Hey guys,

it has been a long time since I posted anything in the hardware forum (just because everything is now working as expected) but now I´ve got something for you to help me: My parents will buy me an laptop as a present for my successful school degree. I might give them some hints but there are soo much different models and companies making laptops that it´s very difficult to get an good overview over the market. Maybe you guys can help me on this?

 

I know that I won´t run FSX on that (I´ve got my main system for that) but some other games (like World of Tanks and so on) together with FS speciffic programms (maybe REX, mainly Plan-G and some other).

 

My specifications are:

- shouldn´t cost more than 800€

- Intel i5/i7 (Ivy or Sandy Bridge)

- dedicated nVidia GFX card

- 500 GB HDD (doesn´t have to be SSD)

- good and preferably big display

- good looking

 

That´s it. Maybe you guys can point me to some models I could tell them.

Intel i5/i7 (Ivy or Sandy Bridge)

 

In laptops this could still mean dual core processors. Did you mean "i5/i7" as "quad core"?

I've been looking for a similarly speced laptop lately and it's not easy with a quad + GT640m or GT650m plus a good 15'' matte screen.

In laptops this could still mean dual core processors. Did you mean "i5/i7" as "quad core"?

I've been looking for a similarly speced laptop lately and it's not easy with a quad + GT640m or GT650m plus a good 15'' matte screen.

 

I thought of quad core but that might get a bit too expensive and for what I need it, a new dual core should be up to it. Or not?

Deviltech are pretty good

 

Fire DTX

 

Hell Fire

Deviltech are pretty good

 

Fire DTX

 

Hell Fire

 

 

These are looking great but maybe a bit too expensive. I´ll try to concetntrate on the ones from Asus or Sony as theirs seem to be pretty spot on. I don´t really need an dedicated gaming laptop. But what I don´t want is one with an integrated Intel HD grafic as that´s crap for anything more advanced than word.