Best Gaming Laptop for <=£400

TehJumpingJawa

Just posted this one HUKD, and the deal sank - too many people judging it for what it isn't, rather than what it is.

Perhaps the audience here is more refined :beer:
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Home/Product/48435/HP-Renew-Laptop-DV6-1299SA-AMD-Athlon-Turion

£410 delivered, £3.99 less if you collect.
Quidco cashback of ~£12

Donnie

Best to remove affiliate/referral links before posting. Here is a clean link.

Snooze

Donnie wrote: »

Best to remove affiliate/referral links before posting. Here is a clean link.

Don, you've clearly missed the blurb over there

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Donnie

Thanks for the update.

diable

Depends on what sort of games you want to play.

mickbhall

Its a nice laptop allthough dont think it will play modern grapic heavy games.

JasX

Processor was probably good in a laptop back in 2007, similar story on the graphics card, ok but a bit dated now, might 'just about' cope with current games if the settings are turned down and they were not too demanding to begin with, don;t hold your breath for it coping with things over the next year.

As always 'laptop' and 'gaming' don't really go together ever.... tho if you have an specific/few years old game you like to play it'd probably be ok for that (*glances towards all the Sims3 people who seem to pop up on here from time to time)

edgex

Donnie wrote: »

Best to remove affiliate/referral links before posting. Here is a clean link.

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/redir/5d857493?id=3196X602032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.moneysavingexpert.com%2Fredir%2F5d857493%3Fid%3D3196X602032%2!!!!%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.microdirect.co.uk%252FHome%252FProduct%252F48435%252FHP-Renew-Laptop-DV6-1299SA-AMD-Athlon-Turion

Donnie

edgex wrote: »

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What are you doing?

Ogre_Nose_Grid

Thanks. I checked this out in depth. Apparently, a stonkingly good deal for a gaming laptop.

Check out the HD 4650 graphics card power on notebookcheck. ....at rank #59.

It tricky to interpret benchmarks...what do the scores actually mean? If compare with my existing Geforce 8600 GT which is at rank #114, the new card is double the speed. The old one can chew through anything in the Steam back catalogue, though creaks a bit at the latest Total War. So ....IMHO a good gaming card. I've been a gamer since forever, FPSs and strategy games which are both the kind of thing that soaks up power. This will do me nicely.

More info: This is an 'Artist Edition' laptop with a whirly design on the case so if you are only comfortable with matt black, it's not for you! It comes with Vista (Boo!...knew there had to be a drawback there somewhere) & a bunch of bundled artists software.

I guess HP are having a "fire sale" after the CEO got fired!

I think you have to pay 300 more to get anything equivalent.

UPDATE: As the helpful if somewhat brusque Donnie has pointed out, the "HP RENEW" part of the name means it's a refurb. Or potentially a refurb, a gamble anyway. Oddly enough this point was not otherwise made on the website, funny that. I will tell you what turns up!....