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Kirito · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:13 am Post subject: is intel atom ok for laptop?

i went to computer shops and looked at laptops, i saw intel atom processor, the core2duo and other intel products are too expensive

is intel atom ok?

Haswell · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:51 am Post subject:

Atom is fine for a netbook, just web surfing and other crap. But if you try to run other CPU intensive programs like games or Adobe CS, chances are that you'll lag a bit.

Personally, I'd go for Core 2 Duo or Pentium Dual-Core.

Burningmace · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 8:05 am Post subject:

Yeah, the Atom is for netbooks, which are completely useless unless all you want to do is surf the web a bit and read your emails.

My advice is to avoid them completely, and fork out some extra cash for the laptop. It's a much wiser investment.

DarkEnvy · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 10:18 am Post subject:

How about the netbooks with Nvidia Ion o-o i saw someone play COD 4
Netbooks with Ion prob be OK.

Karakawe · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 12:27 pm Post subject:

Don't buy a netbook if you want to play games on it. I got one because they're small. And cheap.
You can get a Core 2 Duo 15" for like 500-550 if you find a sale (they're often on Lifehacker, search for the tag "Dealhacker").

Kirito · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 5:47 pm Post subject:

well, the core2duo was PHP29,000 and the atom was just PHP19,000

atom is all i can afford for now, if ill buy core2duo, it might take some time for me to save that much money, i might even borrow money from my parents

the atom is 1.6Ghz, can i play other games that require less than 1.6GHz?

just like you said, my laptop might lag a bit if i play games, does this apply to all games or only to games that require high memory?

as for games, i dont play crysis, cod4, and those other games
i only play games from these sites:

http://www.e-games.com.ph/Content/Portal/Home4.aspx
http://www.levelupgames.ph/index.php
http://www.mygame.ph/main/index.asp

is there an external videocard? cause the video card memory is too small

kls85 · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 6:46 pm Post subject:

Burningmace · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 6:49 pm Post subject:

You won't be able to play any games whatsoever on a netbook. It will most likely have a 32MB onboard graphics adapter, and a 1.6GHz Atom isn't the same as a 1.6GHz Core 2 Duo - the Atom has a bunch of aggressive SpeedStep style features designed to increase battery life that will play havoc with any game's performance. You'd be immensely lucky to get good performance in Diablo 2.

You can't get an external video card either. Video cards require shared memory that can directly be accessed through a dedicated bus, which the board could not supply to an external card such as a PCMCIA.

Take our advice - if you want to do anything remotely taxing (any form of gaming, lots of tabs in Firefox, watching movies, etc) buy the laptop.

Karakawe · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 6:50 pm Post subject:

Burningmace · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:04 pm Post subject:

Kirito · Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 3:55 am Post subject:

can i have a good performance when editing video and audio?
software such as mixcraft, sony vegas, after effects?

Anden100 · Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 3:59 am Post subject:

Hero · Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 4:02 am Post subject:

I have an acer aspire ONE with an intel atom dual 1.6ghz core, and I game on it. Sadly you can only play games with pixel/vertex 2.0 or lower, and it has no HW TnL support. But I manage to play games easily with minimum lag using 3d analyzer to force SW TnL.

Saifallofjmr · Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:04 am Post subject:

My friend has a netbook (not sure what model) but he can play EVE Online on all low settings, the atom is not that bad....

Burningmace · Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:04 am Post subject:

You can't run Sony Vegas on a Netbook, it just won't work.

EVE Online has a very well written graphics engine that allows you to scale down to very low spec machines, but you'll still require a decent netbook to run it. A 1.6GHz Atom with an onboard video card is not likely to cut it.

It's obvious you're looking to play games and do sound/video editing. Once more - buy the laptop.