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kiefer23 on 15 April 2010
Conner52 said:
llewdebkram said:

I think in the UK your looking at £2000 ish for a really decent gaming laptop.
My laptop is a £1000 Sony Vaio and that isn't even close to being able to play high spec games on high settings.

Not true at all, ACER has some great laptops on amazon at great prices. I remember seeing a Core i5, HD 5650 for $750


Yeah ACER do some very powerful laptops very cheap. I've heard bad things about them though.

Parts are recycled from refurbished or broken other laptops, terrible overheating with low auto shutdown temperatures etc.



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kiefer23 on 15 April 2010
TripleRoxas said:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834114796

That meets all your requirements, with a very powerful graphics card for a laptop.

check websites like newegg.com and tigerdirect.com


Very nice laptop but it's WAY over budget here and too powerful.

It's around £1350 on amazon here, £899 used but that's a no go.



kiefer23 on 15 April 2010
Impulsivity said:
I would go with the 13 inch macbook pro personally (it's just under 1200 US but I'm not sure how VAT and all the rest works). Most of the best games run natively on OSX now (especially as Steam comes to mac along with all the Valve games, ID, EA, Bliz and a lot of others make their games for mac already) and it has pretty good specs.

I like that it has a 10 hour battery, very solid construction and is rated the top laptop consistently by Consumer Reports (the premier American consumer product review magazine). If you are a student or something like that you can get a further discount that would put it down to your range for sure.

I mainly like macs since they almost never break (and if they do they're REALLY easy to get fixed fast at the apple store), they have really cheap OS upgrades (29 bucks for 10.6 instead of 200+ for Windows 7) and between OSX and being able to install Windows it can run anything. Even better is it lets me trade in my computer every 2 years since they hold their value well (I bought a macbook pro 15 inch at my school for 1100 dollars new over 2 years ago, its selling today on ebay for 800 with bidding still going for 4 more days) while you can barely give away used PCs.

The construction and overall build quality is vastly higher too.

Sorry forgot to mention no Macs or Macbooks. I'd never purchase one.



kiefer23 on 15 April 2010

I found this last night and book marked.

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_8942G-334G32BN_Core_i3_Laptop_LX.PQB02.001/version.asp

Seems very cheap for what you are getting. 1080p screen, decent processor and graphics card and 320gb memory. Only proble is that it's a ACER.



nightsurge on 15 April 2010

Seriously, I agree with Garcian Smith. Why do you not want a desktop? Are you planning on playing games like CoD, Crysis, etc. on the go all the time at a school or internet cafe? If you only really play games at home or at a friend's house, get a desktop and buy a cheap laptop for your own the go needs.



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okr on 15 April 2010

I'd normally recommend an LG notebook. I'm probably the only person in the world who loves their notebooks (which are generally marketed as business notebooks). Excellent manufacturing quality and probably the best non-glare displays on the market, but I think LG is above your budget.

Anyway, this one seems to be a gaming notebook with the best value for money atm:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Medion-Akoya-X7811-Gaming-Notebook.28166.0.html
A German review site called it the current "high-end gaming bargain". This page of the review is in German, but you can scroll down to see some benchmark comparisons for demanding games: http://www.notebookjournal.de/tests/laptop-review-medion-akoya-x7811-hd5870-nkmo-1131/2
The Akoya X7811 seems to be above your budget as well (€ 999 = £ 875), but I thought it was worth mentioning.

I generally recommend sites such as notebookcheck.net instead of internet forums, where the first one says don't buy a notebook, the 2nd one Asus, the 3rd Acer, the 4th one Dell and the 5th one don't you never EVER buy a notebook for gaming.

Try this instead: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Purchase-Consultation.13212.0.html



heutenitaz on 21 April 2010

I have one configuration that is compatible in all game it is

Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (32-bit)
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor T9400 (2.53 GHz)
Display 15.4" diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1280 x 800)
4GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
512MB NVIDIA Geforce 9600M GT
250GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100AGN from 802.11b/g WLAN
Primary CD/DVD drive SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
Primary battery 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
3-year HP Accidental Damage Protection with Pick Up and Return



calvinandhobbes on 22 April 2010

ok, so i am guessing that there are bestbuys in the uk with the same products as here in america right?

I thought that this was a pretty good laptop
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+Laptop+with+Intel%26%23174;+Core%26%23153;+i7+Processor+-+Black/9741729.p?id=1218165344675&skuId=9741729

Don't know if you have the same deal in the uk. and sorry if my post isn't any help



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