Hi, i am currently looking for a laptop under £400 that can play games such as spore

• FOR WINDOWS XP
• * 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
• * 512 MB RAM
• * A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
• * At least 6 GB of hard drive space

• FOR WINDOWS VISTA
• * 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
• * 768 MB RAM
• * A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
• At least 6 GB of hard drive space

and possibly battlefield heroes (if specs dont change too dramatically)
We're currently aiming for a minimum requirement of:

• Operating System: Windows XP or Windows Vista
• CPU: 1.0 GHz
• RAM: 512 Mb (1Gb on Windows Vista)
• Video Card: 64Mb DirectX compliant video card with at least pixel shader 2.0 support
• Hard Drive space: 1Gb of space is required to install the game
• Internet connection: 256kbit Cable/DSL connection

Keep in mind that this may change somewhat by the time we release Battlefield Heroes. Nevertheless we are aiming for wide availability; we don't think anyone should have a super computer to be able to play and have fun.


any advice i appreciated (i am prepared to buy secondhand aswell as new)

Hello and welcome to PCHelpForum.

Your list is very low rated.

You should be looking at:

Dual core CPU at least 2.0 ghz.
2 gig RAM.
120 gig hard drive.

Mostly more modern machines have Vista home premium installed.

Were would you plan to buy form?

Dont buy a netbook.

http://direct.tesco.com/q/N.1999033/...ResultSort.y=7

PC World Laptops

thanks for the quick reply, i have been looking on ebay, but it take alot of time to sift through the auctions, i will take a look at the links you posted, thanks

Check the links and see an average price for brand new and what specs are listed.

This should ensure you do not pay over the top for a laptop.

Check out Amazon Laptops

Buying second hand?I would not as they are pritty cheap these days to buy new.

Do not look at Tesco Tekinika ones they are rubbish.

yeh thanks, have had a look at the links you gave and the laptops look reasonably priced for what you get and only a little if not at all higher than ebay prices + i guess i know it will come in working order and with some sort of guarantee, thanks again.

Your welcome.

When it comes to laptops I've had good success with Dell for what it's worth.

This appears to pass the listed specs and meets the price... Dell Studio 15 Laptop Details