Evening everyone,
I'm a new customer to PC Specilists, having purchased a Vortex II 17.3" gaming laptop (specs in my signature).
The laptop is fantastic, however having used a £10 Logitech chat headset for the last 6 years (which is pretty good by the way :D) i'm looking to purchase a decent...
Check this go-to perofrmance chart for the various GPUs PC Specialist provide in their systems. I have excluded the 580M GTX as its perofrmance is more or less equal to the 6990M at significantly greater cost, and anything below the 540M because i personally do not feel that they provide an...
It's a decent spec. As Music guy mentioned above, i would consider upgrading to a 2670QM and superior thermal paste.
As always for anyone in the market for a gaming laptop, i would highly recommend the Vortex II series over the Optimus II series, as even the base spec 560M GTX will provide you...
Equal visuals to a PS3 won't be an issue *cough*
A great spec, but i would urge you consider dropping your CPU down to a 2670QM and choosing the Radeon 6990M over the Geforce 560M.
This brings the total to around £1340, but for going over your budget by only £40 you will experience up to an...
My vortex II 17.3" maxes out at 82 degrees CPU / 87 degress GPU, although this is during burn-in testing with Prime95 and Furmark, during which the CPU and GPU are stressed to 100% useage for prolongued periods of time. During standard gaming, they hover around the 60-65 degrees mark. My...
Hi Andy,
Given your budget increase to approx. £1400, you can purchase a Vortex II 17.3" with the fastest Gmobile GPU available:
I would highly recommend this build, which includes a Blu-Ray drive and an AMD 6990M, which will provide up to triple the performance of the Geforce 555M GT.
I...