The MSI may give you slightly better gaming performance but I have heard that they had issues with the keyboards. I have tested a few ASUS laptops and I must say that they are very good laptops for the price. Again, I am not sure how either of them would really perform for gaming.
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Checked the specs on it and it should game just fine for even AoC on med settings. Not to sure on webcam but you can get a decent one for pretty cheap nowadays.
Don't you know they're called labtops? Haven't you seen that guy in the Blue Hippo commercials?
Seriously though, laptops aren't really very good for MMOs from what I've experienced. However, if that's your only choice try to find something with a decent graphics card and a good amount of ram.
800 anything is not going to get you far. My friend payed $400 (AUS) for a 2nd hand laptop that could just play WoW (lowest settings) and a lot of old games. 800 in the laptop market would get you something slightly more powerful than that. I'd say at best your looking at a dual core with either onboard graphics or some crappy 8400 (laptop cards are numbered differently i think) card that can run a good number of games on low and a select few on medium.
Try some custom laptop websites if your brave, they usually offer some sweet deals but with your budget i would say your looking for a 2nd hand laptop. No idea what the market is like in Canada but down here we have a few websites for selling stuff.
good luck
MMO wish list:
-Changeable worlds -Solid non level based game -Sharks with lasers attached to their heads
Biggest negative is the resolution: 1366 x 768; but that's also a big positive, allowing your graphic card to play everything but the most demanding games on medium to high settings.
I bought one of the gx630's and they are amazing! I can play Age of conan with full settings and theres not a ounce of lag. Im experimenting with dx10 but meh, its still not ready. Thats the laptop that gets my vote!
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Hmm, I don't think $800.00 will get you much for a laptop to play games. I will look around and see what I can find.
Here are two that you can check out:
ASUS X59SR-X5 NoteBook
MSI GX630-028US NoteBook
The MSI may give you slightly better gaming performance but I have heard that they had issues with the keyboards. I have tested a few ASUS laptops and I must say that they are very good laptops for the price. Again, I am not sure how either of them would really perform for gaming.
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Try this one...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152073&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-Notebooks-_-MSI-_-34152073
Checked the specs on it and it should game just fine for even AoC on med settings. Not to sure on webcam but you can get a decent one for pretty cheap nowadays.
Don't you know they're called labtops? Haven't you seen that guy in the Blue Hippo commercials?
Seriously though, laptops aren't really very good for MMOs from what I've experienced. However, if that's your only choice try to find something with a decent graphics card and a good amount of ram.
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800 anything is not going to get you far. My friend payed $400 (AUS) for a 2nd hand laptop that could just play WoW (lowest settings) and a lot of old games. 800 in the laptop market would get you something slightly more powerful than that. I'd say at best your looking at a dual core with either onboard graphics or some crappy 8400 (laptop cards are numbered differently i think) card that can run a good number of games on low and a select few on medium.
Try some custom laptop websites if your brave, they usually offer some sweet deals but with your budget i would say your looking for a 2nd hand laptop. No idea what the market is like in Canada but down here we have a few websites for selling stuff.
good luck
MMO wish list:
-Changeable worlds
-Solid non level based game
-Sharks with lasers attached to their heads
www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp;jsessionid=FRAE3P4XF1EA3KC4D3KFAGY
$900 and comes with a 9800m gs
Biggest negative is the resolution: 1366 x 768; but that's also a big positive, allowing your graphic card to play everything but the most demanding games on medium to high settings.
I bought one of the gx630's and they are amazing! I can play Age of conan with full settings and theres not a ounce of lag. Im experimenting with dx10 but meh, its still not ready. Thats the laptop that gets my vote!