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I'm considering selling my laptop as it doesn't want to play games anymore...

It plays 'slower' games like Black and White but for FPS it's just plain crap!

I've gotta try it out with Quake saying that, see if that still has a crap outcome like Halo.

Anyway, I'm not selling it on eBay due to the hassle of doing so (plus I wanna agree a price beforehand so I can get the new PC before selling this.)

So what would people pay for laptop with these specs? It looks as if it would be worth around £1000 if bought new so is £600 too low or too high?

• Mobile Intel® Pentium® 4 2.6GHz Processor
• 512MB DDR RAM
• 60Gb Ultra DMA-100 Hard Drive
• 15” SXGA TFT Screen (1400 x 1050 x 16m)
• 64Mb ATI Radeon Mobility 9000 Graphics
• Built-In Video Camera
• DVD/CDRW Combo Drive
• Internal Floppy Disk Drive
• Firewire™
• 3x USB 2.0 Ports
• 56k Modem & 10/100Mbps LAN
• Microsoft Windows XP Pro
• Ability Office 2002
• Antivirus Software
• ATI Radeon Mobility 9000
• High performance 256-bit 3D engine
• Max Res: 1400x1050
• 1 x Type II PCMCIA
• Built-in 3.5" FDD
• Win key
• Built-in 3 Hot Keys
• Sound Blaster PRO Compatible
• 3D Stereo enhanced sound system
• Touch Pad (with Scroll function)
• Smart Li-Ion Battery
• 1 x IR (IrDA 1.1)
• 3 x USB 2.0
• IEEE 1394 port,
• 1 x 15-Pin VGA,
• 1 x 25-Pin EPP / ECP,
• 1 x Serial Port
• 1 x PS/2 External Mouse or Keyboard,
• 1 x Headphone Jack,
• 1 x Microphone Jack,
• 1 x S/PDIF,
• 1 x S-Video,
• Internal 10/100Mbps LAN (RJ45),
• Internal 56k Modem (RJ11)
• Dimensions: 329(W) x 275 (D) x 36.5 (H)mm
• Weight: 3.3Kg

Thankyooooo.

I'm downloading 3DMark from this site. [URL]http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Benchmarks/3DMark-Build-Free-Version.shtml[/URL]

It's a free version but it should be able to tell me if anything's wrong...

It's a hoooooge file however, so I won't be able to run it for a while. It should be downloaded in about 2 1/2 hours time...

I can't wait for NTL's decent speed upgrade that's coming in February!

http://www.iridium-uk.com/reviews/rev8.htm

Benchmarks in that review but the specs are slightly different but worthwhile you running them to see what you get. Its possible you'll find benchmarks for your machine in the databases that programs like 3Dmark, PCPitstop run too.
They are probably your best bet for identifying something wrong with your machine.

If I can find the problem then I should be OK.

Plus I wanna use the money to build a decent PC. Get something far far better to play games, whoops, work...

Are there no programs that can help me to find what the problem is? Something that might test the system?

phi11ip wrote:
> I'm considering selling my laptop as it doesn't want to play games
> anymore...
>
> It plays 'slower' games like Black and White but for FPS it's just
> plain crap!
>
> I've gotta try it out with Quake saying that, see if that still has a
> crap outcome like Halo.
>

And I take it you'll be selling it as "not in full working order"? :)

Not a bad price, maybe a little high i'd say but not by much. i'd say new it would be worth about £850 new. What are you going to ge to replace it? another laptop or a desktop? Even £600 should get you something pretty damn good desktop wise.

Oh, whoops.

It's an Iridium S865.

I knew I forgot something!

Also model

What brand is it?

I'm considering selling my laptop as it doesn't want to play games anymore...

It plays 'slower' games like Black and White but for FPS it's just plain crap!

I've gotta try it out with Quake saying that, see if that still has a crap outcome like Halo.

Anyway, I'm not selling it on eBay due to the hassle of doing so (plus I wanna agree a price beforehand so I can get the new PC before selling this.)

So what would people pay for laptop with these specs? It looks as if it would be worth around £1000 if bought new so is £600 too low or too high?

• Mobile Intel® Pentium® 4 2.6GHz Processor
• 512MB DDR RAM
• 60Gb Ultra DMA-100 Hard Drive
• 15” SXGA TFT Screen (1400 x 1050 x 16m)
• 64Mb ATI Radeon Mobility 9000 Graphics
• Built-In Video Camera
• DVD/CDRW Combo Drive
• Internal Floppy Disk Drive
• Firewire™
• 3x USB 2.0 Ports
• 56k Modem & 10/100Mbps LAN
• Microsoft Windows XP Pro
• Ability Office 2002
• Antivirus Software
• ATI Radeon Mobility 9000
• High performance 256-bit 3D engine
• Max Res: 1400x1050
• 1 x Type II PCMCIA
• Built-in 3.5" FDD
• Win key
• Built-in 3 Hot Keys
• Sound Blaster PRO Compatible
• 3D Stereo enhanced sound system
• Touch Pad (with Scroll function)
• Smart Li-Ion Battery
• 1 x IR (IrDA 1.1)
• 3 x USB 2.0
• IEEE 1394 port,
• 1 x 15-Pin VGA,
• 1 x 25-Pin EPP / ECP,
• 1 x Serial Port
• 1 x PS/2 External Mouse or Keyboard,
• 1 x Headphone Jack,
• 1 x Microphone Jack,
• 1 x S/PDIF,
• 1 x S-Video,
• Internal 10/100Mbps LAN (RJ45),
• Internal 56k Modem (RJ11)
• Dimensions: 329(W) x 275 (D) x 36.5 (H)mm
• Weight: 3.3Kg

Thankyooooo.