Gateway P-7805U personal opinions?

I-25 · 09-19-11, 02:21 AM

well i just bought a new rig on ebay. i'm curios to see how it will run my dearest subsims and planesims

Its a Gateway P-7805U
here are the specs

Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 (64-bit); 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8400; 4,096MB DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz; 1GB Nvidia GeForce 9800M GTS; 320GB Western Digital 7,200rpm

Comments?

i head with a card this hot the system has a heating trendency with higher end stuff but ill be running mostly Il-2 and SH3 SH4 on it so i dont think that will be much a problem

Lord_magerius · 09-19-11, 02:29 AM

Looks like a nice rig. I used to have a 9800 GTS before my mobo decided to die on my decent rig. The heating issue can be a problem but as long as you have enough cooling and decent airflow getting to it, also clean the dust out every month or two it shouldn't be a problem.

Arclight · 09-19-11, 06:40 AM

Is it a notebook or a desktop? That 9800M is a mobile/integrated chip. Might not have trouble with the titles you mentioned but I doubt it will be running anything more demanding.

HunterICX · 09-19-11, 06:53 AM

It's a Notebook

HunterICX

Arclight · 09-19-11, 07:04 AM

Ah, thanks. When someone says "rig" I assume desktop, was rather confused.

I-25 · 09-19-11, 04:19 PM

Yupp a notebook

i looked around the reviews and well just about everyone says its good so ill see!

CCIP · 09-19-11, 04:25 PM

It'll be okay for playing. I have a somewhat similar notebook (albeit with an nvidia card that's one generation further, although I had one with the 9xxx series before as well), and you'll be able to run SH4 fine on it as long as you don't expect especially outstanding performance. I found that after turning off volumetric fog and some of the post-processing effects the FPS was more than acceptable, and generally the more you turn off the better it runs. SHIII you'll have no problems whatsoever.

IL-2 - well, maybe it's just me, but I never quite got it to run well on a mobile rig of those specs. Maybe I just had some of the settings really wrong, but it always seemed more choppy to me than it should be.

Be advised that the video card will always probably be a bit of a bottleneck in performance (it may say so on paper, but it will really never be an equivalent of a real desktop 9800 - so be ready to sacrifice some graphics settings in games) and will run VERY hot - careful where you place the PC, make sure you're not obstructing the vent, and consider setting it up on some sort of raised support or little cooling platform (that just allows air to get under the computer more easily). My previous laptop died after the video card overheated and blew - and because on laptops the video card is just a chip on the motherboard, that meant the whole PC had to be written off for dead. So, learn from my lesson and watch the heat!

I-25 · 09-20-11, 02:14 AM

Ill keep cooling in mind! thanks guys

09-19-11, 02:21 AM	#1
I-25 Commodore Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Baden-Würtemberg, Germany Posts: 628 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Gateway P-7805U personal opinions? well i just bought a new rig on ebay. i'm curios to see how it will run my dearest subsims and planesims Its a Gateway P-7805U here are the specs Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 (64-bit); 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8400; 4,096MB DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz; 1GB Nvidia GeForce 9800M GTS; 320GB Western Digital 7,200rpm Comments? i head with a card this hot the system has a heating trendency with higher end stuff but ill be running mostly Il-2 and SH3 SH4 on it so i dont think that will be much a problem

09-19-11, 02:29 AM	#2
Lord_magerius Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Right by the hydrophone station Posts: 724 Downloads: 96 Uploads: 0	Looks like a nice rig. I used to have a 9800 GTS before my mobo decided to die on my decent rig. The heating issue can be a problem but as long as you have enough cooling and decent airflow getting to it, also clean the dust out every month or two it shouldn't be a problem. __________________

09-19-11, 06:40 AM	#3
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Is it a notebook or a desktop? That 9800M is a mobile/integrated chip. Might not have trouble with the titles you mentioned but I doubt it will be running anything more demanding. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

09-19-11, 06:53 AM	#4
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	It's a Notebook HunterICX __________________

09-19-11, 07:04 AM	#5
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Ah, thanks. When someone says "rig" I assume desktop, was rather confused. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

09-19-11, 04:19 PM	#6
I-25 Commodore Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Baden-Würtemberg, Germany Posts: 628 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Yupp a notebook i looked around the reviews and well just about everyone says its good so ill see!

09-19-11, 04:25 PM	#7
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	It'll be okay for playing. I have a somewhat similar notebook (albeit with an nvidia card that's one generation further, although I had one with the 9xxx series before as well), and you'll be able to run SH4 fine on it as long as you don't expect especially outstanding performance. I found that after turning off volumetric fog and some of the post-processing effects the FPS was more than acceptable, and generally the more you turn off the better it runs. SHIII you'll have no problems whatsoever. IL-2 - well, maybe it's just me, but I never quite got it to run well on a mobile rig of those specs. Maybe I just had some of the settings really wrong, but it always seemed more choppy to me than it should be. Be advised that the video card will always probably be a bit of a bottleneck in performance (it may say so on paper, but it will really never be an equivalent of a real desktop 9800 - so be ready to sacrifice some graphics settings in games) and will run VERY hot - careful where you place the PC, make sure you're not obstructing the vent, and consider setting it up on some sort of raised support or little cooling platform (that just allows air to get under the computer more easily). My previous laptop died after the video card overheated and blew - and because on laptops the video card is just a chip on the motherboard, that meant the whole PC had to be written off for dead. So, learn from my lesson and watch the heat! __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

09-20-11, 02:14 AM	#8
I-25 Commodore Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Baden-Würtemberg, Germany Posts: 628 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Ill keep cooling in mind! thanks guys