dadkins
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Re: [Notebooks] Need a laptop for wow
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To run some of these games with lots of Eye Candy, you will need a pretty beefy machine - more than $1000.
If gameplay is more important than killer graphics and eye candy... yes you can do it!
DVDs and CDs - nearly anything with a drive can burn them.
Look for a dedicated video card with dedicated video RAM - it will just be better!
Some of the integrated video chips are getting decent... dedicated is better.
»www.systemrequirementslab.com/re···r/srtest
See pics.
This is a 3 year old VAIO laptop with a Core Duo(not Core 2 Duo) 2.0GHz, nVidia 7600 GT and 2GB of RAM.
You can get something WAY better than this now. 
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P Ness
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| "To run some of these games with lots of Eye Candy, you will need a pretty beefy machine - more than $1000."
not world of warcraft that is overkill
you can get a nice 15 inch laptop with a 8000-9000 series video card that will run wow just fine at medium-high settings for 700-800 dollars on sale.
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PeteC2
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| said by P Ness  :"To run some of these games with lots of Eye Candy, you will need a pretty beefy machine - more than $1000." not world of warcraft that is overkill you can get a nice 15 inch laptop with a 8000-9000 series video card that will run wow just fine at medium-high settings for 700-800 dollars on sale. Yep, if you spring for a grand, you will easily get more than notebook enough!
As was mentioned, the biggest single feature would be to opt for whatever gives you the best graphics engine. Any notebook in the $700 - $1k range will have adequate CPU power, drive space, DVD burner, etc., so I would look at graphics card and screen quality.
The other thought of course is this: What form-factor will suit you best? 13.3 - 14.1 inch screens travel real nice, but if you aren't lugging it around (as in, it is in a car), then you may want to opt for a 15.4" to even a 17" screen for the added "real-estate".
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dadkins
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said by P Ness :"To run some of these games with lots of Eye Candy, you will need a pretty beefy machine - more than $1000." not world of warcraft that is overkill you can get a nice 15 inch laptop with a 8000-9000 series video card that will run wow just fine at medium-high settings for 700-800 dollars on sale. Yes. "these games" as in today's newer games.
I never said WoW would need a Cray.
As pictured, my 3 year old VAIO could run WoW at pretty high(Max?) settings with a 7600.
Anything new would have a bit more than a 7600 card in it, right?
Nearly any new computer with a dedicated(and even some integrated) graphics will play the hell out of WoW.
I was trying to convey that OP could get a pretty decent machine for $1000 that could play beefier games than WoW.
Hope this helps straighten out any confusion.
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Indy Sabre
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Tried to run that app - www.systemrequirementslab.com/re···r/srtest
in nonadmin account.....do you guys have to let install the applet under admin for it to work?
It looks like a cool app and according to their faq is uninstallable via add/ remove. |
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