Do I need a new laptop?

**SmokenScion** · 02-28-11, 05:13 PM

Is it BF3 ready? thats a requirement to stay in =PHX=....teheheh

**SovietDooM** · 02-28-11, 05:20 PM

The price range was 399 to 407... those look a bit beyond that.

The laptop will handle Skyrim's older brother, Oblivion, a step up from the Morrowind which I can barely play now. My desktop, however, will have no trouble running Skyrim. Remeber Scott I always saw you first because I had PR maxed out on everything.

And if Bad company is the requirment then I will never be a part of PHX, because I have ZERO plans of picking that up ever. Maybe when it's in the 5 dollar bin, maybe.

**SovietDooM** · 02-28-11, 05:27 PM

400 dollars got me:

4gb DDR3 ram
500gb HD
ATI Radeon HD 4250
Gigabit Lan
and a 2.1 GHz AMD Phenom II Triple-core

Blows the Toshiba out of the water, and the next step up for processor on Newegg was a 500 dollar HP with i3, 320gb HD, and Intel poop graphics.

Psh, It's all about Economic Efficency, and for 400 dollars I'll get plenty of bang out of my buck.

**SovietDooM** · 02-28-11, 05:28 PM

One review said he rand COD Black Ops on low but I would like to see that before I believe it.

**Red_Lizard2** · 02-28-11, 07:50 PM

Originally Posted by SovietDooM

One review said he rand COD Black Ops on low but I would like to see that before I believe it.

Its possible, my laptop is no-where near a beast (hell by todays standard its probably below average on its best day) yet can find a way to play some newer games on low/very low settings.

**SovietDooM** · 02-28-11, 08:08 PM

What's in it? I'm dying to find out if i can run AVP on mine. Likely shit a brick if it could.

The CPU would be there, along with ram, but the ATI Radeon 4250 is pretty low end from everything that I have looked at.

**Red_Lizard2** · 02-28-11, 08:18 PM

Haven't tried too many new games, but I usually run L4D2 alright, ArmA seems to run fine, as does Fallout 3. GTA IV ran pretty iffy, it would get choppy at times (but the optimizing is shit in GTA IV). I have:

1.86ghz dual-core processor (forgot the exact brand)
4gb DDR2 Ram (on 32 bit though, so not all of it gets used)
~200gb harddrive
GeForce 8600GTM (iirc)

If I upgraded the processor, it'd probably do alright on most games (as that seems to always end up the weak point)

**SovietDooM** · 03-01-11, 09:57 AM

Well based on, ATI Radeon HD 4250 - Notebookcheck.net Tech, I should be looking pretty good to run L4D or even SC2 if i had it because of my CPU. But your 8600 is a high class of card. Even with the slower core speed, it can utilize alot more memory.

NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT SLI - Notebookcheck.net Tech

**SmokenScion** · 03-01-11, 03:13 PM

Originally Posted by SovietDooM

And if Bad company is the requirment then I will never be a part of PHX, because I have ZERO plans of picking that up ever. Maybe when it's in the 5 dollar bin, maybe.

I never said BC2 I said Bf3 the game were all waiting for to redeem our souls.