Minimum Spec for a CoX Laptop?

Hi there,

My daughter is looking for a laptop and wants to be able to play CoX on it. I have done a fair bit of reading and came up with this Lenovo Laptop with an Nvidia GT630, but it's a bit over what she wanted to spend.

I can take the spec down to the Intel "HD4000" integrated graphics, but I don't know how well this will render CoX. Ultra-Mode isn't a requirement, but a "nice" gaming experience would be nice rather than "minimum-everything".

Her budget is really £450, £500 at the absolute top, and I need it to come from somewhere relatively reputable in case of problems.

Does anyone have any experience of the lower end graphic cards, or any UK sourced laptops that might fit the bill?

All help appreciated.

Many thanks, and apologies if this isn't the place to ask...

Edit to add Hyperstrikes Q&A which I just found...

-What will you primarily be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Internet, Word, Excel - nothing too heavy. No PS - Gaming will be nothing more strenuous than CoX

-What's your budget? (Real Dollars) Are tax and shipping included? This is important as it allows people trying to help you to suggest things appropriate to your budget.
£450-£500

- Where do you live? This is important as it affects what vendors you may buy from and how much shipping costs might be.
The UK

- Are you planning to buy or build?
Buy

- What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need. If you're unsure what exactly you need, say so.
Again - CoX will likely be the most taxing thing in terms of RAM, CPU and GPU requirements.

- If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Nope

- Will you be overclocking?
Nope

- What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have? What is the resolution?
Whatever laptop size is available. No preference.

- When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
ASAP

- What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? etc.
No special features.

- Any specific must-have features? Must be able to max out Ultra-Mode? Must have 6+GB of RAM? Must have an SSD? etc.
Would like to be able to play CoX above minimum settings, with a "good" gaming experience. Understand that on my budget, an Ultra-mode laptop is highly unlikely.

- Are there any vendors/brands you'd specifically prefer to use?
- Are there any vendors/brands you'd specifically prefer to avoid?
No. Would prefer reliability over cheapness with any brand though.

- Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit? (Note: If your current OS came with your computer, odds are that it is NOT transferable.)
Nope. Needs Win7

-H

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You should find some with HD4000 series graphics around £300-£350

a couple of the better suppliers which have been established for many years.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/produc...hp?groupid=959

http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/cate...atname=Laptops

I've always found Amazon to be expensive for PCs.

I've used Eclipse a few times over the years and their turnround times are good for mailorder - standard delivery is 3 days. I've had it arrive next day although I tend to save the carriage cost and use the shop in Coventry.
Overclockers I haven't used myself but they tend to be well respected - based in Stoke they may also be within reasonable travel distance if you want to visit.

I'd look to Father Xmas for an idea as to how the low end laptop graphics sets compare though.

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Haven't seen any particularly good deals, but if you were going to go for Amazon, the Acer Aspire Timeline X 5830TG is about £60 cheaper than the one you were looking at, with more or less the same specs(EDIT: the prcessor is a bit slower) (I believe the graphics card are near identical).

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Thanks for the replies and the links. Much appreciated.

Does the integrated graphics of the HD4000 run CoX ok?

-H

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meh, something I can actually answer :-p. As a test, I ran 7 instances simultaneously (all standing still and using the 5fps limitation) and the only thing I noticed was that the active window's FPS was sitting at what one would expect during a GFX heavy Trial. I've allocated 1Gb of RAM to the APU so it had plenty of memory to play with. I could have run more instances, but I ran out of logins. :-X I think I had everything set to the middle graphics setting.

oops, we're talking about a laptop...well if it shares system RAM and you have atleast 8Gb, then you should be fine I would think.

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