affordable gaming laptop

by DemHerbs • 8 Aug 2010, 22:44 • Journals
Looking for an affordable gaming laptop. Doesn't have to run crysis maxed out on a thousand fps, but I certanly want to be able to play it at medium at lets say 30/40 fps.

Pricerange 500 to 900 euro's, rly don't want to spend more.

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niSmO 8 Aug 2010, 23:47
i got mine for £450 - check specs in my profile, HP ftw
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DemHerbs 8 Aug 2010, 23:56
looks decent, looking at their site and I'm wondering if these two are ok
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/nl/nl/ho/WF06b/321957-321957-3329744-64354-64354-4149935-4217487.html
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/nl/nl/ho/WF06b/321957-321957-3329744-64354-64354-4150017-4232860.html
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niSmO 9 Aug 2010, 00:01
top one is pretty much the same as mine, 4gb RAM, same gfx card, same processor and mine runs ET @ 166fps on adler@bio (no fps cap) easily and 125 everywhere else (except radar/gr sometimes

do it, its a good price

when you are searching though, look for one that hasnt got a integrated gfx card (eg. intel extreme graphics) - they suck :)

GL!
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DemHerbs 9 Aug 2010, 00:32
http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/253253/packard-bell-easynote-tj75-jn-522.html#tab:info

the specs on these look rather similar, only it costs 200 less, are there any real notable differences?
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niSmO 9 Aug 2010, 00:34
seems the same, i guess the i3 processor is better than the one in mine, but thats just a guess - go for it?

but read some reviews first
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DemHerbs 9 Aug 2010, 00:38
hmm, only downside seems to be that it runs at a resolution of 1366 × 768, but I guess at a 15,6 inch laptop this doesnt really matter anyways ^^

cheers for your help!
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niSmO 9 Aug 2010, 00:46
mines got strange resolution too, its no problem for ET once you get used to it
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Iis6r 9 Aug 2010, 00:57
+1 if it will only stay on the desk, moving it is not recommended
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DemHerbs 9 Aug 2010, 01:14
y is that?
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Iis6r 9 Aug 2010, 01:38
???
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DemHerbs 9 Aug 2010, 01:39
why is that? why cant you move it?
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Iis6r 9 Aug 2010, 01:42
cheap plastic body, large screen(large body) ends in flexing the motherboard
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DemHerbs 9 Aug 2010, 01:43
which would eventually result in hardware failure? that would suck big time :/ need it for my school, so carrying it around like all day...
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Iis6r 9 Aug 2010, 01:48
its 3.3kg so its very heavy and large, i my self is having the same problem, in the end i chose lenovo t400 with ati graphic it wont run the games as i like but at least cs, et, ql will do fine + since its a older model it is cheaper then new business class laptops and still has durability and some performance.
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DemHerbs 9 Aug 2010, 01:49
well, thx for the note man, will certanly keep this in mind before buying a laptop!
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Jonasty 8 Aug 2010, 23:59
chick is taking a swim in piss? :s
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Piegie 8 Aug 2010, 23:59
Fking love the random chick, name ?
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wubskis 9 Aug 2010, 00:01
Quotegaming laptop
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niSmO 9 Aug 2010, 00:08
i play on a laptop and i am highskill :DDDD
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beAsty 9 Aug 2010, 00:03
asus g50vt-a1

or g50v
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RazZaH 9 Aug 2010, 00:05
asus is the answer
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daNi 9 Aug 2010, 00:06
macbook
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Piegie 9 Aug 2010, 00:06
fails with slac :>
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daNi 9 Aug 2010, 00:39
still macbook
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Iis6r 9 Aug 2010, 00:56
install windows on it?
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over9000 9 Aug 2010, 00:08
alienware ~3.000€
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Juize 9 Aug 2010, 00:15
ik heb nen nieuwe pc! ha!
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DemHerbs 9 Aug 2010, 00:39
werd tog es tijd :D
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Juize 9 Aug 2010, 00:45
had m net voor kerst;p
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Limbonic 9 Aug 2010, 00:24
looking for one as well, still on the look though :|

for up to 900€ you can get laptops with 260m, 5650, 5730, you wouldn't want worse gpus.
- asus g60vx is available at amazon right now for roughly 800€, pretty decent pick.
- acer 7745 is quite good as well (5850 with ddr3 though, can't live up to its counterpart with gddr5 memory), 17" though.
- the acer timelinex series got decent battery time + probably is a good pick if you want to carry it around a lot.
- asus n71
- msi gx640: costs about 1k€, the fastest of the notebooks i mentioned, gpu tends to overheat (according to reviews)
- random clevo w860cu config (contact local clevo dealer)
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DemHerbs 9 Aug 2010, 00:43
cheers man, got some decent rigs there, will certanly consider a few of these
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Nemesis- 9 Aug 2010, 02:42
got my current one for 700$ CAD iirc, it's not too shabby imo

Acer Aspire 5740G-6454
- Intel Core i5 processor 430M (2.26 GHz, 3MB L3 Cache)
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650, up to 2746 MB HyperMemory
- 15.6" HD LED LCD
- 4 GB Memory (believe specs from website say DDR3)
- 500 GB HDD
- 802.11 bgn
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DemHerbs 9 Aug 2010, 11:14
shiiit thats decent man, got a link where u bought it? with the current dollar-euro currency its only 530 euro's
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Nemesis- 9 Aug 2010, 16:25
http://www.rockpc.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=156752&category_id=5&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=117

Got it with a pretty epic discount... Pricebat shows $902 CAD (link), the place I bought it at (Canada Computers) is no longer selling it so I can't find the listing there =( The one they have out now that is similar is around $599 CAD but tbh it's fairly shit... uses integrated graphics + i3 + 3 GB SDRAM
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DemHerbs 9 Aug 2010, 17:19
ah, well was looking at this, aint too expensive either http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/253253/packard-bell-easynote-tj75-jn-522.html#tab:info

e: is i3 though, but has "decent" graphics for it's price, and 4 gb ram
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Nemesis- 9 Aug 2010, 17:44
looks good (Packard Bell is also a subsidiary of Acer I believe :P). Tbh, i3 is not bad at all and 95% of the time you don't really notice that much difference between this and i5 (maybe you will with i7 because that thing overheats a lot) + with HD5470 that's a pretty solid graphics card.

If you're willing to spend a little more though, I'd go with some of Limbonic's picks. ASUS has some really sturdy laptops and even if the specs aren't super super amazing, they are tanks and will last you forever :X Left my last ASUS laptop on 24/7 for about 3 years before the board behind the LCD monitor burned out but soon as I replaced that it began working like a beast again :D
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PrincessCadence 9 Aug 2010, 03:15
haha, that looks like a girl i know :P
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