While the thread has progressed quite a bit, I did feel the need to write about this.
Anon, don't talk shit, boy. While it is true that the mobility graphics cards that ati produces for laptops aren't as good as the desktop variants (only natural because power consumption, size, heat, etc becomes more important on a laptop), it's far from true that gaming is a no-no on a laptop. It's 2010 now and not 1999. I'm also quite confident that integrated chipsets these days are almost only found on netbooks, which aren't notebooks... And we are talking about notebooks here after all. No one in their right mind would try to game on a netbook, imho.
Myself and quite some friends have recently replaced our desktops by notebooks because mobility became more and more important. I do enjoy the occasional game, like my friends do as well. While a laptop with the same brute power as a high end desktop will cost you quite a bit of cash, that does not mean you can't game on a mid-range one.
I have bought a mid-range laptop (under 1000 euro) myself and I can assure you that my brother could even play Starcraft II on it on max settings. (I reference to this one as it was the last game i can remember that has graphics that good and has been on my laptop). While I haven't tried NFS Shift, I have tried NFS HP and that too works like a charm on max settings.
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