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The only way to be able to handle any graphics settings above "Medium" without spending over $4000.. Is to just buy a PC. Gaming simply cannot be done adequately on a laptop.
 

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The only way to be able to handle any graphics settings above "Medium" without spending over $4000.. Is to just buy a PC. Gaming simply cannot be done adequately on a laptop.
This.

Any laptop is stupid expensive compared to their PC counterparts.
 

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Only stating facts mate.

$400 desktop= $800 laptop.

So unless you're going to do some gaming at school, get a decent PC rig and a (very) basic laptop to type documents on at school.
 
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I already have a good enough PC for gaming
I'm pretty sure their are laptops that are in the $1000-1500 range which can game lol
 

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i got one for 700 bucks exactly 1 year ago: i5, 8gb ram, 1gb nvidia graphics, 750 HDD. best deal ever.
 

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I already have a good enough PC for gaming
I'm pretty sure their are laptops that are in the $1000-1500 range which can game lol
Mine cost about $1400 (it was premade) and yeah, it can game. Not very well, but most issues are usually fixed by turning down the graphics settings on games. I don't play too many AAA titles on my laptop, but I've found that's worked for every game but Dead Island, it's only just barely playable D:



i got one for 700 bucks exactly 1 year ago: i5, 8gb ram, 1gb nvidia graphics, 750 HDD. best deal ever.
How do you find yours handles games? I have the same stats (slightly smaller hdd)
 

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Mine cost about $1400 (it was premade) and yeah, it can game. Not very well, but most issues are usually fixed by turning down the graphics settings on games. I don't play too many AAA titles on my laptop, but I've found that's worked for every game but Dead Island, it's only just barely playable D:

How do you find yours handles games? I have the same stats (slightly smaller hdd)
i only play MOBAs and RTSs which arent as heavy on the graphics as some other games like FPSs, so in that sense, they handle perfectly.
 

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Have a flick through some of the ones on here. http://www.onlinecomputer.com.au/index.php

I bought the laptop I'm using for them, for under $1000 and most other places for similar specs, and battery life I'd be paying an extra $300 or so. I'd recommend staying away from Acer and Toshiba, Acer is hit and miss and Toshibas have overheating issues.
 

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