asus laptop for £300/$500 for gaming

[Faizan Rasul]

a friend wants a good laptop from asus which is capable of gaming at £300/$500.
what would be the best model?

 

[Eximo]

What kind of gaming? Not going to get much beyond an entry level system with that amount. Certainly nothing with a discrete video card.

 

[Faizan Rasul]

something that can play batman arkham origins at med - high settings at least

 

[Eximo]

Well, in that range you don't have a lot of options, ASUS offerings vary by region quite a bit. Look for a computer with Intel HD4400 or better or the highest numbered A-Series chip you can find. A10-5750m would probably be the top end for the budget.

 

[velo3100]

Is that even possible? Asus does charge quite a bit for their laptop and Batman is quite gpu intensive.

 

[Faizan Rasul]

Is that even possible? Asus does charge quite a bit for their laptop and Batman is quite gpu intensive.

i could run the game when i had a gt 310

 

[Eximo]

Minimum requirements were an 8800GT, Intel HD4000 is listed two tiers lower. HD4400 on some of the Haswell chips is clocked a little higher, should be around the bare minimum.

Better performance, but worse battery life, out of the AMD A series when it comes to games. Entry level gaming laptops are about double the budget here.