Are gaming laptops under $1000 worth getting?

[chainers]

I am traveling pretty frequently these days (About once a quarter or so, so about 4 times a year) but I expect that to stop next year in May. Is it worth getting a decent gaming laptop around $1000 to travel with me, or are these priced products generally underpowered/not worth it for just a year? I tend to play games such as Skyrim, Starcraft 2, borderlands 2, L4D2, Civ 5, and so forth.

Thanks!

 

[orlbuckeye]

For gaming use you will probably enjoy a laptop over 1000.

 

[chainers]

Is there generally a good time to buy laptops? Like, when they would come on sale/have promotions for them?

 

[k1114]

The lenovo y510p continues to be a great value currently going for $820 with the i7, 755m, 768p monitor, which plays most modern games on med. Or there's the i5, 755m sli, 1080p for $840 which plays most games on high or ultra. http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834313742

 

[Lynguistic]

I've been wondering the same thing, but 1000$ for a laptop is a bit too high for me. so ill settle with what i can get under 1000$ if you can handle playing your games on medium settings then that's worth it to me.. i mean i grew up playing the first nintendo, so graphics isnt everything, if you can perform skyrim smoothly on medium settings, its not that big of deal. To me atleast.

 

[chainers]

To be fair, I probably wouldn't play Skyrim on the system, I would play games like DOTA, Civ 5, L4D2, and so forth. Right now my favorite game is Fallout 2, so I don't think graphics is everything, or anything when determining the worth of a game. The Lenovo one looks all right, but I wanted something quad-core, and I am kind of realizing those don't exist.

It looks like I either need to wait for prices to go down, or cough up more money to make it work.

 

[k1114]

The i7 is quad core.

Here's some more options although closer to $1k: i7 and 765m for $936 http/www.xoticpc.com/force-msi-16gc-22002-765m-msi-ge60-barebones-p-5822.html
i7 and 860m for $970 (also a 17" version at the same price) http/www.xoticpc.com/force-16gc-29029-860m-msi-ge60-apachepro-barebones-p-7173.html

I'm sure there are others with similar specs in this price range. All these can play the games you want at med or higher and have a quad core like you want.

 

[chainers]

The i7 is quad core.

Here's some more options although closer to $1k: i7 and 765m for $936 http/www.xoticpc.com/force-msi-16gc-22002-765m-msi-ge60-barebones-p-5822.html
i7 and 860m for $970 (also a 17" version at the same price) http/www.xoticpc.com/force-16gc-29029-860m-msi-ge60-apachepro-barebones-p-7173.html

I'm sure there are others with similar specs in this price range. All these can play the games you want at med or higher and have a quad core like you want.

Thanks man, I had no idea that site even existed. I am sure I can find something I want there thanks!

 

[dasulman]

honestly its the y510p with 755M SLI or nothing for under a grand
unless you have a spare operating system lying around, then you can afford to get something like a sager 7338, 7358, and that comes to about $950

 

[chainers]

I actually do have a spare OS lying around, my school sells windows 7 for about $25 bucks, which is probably the path I am gonna take.

 

[dasulman]

http/www.xoticpc.com/sager-np7358-clevo-w350ss-p-6991.html?wconfigure=yes
knock yourself out then.
benchmarks here: http/www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-860M.107794.0.html