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October 5, 2006 5:56:07 PM

hah, well, i dunno...do you know?

The big makers dont seem to include a vid card at anything under $1000CDN, so i was wondering, is there a way to put together a laptop without going through a build-your-own sorta company.

Is there a way to get a gaming laptop(not super heavy gaming, HL2 games, not oblivion or anything) for under $1,000 CDN?

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October 5, 2006 8:13:14 PM

exactly, the vid card determines the gaming performance...so if i could get a low end laptop for 800-900, cant i stick a decent card into that? I just cant find any decent vendors...or i cant even upgrade the card??
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October 5, 2006 8:15:13 PM

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hah, well, i dunno...do you know?

The big makers dont seem to include a vid card at anything under $1000CDN, so i was wondering, is there a way to put together a laptop without going through a build-your-own sorta company.

Is there a way to get a gaming laptop(not super heavy gaming, HL2 games, not oblivion or anything) for under $1,000 CDN?


Unfortunately the answer is no.

Take a look at what Dell has:

http://www1.ca.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/...

The Inspiron 6400 is the lowest model that they offer with an ATI Radeon X1400 GPU. This model starts at about $1,000 CAD, but you'll need to spend at least $1,400 CAD to get the X1400 GPU. Otherwise, you'll be stuck with the Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950.

The X1400 is no firebreather, but it's definitely better than the GMA 950. It all boils down to the amount of money you want to spend (in your case <$1000 CAD) and what games you expect to play.

Here's a link to Intel's site that shows some games that the GMA 950 can handle:

http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/intel945gm/sb/CS-...

The list is somewhat dated in my opinion.
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October 5, 2006 8:59:00 PM

Game-playing requires alot of power. Laptops are traditionally less powerful than desktops of equivalent design. Hence, people who play games on computers prefer desktops. Kids rarely move their computers anyway, even to LAN parties, and even then it's about as much trouble to move a laptop as a traditional computer. Laptops are really for travellers (business, military), who do not play games. "Desktop replacement" laptops are for those rare gamers who will pay a ridiculous price premium for non-upgradeability and slightly easier transportability.

I've never heard of anyone building their own laptop. I'm not exactly in the beating-heart of the movement but still, laptop-building is something I understand you need a big company to do.
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October 5, 2006 9:17:20 PM

You can get a Core 2 Duo (mobile T7600 2.33Ghz) 2GB DDR2 667 and a Nvidia 7900GTX 512MB (mobile) video card. Of course you have to "PAY" to play. But even having that level of hardware out there is pretty amazing.
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