Gaming Laptop.. Need help

Magaa

okay i just saw this in a aldi thing http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/2827_10898.htm



[SIZE=“2“]MEDION® AKOYA® S5612 (MD 97930)

Intel® Celeron® Ultra-Low-Voltage processor
4 GB memory1
320 GB S-ATA hard disk
ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4530 DirectX® 10 graphics
Multi-gesture track-pad for scrolling, rotating and zooming6

Power saving and super efficient processor
Intel® Celeron® Ultra-Low-Voltage processor SU2300 for longer battery life! (1.2 GHz, 1 MB L2 cache, FSB 800 MHz)

Brilliant graphics
ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4530 DirectX® 10 graphics with 512 MB GDDR2 memory and digital HDMI audio/video output

High Definition Audio
with 2 loudspeakers – Dolby® Advanced Audio™ certified2

15.6" TFT Widescreen Display – HD resolution with 1366 x 768 pixels
Home cinema experience, thanks to high definition pictures and super colours in 16:9 cinema format

Massive storage space
320 GB S-ATA hard disk – For more than 60,000 songs or photos3

Huge memory
4 GB DDR2 SDRAM1

Multi card reader (SD & MMC)
(Memory cards not included)

Latest Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11 n-standard technology
with up to 300 Mbit/s. 802.11 b/g compatible4

Network controller
Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mbit/s. on board

Huge software package (OEM versions) with Windows® 7 Home Premium

Connections
3 x USB 2.0, 1 x eSATA, 1 x VGA out, 1 x HDMI out, 1 x LAN (RJ45), 1 x microphone5, 1 x line out5


I am looking to play world of warcraft on it. i will be having it on the lowest graphic settings i am just wondering if i do buy this will world of warcraft not run quickly enough.
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Alanstrainor

The whole selling point of that laptop is being "slim and light", so it's not built to be a gaming machine. I'd say you'd get away with minimum specs and low resolution though(I'm not really a gamer, so that's only my guess!). If gaming was a priority i'd search elsewhere.

Magaa

Alanstrainor wrote: »

The whole selling point of that laptop is being "slim and light", so it's not built to be a gaming machine. I'd say you'd get away with minimum specs and low resolution though(I'm not really a gamer, so that's only my guess!). If gaming was a priority i'd search elsewhere.

ok thanks and thanks for a quick reply

leninbenjamin

here's some benches for the card: http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-4530.13972.0.html

not the weakest for that price bracket at all, but it's still not a machine for gaming.

PogMoThoin

Not a bad laptop except for the Celeron

Voodu Child

leninbenjamin wrote: »

here's some benches for the card: http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-4530.13972.0.html

not the weakest for that price bracket at all, but it's still not a machine for gaming.

The laptop linked uses the DDR2 version of the 4530.

You can see a GDDR3 version clock around 3000 3DMark06 with a Turion X2 here.

The DDR2 version is going to be miles slower. It'd be better than integrated graphics, but that's about the only good thing I could say about it :pac:

At the end of the day, what Alan said was right. If you are after a very slim machine with great battery life, that's a nice laptop. Its got a single-core CULV which is very weak but also draws very little power. Thats the kind of machine it is. If you actually need power (for gaming or otherwise) you could spend your €600 much better.

TerrorFirmer

The video card isn't too bad actually but the processor is terrible for games - not just because it's a celeron, but its a low power version of the celeron designed for ultra portables...

super_furry

That laptop would run WoW with ease and at medium to high settings. I've seen WoW run on 10-year-old machines.

Magaa

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if some one could recommend a laptop for me for 1000 euro for mainly playing world of warcraft all the settings will be on the lowest settings at all times

Voodu Child

Magaa wrote: »

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if some one could recommend a laptop for me for 1000 euro for mainly playing world of warcraft all the settings will be on the lowest settings at all times

€600 will buy you a Dell Studio 15 with ATI 4570 and decent(ish) Dual Core processor. That'd be fine for games that arent too demanding.

Magaa

Voodu Child wrote: »

€600 will buy you a Dell Studio 15 with ATI 4570 and decent(ish) Dual Core processor. That'd be fine for games that arent too demanding.

as in world of warcraft?

TerrorFirmer

Magaa wrote: »

as in world of warcraft?

As in world of Warcraft maximum settings. Don't use the Aldi one as a basis for performance : price as its designed as an ultra portable slim machine.

Sephiroth_dude

To be honest I would be buying a laptop from aldi for gaming.

Electrisco-pops

I'm thinking about getting this laptop.

Would it be ok for using the likes of Autocad, Photoshop, ETS 3 professional and other design packages. Off course going online as well?

DemoniK

jamesekeenan wrote: »

I'm thinking about getting this laptop.

Would it be ok for using the likes of Autocad, Photoshop, ETS 3 professional and other design packages. Off course going online as well?

No.
The celeron is just too underpowered for those apps which require CPU horses far more than GPU. The odd bit of photoshop, but I wouldn't try and run autocad or ETS3 on anything other than a dual core these days.

Electrisco-pops

Cheers RikD,
I'll will be buying a laptop in 2 weeks when I finish my exams so if you see something decent between now and then I'd appreciate the link.

hare05

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_5740G_Laptop_LX.PMF02.061/version.asp?switchc=e
610 + delivery.

Play WoW on max settings, no bother. Pretty good performance in other apps.