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Okay so my laptop is coming to it's end and i'm looking to buy a new one, a gaming laptop under £900.

I found this.

Scroll down to see specs. I'm no computer genius and i'm not sure if it's good enough to last a few years. Is this laptop any good then?



[Edited on 12.18.2012 12:54 PM PST]

  • 12.18.2012 12:52 PM PDT
Subject: Is this a decent gaming laptop?
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>Gaming
>Laptop

Pick one.

  • 12.18.2012 12:53 PM PDT
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Posted by: A Good Troll
>Gaming
>Laptop

Pick one.
You don't have to

  • 12.18.2012 12:53 PM PDT
Subject: Is this a decent laptop for gaming?

The specs are decent. As for lasting a few years it is unlikely.

  • 12.18.2012 12:55 PM PDT
Subject: Is this a decent gaming laptop?

Posted by: Duardo
Not really. Your mom is over quite enough to make my fears mute.
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Posted by: Duardo
Being alone.
You're a mod, you should be used to that.


Posted by: A Good Troll
>Gaming
>Laptop

Pick one.
Your name doesn't fit you. Crossfirex 7970ms can actually beat every GPU out there ,individually.

  • 12.18.2012 12:56 PM PDT

Eww, Toshiba.

  • 12.18.2012 1:01 PM PDT
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Posted by: colbyrules8

Posted by: A Good Troll
>Gaming
>Laptop

Pick one.
Your name doesn't fit you. Crossfirex 7970ms can actually beat every GPU out there ,individually.


I'm pretty sure he was just posting that before anyone else did. Because if he didn't then someone would have, as always.

OP won't get a laptop for that price with one of those cards in it though.

[Edited on 12.18.2012 1:04 PM PST]

  • 12.18.2012 1:02 PM PDT
Subject: Is this a decent gaming laptop?

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Posted by: A Good Troll
>Gaming
>Laptop

Pick one.

  • 12.18.2012 1:03 PM PDT

The laptop is decent, but the GT 640m is not a piece of gold by any means.

What games are you going to play exactly? You might get away with playing games like Crysis 2 and Metro 2033 on LOW at 1366x768, maybe Skyrim on medium and get 60FPS(vanilla).

Need to know what games you are going to playing.

  • 12.18.2012 1:05 PM PDT
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Posted by: EChondo
The laptop is decent, but the GT 640m is not a piece of gold by any means.

What games are you going to play exactly? You might get away with playing games like Crysis 2 and Metro 2033 on LOW at 1366x768, maybe Skyrim on medium and get 60FPS(vanilla).

Need to know what games you are going to playing.


I was planning to play games like skyrim,minecraft and lots of fps's on this on max.

  • 12.18.2012 1:15 PM PDT

Posted by: Duardo
Not really. Your mom is over quite enough to make my fears mute.
Posted by: colbyrules8
Posted by: Duardo
Being alone.
You're a mod, you should be used to that.


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Posted by: EChondo
The laptop is decent, but the GT 640m is not a piece of gold by any means.

What games are you going to play exactly? You might get away with playing games like Crysis 2 and Metro 2033 on LOW at 1366x768, maybe Skyrim on medium and get 60FPS(vanilla).

Need to know what games you are going to playing.


I was planning to play games like skyrim,minecraft and lots of fps's on this on max.
Good luck getting a lot of FPS on ultra on Skyrim.

  • 12.18.2012 1:24 PM PDT


Posted by: jonat1217

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>Gaming
>Laptop

Pick one.
lolnope, my Labtop can run Skyrim on high fine, I just took a 2010 Accer aspire and upgraded the hell out of it and it runs the game fine

1TB of memory
8GB ram
I7 intel 2.3GHz processor with OD up to 3.3Ghz
Nvidia Geforce GT640m 2GB

GOML BREH

  • 12.18.2012 1:30 PM PDT
Subject: Is this a decent laptop for gaming?

I swear to DRUNK, I'm not GOD!

i7 is good, HDD looks ok, RAM seems good, Graphics card is meh. Looks like the GPU will get you around 32 fps in Skyrim and 25 fps in Battlefield 3.
ALSO, it's a PC, so you have to be careful because the computer could come with...
- a loud fan
- mushy keys
- unresponsive trackpad/multi-touch features
- a screen that can't be viewed at very many angles
- questionable speaker volume/quality
- volume and brightness controls that provide no feeback or obtrusive feedback on screen when used
So... if you gaming needs are minor (minecraft, The Binding of Issac, Angry Birds, Portal) you should be fine, but don't expect to get great performance out of games like StarCraft 2, CoD, Diablo 3, or Assassin's Creed. If you want to game on PC, you should get yourself a desktop. Laptops have to be portable, and they ALWAYS sacrifice performance for portability at a higher cost.

My suggestion would be to read some professional reviews of the computer online rather than just scratching your head at the specs it lists on the website that's trying to sell it to you, or go with a cheap, portable laptop coupled with a decent gaming desktop. You'll have 2 computers that do separate tasks for a longer time (4-5 years) than 1 computer which will die on you quicker (2-3 years) because it's trying to do everything at once.

  • 12.18.2012 1:49 PM PDT