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First gaming Laptop...please help

Dec 2, 2014 7:27PM PST

Hi, my son has taken an interest in space engineers and as it stands none of our laptops support this game.

I have no idea where to begin!

I have the system requirements for the space engineer game which are(recommended):

OS: Microsoft windows 7 (latest sp)
Processor: Intel Quad Core i5 @ 2.5 GHz (or AMD equivilent)
Memory: 3 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 460/AMD Radeon HD 7800 series
DirectX: 9.0c
Hard Drive: 5 GB free HDD space
Audio: DirectX compatible on-board.

Now the RAM and Hard drive I kind of understand, but the rest is just confusing.

He is currently looking at alienware computers due to the coloured keyboard etc but he knows that this will be out of the question.

So my question is can anyone suggest a laptop with similar features as the alienware, and the system requirements as above (at a reasonable price) because I have been hunting on the internet for sometime now and I still do not have a clue what I am doing.

Thanks

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There are lists and more out there.
Dec 2, 2014 11:11PM PST

There are Alienware that are near the 1K mark which are fine. There's also the Lenovo y50 at 900ish to 1K marks that are great. My son is fine with an older Asus AMD A8 machine but that has some after market modifications to it such as 16GB RAM and a faster HDD so it would have cost the same as the y50.
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Gamer laptops
Dec 3, 2014 3:15AM PST

By virtue of being a gaming laptop already states its at the high end of laptops. The idea is to provide up front the requirements that is certainly needed now and later which is why they tend to be more expensive. That also includes that they are already at the top end of any h/w installs as such and aren't that much more upgradable provided it easily allows the user to do so. If not then the "shop pro" has to do this.

I suggest to get the status of a laptop use the system report or use DXDIAGS at the start/run button and allow it to furnish what it has. Google otherwise to verify its use.

As for laptops that maybe capable or at least not that expensive check Asus and Acer brands, Asus tends to provide some decent offerings. Gaming vendors certainly have laptops as well to include Dell and HP which have "gaming laptops, they own Alienware, Voodoo and XPS labels. However, real gaming or upgrable gaming PCs are best left to desktops.

tada -----Willy Happy