Which laptop.

[Mailamea]

I now have enough money to buy a decent gaming laptop. for 30000php or 670$. what i am currently eyeing right now is Acer aspire v5-551 it houses a A8 amd processor and 2gb dedicated r7 m265 gfx, what im concerned about is its just 4gb ram. are there anythimg else better fr this with same price or cheaper? ty very much.

[Angrybird]

Prices and laptop models change according to country so prices may not correspond or you may not even have the model available at all, there's also customization options which may not be available everywhere. Rule of thumb you don't want integrated graphics and you want as much processor as possbile since laptops are bad with that.

 

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Acer-Aspire-E5-571G-536E-Notebook-Review.125157.0.html

http://rjtech.com/shop/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=30211This one's available for like 650 here.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-X555LN-XO112H-Notebook-Review.125345.0.html

http://www8.hp.com/pt/pt/products/laptops/product-detail.html?oid=7140046#!tab=specsThis HP seems as good as the E5

http://www.coditek.co.uk/Asus-Laptops/Asus-K555LN---Intel-i5-4210U-6GB-1TB-HDD-nVidia-GT840M-2G-P157071.html I'd probably go for this one.

See if you can find this model around MSI GE60 2PC it's a bit more expensive but you may be interested.

 

Now kill me I got a headache from looking at latop specs.

[Mailamea]

Prices and laptop models change according to country so prices may not correspond or you may not even have the model available at all, there's also customization options which may not be available everywhere. Rule of thumb you don't want integrated graphics and you want as much processor as possbile since laptops are bad with that.

 

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Acer-Aspire-E5-571G-536E-Notebook-Review.125157.0.html

http://rjtech.com/shop/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=30211This one's available for like 650 here.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-X555LN-XO112H-Notebook-Review.125345.0.html

http://www8.hp.com/pt/pt/products/laptops/product-detail.html?oid=7140046#!tab=specsThis HP seems as good as the E5

http://www.coditek.co.uk/Asus-Laptops/Asus-K555LN---Intel-i5-4210U-6GB-1TB-HDD-nVidia-GT840M-2G-P157071.html I'd probably go for this one.

See if you can find this model around MSI GE60 2PC it's a bit more expensive but you may be interested.

 

Now kill me I got a headache from looking at latop specs.

Yeah the one I posted, is the top upgrade It can get, what I'm wondering is what about integrated gfx? I've never seen a laptop that has like its own graphics card like desktop. So the dedicated 2gb m265 r7 ATI v5-551g is integrated graphics?

 

Ill check the ones you post, thank you very much for the help.

[Mailamea]

I've checked the one from hp in terms of gaming its not better. I've seen videos of the v551 in action ff14 in 45fps , shadow of mordor 720p 30fps stable.seems the hp one only has intel hd4400

[zzz72w3r]

Consumer class notebooks usually do not have many value discrepancies within a given distribution market so the choices is really on how the brands allocate the built-budget and your own brand preference.  Since you are looking for gaming just pick the one with the better GPU option (either the Asus or Acer).

 

I do not recommend Clevo despite the brand usually having very attractive gaming specs.  I had a top of the line Clevo (almost US$3k after taxes) a few years ago and despite its price tag and great spec nothing about the laptop feels quality.  

 

Check out the forums below for the models you are interested.  I haven't been there in a while but when I used it the discussions were objective and informative:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/

[Angrybird]

Yeah I was seeing the wrong model, if indeed it has the m265 then yeah that's probably the best you can get and clearly superior to anything I posted in that price range. Some graphic cards in laptops are integrated into the processor if I'm not wrong, that model is not so don't worry.

This is the website to check if you don't know it already.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/computer-games-on-laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html

 

Also if you going to buy it from a physical store be sure to check the hardware is the correct one as they sometimes do wrong advertising.

[Mailamea]

Thank you guys for the replies. Appreciate it, looks like I'm going for the v5-551 acer, r7 m265 2gb vid, A8 processor, although only 4gb ram ill just upgrade. I can't see any laptop with gfx power like this for only 650dolla or 30000php

[Rayblue]

BTW, since you'll be using a lappy, best use a performance ENB preset in injector mode, or SweetFX with the appropriate preset. Of course, go easy on the textures.

[WraithSlayer]

Honestly, if $670 is your maximum budget, I would recommend against buying a gaming laptop. For that price you can buy the parts to build a desktop tower that will far exceed the specs of any laptop at that price range.

 

Don't get me wrong, good gaming laptops do exist, but they're almost always a bad deal when it comes to price vs performance, and at your budget, you're just going to get disappointment when you try running games on it. If you need the laptop for other reasons (work, mobility, etc) then you may just have no choice, but if you want it strictly for gaming, I'd advise reconsidering the purchase.

[hentaijin]

$670 USD isn't going to get you a powerful gaming laptop, maybe a low end one, if you're buying new.

Another thing you want to consider is cheap laptops often have poor screens. My AMD A6 laptop  that was around your price range can just handle League of Legends without huge fps drops at medium setting and no shadows, but the screen on it sucks, it's washed out, and doesn't look perfect at any angle.

If you buy used you're taking a risk, but you could get something with a lot more horsepower.

 

Honestly, if $670 is your maximum budget, I would recommend against buying a gaming laptop. For that price you can buy the parts to build a desktop tower that will far exceed the specs of any laptop at that price range.

 

Don't get me wrong, good gaming laptops do exist, but they're almost always a bad deal when it comes to price vs performance, and at your budget, you're just going to get disappointment when you try running games on it. If you need the laptop for other reasons (work, mobility, etc) then you may just have no choice, but if you want it strictly for gaming, I'd advise reconsidering the purchase.

I agree. For that price you could build a decent gaming desktop

 

for example, newegg is great in that they throw together compatible components they want to sell and put it as a combo and you get a discount from buying them separate.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.2144886\

 

a complete desktop for $650 USD

which includes a gtx 960

which benchmarks
 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 1,920 x 1,080

8x AA, 16x AF, 'Ultra' Settings, w/ High Res Texture Packs

AVERAGE 170 FPS

 

 

FYI intel HD graphics means it has no proper dedicated graphics and is just a basic graphics chip to do stuff like play video and very basic games.

[woodenstick]

I got a dell with an hd 8850m + 1080 screen for $650 CAD a few months ago, and computers/laptops are way more expensive in my country than say in the US (so its probably ~$550 US) http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Dell-Latitude-3540-Notebook.105885.0.html

 

You can definitely do better than that acer if you're willing to wait and get something on sale.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-R7-M265.109394.0.html
Those benchmarks are bad, you could barely run bioshock infinite on 720p and its only gonna get worse as newer games come out.

I would +1 for the desktop recommendation, laptops are not only horribly overpriced for gaming but they tend to overheat. My $1700 laptop died in 2 years from a fried mobo T.T not to mention the constant bargaining between performance and quality

 

[Angrybird]

She said she wanted a laptop, it means she already thought about a desktop and decided against it, come on guys.

As for the performance it's obviously true but with the size of laptop screens you don't even need AAs so there goes a good chunk of need for power, I also doubt she's going to get a laptop to play Crysis or Farcry at maximum settings.

That 8850 got lower scores on benchmarks than the 265, maybe it was fixed with drivers but they are pretty much equivalent.

 

[E.L. Palmer]

Can your computer run that game?

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri

 

I use this to determine what's to be upgraded.