06-19-2010, 06:39 PM
The Sony is decent it should handle GTA-SA on high easily. I had a laptop with a 8600M GT with a fairly bad dual core and it could handle GTA-SA on medium quite well. As for the more modern games it should also handle them well also with low/medium settings regardless.
If you ever purchasing a laptop before ATI released the 5XXX cards for notebooks then you would be on a very strict choice of laptops in a budget. The HD 5650 gives the user a lot more performance at the cheap.
The next graphics card up will cost you a lot more and I'm not sure in your budget but I will suggest the Toshiba Satellite Pro L670-14P which has the HD 5650 but a i5 instead of a i3.
Alternatively you could get the Acer Aspire 5740G which is similar to the Sony but cheaper.
If you ever purchasing a laptop before ATI released the 5XXX cards for notebooks then you would be on a very strict choice of laptops in a budget. The HD 5650 gives the user a lot more performance at the cheap.
The next graphics card up will cost you a lot more and I'm not sure in your budget but I will suggest the Toshiba Satellite Pro L670-14P which has the HD 5650 but a i5 instead of a i3.
Alternatively you could get the Acer Aspire 5740G which is similar to the Sony but cheaper.