In article <62lNd.113$rG4.60@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net>,
dennisnospam_pogson@ntlworld.com (Dennis Pogson) wrote:
> Surely games are memory-driven, so the
> HD seek times are irrelevant?
A faster HD will speed up loading times a little, obviously. But unless
someone's particularly impatient when starting up a game, loading new
levels, etc, then more RAM will always be far more important than HD
speed when actually gaming.
I'm assuming the proposed laptop will have at least 512Mb. Personally I'd
dump the second HD (assuming recordable CD/DVD backup and no pressing need
for RAID mirroring of critical data) and push the RAM to 1Gb. 1Gb just
gives you so much more elbow room when running greedy apps like modern
games.
I'd also be more concerned about HD heat than speed, especially with two
drives onboard. When gaming, the video chipset on a fast, modern laptop is
chucking out a *lot* of heat in a small space, and a slower HD ought
(ought!) to run cooler and contribute less to the overall heat footprint.
That has to be a good thing when the system's being pushed to the edge of
its performance envelope regularly.
Andrew McP
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