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Cheapest laptop that can play CSS

Andrew1990

Andrew1990

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Well I am looking to get a laptop as I am moving around more. My desktop is my main gaming PC, but I would like a laptop that can at least play Counter-Strike Source.

Are there any atom based laptops that have dedicated video cards? If not, what CPU would you recommend?

Would like to keep it to a maximum of $500 as I am trying to scavenge some cash for this thing.
 
asus n10 should be coming out soon, that could probably run it at low or medium. I think that runs on the Atom. The atom is weak though, don't expect much. I have the eeepc 1000h, great little netbook, but wouldn't even think of installing any games made in the last few years.
 
To play CSS at 1280x800 with medium settings, you need a GPU along the lines of an 8400M GS.

My friend's $300 black friday Compaq with a 1.46 GHz Pentium Dual Core and Intel X3100 can play CS:S at 800x600 with low settings, so you can use that as a baseline.

My Thinkpad T61 (specs in my sig) gets 30-35 FPS in CS:S at 1440x900 with high settings and 2x AA when it's overclocked to 600 MHz/800MHz via nVidia control panel. At that speed, it's similar to an 8600M GS.
 
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