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| Thread ID: 117111 | 2011-04-03 01:00:00 | Help - Cheapest Laptop w/ Ded. Graphics? | rayburnbr4 (16312) | Press F1 |
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| 1191552 | 2011-04-03 01:00:00 | Hello PCWorld forum goers, I could use your help with solving a problem of mine as I've been unable to locate the answer on the internet! :( My life long buddy is going overseas with the military and to stay in touch together we decided to play some games online together . Just old games like warcraft 3 or starcraft, for fun . Maybe an mmo too . My question, that I'm having trouble surfing the internet for an answer is: What is, or are, some of the cheapest laptops on the market that come with a dedicated graphics card? I want to spend as little as possible on a laptop, since this is a luxury item for me . But it is important to have the dedicated card, as I don't want to tone down the graphics or run on too low of settings . I also do NOT want to invest in a PC . I have one and it works great . I am only looking for a laptop . Does anyone have any advice or links? I've searched amazon and my price range if you have to ask as dirt cheap . I'll pay what I have to, but only that . I'm not looking for a top of the line machine, just one I can play my games sufficiently on . Thanks for any and all help :) |
rayburnbr4 (16312) | ||
| 1191553 | 2011-04-03 01:07:00 | Hello, and welcome to PressF1. Unfortunately, laptops with dedicated graphics are quite pricey, although you can get used ones on TradeMe quite cheap: www.trademe.co.nz www.trademe.co.nz www.trademe.co.nz Looked at DSE website, and found these, though may be a bit out of your price range: www.dse.co.nz www.dse.co.nz |
bot (15449) | ||
| 1191554 | 2011-04-03 01:11:00 | Aha! found one at Noel Leeming for $999: www.noelleeming.co.nz |
bot (15449) | ||
| 1191555 | 2011-04-03 01:46:00 | From Harvey normans (www.harveynorman.co.nz) $899 Description of Graphics Graphics & Video Support: Graphics Card Brand ATI Webcam Resolution (MP) 0.3 Graphics Card Type Radeon™ HD 4250 Click on Specification tab to see full specs. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1191556 | 2011-04-03 01:56:00 | Wonders if the OP may not live in NZ. | Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1191557 | 2011-04-03 02:45:00 | What is, or are, some of the cheapest laptops on the market that come with a dedicated graphics card? I want to spend as little as possible on a laptop, since this is a luxury item for me . I also do NOT want to invest in a PC . I have one and it works great . ) No laptop has a dedicated graphics card . They might have a dedicated graphics chip however which is not the same thing . Why bother buying a laptop? Seems your mate might be the one who needs one - not you . You have a PC so ensuring the graphics card in it is up to standard, why buy a laptop as well? |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1191558 | 2011-04-03 03:48:00 | iff you want to play "old" games like warcraft 3 you wont even need a decent gfx chip. my 07 macbook with a 945 GMA (shitty intergrated 64mb chip) runs warcraft 3 on high settings. when i was dual booting i could run v8 supercars 2 on high and the recommended card was a radeon 8xxx or better. Laptop GMA cards werent supported and it still ran fine. just out of interest why do yu need a laptop? (i can see why your friend does but not you if you knwo what i mean). |
icow (15313) | ||
| 1191559 | 2011-04-03 05:22:00 | I have one of these, couldn't be happier!! pbtech.co.nz $750+GST |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1191560 | 2011-04-03 06:45:00 | No laptop has a dedicated graphics card. They might have a dedicated graphics chip however which is not the same thing. I've seen more than one that does have a dedicated sub board/card for graphics. |
Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1191561 | 2011-04-03 07:12:00 | I've seen more than one that does have a dedicated sub board/card for graphics . x2, example is the Dell M90 as I was recently looking at one with a broken GPU . There was talk a while back about a standardized laptop graphics card interface but I don't think it gained widespread use . To the original question though . . . If all he wants to play is old games like Warcraft 3 I think just about anything modern will play that, good GPU or not . . . |
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