Looking for gaming laptop around £700-£800

Rhys Evans

Rhys Evans

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:helpsmilie:Hi I'm new to the world of PC gaming and I'm looking for a good gaming laptop around £800. Is this possible? I'm hoping to be able to play Euro Truck Simulator 2 and GTA IV etc. I've been looking for a while now and still cannot find anything, it's either too expensive or not good enough:wacko:. Please could someone reply with some good laptops that are in/close to my budget?! :)
 
keynes

keynes

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If you can push your budget a bit more you could get 750gb scorpio black:



Chassis & Display
Optimus Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-4710MQ (2.50GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON SODIMM DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 860M - 2.0GB DDR5, 640 CUDA Cores - DirectX® 11
Memory - Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Memory Card Reader
Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® N-7260 HMC (300Mbps, 802.11BGN) + BLUETOOTH
USB Options
3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Battery
Optimus Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (5,200 mAh/76.96WH)
Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 120W AC Adaptor
Keyboard Language
OPTIMUS SERIES UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 8.1 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Notebook Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 2.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Insurance
1 Month Free Laptop Insurance inc. Accidental Damage & Theft
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £802.00 including VAT and delivery.

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Rhys Evans

Rhys Evans

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Okayyyyy, that makes a lot more sense! :euro: sorry I am realy bad at this! So I could run the games I listed with this graphics card?
 
SpyderTracks

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Rhys Evans said:
Okayyyyy, that makes a lot more sense! :euro: sorry I am realy bad at this! So I could run the games I listed with this graphics card?
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I can't find any direct benchmarks on those games, but if you look at the link I posted previously, you'll see how the card performs on others and can get a general idea what it's like. It's generally considered that 60fps (frames per second) is the acceptable base rate, so anything under that is starting to struggle.
 
keynes

keynes

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Rhys Evans said:
Ok so that looks promising. Now I hate to be awkward, but do you know of anything lower price wise? :innocent:
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What is your actual budget? I wouldn't downgrade the GPU, if you are looking to spend less than £700 you may want to consider a desktop instead
 
Rhys Evans

Rhys Evans

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I really don't know cos like I said I'm new! But as low as I can get really!:shifty: I am after a laptop because I want it to last me through university and for that I need it to portable ;)!
 
keynes

keynes

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Rhys Evans said:
I really don't know cos like I said I'm new! But as low as I can get really!:shifty: I am after a laptop because I want it to last me through university and for that I need it to portable ;)!
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It would help if you provide a maximum budget so someone can come up with a suitable alternative.
 
Rhys Evans

Rhys Evans

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Oh sorry I forgot that! About £800 is the upper buget for me, but I would prefer it to be below it! ;)
Also I forgot to say I think I'll need about 12GB ram :)
 
keynes

keynes

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Rhys Evans said:
Oh sorry I forgot that! About £800 is the upper buget for me, but I would prefer it to be below it! ;)
Also I forgot to say I think I'll need about 12GB ram :)
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Well you could downgrade to 4gb ram but I wouldn't downgrade anything else. Out of curiously why the need of 12gb ram?
 
Rhys Evans

Rhys Evans

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I need the 12GB of ram for the games I wanted, GTA 4 is 2 GB, ETS2 is 4GB and then I wanted MINECRAFT aswell. :tank:
P.S if u r wondering why I'm up at 4:45am, it's cos I'm off to the Wales Rally GB :punk:
 
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SlimCini

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You've just listed a load of games that don't need 12gb of ram though... NO games need 12gb of ram at the moment. No games even need 8gb.
 
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HMCC

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you will be fine with 8gb ram..
you could downgrade the CPU to i5, but I would try to push the budget as much as you can..
the more you push your budget, the more futureproof the laptop will be imo..

try to squeeze in an i7, gtx 860m and 8gb ram.
 
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