Small laptops with decent graphics chipsets

Ev0 · 28 Sep 2007 at 22:43

I'm after a small laptop that has a decent graphics chipset but can't seem to find much.

Best seem to be the Dell XPS with the 13odd inch screen but can you get a 13-ish inch lappy with a better graphics card than an 8400 GS?

Or woul dan 8400GS be adequate, it's just for things like CSS, maybe BF2 (I remember playing this on a 9800 pro so hopefully this would be ok).

I'm not fussed on high detail levels, just getting playable fps out of it.

melbourne720 · 29 Sep 2007 at 10:36

I would have thought a 8400GS would do, it's firmly in the mid range of graphics chipsets for laptops. Something like a Dell Vostro...

sampeoples · 29 Sep 2007 at 10:40

whats your budget? because rock laptops come with 7950s etc, but they are over 1000

melbourne720 · 29 Sep 2007 at 10:47

They'd be good, but the trick is finding one with a small screen but a powerful graphics card.

Ev0 · 29 Sep 2007 at 16:55

melbourne720 said:
They'd be good, but the trick is finding one with a small screen but a powerful graphics card.

Exactly, Vostros are 14inch which is more than I wanted, the Rock's and other 'gaming' laptops all seem to really start at 15.4 inch. I've got a 15.4 inch at the moment and it's too big for what I want it for really.

<F0rb> · 29 Sep 2007 at 17:04