Laptop for World of Warcraft

tmac · 30 May 2008 at 13:37

Going to have to start travelling around a bit more and don't want to miss my nightly WoW fix. I need a laptop with a 15.4 screen (have to be able to lug it around) that will let me play WoW at a resonable frame rate without busting the bank.

Any suggestions ?

Raumarik · 30 May 2008 at 14:04

Wow will run on almost anything, runs fine on my Dell Latitude D620, which doesn't even have a dedicated graphics card! Pretty much any core2duo with 2Gb ram will run it without any problems.

That's WoW TBC that I use to run.

tmac · 30 May 2008 at 14:44

Is it ok in Stormwind when there is a bit of a crowd about ?

Raumarik · 30 May 2008 at 14:53

It can lag then but it's purely down to it not having a dedicated graphics card/memory. As long as you have one of those you'll be fine. WoW has surprisingly low requirements.

tmac · 30 May 2008 at 14:53

Thanks for that, time to go hunting.

thephantom114 · 30 May 2008 at 16:51

Try a Dell Vostro, it'll be cheap and has a dedicated graphics card

Qdos · 30 May 2008 at 16:55

I've got a Vostro 1510 with a 8400 GS, sure it will run it fine. Once I find my install disks I'll fire it up and see how it goes.

tmac · 31 May 2008 at 13:30

I had a look at the Dell Vostro and when I tried to add the nvidia graphics it told me the power supply wasn't up to the job, it was the 15.4" one.

Raumarik · 31 May 2008 at 14:17

I had that problem too mate, might be worth giving them a ring and querying it, doubt they'd have it on the config page of the website if it wasn't possible though. I think it's just a site error.

sharingan_sasuk · 31 May 2008 at 16:33

I've found my XPS M1530 to be perfect for World of Warcraft. I picked the 8600M GT upgrade over the 8400M GS but I'm sure either handles it fine.

tmac · 1 Jun 2008 at 09:14

Thanks for all the replies guys, will give Dell a ring.