Budget Gaming Laptop?

[mshannonjr7]

I want a gaming laptop. I play LOL, SC2, and hope to play some other games like guild wars 2. Please recommend a laptop for me.

 

[Prostar Computer]

First: what is your budget? That will help filter recommendations for you.

 

[CameronB92]

I want a gaming laptop. I play LOL, SC2, and hope to play some other games like guild wars 2. Please recommend a laptop for me.

unfortunately, most gaming laptops are being sold by retailers for absurd amounts of money. While in essence, they're rather weak when it comes to gaming. Google 'gaming laptop' and you'll see most laptops going for 700 USD to upwards of 2 grand.

Fortunately, LoL and SC2 both can be played at comfortable frames without the need for a 2000 dollar laptop. My girlfriend has a Toshiba Satellite that I think she got for roughly 300 bucks, it came with a so-so CPU and integrated HD3000 graphics.

This system was easily capable of running LoL and SC2 on High 30+ FPS

Guild Wars 2 on the other hand is not going to run on something this weak as Gw2 has steeper system requirements. With things priced as they are, getting a laptop that will run it smoothly will easily run you over 1000 bucks and to me, thats justs not sensible. (unless you peruse ebay for some good deals)

For SC2 and LoL:

Any system that's running with HD3000 graphics(or it's AMD equivalent) and a CPU with a speed of 2.0ghz+ should do you in

I would post some links, but the only things I've been finding on bestbuy for under 400 have been complete crap.

Go to ebay, and search gaming laptops, look at the specs for whatever catches your eye. post it here and I'll look at it for you.

 

[mshannonjr7]

I want a gaming laptop. I play LOL, SC2, and hope to play some other games like guild wars 2. Please recommend a laptop for me.

unfortunately, most gaming laptops are being sold by retailers for absurd amounts of money. While in essence, they're rather weak when it comes to gaming. Google 'gaming laptop' and you'll see most laptops going for 700 USD to upwards of 2 grand.

Fortunately, LoL and SC2 both can be played at comfortable frames without the need for a 2000 dollar laptop. My girlfriend has a Toshiba Satellite that I think she got for roughly 300 bucks, it came with a so-so CPU and integrated HD3000 graphics.

This system was easily capable of running LoL and SC2 on High 30+ FPS

Guild Wars 2 on the other hand is not going to run on something this weak as Gw2 has steeper system requirements. With things priced as they are, getting a laptop that will run it smoothly will easily run you over 1000 bucks and to me, thats justs not sensible. (unless you peruse ebay for some good deals)

For SC2 and LoL:

Any system that's running with HD3000 graphics(or it's AMD equivalent) and a CPU with a speed of 2.0ghz+ should do you in

I would post some links, but the only things I've been finding on bestbuy for under 400 have been complete crap.

Go to ebay, and search gaming laptops, look at the specs for whatever catches your eye. post it here and I'll look at it for you.

My budget is around $800 and I was looking at the lenovo ideapad y410p. How would that do with the first two games?

 

[LummusMaximus]

If you're getting that, spend the extra for the ultrabay graphics card. Trust me, the performance boost is worth it.

 

[CameronB92]

That's actual a pretty decent laptop, and I would say yes, it would be worth it. Has 4th gen i7 processor.. a very high end laptop CPU , not the best screen resolution, if they give you the option try to get the 1600x900 screen, though the 1366x768 is suitable.

Given the option to have a gt 750 or a gt 755m I would go with the 755, much higher memory bandwidth which means better 3D application performance.

Nice size HDD.. all in all it's very solid for a laptop. With that rig you might even be able to play Gw2 on low-mid at 20-30 FPS. The other games will run smooth as butter I assure you.

Since you're budget is 800 I urge you to look around Ebay, you could find some really great deals, if you aren't sure of any you find just post em here and I'll look at it. If not this system is pretty nice so I give it a thumbs up!

 

[Prostar Computer]

My budget is around $800 and I was looking at the lenovo ideapad y410p. How would that do with the first two games?

Those are very good laptops, especially for the price! They are the epitome of budget gaming laptops without being excessively cheap. I believe Clevo/Sager has some systems that are roughly comparable in performance and pricing. MSI does have one or two models as well, though they are AMD APUs instead of Intel CPUs.