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Hi all, not 100% sure if I am allowed to post this here. If I am not allowed to I will close it. Anyways, myself and some other students are currently developing a site. It allows you to find people to carryout jobs like babysitting, gardening etc or you can even carryout these jobs! There will be a profile where people can leave you reviews and soooo on. Would greatly appreiceate if you could like are facebook page! Any cristisim or ideas about the site are also welcomed> Thanks a lot all and stay simming!! :pilotfly: https://www.facebook.com/myjobjungle?fref=ts

2GB is fine for a single monitor. If you plan on using small displays to represent MFCDs then you can always run them off a 9800gt or something. As for the card, I would get the Zotac AMP edition of the 680 GTX. One of the systems I made contains that card and it runs ridiculously fast, super quiet and it keeps the card cool under load (67 degrees under full load! And that is with a standard high over clock)

http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/formquote-save/ Been using an Asus N56Vm which I have sent back as it does not function correctly, and I am looking for a better made laptop. I can not really find anything else that has an i7, good screen, well made, fast HDD, and a good GPU but I found The 15.6" Optimus IV. I have customized it an i7 3610qm and 8GB of Ram @ 1600mhz. Does anyone know if this laptop is well made? If the customer service is good, warranty etc Or are there any other alternatives that are under £900

Yeah being able to choose would be great

Ok thanks for your help. It is a tough decision to make xD The Asus G series though is a tad to big for what I need although it is a monstrous machine!

So the aleinware is not advised then compared to the others (alienware has good heat disipation where as the others.... not so much)

Im needing a laptop farily soon that will be bale to do programing, moddeling, and gaming now and again. I have narrowed it down to 3: Lenovo ideapad Y580 http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/gbweb/LenovoPortal/en_GB/builder.workflow:Enter?mtm-item=%3A00000037%3A00001526%3A Asus N56VM http://www.scan.co.uk/products/156-asus-n56vm-s4034v-intel-core-i7-3610qm-22ghz-8gb-ddr3-750gb-hdd-blu-ray-bluetooth-win-7-hp?utm_source=google+shopping&utm_medium=google+shopping Alienware M14x (I have managed to haggle it down to £950 it has those exact specs just with differnt lighting effects ect) http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=n00w4m03&model_id=alienware-m14x-r2&c=uk&l=en&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1& so which one?

Go with the Sapphire as you can easily OC that without the card get "TO" hot and it will run very quite compared to the refrence card that you have in the post. Don't forget to phone them up and ask them for some discount (uses your haggling skills :P) and I'am certain that you will get something off :D

Just get a 570Gtx and run 2 monitors and eventually SLi it when they are even cheaper :P http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1280mb-msi-gtx-570-twin-frozr-iii-power-edition-oc-40nm-4000mhz-gddr5-gpu-770mhz-shader-1540mhz-plus I would honestly recommend the 7870 it is £230 though but you will regret not getting the one up from a 7850. When I bought my GPU I kept regretting not spending the extra £40 to get the 6950 anyways get this one I know it runs cool as a friend has it http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-sapphire-radeon-hd-7870-ghz-edition-4800mhz-gddr5-28nm-gpu-1000mhz-1280-cores-dl-dvi-hdmi-mdp If you want you can call scan and ask them for some discount and they will probably give it to as long as you ask nicely. Good luck

Thanks for the comment but im not looking to do gaming of that level on a laptop if you read my OP you will see that it is more for programming and running GAME ENGINES and very very light gaming (one or 2 games max)!

I would advise you either to do the following 1. Upgrade to the 670 MSI OC power edition and keep your current CPU and wait till next gen. Overclock your CPU to like 3.5Ghz in the meantime. 2. Dont upgrade anything yet and get a new CPU and GPU when Intel/Nvidia release the next gen stuff. The reason is if you look at the graphs the Next gen will blow all old gen stuff away. I would also Overclock your CPU until it is released. If you want to see the graph just let us know :P I also read an article that stated Intel in 2015 would have a CPU that would have better graphics than a dedicated GPU. If you want to wait till then though I think you maybe in trouble playing games on low! XD:D

do you find your laptop very portable and when you use it out and about do you carry other books and files etc?

Looking for a laptop. It will have to cope with programming in C# and Linux. Also maths CAD, photo shop, sony vegas. A graphics card is essential as some light gaming will be done on it as well as 3d smax moddeling and also running of game engines. Requires: i7 or bery high end i5 6-8Gbytes of RAM. Windows 7. Backing storage can be anything from 250Gbytes upwards. A graphics card (refer to above) size MUST be UNDER 15.6" Laptop under 3.2kg, preferable lighter. No more than £1000 NOT a HP!!! Any suggestions and also which one of these is the best for me. Please keep all suggestions in the UK. Thanks 1. Asus N55SL-S1188V http://www.scan.co.uk/products/156-asus-n55sl-s1188v-intel-core-i7-2670qm-22ghz-6gb-ddr3-750gb-hdd-2gb-gt-635m-blu-ray-bluetooth-wi 2. VAIO E Series 14P (see image for specifications as it is custom built) It is stated to have an AMD 7670M as well as intel intergrated 4000 ( I think it is almost an APU :S) my laptop.png 3. Asus N56VM http://www.notebookcheck.net/Update-review-Asus-N56VM-Notebook-with-GT-630M.77077.0.html 4. Lenovo IdeaPad Y580 http://shop.lenovo.com/gbweb/gb/en/laptops/ideapad/y-series/y560

For start Welcome to the best flight sim forum.... EVER! ( and the best forum for anything computer related IMO) Many people use TrackIR however if you are short on cash right now, have a good CPU and have a webcam (I use PS3 eyetoy 120Hz etc) then you should check out FaceTrakNoIR http://facetracknoir.sourceforge.net/information_links/download.htm Easy to install AND FREE, but does take some time tweak the settings correctly (every web cam is different, if you need some help with it use the forum there :P) As for you joystick check this out http://www.lockonfiles.com/index.php/files/file/2128-dcs-a-10c-saitek-x52x52-pro-joystick-profile-v1/ Once you have done the tutorials you will see what you need to change. Good luck and have fun with the game, and nice place to stay ;) although the wather is awful today XD

What would you guys say about setting the RAM to the XMP mode and then using ASUS's TurboV mode where it can Auto tune and increase the clock speed?