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Gaming (ish) laptop under £500
simonts
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£500 will be my absolute limit, I started out with a £289 Acer from ebuyer but the spec was very basic.
At the moment I have chosen the Acer AS9301WSMi:
While I hit the high end of my budget I got a 17" Crystalbright screen and half decent graphics (Nvidia Go 6100)
Im not trying to play the latest FPS etc but its nice to have the ability rather than not to play some games.
Does anyone think I coudl really better this laptop for price/performance?
Processor: AMD Turion MK38
Memory: 2 x 512MB RAM
Hard Drive: 120GB Hard Disk Drive
Graphics Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 6100 with up to 528 MB TurboCache
Optical Drive: DVD SuperMulti, CD/DVD reader/writer for all types of CD/DVD discs
Connectivity: Wireless LAN, 4 x USB 2.0 Ports, 5 in 1 Card Reader
Camera: Integrated 0.3 Megapixel webcam, compatible with all internet messaging services
Operating System: Windows® Vista Home Premium
Additional Software: Acer Empowering Technology, Acer Arcade, Norton Internet Security, Adobe Reader, NTI CD Maker
Display Size: 17" WXGA TFT Display with Acer CrystalBrite technology
I'm not to fussed about the RAM as its a simple swap out.
Opinions welcome
At the moment I have chosen the Acer AS9301WSMi:
While I hit the high end of my budget I got a 17" Crystalbright screen and half decent graphics (Nvidia Go 6100)
Im not trying to play the latest FPS etc but its nice to have the ability rather than not to play some games.
Does anyone think I coudl really better this laptop for price/performance?
Processor: AMD Turion MK38
Memory: 2 x 512MB RAM
Hard Drive: 120GB Hard Disk Drive
Graphics Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 6100 with up to 528 MB TurboCache
Optical Drive: DVD SuperMulti, CD/DVD reader/writer for all types of CD/DVD discs
Connectivity: Wireless LAN, 4 x USB 2.0 Ports, 5 in 1 Card Reader
Camera: Integrated 0.3 Megapixel webcam, compatible with all internet messaging services
Operating System: Windows® Vista Home Premium
Additional Software: Acer Empowering Technology, Acer Arcade, Norton Internet Security, Adobe Reader, NTI CD Maker
Display Size: 17" WXGA TFT Display with Acer CrystalBrite technology
I'm not to fussed about the RAM as its a simple swap out.
Opinions welcome
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