Is this a good computer for BL?

[Sirrus]

Do me a favor and find the motherboard specs of that computer. You could get a GPU on your own and put it in.

I'm thinking something cheap but not too bad, possibly a 9600gt.

Not every computer has to be a sweet computer. I can understand the whole "If you're going to pay $500 for this laptop, you might as well get as much processing power for your money" aspect, but the guy just wants a computer that can run BL fine.

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[Miga]

Yeah. The Lenovo laptops are more for business. Although they are great, you shouldn't get one and plan to play games on it.

Yeah, but you can't expect to get a laptop under $600 that doesn't have a Intel GMA. Plus, that's one of the only laptops I could find that has a Core 2 Duo that's in that price range.

[Inv3rted]

If he wants to render large amounts of bricks, an integrated GPU won't cut it.

[Miga]

If he wants to render large amounts of bricks, an integrated GPU won't cut it.

Technically he could...if he turned the settings way low and the fog/render distance to the lowest settings.

[Mangaspawn09]

Man that sux...
I'm thinking of checkin out this desktop for the same price. I just hate being stuck in my basement where my old desktop is.

[Chrono]

Technically he could...if he turned the settings way low and the fog/render distance to the lowest settings.

But then you aren't rendering a large amount of bricks.
And even then, I have integrated and I can't render too much without lagging even on lowest settings.

[Mangaspawn09]

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3655641&CatId=114

This one better?

[Arcleader]

Any three-digit ID for an ATI card means it's integrated.
Also, how expensive is it? You can get a good Dell for $500-800.
If you really want a good laptop for the money, you should look at Toshibas.

No. My mom has a Toshiba that has broken about 5 times in the 1 year that she has owned it. It broke once because the power board burnt out, and then the next 4 times were all within 2 months of that. When she went to Toshiba's customer support, they did not back up their product. No to Toshiba. And then, regarding Dells, they have cheap written all over them. I'm not entirely certain as to whether this is true or not, but I had a teacher that said about 80% of all the computers in computer repair places are Dells. By the way, Alienware sold out to Dell.
http://www.betanews.com/article/Dell-Acquires-Alienware/1143070457

[RedSaturn]

This is where I plan to get a computer: http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/category/configurator/