COH/School Cheap Laptop Blah blah blah Help?
By
je_saist,
Posted on: 2010-08-12 15:01 in Player Questions
for CoH, avoid Intel integrated graphics.
Incidentally, each one you listed has Intel Integrated graphics.
So yes, these are going to be BAD choices.
Here's two laptops with RadeonHD 4250 gpus each under $500.
I wouldn't be buying Nvidia in the mobile sector because... well... Right now there are several lawsuits winding through various courts over Nvidia's exploding laptops: http://www.techspot.com/news/34685-n...op-owners.html
And no, this is not an old problem either. Just a month ago yet ANOTHER series of laptops with Nvidia GPU's were recalled: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=227976 :: 06-30-2010, 04:03 PM
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Yeah, my HP laptop with nVidia GPU died. Twice. The first time was covered under warranty. Now it's just sitting in my closet.
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Originally Posted by je_saist
for CoH, avoid Intel integrated graphics.
Incidentally, each one you listed has Intel Integrated graphics. So yes, these are going to be BAD choices. Here's two laptops with RadeonHD 4250 gpus each under $500. I wouldn't be buying Nvidia in the mobile sector because... well... Right now there are several lawsuits winding through various courts over Nvidia's exploding laptops: http://www.techspot.com/news/34685-n...op-owners.html And no, this is not an old problem either. Just a month ago yet ANOTHER series of laptops with Nvidia GPU's were recalled: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=227976 :: 06-30-2010, 04:03 PM |
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have to heavily disagree here.. I have a Sony Vaio which has intel integrated graphics.... I had an initial crashing problem that would occur, after a maximum of 20 minutes playtime, but after I sorted out the drivers it has been running sweet as a bell.|
Originally Posted by je_saist
for CoH, avoid Intel integrated graphics.
Incidentally, each one you listed has Intel Integrated graphics. So yes, these are going to be BAD choices. |
The really bad times only have been on multi-player events like rikti attacks or raids on the ship in RWZ, when the lagg has made my comp slower than a snail... but doesn't crash.
I imagine it depends on the laptop, but you can't go wrong with ATI Radeon. Never had problems on my desktop with then, even if they were older cards...
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My wife recently picked up my COH addiction and is also starting school in a few weeks. I need to find her a cheap laptop to do schoolwork on and possibly run COH (even if the settings are low), since we will undoubtably argue if we are fighting over my desktop when both COH and homework are on the schedual. I managed to save about $450 between books and other stuff from the grant money she recieved but its about all we can afford at the moment. I can probably stretch as far as 500 if the deal is good enough the only specs that are make or break points are it has to have atleast 2Gs of Ram, a webcam, and a numpad on the right of the keyboard (even if there is no divider). Anything you guys can think of for me to check into will be greatly appriciated.
These are some of the ones I found doing some quick searches.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834115788
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Dell-15.6-...08PPK/13316852
(dont ask she likes it cause its pink )
http://www.target.com/Toshiba-Satell...e&frombrowse=1
Let me know if you guys think any of those arent terribly stupid purchases.
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