what do ye think?

nuclearned

Am looking to upgrade from my current Dell laptop of 5yrs,looking for something that will handle a bit of gaming,http://www1.euro.dell.com/ie/en/home/Dell-Laptops/inspiron-m5010/pd.aspx?refid=inspiron-m5010&s=dhs&cs=iedhs1&~ck=mn,they look to be very good value for spec?I have'nt come across anything with a dedicated graphics card for this kind of brass,looks like a lot of bang for hard earned buck?Is there better value than this anywhere else?

Chaotic_Forces

If you mean the 550v card then that's surprisingly good for that price.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-550v.31270.0.html

At least it looks like it. I'd really, really urge you to get the quad-core one for 549 euro if you get it. A dual core won't really last you soon, at least it's not worth saving about 80 quid.

I have an ati 4200 and according to the site that I just linked up above, the 550v should be miles better than the 4200 so I have no idea why it's not cheaper than the 550v.

If you waited till you got about a grand you could get a pretty good one, way better then the 550 one.

nuclearned

don't thinl I'll stretch to a grand,ya the 549eur 1 looks pretty good,have'nt come across anything as good value:D

Chaotic_Forces

Well the good news is that it seems to be an alright card. I'm not sure at all about the AMD processors so I can't be of any help. But apparently it's equal to an i3/i5 (which are generally pretty good just for gaming/in general).

As for you running games, if you don't mind some low settings, it looks like it could do alright.

Infact... if we can get a confirmation that it's worth money you might have me buying one too.

nuclearned

I have been running with an amd for on laptop for last 5yr,no problems,seem to me that there is much better value than similar intel processors