Good Gaming Laptop

satman83 · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 9541 **Location:** London

Well my current lap top is fraked to hell...just wondering if any of these would
be good as gaming laptops.

Advent 5301 Laptop

* Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor T2370
* (1.73 GHz, 533 MHz FSB, 1 MB Cache)
* Genuine Windows Vista (R) Home Premium
* 2 GB Memory
* 120 GB Hard Drive

View full product information
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/ ... oid=-35054

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Ei System 1411 Laptop

* Intel Celeron Dual Processor T1500
* (1.86GHz, 800Mhz, 2 MB Cache)
* (1.86GHz, 800Mhz, 512KB Cache)
* Genuine Windows Vista (R) Basic
* 512 MB Memory

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/ ... egory_oid=

Yea i know i dont have a lot money to spend and i chose PC world as its like only
10 minuets down the road

BlackFox898 · **Posted:** Sun Jan 04, 2009 7:23 pm

1. there's no such thing as a gaming laptop, they were never really designed for it.
2. why does the second laptop there only have 512mb memory and is trying to use vista?

kabuki · **Posted:** Sun Jan 04, 2009 7:39 pm

edited (since i misread your post): the first laptop you provided is better to me. depending on what games you play you should be able to game lightly with that. The second one is lacking memory and i really really dont like celeron cpus :banghead:

but one thing i do look for in a laptop is video card.

cpinney · **Posted:** Sun Jan 04, 2009 7:59 pm

have fun playing much of anything with those, go with the first one, the second one is ridiculous 512mb of RAM with vista?? hahahahha

and if u buy either you are just going to have to buy another laptop in 2-3 years anyway or even less, i would just save up for something that will last.

kabuki · **Posted:** Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:06 pm

cpinney wrote:

have fun playing much of anything with those, go with the first one, the second one is ridiculous 512mb of RAM with vista?? hahahahha

and if u buy either you are just going to have to buy another laptop in 2-3 years anyway or even less, i would just save up for something that will last.

agreed. but some people enjoy the luxury of mobility in a laptop. however in the long run is a bad investment especially if youre a gamer. better to buy a decent custom desktop which you can upgrade at any time than to replace a laptop every few years.

satman83 · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 9541 **Location:** London

Am playing Football Manager 2008 on it

Which is basicly excel

Also the one i got now last 4-5 years...only messed up now because i dropped it

cpinney · **Posted:** Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:25 pm

and playing perfect world obviously ;P

Azilius · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 4236 **Location:** CS:GO

Did you just use gaming and laptop in the same sentence :shock:

Seriously you need a desktop for that =p

satman83 · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 9541 **Location:** London

No just for Football Manager 2008...which has like the requirements of a grapefruit

DumboDii · **Joined:** Sep 2008 **Posts:** 2961 **Location:** Finland

Azilius wrote:

Did you just use gaming and laptop in the same sentence :shock:

Seriously you need a desktop for that =p

I can ply SRO, Max Payne, Atlantica Online, Cabal Online and Civilization 4 whit my laptop whitout any problems.

This is my laptop if you are interested. It's AMILO Xa 2528 by Fujitsu Siemens.

Spoiler!

ThatBluePerson · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 1647 **Location:** Earth

If you want a gaming laptop go look at alienware. Be warned they are expensive.

Crumpets · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 7800 **Location:**

Lol, don't buy low-end laptops with vista on them and expect to be able to run games without gnawing your eyeballs out.

ImmortalKiller · **Joined:** Aug 2008 **Posts:** 675 **Location:** VA/CA

ThatBluePerson wrote:

If you want a gaming laptop go look at alienware. Be warned they are expensive.

VooDoo > Alienware.

StealMySoda · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 5245 **Location:**

Seriously. You wont be able to game much if at all on either of those. Both are intergrated graphics. You'd be better off saving up for a better one. If you want to have any sort of gaming ability, make sure it's got a dedicated graphics card.

satman83 · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 9541 **Location:** London

yet again its really only for Football manager 2008

Min System Requirements:

* System: 1.2GHz Processor or equivalent
* RAM: 256 MB
* Hard Drive Space: 750 MB

Recommended System Requirements:
* System: 2.2 GHz processor or equivalent
* RAM: 512 MB
* Hard Drive Space: 750 MB

DumboDii · **Joined:** Sep 2008 **Posts:** 2961 **Location:** Finland

Buy the one i showed.

-No problem with most of games
-Big screen.

It is a bit expencive but worth it i would say.

satman83 · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 9541 **Location:** London

I came across this on ebay and am thinking of buying it...is it good for what it
is?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DELL-TOWER-PC-DES ... 240%3A1308

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DELL-TOWER-PC-DES ... 240%3A1308

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DELL-TOWER-PC-DES ... 240%3A1308

cin · **Posted:** Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:13 pm

lol.

i've been gaming on my laptops for about 4 years now.
it's not like he's saying he wants to run crysis or
whatever ultra-high end game right?

i'm happy with my laptop because i can game anywhere,
not because i can run everything high settings. my
current laptop is about 2-2,5 years old now, had one
of the first dual core amd turion processors and 256mb
integrated video memory. but i can run mmo's like PW,
sro, archlord, etc on high settings.

@sat, from the top two, i'd go for number one.

IceMann · **Posted:** Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:37 pm

Isn`t it going to be easier if you just tell us how much money you can afford for a notebook, so we can give you a helpful advice. Anyway if you wonder between the first two configs you posted, i`d stick to number 1

cpinney · **Posted:** Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:39 pm

give us a price range and maybe we can find something for you >_>

Crumpets · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 7800 **Location:**

cin wrote:

@sat, from the top two, i'd go for number one.

Yeah, and have fun never being able to upgrade it ;p

Cullen · **Joined:** Dec 2008 **Posts:** 151 **Location:** Tera

If your looking for a ripper of a PC, http://www.ibuypower.com/ is your place.
Some of the laptops there(About $1000 US) have Nvidia 9600MS's 512mb and 4GB of DDR2 800mhz ram inside them.
Freakin' sweet!

cin · **Posted:** Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:54 pm

Crumpets wrote:

cin wrote:

@sat, from the top two, i'd go for number one.

Yeah, and have fun never being able to upgrade it ;p

he just told me on pm, and probably forgot to mention it here..

but his current pc is 9 years old

satman83 · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 9541 **Location:** London

cin wrote:

Crumpets wrote:

cin wrote:

@sat, from the top two, i'd go for number one.

Yeah, and have fun never being able to upgrade it ;p

he just told me on pm, and probably forgot to mention it here..

but his current pc is 9 years old

lol yea...always been up to date on laptops but my PC is just a joke...lol

satman83 · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 9541 **Location:** London

My friend can get me this on..."discount" :wink:

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/ ... ionSection

Cullen · **Joined:** Dec 2008 **Posts:** 151 **Location:** Tera

Look for one that actually has an upgradable graphics card!

MiKe 51-50 · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 1284 **Location:**

http://www.gateway.com/systems/series/5 ... =ms_gaming
Now the PC from ebay is a Dell computer for businesses. I have used one of those in high school. The only thing that it could run was Counter-strike 1.6.
Don't buy a cheap computer. They are not worth it. When buying a PC, you should save enough for something that will last a long time.
My desktop was fine for what I used it for 3 years ago. Then the keyboard and mouse were trash so I hada buy a Logitech G15 and G5. Within 6 months I hada swap out the graphics card for better games like cod4. Then I found out it had some cheap/slow memory so I upgraded to 4 gb. Ran out of space on my hard drive so I had to buy a new one.
So in the end I have spent about $1,600 because I cheaped out at the beginning with a branded PC. I found all the parts on newegg of the current PC hardware I have now before I upgraded almost the entire thing, It would have only cost me $1,000 if I built it custom.

satman83 · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 9541 **Location:** London

Like i said before...its only for work and ONE GAME ONLY.

Damn, do people just bother not to read past the title of a thread anymore ? :banghead:

Crumpets · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 7800 **Location:**

satman83 wrote:

Like i said before...its only for work and ONE GAME ONLY.

Damn, do people just bother not to read past the title of a thread anymore ? :banghead:

You asked for advice, people are advising you. Shut the fuck up.

Cullen · **Joined:** Dec 2008 **Posts:** 151 **Location:** Tera

Crumpets wrote:

satman83 wrote:

Like i said before...its only for work and ONE GAME ONLY.

Damn, do people just bother not to read past the title of a thread anymore ? :banghead:

You asked for advice, people are advising you. Shut the fuck up.

+1 to you sir.

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