Re: Gaming Laptops?




"REMUS" <suk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi, I am going to university in September and rather than upgrade my
> antiquated pc which I was going to do, my parents have offered to put £750
> toward a laptop and I already had £700 stashed for my pc upgrade so now I
> have £1450 to spend on a laptop. Possibly a more if it is worth the
> stretch?
>
> Could anyone give me some recommendations since I know next to nothing
> about laptops! I want to be able to play games like half life 2...etc
> comfortably and Microsoft office wouldn't hurt but I could just transfer
> the office 2000 license from my old pc.
>


I don't play games that much but the following Centrino Sonoma Pentium M's
are very fast according to PCWorld Mag June 2005.
Running "Far Cry" at 1024x768, frames per second are

Acer Travelmate 8104 QLMI 30.9 fps £1499
Sony Vaio VGN-S3XP 25.9 fps £1800
Asus V6V 19.1 fps £1599

The runners up only mange about 6 fps.


rusty


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