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FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

This category contains general useful informations about notebooks / laptops

 

Comparison of Graphic Cards
In the following briefly we will list all graphic cards for Notebooks, which are available at the market. Additionally we represent approximate values of different bench marks (3D Mark at the moment) in italic style beneath the display adapters.
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Mobile Graphics Cards - Benchmark List
Sortable and filterable benchmark and specs list of all currently built video graphic adapters in notebooks / laptops.
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Computer Games on Laptop Graphic Cards
List of all laptop graphic cards and what games can be played fluently with them.
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Gaming Performance of recent laptop graphic cards
Have you ever wonder how your notebook going to perform on GTA IV? Or do you think your notebook will be able to run Crysis on Medium settings? We have tested popular GPU's with recent popular games.
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How much graphic memory makes sense?
This article explains, how much graphic memory is useful for which video cards and which applications are accelerated thus.
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Upgrade / Replace a Notebook Video Card
Generally, it is not so easy to upgrade / replace notebook video cards than desktop video cards. If it is possible and how to actually replace a video card is described in the following article.
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Notebook Processors
In the following report we present all laptop processors which are available at the market at present and give a rough classification of the current consumption and the performance of the different architectures.
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Mobile Processors - Benchmarklist
This is a benchmark list of mobile processors like Turion, Pentium M, Core Duo, Core 2 Duo, sorted by performance.
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Performance of Processors and Computer Games
How powerful should a processor be to not slow down games? Which games do already support dual core processors? The following articel covers these aspects.
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Intel Core 2 Duo Notebook Processor
Information about the Intel Core 2 Duo notebook processor series
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Intel Core 2 Extreme Notebook Processor
Information about the Intel Core 2 Extreme notebook processor series
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AMD Turion 64 X2 Notebook Processor
Description of the AMD Turion 64 X2 Notebook Prozessors.
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AMD Turion X2 Ultra Notebook Processor
Detailed description of the AMD Turion X2 Ultra Notebook Processors.
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Used notebooks
Here is the advice for paying attention when buying a used laptop.
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DPI (Fineness) of Displays
A list of all common solutions and their number of DPI combined with the size of the display. So this is a classification how fine the resolution is on which display.
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Notebook versus Desktop
This article shows the differences between high end desktop PCs and desktop replacement notebooks.
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Saving Current - Increase the battery runtime
Here are easy tips for current saving, which allow significantly longer battery runtimes.
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Upgrading Laptops
Due to the compact construction of notebooks they can not be upgraded as easy as Desktop PCs. In addition usually the warranty is lost as soon as someone changes something in the equipment.
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Where can be found new drivers for the Notebook?
Normally drivers only can be received from the manufacturer of the laptop. Unfortunately only a few manufacturers maintain the drivers for all their models. Updates can be received only in the case of eliminaion of a serious lack.
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Playing with Widescreen display
Many modern games already support the at present usual Widescreen 16:10 resolutions. However often an additional option must be adjusted as "Widescreen" or "broad picture" to set the correct resolutions.
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Websites, which provide Laptop Reviews
This is a list of Websites in English, which provide substantial quantities of current reviews and tests concerning laptops.
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Market Shares of International PC Manufacturers
In each country the computer manufacturers with the most sold desktops and laptops (in thousands of items) in the year 2004 are listed.
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Websites, which provide Laptop News
This is a list of Websites in English, which provide substantial quantities of current laptop-related information.
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Our test criteria
Complementary to our reviews, you will find explanations to the tests and evaluations we have executed, as well as an interpretation aid for the evaluation results.
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Our Rating Criteria
Here we explain what makes up the final rating in our reviews.
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FAQ and Tips - Archive
elder pages from 2005
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Author: Notebookcheck, 2005-09-18 (Update: 2009-05- 8)