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Old 01-03-2009, 11:48 AM   #4
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I don't think i would need a graphics card in the 9600GTM-ish. Not going to be doing any crazy gaming.

And for screen size i'm looking at 14-15 inches

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Originally Posted by m3thods View Post
Just a heads up if you want a laptop that can handle gaming, it's hard to find one thats sub-900 after taxes. You'd have to find a really good deal.

What I normally tell customers is to do shopping regardless of whether it's on sale or not. Find the brand (HP is 1, Dell is 2 in the world fyi) with the exact spec sheet that you want. Then when you're willing to buy, wait for it to fall into your budget and buy asap.

But to game decently, you're looking at buying a 9600GTM-ish type card which usually garners a 1000 price tag BEFORE taxes. There aren't any lower end cards that would suffice. Any integrated video solutions are pretty much out of the quetion as well (Intel GMA X3100, 4500HD, etc)
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