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Hey all, first time poster here - so forgive the stoopid questions....

I just ordered a Dell Precision M60 workstation Pentium M Processor with 2.0 Gightz Centrino Processor, 2 gig of ram, 80 gig HDD and a Quadro Pro Go 1000 graphics card.

My question is.... what sort of video performance can I expect on

A: DVD's

B: Games

C: CAD programs.

Thanks all

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Joshua,

Yes you have made a great purchase, I'll act surprised when I get it on my Birthday :)

Onething I would do, is get the 7200RPM 60GB drive, smaller but way faster (cost similar as well)

I don't think they make a larger 7200RPM drive yet.

With drivers from here ( :) ), you'll have the best performance on all those above of any laptop on this planet (including ATI besed).

You'll definitly kick booty when it comes to 3D Moddeling !! (ATI can only cough in the Quadro's dust)

Enjoy this very impressive machine, would love to see some benchies for this (3DMark 2k1 and 2k3)

Pieter.

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Thanks Pieter - good to know I made the right choice! It wasnt a cheap investment - so I am glad to hear UI should kick some booty with this machine.

I'd be more than happy to submit some benchies - just tell me what I need to do and what software to use and I'll get right to it as soon as the new lappy arrives :-)

I was a little concerend as a few freinds were telling me I should have ordered ATI - but I feel re-assured now :-)))))

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NV36 seems to have caught up with ATI in benchmarks the ones to get are 3DMark 2k1 and 2k3 (testing Dx8.1 and DX9 respectively).

They are free to download from www.futuremark.com, very large file for 3DMark 2k3. (180MB)

They are oftern included with Magazine CD/DVD's.

Have a look on my performance page for results, keeping in mind the Quadro is specialised for 3D Moddeling so will be slightly slower than the go5700.

The Quadro will be awsome with 3DModdeling, no ATI Mobile version can come close to them, as they specialise in Games like the Geforce series.

Even Alienware have just released the Quadro go1000 as their top of the range machine.

There will ofcourse always be better machines out tomorrow but at the moment you rule the planet.

And by going nVidia you can come here for salvation.

Pieter.

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I'm also curious of how the 2 Ghz/2 MB Dothan will score.

It would be interesting to score this vs the 1,7 Ghz M60.

- Anders (very happy M60 user)

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Hey all, first time poster here - so forgive the stoopid questions....

I just ordered a Dell Precision M60 workstation Pentium M Processor with 2.0 Gightz Centrino Processor, 2 gig of ram, 80 gig HDD and a Quadro Pro Go 1000 graphics card.

My question is.... what sort of video performance can I expect on

A: DVD's

B: Games

C: CAD programs.

Thanks all

that will produce DVD's if you have the skill. not only will it trounce modern day games that will likely tromp many desktop scores and you will not have a problem with any game for say 2-3 years at the very minimum. not to mention your computer will be perfect for CAD. that is my dream CAD machine and what i assume dell meant to design the computer to do 3d modeling and 3d cad. Get your drivers here for sure. i wonder if i cant get a nice discount by buying multiple M60s and selling them to you guys for cheap. hmm i want one so bad.

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