SWTOR Budget Laptop?

[ajh1979]

Hi Guys I would really appreciate some advice here ive started playing SWTOR and its great my wife has played on my system and really wants to play the game but her laptop is old outdated and cannot play it.

Please could anyone offer some advice on a Laptop that will play the game fairly well for a budget of £500 in the UK I know laptops are not ideal but she travels around alot and therefore needs to be a laptop as she will use it fro other general web surfing and emails as well.

any advice would be very appreciated

Thanks

 

[WR2]

Hello ajh1979;

You OK with SWTOR on low graphics settings?

 

[WR2]

First an option for SWTOR on medium graphics
ASUS K53SK-SX070V £552 & £15 delivery from Germany.
Core i3 2350M 2.3 GHz CPU & Radeon HD 7610M graphics.

 

[WR2]

In your budget range - but runs SWTOR on low graphics:
Acer Aspire 5750G £430
Core i3-2310M 2.1GHz CPU, 6GB RAM, 640GB HDD, 15.6" 1366x768 LCD w/ Geforce GT 540M graphics.

 

[ajh1979]

Hi WR2,

Thank you for your reply.

I was actually looking at the Acer myself which is below my budget so im seriously thinking about ordering this.

However I will look into the Asus you mention as im sure I can up teh budget for this if it plays the game a little better im also very fond of Asus of which make up most of my own desktop components.

Thank You!

 

[WR2]

I feel the same way you do about Asus.

 

[ajh1979]

Hi WR2,

between the Acer you mention above priced at £430

Or this Asus which would perform better for SWTOR

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/ASUS_K53SC-SX307V_1156069.html

I assume the Acer as the graphics card is slightly better?

Thanks

 

[WR2]

[strike]It's considerably better[/strike] Found a better set of benchmarks.
It looks like the GT 540M ends up being slightly more powerful in SWTOR than the HD 7610.
GT 540M & medium graphics on SWTOR might be possible. Low graphics should be nice and fluid.


AMD Radeon HD 7610M review
NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M/(aka 540M) review

It's kinda hard to argue with that £430 price.

 

[ajh1979]

WR2

I would like to thank you for your help and advice as its not the first time you have helped me.

Thanks very much ill be ordering the laptop this afternoon and I totally agree I cant argue with teh £430 price!

Much Appreciated.

 

[WR2]

You're welcome.

Let us know how things work out.
It won't be the last time someone comes looking for a bargain gaming option like that Acer.