Gaming Laptop

[phlix]

I'm after a laptop that can be used for gaming but only want to spend £1000 max. It must have at least a 128meg Radeon X700 GPU. I've been looking at the Acer Aspire 8103. Anyone have any other suggestions?

Cheers

[maltloaf]

my dell 9100 (now been replaced by a newer model) was only £1100 over a year ago. P4 3.2, ATI RadeOn 9800 pro 256MB. Handled everything i've thrown at it easily.

At the time, to get a similarly powered laptop (not as high in the gfx card - dell were the first to use it in laptops) would have cost £2000 !!

Definately worth checking dells newest offerings and their upgrade options - amazing for the money.

[Pegasus]

Definately worth checking dells newest offerings and their upgrade options - amazing for the money.

I'll second that.

The only other laptops worth looking at IMHO (if you have the money) are Toshiba.

[yazooo]

Just so you know, I have one of the older Acer Aspire models, using a nvidia geforce fx card, big beast which used desktop ram, and hard drives, and have been very happy with it. Run it 24/7, never a problem, and got a good warantee deal. Although, I think my next laptop purchase, I will be looking very closely at Dell, they look very good value for money as well, after recently getting a nice budget laptop from them.

[TIN CAN]

Acer Ferrari laptop m8 4500.... plays everything i have thrown at it yet its a beast...... over £1000 though


AMD Turion ML37 Processor 2.0GHz
1024MB DDR SDRAM - Low cost double memory offer – call for details!
100GB Hard Drive
DVD Dual Layer Drive - To read DVDs and CDs and write CDs, DVD+, DVD- and large Dual Layer DVD
15.4" SWXGA+ Widescreen TFT Screen
ATI Mobility Radeon X700 PCI-E 128MB dedicated graphics
Integrated gigabit LAN
Integrated wireless 802.11g LAN - Call for advice on Wireless networking
Integrated Bluetooth
Integrated 5-in-1 card reader – reads Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, MultiMediaCard, SD Memory Card and XD Picture Card
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition Pre Loaded
FREE Microsoft Works Suite including Microsoft Word
FREE USB Ferrari Mouse

http://www.acernotebooks.co.uk/Acer_...34/version.asp

[phlix]

I was looking at the Acer Ferrari, but its a bit more than I want to spend. If I don't stick to my 1000 pound budget I'll end up keep increasing it until I end up buying something for 2 grand. It always happens.

Cheers for all your help guys