Question by : Can anyone recommend a good gaming laptop around 500 pounds that can play supreme commander and crysis?
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Answer by Liam T
You may have difficulty finding a suitable machine at that price point. As far as I know supreme commander is quite processor intensive so a core 2 quad may be advisable. Now for the hard part you are going to need some beefy gpu to run either with any fluidity.
Your asking in pounds so I presume you are in the uk.
This is about a 100 pounds more than you were aiming at but may make them playable at lowish settings.
http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_5742G_Wndows_7_Laptop__LX.R6U02.002/version.asp
This has a core i5, dual core with four threads but is a good deal better than it’s core 2 predeccessor. Also has an nvidia gt420 gpu.
But as I said the big stumbling block is going to be the gpu, you can use this site to compare mobile gpus, and cpus, it’s a fabulous little resource if your looking to check the performance on laptops. -
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-420M.35837.0.html
That page links to the page on that site giving a basic review of the gpu in the laptop I mentioned.
An alternative route is to buy second hand, you can sometimes get a huge bargain, may be more what your looking for.
Good luck with your hunt. 
Ps: you could wait for sandy bridge laptops but the integrated graphics on sandybridge will not be sufficient and the laptop will still require a discrete gpu pushing the price up, newer chip etc etc.
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