rockmonkey95

hey i was just wondering how well this laptop would play games like wow or diablo3 and maybe left for dead 2. plus if its a good buy...the laptop im wondering about is this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834157061

UndertheGun

It is a good buy. Is that your budget? If so yea get it.

MrDeodorant

What?

That's a bit of a lightweight processor, and a Mobility 4650... I don't know about that. It would probably play Left 4 Dead 2 just because it's a Source game, and I don't know about WoW, but I don't know if it would play them well.

Edit: I guess the Mobility 4650 is an okay GPU, but I don't think this laptop will be very future-proof for mainstream gaming.

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rockmonkey95

if this laptop cant play wow or any of those games is there one around the same price that can?

Micci711

I have a 17" HP 8710w and I can play just about anything!

Only costs $700-$750 at TigerDirect or Compusa or Ebay.

Here's the link to a review and the specs: http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3864

Here are some quick specs:
# 17" WUXGA (1920x1200) WVA anti-glare matte display
# Windows Vista Business
# 8X DVD Super Multi drive
# Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN WLAN
# Internal Bluetooth
Intel T9500 core 2 duo - 2.6ghz proc with 6mb of cache
Nvidia quadro 1600m video card (compare to an Nvidia 8700m gt: http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-...0M.8838.0.html)
160gb 7200rpm (free fall sensor) hard drive
4gb of ram
3yr next day onsite business warranty - because it's a business laptop that was made for 3d rendering etc.
Finger print scanner

Note: the video card can be overclocked 25%.

In 3dmark06 I've scored around 6k dmarks. In Windows 7 performance score I've scored:

Processor 6.2
Memory 5.9
Graphics 5.9
Gaming Graphics 5.3 (5.5 overclocked)
Primary Hard disk 5.2

The video card can even be upgraded to a 3700m which currently is the most powerful single gpu video card. Only costs $300-$350 on ebay. I've just ordered one and it beats even a gts 260, 8800gts, 9800gtx etc:http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-...M.14962.0.html
I searched for nearly 2 months, returned two laptops to Newegg and Tiger and Ultimately decided on this one and I haven't looked back since. Thanks for reading my post.

Funcrazy1

That laptop will play WoW My ati HD 2300 plays wow just fine I play CSS all High Native Res and Tf2 in dx8 mode all on high just find with Native res and fear 2 so your GPU will just do fine.

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rpgman1

I thought WoW was CPU dependent. Yeah I think it should play fine at that resolution. Any higher and you might need to get a different laptop that has more power in both CPU and GPU. Another user asked about a gaming around $1500 or less, so I pointed to my sig to see if he wants one.

Lukeatluke

How can this be possible, such a laptop for such a low price? Here in SLO is 2000€ :|

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Originally Posted by Takendown2; NO SYSTEM IS EVER GOING TO BE FUTURE PROOF!!!

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UndertheGun

What about GTX 280m? Gaming the 280m wins.

But I do like your upgrade path cost and possible performance. Post back when you do.

To OP the 4650m is comparable to 9700m GT. It should do fine. And unless you want to expand budget yours is as good as it will get. You do have other options as said but your choice is as good as is. Upgrading later? Different answer maybe.

rpgman1

The cost is pretty low and upgrading is pretty good, so go for it if you want to.