Is this a decent budget gamer?

[box o rocks]

I'm in the market for a new laptop, but price is the main factor. I gave up thinking I could get a laptop that would game well for around $500... until I came across this:
http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834246328
It has the integrated AMD GPU and a discrete GPU in crossfire making it a HD 6720G2.

The reviews seem to suggest it can do the job without cutting back on too much detail. In fact I found this video of a similarly equipted laptop...
http/www.firstpost.com/topic/organization/amd-amd-a6-3400m-call-of-duty-4-modern-warfare-gameplay-video-G-1M1SKXGSQ-48380-6.html
...it seems to game rather nicely for the price.

 

[WR2]

It's about as good as you'll find for $500 right now.
Unless you run across one of the A8-3520MX models with HD 6750 that go on sale from time to time.

Unless you're in a hurry - you probably want to check on the next version of AMD APU called Trinity. May 15th is the announcement date.

 

[box o rocks]

It's about as good as you'll find for $500 right now.
Unless you run across one of the A8-3520MX models with HD 6750 that go on sale from time to time.

Unless you're in a hurry - you probably want to check on the next version of AMD APU called Trinity. May 15th is the announcement date.

Wow! I didn't know about the Trinity. How long do you suppose it will be before the major players offer it in a laptop? Do you suppose it will still offer dual graphics?

 

[WR2]

It will have some of the 7xxx series dual graphics options.
Usually its pretty close after the announcement that you start seeing models actually going on sale.

AMD has confirmed they're shipping already
http/www.engadget.com/2012/04/20/amd-trinity-brazos-2-0-apu-shipping/

And new Trinity notebooks won't be far behind
http/www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/254122/laptops_with_amds_trinity_chips_coming_this_quarter.html

 

[box o rocks]

It will have some of the 7xxx series dual graphics options.
Usually its pretty close after the announcement that you start seeing models actually going on sale.

AMD has confirmed they're shipping already
http/www.engadget.com/2012/04/20/amd-trinity-brazos-2-0-apu-shipping/

And new Trinity notebooks won't be far behind
http/www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/254122/laptops_with_amds_trinity_chips_coming_this_quarter.html

Thanks a bunch for the information. I think I will just wait for the Trinity line to see if the laptops being sold are good gamers for $500 - $600. Maybe some of the crossfire kinks will be worked out that plague the LLanos.

 

[box o rocks]

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