I will be going to college away from home within 2 months, and my parents are allowing me to shop for a laptop. I have been looking at many other forums and still have not found a concrete answer to the question of an affordable laptop that will run well with AoC. I have however, found two candidates that I am hoping can run this game, any input is really appreciated, and any suggestions to other notebooks around the price range that would run AoC well, would be appreciated.

Xplorer X5-7800 Notebook
Intel�� Core��� 2 Duo Mobile T9300 Dual-Core Processor @ 2.50GHz 800FSB 6MB L2 Cache 64-bit
2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 DDR2-667 SODIMM Memory
Built-in NVIDIA Mobile 8600GT 512MB Video
Price: $1095.00
Link: http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Xplorer_X5-7800_Notebook/

OR

ASUS F8 Series F8Sp-X1 NoteBook
Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 2.0G
3GB DDR2
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 (1024MB)
Price: $999.99
Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220303

OR...

ASUS G1Sn-X1
Intel��� Core(TM)2 Duo Mobile 1.83GHz
667MHz
4GB PC2-5300 DDR2 RAM
NVIDIA GeForce G9500M GS (512MB)
Price:$1,049.99
Link: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8781339&productCategoryId=pcmcat150700050002&type=product&tab=2&id=1204332769810#productdetail

Thank you.

I can't comment directly on any of the above, but I play on a Dell XPS M1710 laptop with a T7400 @ 2.16Ghz CPU, a Nvidia 7650GT, and 2GB memory (running XP) and it runs fine with low-to-moderate settings (was just playing the game this morning with this laptop from an airport wireless network). I also very recently purchased a 64-bit Vista desktop from cyberpowerpc.com and have been very impressed with the computer and playing the game at the highest settings. So, if I had to pick from the list above, I'd recommend the first (Xplorer X5-7800).

The only real issues you will have with a laptop are getting good video drivers and keeping it cool. Otherwise, with a little performance tuning in the game, you should be fine.

Good luck!

Thanks man.

I have been modifying my options and it looks like there are 2 key things that will help me run AoC best:
a 2.4GHz Core Duo Processor
and an 8600GT video card

it seems I can get these specs with everything else at cyberpower/ibuypower for around 1100$

I have Desktop pc with Quad Core 6600 (3000mhz) and 8600GTS and still i cant run the game on high.. only at moderate settings..and still on some places i have to even lower the settings in order to be playible. if you can go for a better video card.

i suggest u to w8 with playing aoc. w8 till end of summer