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    asus laptop to play Age of Empires III for under $700

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by neon meat dreams, Jan 17, 2010.

  1. neon meat dreams

    neon meat dreams Notebook Enthusiast

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    I would like a laptop that can play Age of Empires III on medium to high performance settings without any lag.

    I was looking at the dell studio 15, but that seems to get terrible user reviews, because of hardware failure and bad customer service. So what asus laptop is comparable to the studio 15.

    also can anyone make any suggestions on a laptop, even if it is not an asus?
     
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    l3g4cy99 Notebook Evangelist

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    AoEIII will play fine on any ASUS laptops. The Graphics for the game are not demanding at all.
     
    l3g4cy99, Jan 17, 2010
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    what is the cheapest asus that you would recommend then?
     
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    What is your other needs for the laptop...
     
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    nothing much: internet browsing, watching videos on youtube and other websites,
    and working on word and powerpoint projects for school

    if it had an hdmi out that would be great, because I've got a monitor that supports hdmi, but a regular computer cable out port would work

    i also prefer to not have vista...
     
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    I would recommend one of the following systems then:

    K40IJ-D2
    K50IJ-D2
    UL50AG-A2 ($775, but the best laptop for daily use as it gets up to 12hrs battery life)
     
    l3g4cy99, Jan 17, 2010
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    Ok and you are sure that the K40IJ-D2 or K50IJ-D2 will play aoe3 just fine?
     
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    yes, AOE III is not a graphic intense game at all. You should have no issues with it on max settings at all.
     
    l3g4cy99, Jan 17, 2010
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    Actually, Age III barely ran on my desktop ATI 2600 pro at 1280x1024 with medium graphics. You should get a notebook with dedicated graphics. Intel graphics won't handle it at anything besides low settings. An Nvidia 210 or 310 would sorta handle it, a 330 would be better.
     
    autoboy, Jan 19, 2010
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