paduardo Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Hi I'm buying a laptop for internet use and FM gaming ( I don't play other gams on my laptop ) but I wouldn't know what to look for So please can you guys give me some advice on what a good improvement on my current laptop is .... My current laptop details are: -Dell Inspiron 1520 -Processor : Intel ® Core (TN) 2 Duo CPU T7250 @2.00 GHz 2.00 GHz -Memory 2.00 GB RAM -System Type : 32 bit Operating system My budget is around £700 Thanks in advance Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatBarStud Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Hiya paduardo... If you only need your laptop for net use, and FM... then 700 squid is overload my friend! I would advise you to go to Dell website, pick a laptop to suit your needs (memory wise, pic, vids etc.), should be less then 400 shmackers! Then customise it... and chose a better graphics card. It will be more than suitable to run FM, and the internet, hope thi shelps:) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paduardo Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 Thanks for the reply .. 700 is my max . I was definately hoping to pay less I've had a look on there but I'm not sure what an upgrade to what I already have is ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomit Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 You need a capable processor. An Intel Core i5 of the latest generation will do fine. You need a decent amount of RAM, 4 GB is fine, more is fine too. You don't need a high-end graphic card - in fact, the onboard one in the i5 processor will do fine. Additionally, you would be better off with a good screen. Good screens on laptops are hard to come by. But if you're going for a 15 inch screen, I would make sure that it has at least 1600 x 900 resolution, minimum. Resolution is not the end of all things with screen quality, but at least you should make sure that this is right. Within a budget of max 700, I doubt that you could find a good laptop with a SSD harddisk in it - but if you can, go for it. FM is one of a few games that benefits from being played from a SSD. (Load and save time most noticably, but as FM is a game that fairly constantly reads and writes data to and from disk, a SSD will be good. And also with a SSD, you will probably not notice the slowing down that often happens with long running save games). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paduardo Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 Thank you thomit that post is a great help I think I understand what i'm looking for now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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