I was looking at this laptop and at best buy you can get it for 599. I got some reviews that said it would be ok (not great) for gaming and some that say it just wouldn't work. I was wondering how high-end of games could it handle (even if it is on lowest settings). Several people say it runs Aion, counterstrike, and wow easily and smoothly. The games I am mostly wondering about are left 4 dead and COD modern warfare 2. I know it has integrated graphics, but just wondering what is the highest level game it could handle. Here are specs: # Warranty Terms - Parts 1 year limited # Warranty Terms - Labor 1 year limited # Product Height 1.4" # Product Width 16.2" # Product Weight 7.4 lbs. # Product Depth 11" # Gaming Series Yes # Color Category Black # Processor Brand Intel® # Processor Intel® Core™2 Duo # Processor Speed 2.2GHz # Battery Type 6-cell lithium-ion # Display Type LED-backlit high-definition widescreen with Ultrabright technology (1600 x 900) # Screen Size (Measured Diagonally) 17.3" # System Bus 800MHz # Cache Memory 2MB on die Level 2 # System Memory (RAM) 4GB # Type of Memory (RAM) DDR3 # Hard Drive Type SATA (5400 rpm) # Computer Hard Drive Size 500GB # Optical Drive Double-layer DVD±RW/CD-RW # Optical Drive Speeds 4x DVD+R DL; 4x DVD-R DL; 8x8x8 DVD+RW; 8x6x8 DVD-RW; 5x DVD-RAM; 24x24x24 CD-RW # Direct-Disc Labeling No # Digital Media Reader or Slots Yes, digital media card reader # Graphics Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD # Video Memory Up to 1759MB (Intel® Dynamic Video Memory Technology 5.0) # TV Tuner No # MPEG Yes # Built-in Webcam Yes # Modem 56 Kbps* *Capable of receiving 56 Kbps downloads. However, current regulations limit download speed to 53 Kbps. # Networking Built-in Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector) # Wireless Networking Wireless-A+B+G+N # Bluetooth-Enabled No # S-Video Outputs None # Additional Audio/Video Connectors HDMI # Audio High-definition support # Speakers Internal # PCMCIA Slots None # USB 2.0 Ports 4 # IEEE 1394 FireWire Ports None # Parallel Ports None # Game Ports None # Laptop Weight Standard (more than 5.5 lbs.) # Battery Life Up to 2 hours and 20 minutes # Battery Life Range Less than 3.5 hours # Pointing Device Multigesture touchpad # HDMI Output Yes # Blu-ray Player No # Operating System Platform Windows # Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit # Included Software Adobe Reader 9; Microsoft Works 9 and more # ENERGY STAR Qualified Yes

That video card looks like a bottleneck if I've ever seen one. Benchmark

It says 32 fps in L4D on low quality. ugh. L4D2 might be slightly more demanding. I've played the demo on my 7800 go and it runs alright though (I mean it's nothing to brag about. My brothers 8600m runs it flawlessly). Oh yeah I doubt you can play COD:MW2. Not sure what you're expecting from a 600 USD budget laptop. When I think of a true gaming laptop I look at the 1500 USD price range with a current 280m chip at least (Looking at Malibal laptops in the 15.6" range). I mean the difference is mind blowing. If you're buying a laptop to play games on then buy one to play games on. If not buy a netbook and upgrade your desktop.

Also I'm sure it's just the gateway laptop my friend had, but the one he used was really poor quality. I've never seen someone use their warranty so many times.

Hey what do you think of Asus N61Vg-A1?

Link

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220589

It seems pretty good. I can find it for about 800-900 throughout the web.

It has decent processor from what I can tell (not high tech level though, especially when it comes to graphics cards and processors). 2.5gh dual-core only problem is intel.

Dedicated graphics with 1GBDDR2 doesn't seem to bad to me.

7200rpm pretty good, however the HDD is kinda small but that is easily fixed.

Can someone point out whats wrong with it, because it seems to good to be true. It also has me wondering why newegg has it as deactivated.