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Gaming Laptop on a Budget
Rainbulimic
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Hey guys!
After a bad impulse buy, I'm now looking for advice on getting a new laptop!
I want something that's powerful enough to play a game like Portal 2, or Team Fortress 2, but not as expensive as all hell. My budget is set around £400-450 (£500 at a major push).
Also I'm in the UK.
What sort of stuff should I be looking for? Initially I figured I only really needed to worry about RAM, but I've learned my lesson now that its more complicated than that.
The best I could find when looking myself was the HP Pavilion DV6-3112sa but I've never had a HP before and I'm not sure if they're that good.
So, advice?
After a bad impulse buy, I'm now looking for advice on getting a new laptop!
I want something that's powerful enough to play a game like Portal 2, or Team Fortress 2, but not as expensive as all hell. My budget is set around £400-450 (£500 at a major push).
Also I'm in the UK.
What sort of stuff should I be looking for? Initially I figured I only really needed to worry about RAM, but I've learned my lesson now that its more complicated than that.
The best I could find when looking myself was the HP Pavilion DV6-3112sa but I've never had a HP before and I'm not sure if they're that good.
So, advice?
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Overall, the main thing you need to watch out for is the GPU everything else is distinctly secondary as far as gaming is concerned. It's hard to keep track of all the GPU names and which are worthwhile. Notebookcheck.net is the best place to look them up. I'd say the Llano might have a GPU considerably more powerful than that HP has.
Don't forget to look into the normal laptop issues, e.g. keyboards and screens and battery life. I'm looking into a new laptop and from what I've read battery life is getting better across the board but screens can be pretty bad on cheaper models. It's hard to upgrade a laptop so be careful.
(Please do not gift. My game bank is already full.)
Cheapish as well, cost me £450 iirc.
You won't get everything at super high specs but I can comfortably run New Vegas, BLOPS, BC2 and most UE3 games quite comfortably on it.