£800 Gaming Laptop?

kae2 · 28 Nov 2011 at 17:39

Hey Everyone,

I'm at a complete loss. I've been asked by my brother (first time I think he's spoken to me this year, but who's complaining?) as to which laptop he should buy for gaming within an £800 budget?

Any recommendations?

Ta!

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kae2 · 1 Dec 2011 at 16:48

Any ideas anyone?

Thanks,

Andy.

JaffAWood · 1 Dec 2011 at 16:50

No room for a desktop? Get a alright machine for 800 notes. Ive always found laptop gaming.... underwelming

kae2 · 1 Dec 2011 at 16:51

I use a desktop for everything, but he requires a laptop, so no choice there unfortunately!

JaffAWood · 1 Dec 2011 at 16:56

I see, the problem i have found with laptops (for gaming) you need to spend double that to get anything worth gaming on

e.g. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=LT-046-MS

EDIT: i know not the perfect lappy for the E.G. but i cant link to competitors.

EDIT, EDIT: for £800 you'd be looking at something like this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=LT-193-AS&groupid=959&catid=1828&subcat=

Nickyyy · 1 Dec 2011 at 17:12

I would tell him to buy a 360. Gaming on a Laptop is too expensive, you get a machine with poor battery life, poor specs in comparision to a similar priced desktop can do, I'd tell him to take the 800 and get a MacBook.

laptopjesus · 1 Dec 2011 at 22:45

I'd look into the Samsung RC520 if I were you. I've got it myself, and it runs brilliantly well with relatively new games on fairly good settings. This review aptly discusses my experience with it.

kae2 · 5 Dec 2011 at 15:35

Thanks for all your suggestions. He already owns a 360, but wanted it for the pc exclusives I believe.

Thanks again,

Andy.

reflux · 5 Dec 2011 at 15:40

Get on Dell Outlet and find an XPS 17... should be able to get a very decent model for £800

xsistor · 5 Dec 2011 at 15:45

A shuttle pC with a decentish GPU for <£500 and a cheap laptop to use on teh go for £300+ should be the best bet. But if he's still adamant about a gaming laptop (total waste) he should get something with the best GPU in that budget.
there is nothing at OCUK at that price. But http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=LS-000-MS&groupid=959&catid=1828&subcat= should do pretty well but it's about 350 overbudget. And the next one down is a fair bit worse and it's around £200 cheaper:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=LT-160-AC&groupid=959&catid=1828&subcat=

An XPS, maxing on the graphics card, is a good idea.

Socrates470BC · 5 Dec 2011 at 16:04

You can get a ASUS N73SV-TZ641V Core i5 Laptop - N73SV-TZ641V
which has a GeForce GT 540M graphics adapter for around £640.

The downside to many laptops, even those promoted as gaming laptops, is that the disk speed is usuallly 5400 rpm, instead of the normal desktop speed of 7200rpm.

Socrates470BC · 5 Dec 2011 at 16:25

An ASUS G53SW - Core i7 3D Gaming Laptop - G53SW-IX097Z
which has a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M with 1.5GB GDDR5 Memory will cost around £1400.

Fallen god · 5 Dec 2011 at 21:39

Look at medion laptop, you can get a 460gtm for around £800, doubt you will ever find anything better than that for the price.

Crimefighter · 6 Dec 2011 at 09:44

I recently bough an Asus N55SF with a Nvidia GT555M for £750.

6GB RAM
i7-2670 cpu
1600x900 screen.

Its been great so far. plays Starcraft 2 and SWTOR (beta) really well.