Good Laptop(for gaming)

**Legio** · January 03, 2009, 05:13 PM

I finally convinced my parents to get me the Dell XPS M1530 OR this one!
My question is if, with the following specs, it will play M2 and EB.

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Thanks, and sorry for opening so many threads- I'm not techy in the least bit

**Mar77** · January 03, 2009, 06:22 PM

It'll play it...but how well will it play it is another story...

**Legio** · January 03, 2009, 06:22 PM

Will it play it on normal unit sizes?

**Yojimbo** · January 03, 2009, 06:56 PM

Not very well its a complete waste of money buying as laptop for serious gaming. you'll get the performance of a less than $300 desktop.

**Hunter Makoy** · January 04, 2009, 01:15 AM

M2 it oughta be able to handle pretty well, hell a geforce 6200 will handle m2 perfectly fine. EB i'm not sure about though. not saying i have doubts, i just have no idea.

**Nicholas H.C** · January 04, 2009, 01:22 AM

Unfortunetly, laptops arn't good for gaming

**Hunter Makoy** · January 04, 2009, 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by Constantine The Great

Unfortunetly, laptops arn't good for gaming

its sad but true. unless there is an underlying reason to need a laptop, i would stick to desktops. you can always change and upgrade a desktop.

**wupwup** · January 04, 2009, 05:11 AM

theres a great laptop at pc world. acer 7730. 4GB ram. 160 HD 2GH duo core processor. the only thing that lets it down is the graphics card. 256. 17" screen and only £430 in the sales. sounds good to me

**Musthavename** · January 04, 2009, 06:01 AM

Firstly, would people stop hammering "Desktops are better" everytime a Laptop topic comes up, and actually try and help! Yes, they are clearly better, but people have their reasons for getting Laptops instead. By all means say "Get a Desktop if you can", but please appreciate some people require a Laptop for both work & gaming. I bought a Laptop for games in September, and it's done fine for me since. Granted I would've much rather had a desktop, it just wasn't feasible for me.

theres a great laptop at pc world. acer 7730. 4GB ram. 160 HD 2GH duo core processor. the only thing that lets it down is the graphics card. 256. 17" screen and only £430 in the sales. sounds good to me

He's in America. Granted that's not clear, but what's the point of a laptop for games where the graphics card lets it down?

The 8400 GS will run the game, but it won't run it well. 128MB of memory won't hold up for any large battle without some large stuttering. If you had any plans to play Empire, i'd guess it would run on low, but be awful for it.

The base Dell XP 1530 should be fine, aslong as you spend an extra $100 changing the 8400M to an 8600M GT. My sister had one (before she stupidly broke it), which I tested Oblivion on, and it ran it on medium-high smoothly (20-30 FPS) (no AA though), but that was an 8600M GS, which is a bit worse, so the 8600M GT should be able to cope slightly better. You won't need to change any other specs on it, just the graphics card upgrade.

Point is, if you plan to play any new games on it, that graphics card upgrade is needed, otherwise any new games will just be slow, and you may have to buy an entirely new machine to play them. This site is a bit sketchy in it's descriptions & comparisons, but it helped me evaluate things when I was purchasing my laptop in the summer. For games, that graphics card is the key component.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVidia-GeForce-8400M-GS.3709.0.html
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-...GT.3986.0.html

**~~removeduser_4563362~~** · January 04, 2009, 03:16 PM

I have an XPS M1530 and it works ok, although sometimes it gets a little hot. I have Intel 2.4ghz and an 8600GT though, so that might be why it is good. lol

**Legio** · January 04, 2009, 03:23 PM

Originally Posted by Hannibal14

I have an XPS M1530 and it works ok, although sometimes it gets a little hot. I have Intel 2.4ghz and an 8600GT though, so that might be why it is good. lol

Great!

EDIT: So I can play M2 if I have the base 1530 but with the graphics card Musthavename recommended? I have all the money ready in cash.

**~~removeduser_4563362~~** · January 04, 2009, 03:25 PM

Well, what I mean is I would not go any lower then that. You need to get the 8600GT if you really want to get it. And a better processor would not hurt ether.

**Legio** · January 04, 2009, 03:28 PM

Originally Posted by Hannibal14

Well, what I mean is I would not go any lower then that. You need to get the 8600GT if you really want to get it. And a better processor would not hurt ether.

I have the 8600 GT, and the rest is the base 1530.:hmmm:Will it still play M2?