new laptop needed

sponge_bob

my dell studio 1735 is on her last legs, and the final nail in the coffin was that last weekend i bought Battlefield 3 and she won't run it:(

anyhow new laptop needed:) iam not really a gamer just decided i was gonna treat myself to Battlefield 3, i mostly use my laptop for downloading, general web browsing and mainly for playing poker. so my main requirements are:

it must be able to run Battlefield 3 (think this kinda covers most things)
17"+ screen
i don't need an operating system as i allready have windows7 (this should save a few quid;))
budget <600 somalians

Jaafa

These should get you medium settings maybe high.

http://komplett.ie/Komplett/product/ZKB_02PC/02_NOTEBOO/22_17/productdetails/80003110/Asus_17_3_K73TA_A6_3400_4GB_500GB/90N70C139H2124VL133C/default.aspx

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenovo_IdeaPad_G770_1123907.html

Jarren

Minimum requirements for Battlefield 3
OS: Windows Vista or Windows 7
Processor: Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Althon X2 2.7 GHz
RAM: 2GB
Graphic card: DirectX 10 or 11 compatible Nvidia or AMD ATI card, ATI Radeon 3870 or higher, Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT or higher.
Graphics card memory: 512 MB
Sound card: DirectX compatibl sound card
Hard drive: 15 GB for disc version or 10 GB for digital version
Recommended system requirements for Battlefield 3
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU
RAM: 4GB
Graphics card: DirectX 11 Nvidia or AMD ATI card, Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 or ATI Radeon 6950.
Graphics card memory: 1 GB
Sound card: DirectX compatibl sound card
Hard drive: 15 GB for disc version or 10 GB for digital version

OP

Trade in your old Dell lappy - https://dell.trade-in-platform.com/Programs/ProgramView.aspx?pid=22&mid=36
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sponge_bob

Jaafa wrote: »

These should get you medium settings maybe high.

http://komplett.ie/Komplett/product/ZKB_02PC/02_NOTEBOO/22_17/productdetails/80003110/Asus_17_3_K73TA_A6_3400_4GB_500GB/90N70C139H2124VL133C/default.aspx

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenovo_IdeaPad_G770_1123907.html

funnily enough i don't think any of the 2 of them machines would run battlefield 3, its a beast of a game and requires huge resources.
anyhow i picked up one of these
http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=n00x7m06&c=ie&l=en&s=dhs&cs=iedhs1&model_id=xps-l702x&
and using a few of these coupons http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showt...p?t=2056503865
i saved another €180~ so the whole thing cost me €866 a bit more then i had planned on spending, but there is alot of stuff under the bonet there and i think i was right to push out the boat:)


@ jarecki1976
yeah thats pretty much the same as i got except i got the 17" screen

Jaafa

sponge_bob wrote: »

funnily enough i don't think any of the 2 of them machines would run battlefield 3, its a beast of a game and requires huge resources.
anyhow i picked up one of these
http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=n00x7m06&c=ie&l=en&s=dhs&cs=iedhs1&model_id=xps-l702x&
and using a few of these coupons http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showt...p?t=2056503865
i saved another €180~ so the whole thing cost me €866 a bit more then i had planned on spending, but there is alot of stuff under the bonet there and i think i was right to push out the boat:)


@ jarecki1976
yeah thats pretty much the same as i got except i got the 17" screen

Ha, yeah trust me they can run it, dozens of vids/benchmarks to prove it, the game is very well optimized and actually isn't that resource hungry. Not at the highest settings though if thats want you want.

That said the XPS for that price is a decent deal too and should be able to push the game into the high/ultra zone. What spec's are on it?

sponge_bob

Jaafa wrote: »

Ha, yeah trust me they can run it, dozens of vids/benchmarks to prove it, the game is very well optimized and actually isn't that resource hungry. Not at the highest settings though if thats want you want.

That said the XPS for that price is a decent deal too and should be able to push the game into the high/ultra zone. What spec's are on it?

wasn't really worried at running at the highest settings tbh. i currently have a dell studio with a 2.1ghz duo core cpu and that failed to run it, the crap video card didn't help either.:)
next thing is trying to sneak it in the door past the wife:eek::D

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