Buying a new laptop (a series of questions)

I'm buying a new laptop to take to college and while would mainly use it for word processing and surfing the internet I would like to be able to play some PC exclusives and RTS like SupCom. I looked on new egg buy couldnt get any laptop with a Nvidia 8400GS or better for around 800 dollars. Looked at dell but its overpriced so I went to hp. Do i need more than 2 GB of ram? Is a intel 1.73mhz duo core enough to keep games playable or should i get 1.83mhz. How is the 8400GS at when playing games at a pretty low res with medium detail? Is HP a good place to get a laptop? Is this a good value for 800$. Thx for any help you can give

Well I am buy it myself. And being a college kid you dont have alot of spare cash so try to see it from my point of view. I really dont wanna spend more than 850 so any recommendations for people who are poor

Well I am buy it myself. And being a college kid you dont have alot of spare cash so try to see it from my point of view. I really dont wanna spend more than 850 so any recommendations for people who are poor

theshadow1212

Dell Vostro cheap, and you can get a 8600gt in it

hope i helped

How about this?

How about this?

theshadow1212

ya I;m looking at the dell vostro since they are so much cheaper. For whatever reason they are susposed to be "designed for the small busines" but I'm not sure what that means but they are cheap.

ya I;m looking at the dell vostro since they are so much cheaper. For whatever reason they are susposed to be "designed for the small busines" but I'm not sure what that means but they are cheap.

theshadow1212

well they have the buissness version of windows, so no media centre or aero, they got a decent gpu? the probably just don't come loaded with lots of junk, like 3 months of norton, no finger print reader, less usb ports, no hdmi conector or tv out etc