looking at this laptop what do you think

[4LC4PON3]

I was wondering what do you guys think a Gateway P-6831FX laptop is worth. it has an 8800M GTS in it. I was considering buying it from a friend of mine. he wanted 550 but i talked him down to 500. Excellent condition pretty much brand new. I wanted to use it for some gaming such as world of warcraft & other MMO's and games. Im just not sure if an 8800gts @ 1440 x 900 willbe any good for semi newer games such as Medal of honor when it drops

Do you think I should try and go lower. He seems hesitant about going any lower. comes with a couple of games, carrying case, charger & a gaming mouse. I want to get a gaming laptop but im pretty much on a budgetn ow of 600 Total

Specs
Processor Intel® Pentium® Core™ 2 Duo processor T5450
1.67 GHz | 2 MB L2 cache | 667 MHz FSB
Chipset Intel® PM965
Display panel 17-inch Ultrabright™ WXGA+ TFT (1440 × 900)
Memory 3078 MB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM (1 × 1024, 1 × 2048)
Operates at 667 MHz
Total slots: 2 DDR2 slots | Available slots: 0 DDR2 slots
Video controller NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800M GTS
With 512 MB of GDDR3 Discrete Video Memory
Audio High definition audio - 2 channel
Webcam 1.3 Megapixel
HDMI port Yes
E-SATA port Yes
Fingerprint reader No
Hard drive 250 GB 5400 RPM SATA hard drive
RAID support No
Optical drive 8x Multi-Format Dual Layer DVDRW with DVD-RAM and Labelflash™
Write maximum: 8X DVD±R, 6X DVD-RW, 8X DVD+RW, 2X DVD-R DL, 2.4X DVD+R DL, 5X DVD-RAM, 24X CD-R and 16X CD-RW discs
Read maximum: 8X DVD-R/RW/ROM, 4X DVD±R DL, 5X DVD-RAM, 24X CD-R/RW/ROM discs

Modem Integrated V.92 56K modem
Network 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN
802.11n wireless LAN Bluetooth® 2.0
Memory card reader 5-in-1
Memory Stick®
Memory Stick Pro®
Multimedia Card™
Secure Digital™
XD
MiniSD and RS-MMC (when used with adapter that is supplied with card)

Interfaces
Three - USB 2.0 ports
One - VGA port
RJ-11 port (modem)
RJ-45 port (LAN)
One - E-SATA
One - IEEE 1394
Headphone/SPDIF audio out jack
Microphone jack
One - HDMI V1.2 Connector
One - Kensington lock slot
Power input
Pointing device Touchpad with vertical scroll zone
Expansion Slot Expresscard™ Type 54
Battery 9-cell Lithium-ion
Dimensions 1.3 to 1.7-inches (H) × 15.75-inches (W) × 11.75-inches (D)
Weight 9.2 lbs (14.01 lbs)

 

[andy A]

nice machines but getting a little oudated. 500 would be more than I would want to pay 350 maybe. I have one of the 7811 which I paid 700 for new in a sealed box from BB approx 2 years ago. It has been a great machine. Your weak link will always be the 8800 gpu, as the cpu, and HD's are always upgradeable. I cannot remember if the 6831 were capable of 8gb's of ram , like the 7811's. There is a big following for FX series over at notebookreview.

cheers

 

[4LC4PON3]

i completely understand that myself. I wasnt looking for the laptop for newer games such as crysis 2 or anything like that. Im a big WoW and MMO Fan so I figured the notebook would do perfectly fine with WoW and maybe the new star wars MMO thats coming out soon.

I tryed to talk him down to 450 but he doesnt want to bite. me personally I dont want to pay 500 myself im thinking maybe im going to just save up some more.

 

[naminem]

I don't know if you want a core 2 duo at 1.6ghz. That's really slow.

 

[Cbshahji]

Saving up some more for it will be wise idea. and yes $500 is too much even if it's brand new. you can get better deal online somewhere on or craig's list. but getting something on 64bit arcitech is must nowdays.