A Laptop For FM...YES, ANOTHER ONE OF THESE THREADS!!

So, I'm looking at getting a new laptop, as the one I got 5 years ago for a measley £300 is finally giving up the ghost.

Obviously I'd like to use the laptop for other things (web browsing, making music etc.) but I'm pretty sick of being locked in my room on my PC just for FM, especially with the rare nice weather we're having!!

I've drawn up a list of laptops I'm interested in, but if anyone has any recommendations for one for a similar budget then I'm all ears. Also, if anyone knows any other cheap laptop sites I'd be eternally grateful...well, not eternally...but I'll raise my glass of juice to you and briefly nod my head.

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Emachines_EME525_693981.html

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenovo_ThinkPad_SL510_962851.html

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Compaq_Presario_CQ61-425EA_694626.html

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenovo_G550_699583.html

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/HP_Pavilion_DV2-1121ea_652818.html

Thanks for this,

- JC

Bear in mind you'll need a half decent graphics card, one of the best places to check their capabilities compared to other cards is here - http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html

you only need the graphics card for the 3D. Ive got a laptop and a desktop both with on-board and play the game fine without 3D

the middle one here for a little more is 10x better then those

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also check out ebuyer... great for laptops

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but honestly... get yourself an extra £100 and the specs of laptop increase immensely. £400 really is the magic number

Thanks a lot for the replies! I'd like to play it with the 3D preferably, it adds alot more to the game for me.

The £349 one is within my budget, could you recommend a £400 one that is worth the £50 more? I'd appreciate it.

hey.. this laptop is about the best ive seen on the market for £400..

for your extra £50 , you get ...

better processor ( ok its entry level dual core , but for the money its solid and reliable without going into the hundreds for a better core 2 duo)

more memory (4Gb rather than 3)

a great 500Gb harddrive

and the graphics card is more than good enough to run 3d in fm.... my friend has the same integrated chip in his laptop and he plays games like crysis at a decent framerate)

if anyone can find better for the money i will probably end up buying their suggestion myself

Thanks a lot for the responses...I'll be buying that exact laptop on the 15th when my payday rolls by

Systemkrav (PC)

Minimum:

OS: Windows XP, Vista or 7

Processor: Supported processers include Intel Pentium 4, Intel Core, and AMD Athlon. 1.4 GHz or faster required when running Windows XP, 2.0 GHz or faster required when running Windows Vista or 7

Memory: 512 MB RAM when running Windows XP, 1.0 GB RAM when running Windows Vista

Graphics: 128 MB video card with the following supported chipsets: Nvidia FX 5900 Ultra or greater; ATI Radeon 9800 or greater; Intel 82915G/82910GL or greater. Earlier cards may only display 2D Match Viewer Mode and are not supported. Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported.

DirectX: Version 9.0c (included)

Hard Drive: 2 GB free space

LAN: TCP/IP compliant

Input: Keyboard, mouse

Systemkrav (MAC)

OS: Mac OS X 10.5

Processor: Intel Mac

Memory: 1 GB RAM

Graphics: NVidia Geforce 7300 GT / ATI X1600 Radeon

Hard Drive: 2GB free space

Other Requirements: