Computer Help

[Cheemo]

I have a few questions about computers.

First of all, I'm either going to buy a decent laptop so I can take it to friend's houses and play Source games and medium requirement games or just upgrade my desktop computer I have right now. My current computer has pretty bad specs for playing games. The computer had all the stock parts in it until I put in an ATI Radeon x1650 graphics card in instead of what it had already- a GeForce4 MX 440. The x1650 played GMod, TF2, and Civ IV pretty well but it recently died and we had to put in the MX 440 and now I can't play any of my games(even when starting them with -dxlevel 80.)

Here's the question: should I buy a laptop within a $300 - $500 range from Newegg(example: a) or upgrade the computer I have now? If I upgraded I could buy more RAM(I have 512 mb currently.) and buy the ATI Radeon x1650 Pro, but if I bought a laptop I wouldn't have to worry about the power supply requirements and stuff.

Which would be a cheaper/better solution?

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[D3ATHCAT]

wrong section?

[Otis Da HousKat]

wrong section?

OK, tell us where this goes then.


Your current desktop sounds deathly old so buying a new computer is the best choice of action. Unfortunately $500 isn't going to get you much, especially if you're looking into a laptop instead of a desktop.

[keonesan]

wrong section?

No?

On-Topic: Don't buy a laptop. They're a pain in the ass to change parts and they rape your battery with their video cards. Just build your own desktop. If you need help building one I can help you.

[Makingblah]

Don't bother with a gaming laptop unless you're willing to spend $1000 or more.
Buy a computer. That's what you're going to need to do.