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Hello all,

so my sister got a game, rome total war 2, for her husband, aka, my in law.

Their current laptop leaves a bit to be desired, it also doesn't help that they have 3 little kids destroying stuff.

ANYHOW, the budget she gave me is extremely low so ignore it really. She asked me to find a computer that met the recomended requirements for Rome Total War 2.
The budget she had was 250$. now theres no way i can find a laptop to meet that criteria for that price.

Any help would be appreciated. anything under 500$ is a viable option.

Let me know.


Thanks and get ready for tons of scripts from me!!!

Newegg laptops, sorted price low to high with dedicated graphics card
On that note…my samsung Series 5 AMD "ultrabook" with "dedicated graphics" can't even run Netflix HD (youtube 720p though which is weird) so ya…not that game friendly

From: cause
Newegg laptops, sorted price low to high with dedicated graphics card
On that note…my samsung Series 5 AMD "ultrabook" with "dedicated graphics" can't even run Netflix HD (youtube 720p though which is weird) so ya…not that game friendly

thanks a bunch cause! I told my sister if she had a budget of 500$ it'd be more feasible, this kind of compounds it.

hey guys, she's willing to look at desktops since i said they'd be cheaper. so i need more ideas now!


@Mod, could you change title to reflect that?

From: footballjds
hey guys, she's willing to look at desktops since i said they'd be cheaper. so i need more ideas now!


@Mod, could you change title to reflect that?

u can report your own thread for a title change :)

Build one is better no?

From: Sjoe
u can report your own thread for a title change :)

Build one is better no?

give me ideas, no? :p

thanks, i'll do so(report thread)

Title changed.

From: footballjds
give me ideas, no?

Wouldn't take long to slap the parts together. I'm not sure if anyplace else is cheaper then newegg nowadays, it's been a while since I built one. I get lots of junk leftovers from work.

http://www.newegg.com/DIY-PC-Combos/PromotionStore/ID-33

One example under $300:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1241564

I like this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1453602

From: footballjds
I like this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1453602

That one would do just fine!

From: footballjds
I like this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1453602

Yeah looks good. My mother has the same i3 3220 processor. It performs well :)

From: footballjds
I like this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1453602

gpu is your main bottleneck, i3's will handle pretty much any game in existence since they don't use more than 2-3 threads in the first place.

recomended requirements for Rome Total War 2.

Hey dude,

Just a headsup, Rome Total War 2 is their worst optimised Total War game, I got it on release and still have issues with it (I have the others whacked up to maximum and it's fine).

You can actually get smoother FPS by using a shogun configuration file :P

Just a headsup if it doesn't work

From: xtrapsp
Hey dude,

Just a headsup, Rome Total War 2 is their worst optimised Total War game, I got it on release and still have issues with it (I have the others whacked up to maximum and it's fine).

You can actually get smoother FPS by using a shogun configuration file :P

Just a headsup if it doesn't work

what is a shogun?

From: footballjds
what is a shogun?

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?537084-Changing-Default-Startup-Settings-for-Shogun-2&p=11373691&viewfull=1#post11373691

a day late and a dollar short.

The deal is gone. Now i need to find another option :/