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    best mid budget laptop for ocassional gaming?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by shinakuma9, Oct 25, 2007.

  1. shinakuma9

    shinakuma9 Notebook Deity

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    budget: around $1400-1600 canadian $

    games id want to play on high-mid settings:
    bioshock
    ut3
    crysis
    MoH:A

    anything like that exist out there? lol
     
    shinakuma9, Oct 25, 2007
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    Dreamer The Bad Boy

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    kowell Notebook Evangelist

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    For the price, look for something with a core 2 duo processor, 2Gb of RAM and a GeForce 8600GT (or ATI HD2600). Other equipments like screen size/resolution, hard drive capacity, wireless, etc. are at your own discretion. You could get these settings in pretty much any brand. Dell Inspiron usually have decent pricing if you're not an Anti-Dell, HP is also good, as well as really any brand you might prefer.
     
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    Mimino Notebook Communist

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    dell inspiron 1520
     
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  5. shinakuma9

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    eh dell is ok, but im looking for some other brand that has the specs that a dell 1520 would have and around the same price as well
     
    shinakuma9, Oct 25, 2007
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    narsnail Notebook Prophet

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    asus g1 for $1800...asus c90.
     
    narsnail, Oct 25, 2007
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    KernalPanic White Knight

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    Toshiba x205-S9349 is $1499 american... canadien dollar is roughly the same right now...

    excellent laptop, there's a review on this site as well.

    Does a great job on anything it plays especially if you dare to overclock.
     
    KernalPanic, Oct 25, 2007
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  8. shinakuma9

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    that toshiba looks nice, anywhere i would be able to get it in canada, or can i ship it online?
     
    shinakuma9, Oct 25, 2007
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    Dell Inspiron 1520 has a $425 off coupon right now and can get XP installed too for the moment. Well equipped for under $1300:

    T7500 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo
    8600m GT 256MB DDR2
    1680x1050 TL Display
    2GB DDR2 667MHz RAM
    160GB 5400 RPM HDD
    DVDRW
    Windows XP Pro

    Or save a couple hundred bucks by getting Vista Home Premium or Windows XP Home, 1280x800 display, and T7300 2.0GHz CPU. Absolutely cannot beat this deal at the moment. A top notch 15" notebook for a little over $1000!
     
    HTWingNut, Oct 25, 2007
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  10. ShadowoftheSun

    ShadowoftheSun Notebook Consultant

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    Why not a Sager NP2090? Same specs as the Dell, with around the same price. The superior build quality and support/service is well worth the 100-200 dollars, IMO.
     
    ShadowoftheSun, Oct 26, 2007
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    HP dv6500t 2ghz t7300 2gb ram = $1,250
     
    aroundthefur922, Oct 26, 2007
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