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zelosuchiha
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Which laptop for gaming?

i want to buy a laptop for gaming, but i dont have a big budget. I was thinking about these ones. Which one should i buy? Its mostly for WoW but i want to play some newer games too.

http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/gateway-gateway-15-6-intel-core-i3-330m-2-13ghz-laptop-nv5909...

 

http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/hewlett-packard-hp-pavilion-15-6-amd-athlon-ii-dual-core-m300...

 

or suggest me one please i need help! i dont care if the games are not on high res i only want to play them even the newer games. What laptop on the future shop website is gaming oriented and is cheap? I want to pay anywhere between 500-900$

Theres the cosmio at 1399$ does it worth that price? i cant pay for that so dont suggest it i just want to know

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zelosuchiha
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Re: Which laptop for gaming?
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Re: Which laptop for gaming?

For gaming, it's the graphics hardware that will impact your performance more than anything else.  The Gateway you looked at there has the best graphics card by a large margin, so I would recommend that out of those choices.  It's also the best graphics hardware you will probably find in that price range.  As for the rest of the specs in it, they're definitely 'good enough' at that price. :smileyhappy:

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Morfanos
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Re: Which laptop for gaming?

Sorry for the late reply. For gaming, your best choice is your first link at $749.99:

 

Gateway 15.6" Intel Core i3-330M 2.13GHz Laptop (NV5909H) -  Black

Gateway 15.6" Intel Core i3-330M 2.13GHz Laptop (NV5909H) - Black

 

With a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650, one of the best laptop video card on the market, it's the perfect laptop for gaming under $1400. The processor is also quite fast for a laptop in this price range­. Add the 4GB of RAM and the 640 GB HDD and you got a well pretty good computer. Just don't expect to be able to play games for too long when your computer is running on the battery.

Until next time,
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Re: Which laptop for gaming?

 


Morfanos wrote:

Sorry for the late reply. For gaming, your best choice is your first link at $749.99:

 

With a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650, one of the best laptop video card on the market, it's the perfect laptop for gaming under $1400. The processor is also quite fast for a laptop in this price range­. Add the 4GB of RAM and the 640 GB HDD and you got a well pretty good computer. Just don't expect to be able to play games for too long when your computer is running on the battery.


 

Or even no game at all on the battery, most laptops were not built to handle gaming on the battery. You might get horrible gaming performance from the battery and have no problem whatsoever while using the power cord!

 

Besides, that computer is a really good deal!

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