Laptop Advice

andyp93 · 03-17-2008, 07:36 PM

hi,
im going to buy a new laptop/pc. (hopefully a laptop due to portability)
I have been searching for a while now, and being a bit of a gamer, i wondered what i could buy that will run most modern games. i don't know, but is the recommender amount over 2GHz of processor speed?
anyways, i would like it to have dedicated graphics if possible, a nice quick processor, and hopefully around 2gb of RAM. i have found a few laptops with the ram and the processor, but none with the dedicated graphics.
any help would be appreciated!

budget - no more than £500, which i think is about $1000 in today's exchange rates.

JohnJSal · 03-17-2008, 08:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andyp93

hi,
im going to buy a new laptop/pc. (hopefully a laptop due to portability)
I have been searching for a while now, and being a bit of a gamer, i wondered what i could buy that will run most modern games. i don't know, but is the recommender amount over 2GHz of processor speed?
anyways, i would like it to have dedicated graphics if possible, a nice quick processor, and hopefully around 2gb of RAM. i have found a few laptops with the ram and the processor, but none with the dedicated graphics.
any help would be appreciated!

budget - no more than £500, which i think is about $1000 in today's exchange rates.

I know Dell's come with a dedicated GPU, but I think you'll be hard pressed to find a gaming type of laptop for around $1000. I just tried to customize a Dell laptop for you, and the default CPU was 1.66ghz, so upgrading that to around 2ghz would cost another $100, putting it at $1100 already.

TechEnthusiast · 03-20-2008, 03:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andyp93

hi,
im going to buy a new laptop/pc. (hopefully a laptop due to portability)
I have been searching for a while now, and being a bit of a gamer, i wondered what i could buy that will run most modern games. i don't know, but is the recommender amount over 2GHz of processor speed?
anyways, i would like it to have dedicated graphics if possible, a nice quick processor, and hopefully around 2gb of RAM. i have found a few laptops with the ram and the processor, but none with the dedicated graphics.
any help would be appreciated!

budget - no more than £500, which i think is about $1000 in today's exchange rates.

This should do nicely!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834220297
It's very nice.

Edit: To the above poster. If you are bent on going dell, do a google search on dell coupons that you can use. Often times you can save hundreds of dollars this way. (3 years ago my $1900 dollar computer cost me $1200).

daisymtc · 03-20-2008, 01:08 PM

There is no way you can achieve it within £500. Mid-range Gaming laptop is looking at $1500, where when you buy it in UK, probably costly £800-900.

Here are some decent £500 laptop.
http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Fujit...GB/version.asp
http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Acer_...49/version.asp

Personally prefer Fujutsu

03-17-2008, 07:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
andyp93 New Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3	Laptop Advice hi, im going to buy a new laptop/pc. (hopefully a laptop due to portability) I have been searching for a while now, and being a bit of a gamer, i wondered what i could buy that will run most modern games. i don't know, but is the recommender amount over 2GHz of processor speed? anyways, i would like it to have dedicated graphics if possible, a nice quick processor, and hopefully around 2gb of RAM. i have found a few laptops with the ram and the processor, but none with the dedicated graphics. any help would be appreciated! budget - no more than £500, which i think is about $1000 in today's exchange rates. Last edited by andyp93; 03-17-2008 at 07:52 PM. Reason: forgot to add the budget

03-20-2008, 01:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
daisymtc Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: UK Posts: 3,930	There is no way you can achieve it within £500. Mid-range Gaming laptop is looking at $1500, where when you buy it in UK, probably costly £800-900. Here are some decent £500 laptop. http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Fujit...GB/version.asp http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Acer_...49/version.asp Personally prefer Fujutsu Last edited by daisymtc; 03-20-2008 at 01:30 PM.

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