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I haven't gamed on my computer in like 3 years or so. The games I was playing back then were Diablo 2, Half-Life (and TFC), Deus Ex, GTA Vice City, etc. Some of the other games I have from then I never finished, and I'd like to play them again.
The computer I was using then had an Athlon 2100+ XP, Geforce 3 Ti 500, and 512mb of DDR RAM. I'm in the market for a new computer, and I want to get a laptop (I hate just about everything about laptops - the screen, the keyboard, the cost vs performance - except that it's portable and a desktop isn't). I'm torn between something cheap and something more expensive that I can game with in the future (I'm thinking Diablo 3 whenever it comes out).
My question is will something cheap (like this or this play my older games respectably? How well will they play newer games?
If I get a cheap laptop, I'll likely get a desktop sometime in the future (but several months down the road) that I can game on (I'll build my own). If I go with a more expensive gaming laptop (like this), I'll probably just stick with the laptop. But I wonder how well such a laptop with perform with newer games as well, compared to a desktop. Having been away from gaming for a few years, I haven't been keeping up with the technology so I'm in the dark right now.
Regardless of what I get, I'm looking at the smallest laptop I can get with a full keyboard (with number pad), which looks to be a 15.6" or 16.0" screen. I do not want a 17" screen laptop, those are too damn big. I don't want anything without a keypad, not having one drives me insane. I also plan on setting it up as a regular PC when used at home, with a separate monitor (22" LCD), proper keyboard, mouse, etc. I will also load XP Pro and use that rather than the Vista they come with.
Thoughts? Recommendations on other laptops I might not be aware of?
The computer I was using then had an Athlon 2100+ XP, Geforce 3 Ti 500, and 512mb of DDR RAM. I'm in the market for a new computer, and I want to get a laptop (I hate just about everything about laptops - the screen, the keyboard, the cost vs performance - except that it's portable and a desktop isn't). I'm torn between something cheap and something more expensive that I can game with in the future (I'm thinking Diablo 3 whenever it comes out).
My question is will something cheap (like this or this play my older games respectably? How well will they play newer games?
If I get a cheap laptop, I'll likely get a desktop sometime in the future (but several months down the road) that I can game on (I'll build my own). If I go with a more expensive gaming laptop (like this), I'll probably just stick with the laptop. But I wonder how well such a laptop with perform with newer games as well, compared to a desktop. Having been away from gaming for a few years, I haven't been keeping up with the technology so I'm in the dark right now.
Regardless of what I get, I'm looking at the smallest laptop I can get with a full keyboard (with number pad), which looks to be a 15.6" or 16.0" screen. I do not want a 17" screen laptop, those are too damn big. I don't want anything without a keypad, not having one drives me insane. I also plan on setting it up as a regular PC when used at home, with a separate monitor (22" LCD), proper keyboard, mouse, etc. I will also load XP Pro and use that rather than the Vista they come with.
Thoughts? Recommendations on other laptops I might not be aware of?
