nvidia ion le netbook vs 13" notebook?
i’m contemplating an hp mini 311 netbook, mainly because it’s small enough (11"x8", 3 lbs.) that i can probably carry it around with me all day. it has an nvidia ion le (atom n280 1.66 ghz with an nvidia geforce 9400m). the most processor-intense thing i do is cs:s (say aztec with 30 bots), which i would like to play at 60 fps, but is 30 fps playable? my current computer is an hp zd7168cl (p4 3 ghz nvidia geforce fx go5600) which can drop to 15 fps at critical times which to me is unplayable. or does it make more sense to get an hp dv3t (13"x9", 5 lbs.) notebook (core 2 duo 2.5 ghz with an nvidia geforce g105 m)? would that perform better on cs:s? if you’re not a navy seal, is that easy to carry around all day?
forgot to mention the nvidia ion le is probably around 256 mb graphics ram, the dv3t is 512 mb, and the zd7168cl i have now is only 64 mb.
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My understanding of a netbook is it is designed to be used just for things like writing or simple spreadsheets. Serious spreadsheets or games just aren’t going to work.
All I can suggest is you take some of your videos or whatever to the computer shop and trial it on a a netbook. If it won’t work in the shop then leave it, don’t try to fix it.
netbook is designed to be lightweight and very portable also they are not good for heavy game playing though the ION claims to run 1080p video but running a video and 30 bots on cs:s is 2 different things. if your looking for performance go with a laptop.
30 FPS is generally playable. But an Atom CPU is not likely going to run CS:S very well, it just isn’t made for games.
I’m not sure how powerful the ION integrated graphics chipset is, but my guess is that it should handle CS:S as long as you turn the graphics down.
If anything, the netbook is probably not any faster than your current PC.
The HP DV3T is probably the better choice, if you prefer performance over portability. 5 pounds isn’t really that heavy… just get a notebook backpack.