im thinking about getting a hp 17.3 pavilion dv7, it has a AMD Quad-Core A6-3400M processor 2.3GHz, 4mb L2 Cache, would that be a good gaming laptop?
This is just me, but when I have the notion of either building for myself or one of my clients a gaming rig, I have to factor in what is going to be around the processor as well, kind of to help it along while it's playing a game. Factors like how much system RAM is in the computer, what type of video solution and the GPU and video RAM stats are in there as well. And very small, almost non important stuff I take into consideration, like how fast is the hard drive, 6400, 6800, 7200 RPM, stuff like that I factor in as well. I'm sure most people here might tell you that you'd probably be fine gaming on the AMD 2.3 Gig processor, but I'm not one of those people. I prefer to either buy "store bought" or make "home built" gaming systems for myself and clients with at least a minimum of a 3.0 Gig processor in it.
I'm sure you might be fine, but I like having more power at my finger tips when it comes to a gaming rig!