I'm thinking of getting a new laptop. The only games I'd be playing on it would be Civilization 4 (and its expansions) and San Andreas (both pretty old and not too graphics-intensive), apart from that I'd just be using it for school/music/web browsing etc. So can anyone recommend a good quality, reliable laptop capable of running those games at decent settings w/ no lag, for around $600 - $700 or less? Thanks for your help

I'm thinking about building a computer (it would be my first), and I want it to be able to handle some modern games at decent settings (dead space, bioshock, COD4, maybe sims 3...) Would it be possible to put together a computer that's capable of this for $800 or less, including monitor? I know that's probably pushing it. If anyone could help me out by recommending a build or some parts, I'd appreciate it a lot. Thanks

...so I'm trying to get one that has respectable gaming capacity without shelling out the extra $$$ for a "gaming" pc. My question is... with a Core 2 Duo at 2.8 Ghz, 4 GB of RAM, a Geforce 9800 GT, and a 1440 by 900 monitor, will I be able to play modern games that look about as good as they did on my PS3 (which I played on a 720p HDTV)? Thanks in advance for your input, I appreciate it.

I'm considering buying an HP desktop with the following specs:

Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Quad processor Q8200 [2.33GHz]

4GB DDR2-800MHz dual channel SDRAM [4x1024]

1GB ATI Radeon HD 4850

Can anyone tell me how something like this would run modern games like Dead Space, GTA4, Grid, COD4, etc? Thanks

I've got a Dell laptop with:

Intel Core Duo Proc T2500 (2GHz/667MHz/2 X 1MB L2 Cache)

Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950

1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz

Should I be able to run Spore on medium/low settings? I downloaded the creature creator, and that is working perfectly fine with most settings on medium.