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| Thread ID: 120189 | 2011-08-29 04:00:00 | Buying a new Laptop, Need help choosing | Daniel.Drache (10574) | Press F1 |
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| 1226834 | 2011-08-29 04:00:00 | I'm Looking at buying a new Laptop I can take to work (7 hours of free time) & use for the Net, Study or play Games I'm wanting to buy from Harvey Norman (www.harveynorman.co.nz) as they have 2 1/2 years interest free atm I'm hoping to spend approx $1500 (Less would be a bonus lol). I'm Hoping I'll be able to get a Laptop that will play Games, I don't care if the graphics are on the lowest/disabled. Weight, How long the Battery lasts doesn't matter. Any suggestions would be welcome P.S I Presume all Laptops have Wi-Fi, & are able to connect to modems Wirelessly? I tried Looking myself, but all it says about Graphics is Dedicated & 1024Mb, not the card type, Also the main differences seem to be RAM & Processor & Im unsure which is better to scimp on Gaming wise. |
Daniel.Drache (10574) | ||
| 1226835 | 2011-08-29 04:47:00 | Graphics card is the most important for gaming, but 4+ GB RAM and a quick dual or quad core is beneficial too. HN's site is pretty hopeless when it comes to real specs. 1024mb dedicated tells you sfa about the graphics card. You might want to google the model numbers of the notebooks to find a bit more info on them. For $1500 you aren't going to get a gaming powerhouse, but you will be able to get something that will play most games and half decent settings. The following are all OK, the new Hp DV6 series seem very nice, not sure on the long term reliability though. Toshiba are very good. www.harveynorman.co.nz www.harveynorman.co.nz www.harveynorman.co.nz |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1226836 | 2011-08-29 05:04:00 | The fact that it play most games with half decent settings is more then I expected, With HP's increased Malfunction rates I'll go with one of the Toshiba's Are there any accessories that are a good idea? ie Bag etc Ive only owned desktops, so Im not to sure |
Daniel.Drache (10574) | ||
| 1226837 | 2011-08-29 05:10:00 | Get a bag and a wireless mouse, logitech with a nano receiver is best, you should be able to get HN to throw a bag and mouse in for $50 - $60. Notebooks these days aren't too bad, the graphics cards have increased a lot in power over the last few years, but on normal consumer grade notebooks the screen resolution hasn't changed much, so you're not gaming at a massive high def resolution. 1366*768 or similar shouldn't be too much for a card with 1GB dedicated RAM, but check on what card it is before buying. After having a bit of a dig, I would go for this notebook. www.harveynorman.co.nz Here is toshiba's page on it. www.mytoshiba.co.nz Make sure the one in HN has that same graphics card. At this stage for gaming a CPU with less faster cores still seem to be better than one with more slower ones. (2 vs 4.) A lot of games don't take full advantage of a quad core processor. It looks like there is only 1x4GB RAM module installed too so it's easier and cheaper to upgrade later if you want. For $1399 thats a good buy, and it leaves you a bit extra to get a bag and a good mouse. :thumbs: And you DO want a bag, and if you're gaming, you certainly want a mouse. :p |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1226838 | 2011-08-29 05:12:00 | Cheers for the help, its much appreciated Huh, I figured the Toshiba L750/009 would of been (slightly) better then the 09J because of the price lol I currently play games at 1024x768 (I think that's right) so I'm not at all worried about High Def |
Daniel.Drache (10574) | ||
| 1226839 | 2011-08-29 05:19:00 | No worries. The dearer Tosh has more RAM, smaller HDD and a quad core processor, can't see many differences apart from that though. Note sure if there is a gruntier graphics card, I can't find that model on the toshiba site haha. They would both be good notebooks, but I'd say the one with the Intel processor should be better for gaming. RAM is a cheap upgrade later on, you're unlikely to need more than 4GB for a while anyway, and that way you have a bit extra for accessories. :p My :2cents: anyway. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1226840 | 2011-08-29 05:37:00 | If you want windows: Asus, Toshiba, Sony and/or Gigabyte (doubt you'll find gigabyte though). If you want Mac: take a good guess :D Avoid Dell and HP. :2cents: |
icow (15313) | ||
| 1226841 | 2011-08-29 22:08:00 | If you want windows: Asus, Toshiba, Sony and/or Gigabyte (doubt you'll find gigabyte though). If you want Mac: take a good guess :D Avoid Dell and HP. :2cents: Meh, you do realise that HP sell almost twice that of any other manufacturer...and the delta between all those brand names is like 10%, against twice the sales... The last notebook I would be buying is Sony, they are rubbish period! But personally I would buy a Toshiba or HP.... |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1226842 | 2011-08-29 23:18:00 | Mine does Tf2, oblivion, l4d2 and the like with decent settings, although it DOES make my lappy rather hot (cpu touches 100 degrees a few times) | 8ftmetalhaed (14526) | ||
| 1226843 | 2011-08-30 01:30:00 | Meh, you do realise that HP sell almost twice that of any other manufacturer...and the delta between all those brand names is like 10%, against twice the sales... The last notebook I would be buying is Sony, they are rubbish period! But personally I would buy a Toshiba or HP.... Just cause they sell more means nada, the failure percentages are still correct. Daniel, the 40% failure of HP in that graph would be made up of far more 'Compaq' branded notebooks than actual HPs. |
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