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my friend is looking for a cheap laptop (around $500) that will play counterstrike: source and other source games "decently"...it will obviously be able to do just about anything else he would use it for (internet, music, movies, productivity...etc) if it can handle games.

with that said, how are the integrated graphics by intel these days? Anybody know how the 4500M integrated graphics compare and all that kind of stuff? I'm trying to look for this stuff myself but I've no idea where to start.

I know that ~$500 is terribly low for a gaming laptop, but if there's anything out there that could function as a low-end gaming laptop please let me know.
 
I could sell you my compaq f761us, not sure about source games...but it plays Quake 3 arena and MOH quite well
 
Your not gonna get a new laptop with x4500 in that price range. Check craigslist or ebay for a lappy with a decent gpu.
 
Burton560 said:
I could sell you my compaq f761us, not sure about source games...but it plays Quake 3 arena and MOH quite well
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sorry, but my friend really, REALLY hates Compaq for some reason...I've never had any beefs with them myself so idk...I can pass alone the word, but I doubt he bites.

stangdude22 said:
Your not gonna get a new laptop with x4500 in that price range. Check craigslist or ebay for a lappy with a decent gpu.
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hmm...found it for $100 cheaper actually.
EDIT: I'm now seeing the Intel GMA X4500 chipset you mentioned earlier. I was talking about the 4500M, which I can only assume is an underpowered version.


2gb ram, dual-core cpu, 4500M chipset, 160gb of ram...$400 at BB

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...=acer&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1218012528210

but yeah, is the 4500M any good? I can't really seem to find many reviews/benchmarks on it.
 
There is no 4500m that I know of - the "m" is usually stuck on NV cards to indicate "mobile".

Intel uses the X4500 which is their top of the line integrated card, probably what you are referring to. Yes you can get a notebook w/ X4500 in it for the price, you just need to look for one that has updated it X3100 to X4500.

The X4500 isn't going to kill games though. It is inferior to AMD's 780G HD3200 (desktop) offering but still should not perform too badly. Don't quote me though, there's been numerous complaints about the X4500 not performing well at all.
Worst case scenario is that they downclocked the mobile version of the X4500.

It is however a pretty big step up from their GMA950 (hardware T&L and shader whatnot) which can't handle anything at all. The HL2 engine isn't new so with some toning down there's a good chance the X4500 will handle it. GMA950 and below handled the original CS, X4500 should handle CS:S.

Note that there is a X4500 and a 4500 version w/o the X (inferior). Also saw a X4500HD and non HD.. this is getting annoying like NV's naming scheme.
Some benchmarks:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=252297
 
Cheap, fast, graphics. Tell your friend he can only have two. I would tell him to look at gateway's p series. I have a pfx172xl (raid 0) and I couldn't be more happy with it.
 
jordo_99 said:
sorry, but my friend really, REALLY hates Compaq for some reason...I've never had any beefs with them myself so idk...I can pass alone the word, but I doubt he bites.


hmm...found it for $100 cheaper actually.
EDIT: I'm now seeing the Intel GMA X4500 chipset you mentioned earlier. I was talking about the 4500M, which I can only assume is an underpowered version.


2gb ram, dual-core cpu, 4500M chipset, 160gb of ram...$400 at BB

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...=acer&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1218012528210

but yeah, is the 4500M any good? I can't really seem to find many reviews/benchmarks on it.
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Thats not a half bad price... still maybe be a good idea to check out some used ones.
 
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