gaming laptop wanted

memphis12

New member
Hey everyone, it seems the site I have been looking for could be pcspecialist.co.uk

These are the 3 laptops the site has pre done for gaming. Il post them below. I would like the laptop to have 17" screen. I was wondering if you guys think i could get a gaming laptop that will play things like the new mmo Tera, current mmo's such as LOTR, Rift etc on highest settings..

£500-£900 (£900, only if we get accepted for the finance) also can I add insurance to all products as could only see one month option on these laptops.

Thanks in advance.

The 17.3" Optimus II

Specification Snapshot:

2nd Gen Intel® Core™ CPUs
GeForce™ GT540M/GT555M
Full HD 1920 x 1080 Res
NVIDIA® Optimus™
SuperSpeed USB 3.0
HDMI Output Connection
1.3MP Webcam
BluRay Capable
Wireless Fitted as Standard
Bluetooth Option Available
VGA Output Connection
e-SATA Input Connection

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The 17.3" SkyFire II

Specification Snapshot:

3rd Gen Intel® Core™ CPUs
1.5GB GeForce™ GTX670M
Full HD 1920 x 1080 Res
NVIDIA® Optimus™
SuperSpeed USB 3.0
HDMI Output Connection
720P HD Webcam
Wireless Fitted as Standard
Bluetooth Option Available
VGA Output Connection
e-SATA Input Connection

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The 17.3" Vortex III

Specification Snapshot:

3rd Gen Intel® Core™ CPUs
670M | 675M | HD7970M
NVIDIA® Optimus™
Backlit Keyboard
SuperSpeed USB 3.0
Premium Onkyo Speakers
Fingerprint Scanner
HDMI Output Connection
DVI Output Connection
2.0MP Webcam
BluRay Capable
Wireless Fitted as Standard
Bluetooth Option Available
Firewire Fitted as Standard
e-SATA Input Connection
 

dangro474

Bright Spark
Hi Memphis,

Although gaming laptops have become a lot cheaper on average since 2005, they still cost roughly twice as much as an equally powerful desktop.

As your budget is up to £900 the Optimus II series would seem more appealing due to their low price, however your gaming performance would suffer massively.

The Skyfire II system is by far your best option in terms of price to performance.

I understand that you have set yourself a budget of £900 but I would highly recommend extending it slightly to accomodate the following spec:

Chassis & Display
SkyFire:17.3" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Dual Core Mobile Processor i5-2450M (2.50GHz) 3MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
nVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 670M - 1.5GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - Hard Disk
500GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD5000BPKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated 4 in 1 Card Reader (SDXC/MMC/MS/XD)
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & INTEL WIRELESS 802.11N CARD INC. BLUETOOTH 3.0
USB Options
2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 3 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Battery
SkyFire Series 9 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 180W AC Adaptor
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Keyboard Language
INTEGRATED UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Notebook Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 720P 30 FPS HD WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Insurance
1 Month Free Laptop Insurance inc. Accidental Damage & Theft
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £930.00 including VAT and delivery.

Configure Here: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/skyFireII/

NOTE: I would strongly recommend against downgrading any of the components I h ave posted in my spec above. A downgrade in CPU may bottleneck your performance in certian games and a downgrade in RAM / HDD would save you £15 at best which is completely pointless.

I realise that I will come across as being extremely presumptuous by assuming that you may take issue to this spec esxceeding your budget, however the relative performance increase you would experience over a similarly priced Optimus II system is rediculous. If you intended to use this laptop for as long as possible (given recent trends in games GPU demands) the Skyfire II would last 2-3 years longer than the Optimus II.

Please see the attached image for 670M GTX vs 555M GT performance comparissons. You may have to "right click -> save picture as" for the benchmarks to be legible, but here are a few examples:

Modern Warfare 3
Optimus II (555M GT): 27
Skyfire II (670M GTX): 55

Skyrim
Optimus II (555M GT): 13
Skyfire II (670M GTX): 33

Mass Effect 3
Optimus II (555M GT): 27
Skyfire II (670M GTX): 54

Crysis 2
Optimus II (555M GT): 13
Skyfire II (670M GTX): 29

Not only does the Skyfire II's 670M GTX double the performance of the Optimus II's 555M GT on average, but this can mean the difference on unplayable (13 FPS) and perfectly playable and smooth (33 fps).

If you are unwilling to exceed your budget by £30 then I would recommend opting for a desktop instead.

670vs555.jpg

Good luck with your decision.
 
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marwoo578

Bronze Level Poster
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

Personally would get the arctic paste for another £9 and spend the extra £5 for the silver warranty
 

memphis12

New member
Thanks for the info mate.

We couldn't get credit for a £870 one so that's that out the window lol.

How much cheaper and better would it be for me to get a desktop? Is there a desktop and laptop you can reccomebd for around £600-£700? (£500 would be better lol)

I want games to run good, but they don't need to be top settings like I thought. Just good gaming laptop/pc

Thanks
 
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