Is this laptop any good?

Chaotic_Forces

It costs 550 euro.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-g62-a28sa-06474284-pdt.html

Basically I bought a laptop, some errors and can now buy a new laptop with 415 euro and anythign else I can add onto it. I don't want to go overboard on the price (I could only afford about 600 at the most).

But I do want to run some newer games, Mass Effect 1/2, Batman: AA, Prototype, Fallout 3, Oblivion, Empire Total War and so on. OH AND DRAGON AGE! I need to play that on a computer, I hate the damn console versions (to anti D&D style for me).

I'd be happy playing in 1024 x 768 and all the settings at lowest but still I'm not sure if it'll cut it or not.

x in the city

Chaotic_Forces wrote: »

It costs 550 euro.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-g62-a28sa-06474284-pdt.html

Basically I bought a laptop, some errors and can now buy a new laptop with 415 euro and anythign else I can add onto it. I don't want to go overboard on the price (I could only afford about 600 at the most).

But I do want to run some newer games, Mass Effect 1/2, Batman: AA, Prototype, Fallout 3, Oblivion, Empire Total War and so on. OH AND DRAGON AGE! I need to play that on a computer, I hate the damn console versions (to anti D&D style for me).

I'd be happy playing in 1024 x 768 and all the settings at lowest but still I'm not sure if it'll cut it or not.

the graphic card is bad, you get what you pay for, you certainly wont be playing oblivion on it

Chaotic_Forces

x in the city wrote: »

the graphic card is bad, you get what you pay for, you certainly wont be playing oblivion on it

aw :P

That's a let down.

Do you have any idea of a semi decent laptop from pcworld that would be around 600 euro?

Chaotic_Forces

just uh... bumping this a bit. :P

dazzday

TBH you are pretty limited with PC world under £600 if you want to do mid-range gaming. Having a glance at the website and the games you want to play, you MAY get away with the Radeon HD 5470 GPU for low setting gamings. The older games will play at mid resolutions, the newer games willl be trail and error. Overclocking may improve it abit.
TBH a 2nd hand laptop with a 4650 + card would perform infinately better, but im guessing that you have PC world store credit.

THis is one of the big reasons why i cant wait for the next generation INtel chips. The intergrated GPUs are going to spell the end of lowend dedicated GPUs such as the 4200 etc which are barely better than intergrated GPUs, yet command premium prices. Within a year it will be possible to buy a low-mid range laptop (sub 600e) that will play HD playback flawlessly and play nearly any game on low-mid settings.

Chaotic_Forces

Chaotic_Forces wrote: »

aw :P

That's a let down.

Do you have any idea of a semi decent laptop from pcworld that would be around 600 euro?

dazzday wrote: »

TBH you are pretty limited with PC world under £600 if you want to do mid-range gaming. Having a glance at the website and the games you want to play, you MAY get away with the Radeon HD 5470 GPU for low setting gamings. The older games will play at mid resolutions, the newer games willl be trail and error. Overclocking may improve it abit.
TBH a 2nd hand laptop with a 4650 + card would perform infinately better, but im guessing that you have PC world store credit.

THis is one of the big reasons why i cant wait for the next generation INtel chips. The intergrated GPUs are going to spell the end of lowend dedicated GPUs such as the 4200 etc which are barely better than intergrated GPUs, yet command premium prices. Within a year it will be possible to buy a low-mid range laptop (sub 600e) that will play HD playback flawlessly and play nearly any game on low-mid settings.

It's not even the credit part that's bothering me; I have a coverplan that's being taken over to a new laptop that I'd love to keep.

A 5470? I'm talking about 600 euro, not sterling.

dazzday

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-pavilion-dv6-3005sa-06474319-pdt.html

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/acer-aspire-5553g-06282363-pdt.html

Chaotic_Forces

dazzday wrote: »

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-pavilion-dv6-3005sa-06474319-pdt.html

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/acer-aspire-5553g-06282363-pdt.html

Too late and far too pricey. Got a nice one that can for some amazing lucky reason run Batman in low settings with 1024 x 768 :P:D

Sgt Pepper 64

Chaotic_Forces wrote: »

Too late and far too pricey. Got a nice one that can for some amazing lucky reason run Batman in low settings with 1024 x 768 :P:D

So what was the lucky winner? Price? etc

Chaotic_Forces

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

So what was the lucky winner? Price? etc

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/toshiba-satellite-l650d-13u-06525313-pdt.html

That, it was marked down to 500 euro. Didn't have the one for I think it was 520 euro I wanted but fu*k me; it has a bigger HD and other than that I can't see any other differences from the other one I was going to get .
Well this came with a bunch of bloatware :P

But yes very happy; it can run Batman AA (the demo at least, gonna wait till I get the full game). Oblivion... meh. It kina ran but I haven't really tweaked the settings. So I assume it will run well.