Good gaming laptop?

Post by **Strike** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 12:09 pm

Hey,

I'm sick of my old laptop and need a new 1, perferably one that runs DAoC perfectly.
I tried looking on the net but there's just so much choice and I don't want to buy the wrong 1 again.
Anybody got any suggestions for good laptops at around $500-$600 (can be bought from ebay)? If you find me one I like and buy you will get a small reward and my eternal gratitude

Kuwl · Post by **Kuwl** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 12:21 pm

what are the system requirements of DAoC? A laptop for $500-600 will be *hard* to get, but not impossible for a gaming system. Dell usually has their starting laptop around that price (~$500 depending on deal/other stuff on computer)

Post by **Strike** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 12:51 pm

Well what I care about mainly is that it has a good graphic card (i.e. Radeon 9000), decent RAM (between 256 and 512MB DDR), and good processor speed (~1.5GHZ).
Basically it should be enough to run World of Warcraft, Command and Conquer Generals, Neverwinter Nights, etc... perfectly....
Basically I want a pc which can run all the new games smooth. And I can pay a bit more if it's an exceptional offer.

Post by **Strike** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 12:59 pm

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... =tech-data

what do you think of that laptop?

Freon22 · Post by **Freon22** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 1:21 pm

That one is used, and for $ 846.00 poor deal.

This one is new $ 711.00 before taxs and shipping. But it looks like it has everything that the used one has.

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/ ... 00L1&s=dhs

Post by **Strike** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 1:29 pm

Integrated IntelÂ® Media Accelerator 900 Graphics

I don't believe that this is a good graphic card? My current laptop has awesome specs but a bad graphic card and that is the main reason I can hardly play any games...

Post by **Blum** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 6:57 pm

If you want a computer that plays latest games, you'll need to pay a lot more than that.

Post by **OmegaRenegade** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 8:52 pm

Gaming and Laptop dont belong in the same sentence, not if you are trying to keep costs down. You could probably build yourself a much better desktop for gaming for that price

Kuwl · Post by **Kuwl** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 10:46 pm

OmegaRenegade wrote:Gaming and Laptop dont belong in the same sentence, not if you are trying to keep costs down. You could probably build yourself a much better desktop for gaming for that price

thats true. Gaming laptops usually run about $400 more than a normal desktop PC, same specs and all. Also, the laptops run at higher heat than desktops. Just things to think about. I currently have a gaming laptop that was "engineering requiremented" for me... although I don't see any programs needing that much power/speed... oh well, works great with hl2

XDemonX · Post by **XDemonX** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 4:16 pm

ur better off spending a few hundred more and get a great one there are like little price breaks that if u spend a little more u can get double the performace memory such like that...if i were u would wait til i saved up 1k