gaming laptop for £500-£650

[fortune2k]

Hi im after a gaming laptop for around 500-650 quid. The main uses for it is to play World of warcraft so this is a key thing i want one that will run the game smoothly no hiccups and no system lag. I will also be using the laptop for ventrilo, playing wolfenstein enemy territory and WC3. What do you guys suggest is the best?

thank you

[Barry]

Acer Aspire 6930, you should be able to pick one up for £430 recon/£550 new

[fortune2k]

I shall have a look at the Acer Aspire 6930 now

[Barry]

If you search on ebay, Argos have a store that had them for £430

[finlay666]

Originally Posted by Barry

Acer Aspire 6930, you should be able to pick one up for £430 recon/£550 new

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/927267...k/Product.html

The 3650 on that laptop is fairly good for non GPU intensive games

[fortune2k]

wow is quite harsh on the GPU sooo tbh i dont mind spending a little more as long as i can play hassle free

[Barry]

the 6930 has a 9600GT which plays games ok, L4D etc at 60 fps easy

[Yosh]

Originally Posted by Barry

the 6930 has a 9600GT which plays games ok, L4D etc at 60 fps easy

As Barry has stated a 9600GT is more than capable, i ran wow on a 7600 for well over a year, and also ran it on an X300 at one point.

[Infinite]

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/pr...n&s=dhs&~ck=mn

Superior!

Either Studio 15 is a bargain

Don't forget quidco. 5%
If your a student you get some student discount around 3-6%. http://www.dell-sci.co.uk/
0XLHP207NKXXW6 code for 5% discount. Valid til midnight, lol.

My ideal studio would be:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T6500 (2.1GHz, 800MHz, 2MB)
15.6in Widescreen Full High Definition (1920x1080) WLED with TrueLife
4096MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x2048]
500GB (5.400rpm) SATA Hard Drive
512MB ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4570
Fixed Internal DVD+/-RW Slot Load Drive including Software
Primary 6-cell 56 WHr Lithium Ion battery
Intel WiFi Link 5100 (802.11 a/b/g/n 1X2) 1/2 MiniCard
Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Module - European
2.0 Mega pixel Integrated Web Camera
Internal UK/Irish Qwerty Backlit Keyboard

Should be under £650 once all discounts have been calculated

[fortune2k]

I think the most important thing for playing wow on the laptop will be down to the graphics card a geforce x130m seems rather good and rather cheap i think im gonna push my budget to 650

[danroyle]

Dell outlet is always worth a look

[fortune2k]

the Dell studio 15 laptops seem ather good for the price but what about the graphics card

512MB ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4570

how do you think it will handle WOW (in the city's ect)

[holy god of nil]

WoW really isn't that GPU intensive compared to most modern games, I would say a 4570 would probably run it fine This site is useful:

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-...ist.844.0.html

[fortune2k]

I shall have to wait until i get home before I can look at that website as its blocked for me here at work.

Yea I know wow is not gpu intensive but i want to run the game low/med settings with no hiccups no laggy areas such as citys/boss fights. It needs to be smooth i cant stand playing games with low FPS i

[holy god of nil]

I played it on a 7600 on med/high settings on a laptop with a pretty slow processor and 1gig ram and it was fine and a 4570 is supposed to be better.

[fortune2k]

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...ext%3EACER.htm

9600m GS is slightly better than the hd4750 according to http://www.notebookcheck.net/Compute...s.13849.0.html. What you guys think about the acer laptops?