budget gaming laptop help

[omghaxcode]

my girlfriend is interested in buying a laptop that she can play games with me on. I'll probably be playing starcraft 2 and diablo 3 mostly. She will be buying in August. with a budget of about $850 what should she be looking for? right now she has a Toshiba Satellite M105-S3031

 

[IlllI]

well you could look here, which already discuses cheap gaming laptops http://forums.anandtech.com/me...AR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear

 

[7earitup]

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/ol...oduct&id=1218043606827

It is above budget, I know, but sometimes TigerDirect has them for ~$700 refurbished.

 

[Rottie]

I know it sounds stupid but Walmart store usually sell notebook for less than 800 if she doesnt care about cheap graphic card. but cheap graphic card can play starcraft and diablio just fine.

 

[DaveSimmons]

omghaxcode wants to play Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3 which will need a real 3D card, not the old games that ran on a Pentium 3 in 2D mode.

August is a couple of months away so there may be new models and price drops. The key is to get the best video card included since the CPU in any laptop under $1,000 will be way overpowered for the video card.