dracul Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Hello Everyone, I just got a new job ... hey !!! good for me !!! ... LOL, but that means i have less time to play the game that i love !!!, and for those who are asking it, yes ... is this one . So i need to stay mobile in order to play the little time i have left, so i decide to buy a Gaming Laptop, my first two options where: 1. Toshiba Cosmio and 2. Samsung Series 7, ......... but they are too expensive, arround 1500-2000 USD, and even i am willing to sell my soul in order to get it if i have no other choise, i prefer not to do it at the moment , so i was wandering if there are another less espensive options. I know that if i do not put like at least 1500 USD i wont be able to play ULTRA settings, but that does not botter me, i can endure (with pain in my hard) to play it with medium settings, so, and finally getting to my question ... Can you please recommend on experience, a laptop with a fair price that can have SWTOR in at least medium settings ?? Thanks a lot !!!! --- and may the ..... may the ..... may the ..... ( .. HEY !!! honey ... how is that star wars line that i keep saying all the time ??!!! .. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaffery Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 (edited) Have look here: http://www.avadirect.com/Gaming-Notebooks Clevo is your friend, costs less than branded laptops and fully configurable. Clevo W350ETQ is probably what you looking for, with default hardware $1091.49. I would suggest change CPU to I7 3610QM, difference is $85 but it is worth. Edited October 5, 2012 by Chaffery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malastare Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 I bought an ASUS G55 for my wife. The price is lower than your $1500 budget (by a few hundred dollars, depending on your configuration), and a few hundred higher than what AVA is listing as an option, but AVA doesn't show any listings for 660M graphics, and I'd trust the cooling on the G55 way more than the cooling on the chassis form AVA. (Not saying that AVA is crap, just that its standard, and standard cooling isn't what you want for a gaming laptop). In game play, the G55 loads planets and conversations nearly the same speed as my 2600K/GTX-560Ti desktop. Frame rates and image quality are about the same, too. The fans are actually pretty quiet, but very effective, and the exhaust is out the back, not the bottom, which is far better for gaming laptops. The biggest down side is the weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesvasquez Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 i have an hp 1035dx that runs amd vision a10 in it and it handles medium settings with no problems for me. it was 700. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slivovidze Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 I have 2 years old Toshiba Satellite L505-13g. It cost around 1000 $ when it was new. I am playing SWTOR on somehow high settings and it runs pretty good. By that I am definitely nto saying that you should get that laptop, I just mean that most 1000 $ laptops today should be good enough to run SWTOR okay. (well except the more expensive brands like Dell, Sony Vaio and others) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadOrb Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Weirdly I just ordered a laptop for swtor and pso2. It's a shame it's from a UK site but you might want to base the spec with the price for yours from the US. IT is this one http://www.novatech.co.uk/modifier.html?s=NNB-A11 . Basically it will cost 804.30 GBP = 1,301.83 USD , which for that spec. I7 3630qm , windows 7 , 256 samsung ssd , 8 gig and gt 650m is a complete bargain and should run swtor on medium/high settings. There are a number of sites in the US where they will customise a laptop for you. just search google for the words build a laptop etc. Goodluck ! Cheers , BadOrb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaffery Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 (edited) I bought an ASUS G55 for my wife. The price is lower than your $1500 budget (by a few hundred dollars, depending on your configuration), and a few hundred higher than what AVA is listing as an option, but AVA doesn't show any listings for 660M graphics, and I'd trust the cooling on the G55 way more than the cooling on the chassis form AVA. (Not saying that AVA is crap, just that its standard, and standard cooling isn't what you want for a gaming laptop). In game play, the G55 loads planets and conversations nearly the same speed as my 2600K/GTX-560Ti desktop. Frame rates and image quality are about the same, too. The fans are actually pretty quiet, but very effective, and the exhaust is out the back, not the bottom, which is far better for gaming laptops. The biggest down side is the weight. AHEM... Based on Clevo W350ETQ (same as NP6350), the world's first 15.6" Intel® 3rd generation Core™ i7 platform with NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 660M dedicated graphics, this custom notebook designed to provide powerful energy-efficient performance and great battery life with NVIDIA® Optimus™ technology. Built on Clevo W350ETQ notebook barebone 15.6" Full HD (1920x1080) Glossy / Matte LED LCD display Intel® Core i7 or Core i5 Sandy Bridge and 3rd generation Ivy Bridge socket G2 processor Intel® HM77 chipset Up to 24GB DDR3-1600 SODIMM dual-channel memory Intel® GMA HD or NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660M graphics<-- What is this? Yay, it's a 660M... NVIDIA® Optimus™ Technology SATA hard drives or SSD drives Built-in DVD±R/RW Dual Layer Burner Built-in 802.11a/g/n Mini-PCI wireless LAN and bluetooth card GbLAN, High Definition Audio, 9-in-1 card reader, Built-in camera, 2x USB 3.0 ports, HDMI port, eSATA port, Fingerprint reader, TV tuner w/ remote (optional), Full size isolated keyboard, and more ... Selection of Windows or Red Hat, Fedora, CentOS, Debian Linux operating systems Custom painting option is available! Edited October 5, 2012 by Chaffery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malastare Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 AHEM... Based on Clevo W350ETQ (same as NP6350), the world's first 15.6" Intel® 3rd generation Core™ i7 platform with NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 660M dedicated graphics, this custom notebook designed to provide powerful energy-efficient performance and great battery life with NVIDIA® Optimus™ technology. Yup, I missed that. However, if you actually bring it up to the specs of the G55 (namely, selecting the i7 CPU) then the price is actually higher than what Amazon lists for the G55. Now, the prices aren't so different that it matters all that much, but Clevo isn't turning in drastically lower prices than other options, and I'd still take the ASUS cooling setup over Clevo's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpphantom Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 I have no problems on my 1y old Alienware M14x. I can't crank everything, but I never expected to. It's portable and runs SWtOR quite acceptably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andryah Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 AHEM... Based on Clevo W350ETQ (same as NP6350), the world's first 15.6" Intel® 3rd generation Core™ i7 platform with NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 660M dedicated graphics, this custom notebook designed to provide powerful energy-efficient performance and great battery life with NVIDIA® Optimus™ technology. Built on Clevo W350ETQ notebook barebone 15.6" Full HD (1920x1080) Glossy / Matte LED LCD display Intel® Core i7 or Core i5 Sandy Bridge and 3rd generation Ivy Bridge socket G2 processor Intel® HM77 chipset Up to 24GB DDR3-1600 SODIMM dual-channel memory Intel® GMA HD or NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660M graphics<-- What is this? Yay, it's a 660M... NVIDIA® Optimus™ Technology SATA hard drives or SSD drives Built-in DVD±R/RW Dual Layer Burner Built-in 802.11a/g/n Mini-PCI wireless LAN and bluetooth card GbLAN, High Definition Audio, 9-in-1 card reader, Built-in camera, 2x USB 3.0 ports, HDMI port, eSATA port, Fingerprint reader, TV tuner w/ remote (optional), Full size isolated keyboard, and more ... Selection of Windows or Red Hat, Fedora, CentOS, Debian Linux operating systems Custom painting option is available! Raw performance for the dollar is one component of selecting a gaming laptop, and an important one. HOWEVER, if it's a brute, but it has poor cooling and overheats easily..... then you cannot tap the performance they sold you. So it's wasted performance and dollars. ASUS Republic of Gaming laptops, in my experience are the best at cooling management for the price/performance points in the market place at this point in time. And pretty consistently too. Followed by Toshiba, but the Toshibas are a bit more expensive and are physically much more bulky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andryah Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 In game play, the G55 loads planets and conversations nearly the same speed as my 2600K/GTX-560Ti desktop. Frame rates and image quality are about the same, too. The fans are actually pretty quiet, but very effective, and the exhaust is out the back, not the bottom, which is far better for gaming laptops. The biggest down side is the weight. Hands down.... the best cooling design in gaming laptops on the market right now. So good, that they derive no additional benefit from puttng a cooling plate under them. AND they don't get hot on the bottom of the case either. All around excellent cooling design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blarpped Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Check out Cyberpower PC. They are reasonably priced for pre-built machines, offer no hassle RMA's and lifetime phone support if you happen to have a problem. I've bought several computers from them and the only bad thing I can say about them is that the stock PSU they try to sell you in PC's is a hunk of garbage. They offer custom built that is scalable to your needs and price. Worth looking into IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dracul Posted October 5, 2012 Author Share Posted October 5, 2012 Thanks a lot all !!! for the posts, i have found this one, and not investing a lot of time searching i found it the best price/specs relation, what do you thing ?? Acer Aspire V3-771G-6675 Notebook http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215527CVF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andryah Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Thanks a lot all !!! for the posts, i have found this one, and not investing a lot of time searching i found it the best price/specs relation, what do you thing ?? Acer Aspire V3-771G-6675 Notebook http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215527CVF You get what you pay for, especially with laptops. i5 processor, and 5400 rpm hard disk, are low end on the specturm. I don't know about current year models, but Acer has a history of thermal issues in their laptops. Given the thin profile (1.37") of this unit... I would be concerned personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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