How well will SHIV run on this laptop?

[gamingdave]

I know its not an easy question, but I am in need of a new laptop. I know getting a desktop is the most economical way forward, but I really need a laptop.

Having had a look arround, these new dells seems like very good value ... http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/pr...hs1&l=en&s=dhs ... if the link doesnt work its the new Studio 16 machines.

They have Core 2 Duos, 4G of DDR3 ram, 7,200rpm harddrives, but, only a 512MB ATI® Radeon™ HD 3670 graphics card

My current, dying, laptop has a lower spec Duo (not Core 2), only 1G (of slower ram), and a Geforce Go 7600. It used to run SH3 fine (at least well), but really struggled on SH4.

SH is the only PC game I really play, and so im not interested in how it will run other PC games, just the SH series. Also, when playing I will probably be using my projector which is 1280*720, so I wont need to be running on high res, but would like to turn most of the effects and filters all the way up.

I found a site which compares mobile gfx cards http://www.notebookcheck.net/Compari...rds.130.0.html, but as I am not really a PC gamer it doesnt actually help me much.

I could look into more gaming focussed laptops, like the XPS, or something from Rock, but would still (if possible) like something semi portable, which can be used on the lap whilst sitting on the sofa. I could get a XPS M1730, with SLI™ Dual GeForce™ 9800GTX from Dell Outlet within budget, but they are a bit to large for my liking (not to mention, IMO, a little ugly)

So, any of you knowledgable people out there got any advice? How would that Dell cope, or is anyone running on a similar machine and how well does it run for you? I know different configs make massive differences. But I am assuming (maybe totaly incorrectly) that the Core 2 Duo and DDR3 Ram will help a lot.

Many Thanks