Hi all, hoping for a bit of technical advice.
Bacically due to circumstances I have to move my gaming to a laptop.
Unfortunatley my Dell 1545 is NOT a gaming laptop and massivley restricts what I can play.
Soooo i'm thinking of getting a new laptop capable of playing games such as Skyrim, assasins creed, etc.
I'm not that bothed about multiplayer, don't need the crispest graphics, i'm only using it for gaming (not blue-ray etc), no web-cam, 3g, don't care about sound quality or fancy keyboards.
Basically I just want the ability to play any game smoothly on an ok sized screen.
Can someone let me know what my best bet would be or what to look out for?
Will i need a "gaming laptop" or can i get away with a cheaper laptop with a good graphics card?
Any help is welcome...
Laptop Advice
posted on 6/3/12
Don't Dell offer finance options?
posted on 6/3/12
19.9% APR... might as well get a small loan at those rates.
posted on 6/3/12
I'd recommend a desktop so you could upgrade for much cheaper in the future
posted on 6/3/12
Keep your laptop for work etc. and build a desktop.
posted on 6/3/12
Skyrim minimum requirements
Dual-core CPU, 2.0 GHz or faster
2 GB RAM
DirectX 9.0c video card with 512 MB RAM
6 GB HDD space
Windows XP/Vista/7 [32 or 64-bit]
And the recommended spec:
Quad-core CPU
4 GB RAM
DirectX 9.0c video card with 1 GB RAM - GTX 260/Radeon 4890 or higher
6 GB HDD space
Windows XP/Vista/7,
Assasins creed 2
Minimum
OS: Windows XP (32-64 bits) / Windows Vista (32-64 bits)/ Windows 7 (32-64 bits)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHZ or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4GHZ
RAM: 1.5 GB Windows XP / 2 GB Windows Vista – Windows 7
Video Card: 256 MB DirectX 9.0–compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (see supported list)
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0 –compliant sound card
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0
DVD-ROM: DVD-ROM dual-layer drive
Hard Drive Space: 8 GB
And the recommended configuration:
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ or better
Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT or ATI Radeon HD 4700 or better
Sound: 5.1 sound card
i was just about to say that.
posted on 7/3/12
Lenovo are the best
posted on 8/3/12
Why do you need a laptop? I always ask this question as 1 day many moons ago i also thought i needed a gaming laptop and spent £2500 on one.......guess what i used it as a laptop maybe half a dozen times, other than that it sat on my desk I could have saved £1500 and got the desktop, and then been able to update rather than get stuck with a broken husk that i cant do anything with now its broken.
For £500 you can put together a solid desktop that will 2x or 3x better than a laptop at the same price.
If you do feel you need a laptop then to play games i would advise a minimum of a 550M nvidia card or a Mobility 5700 Ati. This how ever will only do for about 18months and after that will struggle on newer games..... tbh it will struggle on Skyrim on high settings with a few things turned on.
posted on 8/3/12
Basically the other half doesn't enjoy watching me game so the only chance i get is sat on the sofa in front of the box. Literally nowhere to put a desktop without moving to another room.
Futureproofing seems a massive problem and it sounds like a black hole for my well earned monies.
posted on 8/3/12
PC in the next room and sound and noise cancelling headphones
posted on 9/3/12
I might be a bit late on this, but if you want a Dell XPS laptop then watch out for the GPU yuo are getting.
My XPS M1530 had a nvidia GeForce 8600M GT, which unkwon to me at time of purchase, had severe GPU design issues. This meant after about 2 years the GPU would pack up and a blank screen would be displayed. You would then need to reball the GPU or get a new motherboard.