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Looking For a New Laptop

David Greer (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Saturday, 16th November 2013, 14:49

Hi Guys
Am looking for a new laptop for my son for Christmas (and me don't tell him).
He will need it for school work and gaming so powerful and a good graphics card a must.
I can stretch to £800 if I need to.
Any help appreciated.
Cheers David

RE: Looking For a New Laptop

RJS (undefined) posted this on Sunday, 17th November 2013, 10:50

When you say gaming, what games in particular did you have in mind?

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RE: Looking For a New Laptop

David Greer (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Sunday, 17th November 2013, 14:15

Rob
At the mo he's really into minecraft and COD and Battlefield games on the xbox so would be looking at these genre of games on the laptop
I'm not particularly tech savvie so any help appreciated
David

RE: Looking For a New Laptop

r8sso (Elite) posted this on Sunday, 17th November 2013, 14:30

Similar spec to what I'm after... best I've seen is the HP Envy model.

i7 2.4GHz Processor
1TB HDD
8Gb RAM
2Gb dedicated graphics card

£799

http://www.johnlewis.com/hp-envy-touchsmart-15-j024sa-laptop-intel-core-i7-8gb-ram-1tb-15-6-touch-screen-silver/p811209?kpid=232472544&s_kenid=3bab1123-1827-5ee8-cbbe-000045ec6dcf&s_kwcid=ppc_pla&tmad=c&tmcampid=73

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RE: Looking For a New Laptop

David Greer (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Sunday, 17th November 2013, 16:08

Cheers mate will have a look.

RE: Looking For a New Laptop

RJS (undefined) posted this on Sunday, 17th November 2013, 17:51

Yeah, dedicated graphics card is a major consideration. Also if you can get one with a downgrade option to Windows 7 you might want to!

Graphics card performance comparisons are here:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/charts/2013-vga-gpgpu/13-Battlefield-3-DirectX-11-A-Entry,2967.html


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