2 questions:

**The Glorious Moldovan** · August 08, 2011, 08:05 AM

1. Is a nVidia GeForce 9400 GT a good graphics card?
2.What would be the normal specs for gaming on a laptop?

**Magicman2051** · August 08, 2011, 08:06 AM

1. For what?
2. Usually the Dell Gaming Laptops are representative of what you what.

**The Glorious Moldovan** · August 08, 2011, 08:10 AM

Originally Posted by Magicman2051

1. For what?
2. Usually the Dell Gaming Laptops are representative of what you what.

1.For an average gamer like myself
2.Umm how would that sound in a simple mortal's language?

from what i've heard you can buy laptops that arnt very suitable for gaming and some are.Well i just wanted to know what would be the specs for gaming

**_Elysium_** · August 08, 2011, 08:34 AM

You may want a more modern card. When I was researching which card to get, earlier this year, I saw the GT9400, 9600 and 9800 recommended by some people, but many others said the drivers could be a problem. I'm assuming nVidia have or are stopping producing the drivers.

I could be completely wrong though.

**PoleCat** · August 08, 2011, 08:37 AM

Originally Posted by Daco-Roman

1. Is a nVidia GeForce 9400 GT a good graphics card?...

That card was launched nearly three years ago. It can handle light and older games but it won't play anything really fancy.

What exactly are you looking for performance wise?

**The Glorious Moldovan** · August 08, 2011, 08:58 AM

Originally Posted by PoleCat

That card was launched nearly three years ago. It can handle light and older games but it won't play anything really fancy.

What exactly are you looking for performance wise?

hmm i see.Well im looking for something that would do good for "fancy" games such as Napoleon/Shogun
and that would handle something a normal laptop would.I dont want on to be strict gaming only

EDIT: *PC noob* really,i know absolutely nothing about computers

**karamazovmm** · August 08, 2011, 08:51 AM

it depends on how much you want to spend, and how much performance do you expect.

You can get a great gaming laptop with the NP8150 packing the 6990m (its a 6870), or you can get a uber gaming laptop in the m18x with 2 6990m. The first comes at close to 1500, and the second can be found close to 2300.

btw the gt 9400 is so lame that my laptop with a 4670m was able to stomp it.

**karamazovmm** · August 08, 2011, 09:47 AM

the dv6tqe is for you, get the i7 2630qm and the 6770m 1gb, search for some coupons, this laptop can be found for around 800 with coupons.

**The Glorious Moldovan** · August 08, 2011, 10:32 AM

Originally Posted by Mr MM

the dv6tqe is for you, get the i7 2630qm and the 6770m 1gb, search for some coupons, this laptop can be found for around 800 with coupons.

dollars?

well im not in a rush to buy a laptop.Over there it may cost that much..but sadly,living here its simply a fortune

thanks for the specs tho

**PoleCat** · August 08, 2011, 11:28 AM

What's your budget range?

**karamazovmm** · August 08, 2011, 12:19 PM

and where do you live?

Im from brazil so I know how pcs can cost a pretty penny

**PoleCat** · August 08, 2011, 01:40 PM

Originally Posted by Mr MM

and where do you live?

Im from brazil so I know how pcs can cost a pretty penny

The Republic of Moldova. I expect prices to be high there.

**The Glorious Moldovan** · August 08, 2011, 01:47 PM

i live in the Republic of Moldova. 800 dollars is about 9.100 MDL our curency,and man,thats simply a crazy amount of money.You can 2 average PC's with those money

An average PC here costs somewhere between 40 and 60 dollars.So specs like the ones above should cost me around 100 dollars,thats a pretty big sum too.
But again,thanks for the specs,and the money issues im going to somehow resolve it

**karamazovmm** · August 08, 2011, 05:49 PM

in here thanks to the ridicule thing that people call the US congress, the dolar has been down in value, its a tremendous impact, all due to the their reelection. however the prices of the imported goods, is still the same currently, when new stock enters, it will go down.

When I bought my mbp 13, I paid 2200 dolars for it. thats how the prices here are.

Sincere advice, try to build a desktop, with some cheap parts like the 5670 a phenom II processor, and 4gb of ram, an enough HDD, and a cheap mobo (high end mobos are expensive here, 3-4 times the price in the US, I expect the same for you) and get a cheap netbook, import it from the US its generally way cheaper than to buy locally, I recommend a e350 equipped one.