Best gaming laptop for around £500?

[Radiation]

Im unsure what to look for when it comes to mobile graphics.

 

[Tribee]

If ur looking at £500 anything with a dedicated graphics chip with dedicated ram. Is probably going to be your best bet

 

[Radiation]

Whats the best nvidia or ati gpu i should look for that will appear around that price range?

 

[Richdog]

ATI 5650, plenty of threads dealing with this budget already.

 

[DefiantAsh]

ATI 5650, plenty of threads dealing with this budget already.

ATI 5650 Mobility? just to clarify so that OP'er knows for future reference

 

[Radiation]

Thanks, i did search but i just wanted to make sure.

 

[Radiation]

Im having a hard time actually finding anything around £500 or even £550 with that gpu, does it actually exist at this price range or what?

It only needs to be able play source based games at native resolution with medium to high settings.

 

[DefiantAsh]

Im having a hard time actually finding anything around £500 or even £550 with that gpu, does it actually exist at this price range or what?

It only needs to be able play source based games at native resolution with medium to high settings.

look through previous laptop threads, with a similar budget, there are quite a few,

 

[arknor]

best ive managed to find is
DELL XPS 15 (N00XL510)
£550
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit
320GB (7,200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive
Intel® Core™ i3-370M (2.4Ghz, 4Threads, 3M cache)
3072MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [1x2048 + 1x1024]
1GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 420M Graphics Card
8x DVD+/-RW Optical Drive
15.6 HD WLED TL (1366x768) 720p

cant find anything better for around the same price so dont know where these magical deals are

 

[JDR82]

Just configured the following at the UK SonyStyle site, atm you are getting the graphics upgrade to the 1gb 5650 for free, otherwise it would have been around £630.

VPCEB3X5E £ 549.01 Configured

Intel® CoreTM i3-370M, 2.40GHz
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium
320 GB Serial ATA (5400 rpm)
4 GB 1066MHz DDR3-SDRAM
DVD disc drive
39.4 cm LCD, 1366x768 + webcam
ATI MobilityRadeon HD5650 1GB
Wireless LAN + Bluetooth®
HDMI(TM) output
Battery life up to 3 hours

I personally have a E series with a 5650 and find it great when paired with the 1366x768 screen, games look good and has quite a bit of power in it, currently enjoying Two Worlds 2, NFS Hot Pursuit and CoD Black Ops on it all maxed out graphics settings wise.

 

[Richdog]

ATI 5650 Mobility? just to clarify so that OP'er knows for future reference

No, the desktop version, he can force it into a laptop. Wait we are in the desktop section , right? Ahh, no.

 

[arknor]

Just configured the following at the UK SonyStyle site, atm you are getting the graphics upgrade to the 1gb 5650 for free, otherwise it would have been around £630.

VPCEB3X5E £ 549.01 Configured
.

wow thats a really good deal! you could even drop the memory down to 3gb and get it for £520

express delivery is free aswell but standard isnt? lol whats that all about

 

[DefiantAsh]

No, the desktop version, he can force it into a laptop. Wait we are in the desktop section , right? Ahh, no.

Nice bit of sarcy there

and sorry yes, i apologise, very stupid question, thought you could get full cards in lappy's, but nvm!

 

[Richdog]

Nice bit of sarcy there

and sorry yes, i apologise, very stupid question, thought you could get full cards in lappy's, but nvm!

Tounge in cheek chap, no offence intended.

 

[DefiantAsh]

Tounge in cheek chap, no offence intended.

Non taken

 

[Radiation]

Thanks arknor and JonnyCasino, looks good!

 

[Demon]

Dell outlet have some Studio 1749

Studio 1749
Processor: Intel Core i5-460M 2.53GHz/ up to SC 2.8Ghz/ 3M
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64 BIT)
320GB Serial ATA (7200RPM)
4096MB (2x2048) 1067MHz DDR3 Dual Channel
Optical Drive : 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Roxio Burn software
17.3in High Definition+ (1600X900) LED with TrueLife
1Gb ATI HD5650

£540 Delivered..

That sony also looks good..

 

[Radiation]

Is 3gb ram ok instead of 4gb? i know a lot of stuff doesn't use that much but what about dual channel, does that still matter these days, its been years since i knew all this stuff and things may have changed?

 

[TheCrow]

Edit: one of them turned up must be a few floating about so I got that:

Studio 1749
320GB Serial ATA (7200RPM)
17.3in High Definition+ (1600X900) LED with TrueLife
MOD,SW,W7U64,DVD,MUI,NO-E
Optical Drive : 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Roxio Burn software
MOD,INFO,NO MEDIA
4096MB (2x2048) 1067MHz DDR3 Dual Channel
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64 BIT)
1 Yr Collect & Return Warranty
Graphics : 1 GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
Camera Integrated 2.0 Mega Pixel Camera
Internal UK/Irish Qwerty Backlit Keyboard
Battery Primary 6-cell 56W/HR LI-ION
Processor: Intel Core i5-460M 2.53GHz/ up to SC 2.8Ghz/ 3M

£542.13 inc. VAT & Delivery

Happy enough with that


Good luck Radiation you should be able to find something better than this if you are willing to keep your eyes peeled on the dell outlet for a few days.

 

[gbdtil1]

Edit: one of them turned up must be a few floating about so I got that:

Studio 1749
320GB Serial ATA (7200RPM)
17.3in High Definition+ (1600X900) LED with TrueLife
MOD,SW,W7U64,DVD,MUI,NO-E
Optical Drive : 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Roxio Burn software
MOD,INFO,NO MEDIA
4096MB (2x2048) 1067MHz DDR3 Dual Channel
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64 BIT)
1 Yr Collect & Return Warranty
Graphics : 1 GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
Camera Integrated 2.0 Mega Pixel Camera
Internal UK/Irish Qwerty Backlit Keyboard
Battery Primary 6-cell 56W/HR LI-ION
Processor: Intel Core i5-460M 2.53GHz/ up to SC 2.8Ghz/ 3M

£542.13 inc. VAT & Delivery

Happy enough with that


Good luck Radiation you should be able to find something better than this if you are willing to keep your eyes peeled on the dell outlet for a few days.

Don't suppose you can put up the link on that? Can't find it anywhere! Hope that doesn't contravene any forum rules?!