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Trollheart · 08-15-2013, 12:31 PM

I'm not that au fait with gaming though I do know it's been said that laptops in general are not great for gaming. You're stuck with a small monitor (unless you can hook up to a TV or summat) the processors are not terribly powerful and the keys, mouse and so forth all quite fiddly and upgrading is at best a bitch and at worst impossible. So if you're serious about getting a gaming machine I would think, unless there's a good reason why not, you should go for a desktop PC, and you'll definitely get a good asskicker for under a grand.

Things to look out for: decent graphics card with good memory, also good memory on the computer, good monitor (nothing under 17 inch and really you're looking at starting at 24) and of course the most powerful processor you can get.

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	I'm not that au fait with gaming though I do know it's been said that laptops in general are not great for gaming. You're stuck with a small monitor (unless you can hook up to a TV or summat) the processors are not terribly powerful and the keys, mouse and so forth all quite fiddly and upgrading is at best a bitch and at worst impossible. So if you're serious about getting a gaming machine I would think, unless there's a good reason why not, you should go for a desktop PC, and you'll definitely get a good asskicker for under a grand. Things to look out for: decent graphics card with good memory, also good memory on the computer, good monitor (nothing under 17 inch and really you're looking at starting at 24) and of course the most powerful processor you can get. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018