Gaming Laptop

[mccrack]

ok, so i'm looking @ buying a laptop when i get to the U.K, what kind of specs should i be looking @ for general gaming in the laptop world?

Wanna be able to play stuff like guild wars, doom, civ4 etc etc....

Any help will be appreciated.

 

[rburley]

Intel Pentium M 760 2.0 GHz or greater
at least 1GB RAM that is upgradable
ATi x700 or greater.

My friends got a gigabyte with those specs, it plays games nicely for a laptop and wasnt all that much.

EDIT: What about this one?
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2006/03/09/rock_nvidia_sli_notebook/1.html
2x 7800gtxs will run games very decently

 

[Drone 42]

Try http://www.whatlaptop.co.uk/
You might get some ideas there

 

[Franna]

Check out:
http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/cmod.to?seg=HHO&coid=-30597

P105-S921 Specs: (PDF)
http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/product/pdf_files/detailed_specs/satellite_P105-S921.pdf

Intel Duo Core (1.83GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 667MHz FSB)
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900GS (256MB GDDR3)
160GB SATA Harddrive
1GB DDR2 RAM
DVD Super Multi Drive

 

[mccrack]

lol@rburley.

Rock Extreme, i know, i was drooling earlier looking at it ......
Just a tad out of my price range.

Thanks for the links all

@Franna, nice, but they're in US dollars?

EDIT: Hmmmm, mebbe cheaper to import the laptop from the U.S ?

 

[piranha786]

Hey just be careful. a Laptop is never goog for gaming. I had a 3000+ AMD laptop, some time back. With Games (even the less graphics one's) it generates too much heat. rather get a laptop as light and thin as possible, with a mobile processor.

just my 2c

 

[mccrack]

Hey just be careful. a Laptop is never goog for gaming. I had a 3000+ AMD laptop, some time back. With Games (even the less graphics one's) it generates too much heat. rather get a laptop as light and thin as possible, with a mobile processor.

just my 2c

*sigh* , you just complicated it more

 

[FxpForce]

Dell has some awesome gaming laptops.

 

[gkm]

Yes, I would recommend one of these:
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/m170?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs
(Dell XPS M170)

But whatever you go for, as other people are saying, make sure you get one with a good graphics card.

 

[schitz011]

I got an Insprion 8600 with ATI Radeon 9600 128mb card and it runs things like Battlefield Vietnam, C&C Generals just fine.. It does get hot though when it's running at full tilt (a common problem..)

It's a bit clunky with new games though so I would recommend looking at a desktop if you can. As I recall there are a few companies making specialst gaming laptops but they are pricey..

I suppose it all depends what you want to do with the laptop...

 

[mccrack]

General purpose + gaming is the purpose.

How are the Mobile X700's by ATI? Anyone have first hand experience?
Laptops in the States look much better, what kind of costs am i looking at when bringing in a laptop
from the states?

 

[Person]

General purpose + gaming is the purpose.

How are the Mobile X700's by ATI? Anyone have first hand experience?
Laptops in the States look much better, what kind of costs am i looking at when bringing in a laptop
from the states?

Price X 1.14VAT X 1.1import service fee X1.1import cost + shipping

 

[gkm]

My wife's laptop has a mobility X700 and it works pretty well for games. I guess it depends on what level you want to take it too.