage Pro 3D 16MB Share sound's like an intergrated video card, which is a bad thing if it's for games, and also what type of memory is that?
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December 29th, 2002, 01:44 AM
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the shared memory vid card is horrible. I tested one on a mobo, and it got less than 1000 on 3dmark 2001SE, threw in a cheap geforce4mx440 and got 4-5000. Almost unplayable on any games that came out this year, and most last year.
I would suggest staying away from shared, or make sure it has an AGP slot and upgrade.
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December 29th, 2002, 01:48 AM
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>I would suggest staying away from shared, or make sure it has an AGP slot and upgrade.
dragonb & iNeb,
fyi,
this is a laptop we're talking about... | |
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December 29th, 2002, 02:01 AM
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If the price is the same for both, then go HP.
For the same reasons that PresterJohn have mentioned above ... more HD space, double RAM ... | |
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December 29th, 2002, 02:22 AM
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I concur ........... go for the HP . More memory, more disk.  | |
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December 29th, 2002, 05:24 AM
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For a Desktop... of the 2 choices.. go with HP !! =)
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