[oakley100]

im sorry if this is in the wrong section or there is a thread allready about this but im in a bit of a rush your advice would be much appreciated.
Im 15 and getting a laptop, nothing fancy nothing from alienware or anything and also i have no idea what is good or bad when it comes to getting a laptop for gaming so again i would be grateful for your advice.

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/58_6858.htm - this is the laptop im after, sorry if the link dosnt work.
Im a big fan of stratergy games and ill probaly play all my FPS games on my ps3
i am looking to buy the rome total war series and civilisation 4 those are the most important to me when it comes to what this laptop can play. The reason im going for this laptop is its on a deal and im well 15...... well here is some info on it

intel pentium dual-core processor T2390
(1.86 GHz, 1 MB L2 Cache, 533 MHz FSB)

intel graphics media accelerator X3100

250GB hard disk

3GB RAM

so again im a newbie when it comes to gaming p.c's and again sorry if this is in the wrong section but could you help me anyway

[Madxgraphics]

Hi Oakley and welcome to PCR...There are a few serious gamers on this forum that will point you in the right direction..In my honest opinion though I would stay clear of that laptop...

[oakley100]

thanks for the welcoming . I know this laptop isnt ground breaking and for a real peice of gaming equipment i would have to spend well over a grand but do you know what games this laptop would be able to play specificly the rome total war series and civilisation 4, i wont be playing anything like oblivion or COD4 on this. thanks for any advice

[Waynos_Face]

Hi,

Welcome to PCReview

A gaming laptop for £450 isn't gonna happen, especially one with integrated graphics like the one from ALDI, sorry but its true, last year i spent £1400 on a so called gaming laptop but due to the heat generated you can't get that much power in a laptop, there is no way to cool it properly.

You can get what i got for about £850 now.

Anyway here are some suggestions for about the same price, if i were you though i would find another £30 and get the last one or if you don't have the extra cash get the first one.

Top tip, Toshiba or ASUS for a laptop, Toshiba is best and most people here will support that

Another top tip, stay away from ACER and Packard Bell Easynotes.

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Toshi...EN/version.asp

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Asus_...5C/version.asp

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/ASUS_...6C/version.asp

Hope this helps

[Waynos_Face]

Just don't buy that laptop, unknown make and its from ALDI, they sell food.

[oakley100]

thanks for the help . i was looking at the links to the laptop and the last one looked nice, i might start to sound a bit repetative here :S but would it play the rome total war series and civilisation 4? and a few other things
can i upgrade a laptop by myself like i could do with a desktop and my cousin was speaking about some thought of portable graphics card that they are making anyone know what that is about?

[Madxgraphics]

Originally Posted by Waynos_Face

Just don't buy that laptop, unknown make and its from ALDI, they sell food.

I thought the name sounded familiar...haha can I have a bunch of carrots with me gaming laptop please..?

[Waynos_Face]

Yeah the first or last links i posted will play those games just fine, even Company of Heroes on low resolution, the only upgrades to be done on a laptop is the memory.

I think what he is on about is for supporting dual monitors, a plug in graphics card would be USB and the speed at which the memory would be used is too slow.

Hope this helps.

[oakley100]

Thanks alot for the help, advice and the welcoming (the only smiley i know). im sure i can find an extra £30 for that last laptop

[Waynos_Face]

Cool, thats the best one i can find for money, might be worth hanging on a day or 2 incase someone finds a better one.