2010-08-27, 11:58 AM
From what I've heard, Sony Vaios are prestigious and don't have very good value. An Nvidia GeForce 310M is rather a weak GPU (though a big step up from the Intel integrated crap), and from what I've seen from SC2, you'll want a decent GPU to play it on high detail (maybe a 340M, if it exists).
Here's a benchmark of the 310M
Here's the 320M, as you can see, it is a lot better than the 310M
The GT 335M is even better, it is a dedicated card
The ATI Radeon HD 5730 is much better than the above cards
But since you live in Canada, it makes my life easier at recommending laptops.
Hey look, a similar laptop to the $950 USD one
Since Newegg.com doesn't ship to Canada, it's $1080
If you really can't step out of the price range then...
I guess this is decent
Though, I wouldn't settle for any less than a GT 330 (the ATI equivalent is roughly a Radeon HD 4650) if I wanted a gaming laptop.
Here's a benchmark of the 310M
Here's the 320M, as you can see, it is a lot better than the 310M
The GT 335M is even better, it is a dedicated card
The ATI Radeon HD 5730 is much better than the above cards
But since you live in Canada, it makes my life easier at recommending laptops.
Hey look, a similar laptop to the $950 USD one
Since Newegg.com doesn't ship to Canada, it's $1080
If you really can't step out of the price range then...
I guess this is decent
Though, I wouldn't settle for any less than a GT 330 (the ATI equivalent is roughly a Radeon HD 4650) if I wanted a gaming laptop.