What OS does it have? I assume it is Vista, in which case you want to find one with more memory. Vista is a memory hog, so the more you have the better.

As for your actual question, Sins can run for quite a while on my laptop without overheating. I can easily play for 5+ hours without it getting unbearably hot. It definetly helps that Sins isn't very power-intensive, however. Games with higher system requirements get quite a bit hotter a lot faster than Sins, although it never gets to the point where it's potentially dangerous. And I do have all of the graphics settings, etc maxed out.

If you buy the laptop, and it gets really hot, you can always buy an external cooling fan, although that isn't the most preferable option.

I was wondering if you had gotten your laptop yet. I remember your thread from a couple months ago asking if laptops could run Sins.

 Have still been looking, havent got it yet, but im getting close. I want to get it for the summer, by next month hopefully.  Of course i would probably do better at school if i waited until after summer, haha, but im really hoping in the next few weeks.  

Thanks for the response. I dont need anything really powerful, and the fact that i can use it around the house, instead of being tied to the computer desk is very nice.  

Thanks and take care,

-Teal

Lol I rarely overhead my laptop and mine is xp, even 2gb ram it doesn't even get warm. but then again, mine is a well made pc

My laptop (dual core seanix) will run as long as the battery life or as long as its plugged to a electrical plug.

Sins isnt demending at all compared to other games on that machine (Empire: Total War...etc...) so basically, don't worry bout it! Sins will run fine for whoever long you decide it to be!

Just BE CAREFUL where you put the pc and how! Might not overheat normally...but block the air vent with a pillow and you might get a different story!

Hope it helps!

N well desinged notebook should not overheat at all. No matter what kind of application you are running. Notebooks will never give you the same graphic pleasures as desktop pc's but for testing a few modding results it is fine. If you really want a mobile notebook it should not be bigger than 15"(Those are already clumsy and heavy if you have to carry them around).

I have an DELL XPS M1330(13,3" screen) and i can run Sins on medium-low settings as long as i want(with power socket). With akkumulator i can play around 1:30 hours. (5-6h in normal operation). But it was a little more expansive than the one you picked(1500$).

I have a four year old Dell Latitude with a 512MB (Overkill) Nvidia card. Turns out those things shouldn't be in laptops. I have to manually run my internal fan on high constantly and monitor my temperature or else my laptop will overheat and everything will come to a halt.

If you are going the laptop route (which is fine, it is all I play SINS on), then you NEED a chillmat. There aren't many brands to choose from, most will cost you 30-50 bucks and will all probably break (power chord busts) within a few months (I've gone through FIVE, count it, FIVE).

But they keep your laptop under 85+ degrees celsius (that's what mine was hitting!). I wouldn't try to get a laptop made for running games much better than SINS, a desktop would be a much better (AND CHEAPER) investment for that purpose. You will be able to run SINS fine on higher (not highest) settings, and large battles will cause slowdown.

The dual cores will be nice (I get away with a TON with my 1.6 dual cores, ie COD4, albiet on a lower resolution) and the gfx card should be a 512MB (is it?). Just please get the chill mat. My laptop melted the top of my plastic desk once because of its heating issues. And consider that you can get a desktop that can eat crysis alive at only twice the cost of that laptop.

Hope that helps!

Like others have said, keeping it on a hard surface can cut your temps quite a bit. Also, an external cooling pad (pretty cheap $10-20) can cut your temps 5-10 degrees (Celsius). Some come with usb or power cord, some don't.

Speaking from experience, my first laptop fried its 8600 GO GT (256mb) before I could save it, sadly. That was about two years ago. Since then I've invested in a cooling pad and heatsinks if things get really hot. So just a warning, GFX cards and batteries are the two main things that can go wrong on laptops... and you can't replace the card without replacing the whole thing if it fries.

P.S. Shouldn't this topic be moved to a different forum?

teal my laptop is mostly for field work when I need to test modems, printers & other peripherals and also chasing drivers etc on the net on site.

harpo

Justin,    haha  

and Harpo,  get a new laptop for playing games!!!    Just kidding!!!  But it might be a thought, you know? 

Take care,

-Teal

 SOunds pretty cool to me!!!  

-Teal

Indefinitely unlss the laptop has cooling problems because of faulty design ...

Clevo M860TU here

Recent notebook should not overheat if you place the air outlets unobstructed, unless design is crap. get a good one, e.g. from Asus. Overtime, depending on your place, dust could block the airway. One thing which may help keeping your CPU cooler is the thermal paste.

My brother has a black Macbook, and itused to get hot frequently, with the fan kicking in frequently. I opened the machine, wiped the thermal paste clean using isopropylic alcohol, made absolutely sure the cpu surface did not have one dust speckle, and applied one pro-quality OCZ Freeze thermal paste. It's on the league of arctic silver 5, but is not electrically conductive (safer), and does not require cycles of stressing/idling to settle. The machine got around 12 C lower across the board. Tried the same on my MacBook Pro, but it made zero difference. Not sure if it the Macbook Pro paste is better quality, or if the paste was improperly applied on his machine while building, YMMV. Doesn't hurt to try though, as long as you are skilled on hardware support.

BTW, I once accidentally 'napped' for the whole night while Sins was mid-game (paused). The machine was running nicely the other day (fans at 100% of course). No problems.

I have a Dell from 2005/6 (not sure).  I've played games of Sins on it for hours with no real trouble; I just make sure the vents are clear.  It does get a little warm, but nothing unmanageable.

FYI: It's a Centrino Duo (2.0 GHz), 2 GB of RAM, integrated video.  So unfortunately, I have to keep Sins on low graphics, but I have a home PC for the nice-looking stuff.