Guild Wars 2

Hey everyone. I checked the forums but couldn’t find any posts about my issues specifically.

I recently took a promotion at work which necessitates moving to night shift. The nature of my work will leave me long periods of nothing to do once I finish my clerical duties for the night and it was recommended to me by my boss I come up with a way to pass the time.

I love to write so I am looking to get a laptop that I can do that on but would also like one that can play GW2 as well. The thing is, is that I have a very beastly PC at home that I built so this one would only be used occasionally during a few hours of the wee morning and for nothing more than dailies, solo PvE and PS stuff. No PVP or WvW so basically I am looking for the cheapest laptop possible that will run gw2 w/o lag in the listed areas (I understand that hubs may lag of if I run into a popular event) all in all I am realistic in my expectations I am just trying to find the cheapest laptop possible that I can install GW2 on and run w/o a problem.

I had started to hunt and compare the gpu integrated/dedicated, etc, etc. But I figure if someone already knows it’ll save me some time!

Also, the smaller the better. Ideally something in the 12 inch range (or smaller) would be great.

Sager 13.3" Starts at $1024, but like many gaming laptops you’ll come across they come with an i7 processor which jacks up the price and isn’t at all necessary.
http://www.sagernotebook.com/customize.php?productid=361

Thank you but that is a lot more money then I want to spend on a laptop that will never be used to play games seriously. I am honestly hoping to find a used one that gets recommended for sub 400 if I can!

You could try checking your local craigslist. Though there is usually no guarantee that the device will last long, you can at least be sure that the price is super cheap.

Seamus.9645:

Hey everyone. I checked the forums but couldn’t find any posts about my issues specifically.

I recently took a promotion at work which necessitates moving to night shift. The nature of my work will leave me long periods of nothing to do once I finish my clerical duties for the night and it was recommended to me by my boss I come up with a way to pass the time.

I love to write so I am looking to get a laptop that I can do that on but would also like one that can play GW2 as well. The thing is, is that I have a very beastly PC at home that I built so this one would only be used occasionally during a few hours of the wee morning and for nothing more than dailies, solo PvE and PS stuff. No PVP or WvW so basically I am looking for the cheapest laptop possible that will run gw2 w/o lag in the listed areas (I understand that hubs may lag of if I run into a popular event) all in all I am realistic in my expectations I am just trying to find the cheapest laptop possible that I can install GW2 on and run w/o a problem.

I had started to hunt and compare the gpu integrated/dedicated, etc, etc. But I figure if someone already knows it’ll save me some time!

Also, the smaller the better. Ideally something in the 12 inch range (or smaller) would be great.

Hi Seamus,

I know you said small and cheap, but if you can get closer to the ~700 range, Lenovo has this one:

http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/lenovo/y-series/y40-80/

The entry level one should be absolutely fine for you an the R9 275M graphics card should be more than enough to power GW2 (Shoot most games) at 1080p , albeit not will all the bells and whistles but those latpos are 2200 or more.

Abyhow, just thought it might be worth mentioning.