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Hey everyone, I am going to start university next year and i need a good laptop, and i'm looking to spend about £400-500. I want one suitable for university that can also play WoW at decent settings. I am not very smart when it comes to computers so i really need some help
My brother helped me find this one on the currys site and i was wondering what kind of settings i will be able to play WoW on with this, and what kind of FPS i would be getting. I would also like to know if this isn't suitable for university for some reason and why.
HP Pavilion dv6-3130sa
Processor Intel® Core™ i5-460M Processor
- 2.53 GHz
- 2.5 GT/s DMI
- 3 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
RAM - 4GB RAM
- DDR3
- Up to 8GB maximum memory
Graphics card ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5470 Graphics
- 2202 MB memory
Screen type LCD Widescreen
Screen resolution - WXGA
- 1366 x 768
Screen size 15.6"
Hard drive 500GB SATA hard drive 7200rpm
Optical disk drive DVD-RW
Memory card reader 5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro or xD Picture cards
USB Yes, 4 x USB 2.0 ports
FireWire No
Modem/Ethernet Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN
WiFi Yes, 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth Yes
Video interface VGA
Audio interface 1 x stereo headphone-out
1 x microphone-in
TV output VGA
Extension card slot No
Sound Altec Lansing speakers
Dolby Advanced Audio
Keyboard & Mouse Full size island-style keyboard
HP Clickpad supporting Multi-Touch gestures with On/Off button
Battery - 6-cell Lithium-Ion battery
Size 378 x 308 mm (W x D)
Weight 2.49 kg
Also, if this is not good enough does anybody have a suggestion for one suitable which is in my price range?
Thanks for reading!
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2011-04-15, 02:26 PM #1Deleted
Getting new laptop, need help !
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2011-04-15, 02:31 PM #2Mechagnome
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Probably looking at being able to play wow at the Fair-Good level. With a few mods to distance/etc you'll be just fine with that setup. And it's upgradeable with the 4 more gigs of ram. I'd max it out since you have the 64 bit OS to go with it.
At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
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2011-04-15, 02:36 PM #3DeletedPleased with that then, i am used to bad graphics at the moment anyway
Originally Posted by ANClutch
And about how much would an extra 4 GB ram cost?
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2011-04-15, 03:18 PM #4Herald of the Titans
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There is no need to get more than 4GB of RAM for gaming. Although that card is low end, you should still be able to play WoW with good settings and smooth fps since that screen is not super high res and that CPU is pretty decent.
[23:43:22] [P] [85:Bowsjob]: If its between 2 holy pallys its gonna be a gear fight most likely
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2011-04-15, 04:09 PM #5Titan
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Depends really on what you're studying, as 1366x768 monitor will be pathetically tiny for certain things. But it's hard to find anything significantly better either with your limited budget. Originally Posted by It can be ANYTHING
Never going to log into this garbage forum again as long as calling obvious troll obvious troll is the easiest way to get banned.
Trolling should be.
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2011-04-15, 08:00 PM #6Pit Lord
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MSI GT680 is better and should be similar in price.
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2011-04-16, 12:48 AM #7Bloodsail Admiral
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you should get a laptop with at least dx11 card
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2011-04-16, 02:07 AM #8The Patient
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Unless my information is inaccurate, wouldn't that be nearly twice the price of his budget? Originally Posted by Fuger
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2011-04-16, 02:26 AM #9Grunt
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asus g60vx
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2011-04-16, 02:35 AM #10Pit Lord
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I didnt see his price point. My bad. Originally Posted by shaw0050
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2011-04-16, 08:13 AM #11Herald of the Titans
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Radeon 5xxx series are DX 11 cards. Originally Posted by Evilmaniac
[23:43:22] [P] [85:Bowsjob]: If its between 2 holy pallys its gonna be a gear fight most likely
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2011-04-16, 09:12 AM #12Titan
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Not true when it comes to integrated/mobile chips. 51xx and 5xx (notice only 2 digits + some letters) are DX10 capable only. Nice misleading naming there from AMD. Originally Posted by nwo
Never going to log into this garbage forum again as long as calling obvious troll obvious troll is the easiest way to get banned.
Trolling should be.
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2011-04-16, 10:35 AM #13Herald of the Titans
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Good point, I must have overlooked that. Still, the graphics card the OP has selected, 5470, does have DX 11 support. Originally Posted by vesseblah
[23:43:22] [P] [85:Bowsjob]: If its between 2 holy pallys its gonna be a gear fight most likely
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2011-04-16, 04:06 PM #14Pandaren Monk
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I have an 6yr old hp DV series laptop and the keyboards keys stuck from day 1 hope they fixed that issue by now
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2011-04-16, 04:20 PM #15Deleted
the new hp's that are coming out right now have pretty decent graphics cards like an AMD 6650 or AMD 6770 and sandy bridge, but should cost you something from 600-800 pounds.
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