I'd really appreciate some wise advice - Gaming Laptop, affordable, Shogun 2

[LoboCaelus]

I've decided to bite the bullet and buy a new Laptop (my current one is in a slow death spiral and will likely pack in any day now). Ideally i would like to spend no more than $1200 (or preferably $1000) but i want something that can handle Shogun 2 comfortably and smoothly (and Empire and Napoleon.)

I've been looking at a bunch of laptops - the Lenovo ideapad Y580 looks like a decent bet - but being a bit of a Luddite i tend to get bogged down in all the detail and very confused.

I would really appreciate any recommendations for quality gaming laptops that can handle the like of SG2 and at around the $1000 mark or a little above.

Thanks.

[Furunculus]

two things you will need:
1. GPU - nVidia 640M / AMD 7750
2. CPU - Intel Core / AMD Trinity

[LoboCaelus]

Ok so i take it this spec would do the job? Thanks

3rd Generation Intel Core i7-3630QM Processor( 2.40GHz 6MB)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX660M 2GB

8.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz

500GB 7200 rpm

[Furunculus]

oh yes, just fine.

[LoboCaelus]

Great to hear, especially since that spec costs just over a $1000. Thanks for the advice

[CrossLOPER]

I played with a Y580 for about a month. It will play The Witcher 2 just fine on high settings without uber sampling. Just don't modify the boot.ini on this laptop or you will regret it. Also, shut off the bloatware; none of it works as intended.

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