Best Laptop for $600 that Plays Minecraft and Fast?

[Iceycold]

Title says all. I can use Newegg, really any website that is cheap.

I need a laptop for $600 that is fairly fast and can play minecraft well (java game).

Is the Alienware M11x any good for $900?

Thanks

 

[Iceycold]

I'm doing this for a friend, while playing Battlefield 3, so he linked me the M11x and I barely read the specs, my bad shouldn't be as ignorant with pc stuff. I've never really touched on Alienware products, I prefer building.

But yes 16" and size is not an issue. Just the best laptop I can get for $1000.

 

[hgiurgiu]

The video chipset is the same; only the chip and memory speed differ.
Radeon HD 6650M: 600 and 900 MHz
Radeon HD 6630M: 485 and 800 MHz

so on paper 6650M is at least 12% faster then 6630M

Also here are the other differences - Acer vs Sony:
- Better video - 1point for Acer
- double memory (both RAM and video) - 2points for Acer
- double cpu (no of cores and cache size) - 2points for Acer
- double HDD - 1point for Acer
- larger screen (+17%) - 1point for Acer
- double weight - 1point for Sony
- I believe Sony has better screen - 1point for Sony
Total:
7points for Acer
2points for Sony

 

[WR2]

Sager NP5175 with a Core i7 upgrade should be in the ball park.

 

[Iceycold]

Never heard of Sager, but I'm open to anything, is that a good brand? That sager, at the $900 price is better than the last Acer hgiurgiu spoke about right? One that had 7 points over Sony.

 

[WR2]

Very good.

 

[DelroyMonjo]

You could play Minecraft on an Android phone but that screen size doesn't fit your specs.

 

[Iceycold]

LOL. I actually have it on my Nexus.

 

[hgiurgiu]

Also you can look at http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230174 This is a beast: it has nVidia GT 560m videocard and also 7200rpm HDD.

Or if you want a new one, try this HP DV7T http/www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/computer_series.do?storeName=computer_store&category=notebooks&series_name=dv7tqe_series
Selecect base configuration ($899.99) and upgrade the video card to Ati HD 7690 1GB (+25) and HDD to 750GB 7200 rpm (+20)

Here is my list of features for a gaming notebook oredered from the most important:
1. Fast HDD or SSD
2. Big screen with big resolution
3. Fast videocard
4. Quad CPU
5. Big memory

Obs: The HDD and mem can be upgraded; CPU, video, screen - can't.

Good luck.

 

[hgiurgiu]

I subscribe to Sager with i7 quad upgrade: very good choise. It has FullHD screen, powerful videocard and 7200rpm HDD. I advise to spend the rest of the money on an extended warranty.

 

[Iceycold]

Is the Sager one better than those two you linked?

And would any of these run battlefield 3 by any chance on medium at good fps?

 

[hgiurgiu]

Performance:
Asus G74SX > Sager > Acer > Sony

 

[hgiurgiu]

Here you can find all your answers about Battlefield 3 performance
http/www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html

 

[WR2]

If BF3 is your goal and you can swing the cost - get a GTX 560M

 

[hgiurgiu]

From the table you can see that NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M (Asus) is the only option, the rest (555M - Sager, 6550M - Acer.,6630M - Sony) are good only for low (1024x768 low -AA 2xAF); at med. )1366x768 medium -AA 4xAF) and high (1366x768 high -AA 16xAF) only powerful videocards can handle and there is no videocard to handle ultra (1920x1080 ultra 4x MSAA 16xAF). So you need a laptop with i7 quad and nVidia 560M

 

[Iceycold]

The G74SX is quad right?

Where'd u see the FPS for the 560m in the G74SX? I must be blind, I see an empty row for 560M. Does it run BF3 on medium?

Hopefully that comes back in stock. That is one HELL of a laptop.

 

[WR2]

 

[Iceycold]

I see now.

Okay will go for G74SX. Incase my friend can't order and needs to go to retail store (he has a tigerdirect near him) He needs to look for a GTX 560M and an i7 right?

 

[WR2]

Outside of a desktop computer - that's his best change to play BF3 on medium graphics.

 

[hgiurgiu]

Here is the list of i7-quad + nVigia 560M laptops (except the first one - is an i5)
http/www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100006740%20600164247&IsNodeId=1

Unfortunately the starting price is $1300. So you extend your budget or you have to cut from the specs CPU or video. Since from i7 quad to i5 is a bid difference, and also from 560M to 555M or 7690M, it's a very difficult decision.

 

[Iceycold]

Thank you so much for the help guys!