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xixarchangelxix · 01-22-2011, 12:14 AM

Obviously for surfing, documents, etc. it will be more than enough.

For gaming, however, you would be better spending money on a desktop unit and to save the most money, building it yourself from components (or picking the components and having someone else put it together for you if you aren't comfortable with it).

Laptops that are capable of keeping up with current games come at a premium and you won't be satisfied with your current choice for gaming. The one you are looking at has on board or integrated graphics. What that means is, the graphics chip shares the laptops resources (RAM, CPU, etc) for providing graphics. It limits what you can do gaming wise considerably. You would probably be looking at about $150-200 more for a decent entry level gaming laptop.

That being said... if you built a desktop with the same money, you would be able to build a system that would play pretty much any game on the market at full graphics (assuming you already have an optical drive that can be re-used) for a little over $1000.

You'll have to make a choice between either mobility (laptop) or gaming performance (desktop) in the price range you're looking at.

01-22-2011, 12:14 AM	#8
xixarchangelxix The Unicorn Drives: 2006 Yaris 5D HB Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Oakville, Ontario Posts: 180	Obviously for surfing, documents, etc. it will be more than enough. For gaming, however, you would be better spending money on a desktop unit and to save the most money, building it yourself from components (or picking the components and having someone else put it together for you if you aren't comfortable with it). Laptops that are capable of keeping up with current games come at a premium and you won't be satisfied with your current choice for gaming. The one you are looking at has on board or integrated graphics. What that means is, the graphics chip shares the laptops resources (RAM, CPU, etc) for providing graphics. It limits what you can do gaming wise considerably. You would probably be looking at about $150-200 more for a decent entry level gaming laptop. That being said... if you built a desktop with the same money, you would be able to build a system that would play pretty much any game on the market at full graphics (assuming you already have an optical drive that can be re-used) for a little over $1000. You'll have to make a choice between either mobility (laptop) or gaming performance (desktop) in the price range you're looking at.