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14 inch laptop for some gaming.

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  • 31-08-2009 5:52pm
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    grealjo1
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    I know 14 inch and gaming usually don't go very well together, so i'm looking for some advice.

    Looking for good quality laptop (RAM / Processor / Graphics card) that will last a few years. Want something small enough to be portable and big enough to be able to play games on - hence the 14 inch.

    Need decend RAM / processor for some work related programs that are quite labour intensive, and reasonable graphics for some moderate gaming.

    Saw the ASUS N81VG and think it's fairly decent.
    http://www.laptopsdirect.ie/ASUS_N81VG_VX020C_Laptop_N81VG-VX020C/version.asp

    Any opinions? or other options - budget ca. 1000 Euro
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    Sephiroth_dude
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    grealjo1 wrote: »
    I know 14 inch and gaming usually don't go very well together, so i'm looking for some advice.

    Looking for good quality laptop (RAM / Processor / Graphics card) that will last a few years. Want something small enough to be portable and big enough to be able to play games on - hence the 14 inch.

    Need decend RAM / processor for some work related programs that are quite labour intensive, and reasonable graphics for some moderate gaming.

    Saw the ASUS N81VG and think it's fairly decent.
    http://www.laptopsdirect.ie/ASUS_N81VG_VX020C_Laptop_N81VG-VX020C/version.asp

    Any opinions? or other options - budget ca. 1000 Euro

    Im not sure about the processor though or the graphics card,I think you should take a look a dell,they have some good bargins.


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    AlmightyCushion
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    That laptop is actually quite good. Good fast processor and 4GBs ram. The graphics are a bit of a let down. I think the GT120 is just a rebadged 9500, so it's not great. Try and find something with a 9600 if you can.


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    Voodu Child
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    MSI GX623 €869
    http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=481381

    Okay, its a little bigger than you'd like, but the ATI 4670 is an excellent upper-mid card. Its about a match for the lower 9800M card (ie the GS) so its well ahead of the Nvidia mid-range cards.

    The CPU is a touch slow by todays standards, but it has a simple o/c button to bring it up a little if you need it.

    Pretty decent for the money.


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    grealjo1
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    Thanks for the info. So graphics card isn't great, but would it be capable of playing games like GTA, Crysis, call of duty etc - don't necessarly need to play them at max settings - just sufficient to be able to play games


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    Voodu Child
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    grealjo1 wrote: »
    Thanks for the info. So graphics card isn't great, but would it be capable of playing games like GTA, Crysis, call of duty etc - don't necessarly need to play them at max settings - just sufficient to be able to play games

    COD4 would be fine. GTA and Crysis would perform the way they normally do with a mid-range laptop GPU - you're not going to be cranking those settings or getting 60fps :pac: But they should be reasonably playable with medium settings and resolutions.

    Here's some benches for the 4670 I mentioned above:
    http://www.notebookjournal.de/storage/show/image/image4a290d2567855
    http://www.notebookjournal.de/storage/show/image/image4a290d28868d6
    Note that the GT120M you're looking at would be slower even than the 9600M GT (the lowest card in the test), so its miles slower than the 4670.


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