ASUS G Series G2K-A1

[milo2361]

i notice in my searches there are many 8800m GTX drivers for XP but nothing with 8800m GTS - - in fact, no drivers AT ALL for vista or XP....

whats up with that?

EDIT 1 : i used notebook check to compare 8800m GTX and 8800m GTS and the only difference is the X has 96 pipelines, the S has 64....

EDIT 2: I also searched NVIDIA drivers to see if i could get them directly.... the only card they have drivers for a (in the geforce m/go series) is the 8700m GT drivers..... what happened to all the other drivers for all the other m/go series?

[procupine14]

I am going to just give you a heads up to reinforce what i know about laptops and carrying them to class.....GO SMALL!!! stay at 17" or under. I have my 15.4" dv6000t and it kills my shoulders by the end of the day with the addition of books etc.

if your campus is fairly large save your shoulders

Originally Posted by milo2361

i notice in my searches there are many 8800m GTX drivers for XP but nothing with 8800m GTS - - in fact, no drivers AT ALL for vista or XP....

whats up with that?

EDIT 1 : i used notebook check to compare 8800m GTX and 8800m GTS and the only difference is the X has 96 pipelines, the S has 64....

EDIT 2: I also searched NVIDIA drivers to see if i could get them directly.... the only card they have drivers for a (in the geforce m/go series) is the 8700m GT drivers..... what happened to all the other drivers for all the other m/go series?

as for this^^
your laptop manufacturer provides them and driver updates for them....from what I have learned with laptop mobile GFX is that your laptop maker is the one that distributes the drivers and Nvidia has NOTHING to do with them

[milo2361]

oh... laptop company distributes them.... that sucks because anything major now(besides customs like alienware or falcon-nw) are 100% vista and dont provide drivers for XP. as for size, i will live on a pretty big campus, but i figure im gonna have to get used to hauling stuff around - - USMC ROTC student! lol i think im gonna go with the gateway over an alienware.... just seems like good stuff for the money. great gfx card, lots of ram, and i finally found ALL of the drivers to backdate it to XP

the 20.1 inch HP HDX woulda been hella cool but 20 inches to haul around at 15lb would be overkill.... when they say its a desktop replacement, they aint joking.

[BlueMak]

I would avoid Alienware for two simple reasons.
Tons of negative comments on their support and they refusing to install Vista 64 saying there are not going to be drivers for it.
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[milo2361]

you guys are a great help. pretty glad i asked about this stuff here. i'll probably be getting the Gateway P-173x FX because its definitely the best i can find for under $1800. $2000 was my max but i wanted to save as much as i could, and it looks like the ticket do do it!

Processor Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor2 T7500 (2.20GHz, 800MHz, 4MB L2 Cache) Operating System Genuine Microsoft® Windows Vista® Ultimate (64-bit) SP1 Memory 4096MB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2-2048MB modules) Hard Drive 200GB 7200rpm Serial ATA hard drive w/ 16MB Cache3 Optical Drive 8x Multi-Format Dual Layer DVDRW with DVD-RAM featuring Labelflash™ Technology4 Video NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800M GTS with 512MB of GDDR3 discrete video memory Chassis Intel® PM965 Chipset Display 17.0" WXGA+ Ultrabright TFT Active Matrix (1440 x 900 max. resolution) Web Camera Integrated 1.3 Megapixel Web Cam Wireless Network Integrated Realtek 802.11 b/g Wireless Networking
Audio High-Definition Audio- 2 Channel, Built-In speakers, embedded microphone, headphone/speaker jack, and microphone jacks

Battery Primary 9 Cell Lithium Ion battery (7800mAH) w/ 1 Yr. limited battery warranty7 Bluetooth Bluetooth® 2.0+EDR Color FX Design with Copper Core Accent Dimensions (System) 1.3"-1.70" (H) x 15.75" (W) x 11.75" (D)
Keyboard and Mouse Full-Size Keyboard, Synaptics Touchpad with Vertical Scroll and Dedicated Multimedia Panel Media Card Reader 5-in-1 media card reader (Memory Stick®, MemoryStick Pro®, MultiMediaCard™, Secure Digital™, xD-Picture Card) Memory Capacity Maximum 4GB Modem Integrated V.92 56K modem Network Integrated RealTek 10/100/1000 Ethernet AdapterWarranty 1 Year Basic (Tech Support - Parts - Factory Labor)7 Weight Starting at 9.2 pounds8