Asus A42Dr, AMD N830 + ATi HD5470@RM2599
Dell Inspiron 15R, i3 330M + ATi HD5470, 2GB, Home Basic@RM2549

personally prefer A42Dr even though it's 14" and exceed the budget slightly... tri core is great for work...

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Added on June 22, 2010, 1:09 pm

Sager NP8690, i5 520M + ATi HD5870, freedos@RM4888.75 (exclude delivery charges)
Alienware M15x, i7 720QM + ATi HD5850@RM6004

maybe you can get i7 620M

or just core 2quad
anyway.. Sager spec is depend..

it is customized laptop...

http://www.sagernotebook.com/index.php?pag...del_name=NP8690 << go to specs tab.. and you can see many variants..
however... for the price that stated by astria.. the spec is as follow
http://www.mucro.asia/index.php?/vmchk/Muc...8690.html?pop=0

can customizer there if you want[but of course the price would be different]

Up the budget more? Acer 5943G, i7 720QM + ATi HD5850 GDDR3@RM4799....
Though might be overkill for the game you mention....

there GDDR3 version too.. this come with GDDR3..

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Added on June 23, 2010, 11:10 pm
link..? for malaysian version is not yet..

but this is spec[not full]

Core i7 720QM
4GB DDR3 RAM (4 RAM slots, 2 occupied)
640GB HDD
ATI HD 5850 1GB GDDR3

a big different --> video RAM type.. GDDR3 / GDDR5
From notebookcheck website :
The 3D performance of the Mobility HD 5850 depends heavily on the used graphics ram. As long as fast GDDR5 is used, the performance should be between a GeForce GTX 260M - 280M in the high end segment. With DDR3 memory the performance should drop noticeably because of the 128 Bit wide memory bus. First performance tests by twisted-reviews.com of an Acer Aspire 5943G which is equipped with DDR3 graphics memory show only scores on a level of a GeForce GTS 160M.

then.. get the Sager NP8690 --> HD5870 GDDR5

if u really concern about warranty.. then --> Acer 5943G

for overall.. Dell SXPS 16 is nice...  warranty is really costly.. but its good..

well the advantage is the warranty..

by the way.. for Acer 5943G.. i dont know if it comes with 3 yrs warranty too
but HD5850 is slightly over HD5730 

yeah.. dell warranty is international IF it is 3yrs warranty

well.. yes.. SXPS 16 have this issues..[hot] but it isnt so hot... with some cooler [paste/pad].. can overcome it

well.. you at australia.. of course not as hot as malaysia[unless at end of the year/summer]

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Added on June 23, 2010, 11:57 pm

lol.. fesick.. you have Sager.. buy the sager la..