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| Thread ID: 125967 | 2012-07-30 06:51:00 | Help buy a laptop | midgetmines (15261) | Press F1 |
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| 1291658 | 2012-07-31 04:57:00 | Any i5 or i7 CPU, 4GB or more of RAM, and a graphics card with it's own dedicated RAM, and you should be fine for a couple of years. Any more than that is pure speculation in the PC world. I totally agree that laptops are not gaming machines and would myself go for a cheaper laptop for portability and a desktop for serious work and gaming. A $1000 laptop + a $2000 desktop would totally own any $3000 laptop for performance and be something you could upgrade in future. I understand why people like laptops though, and as long as it has a reasonable graphics card in it they do ok at gaming. Just don't expect to play the latest graphics intesive games with the eye candy turned on. One saving grace is the lower resolution of a laptop screen requiring less muscle to game on. The chart on this page www.tomshardware.com includes some mobile graphics chipsets so you can get some Idea of their relative performance. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1291659 | 2012-07-31 05:05:00 | configure.ap.dell.com is pretty decent specs and not too overpriced but it does have quite a big screen. (could be gud or bad) | jonovw (16835) | ||
| 1291660 | 2012-07-31 05:10:00 | not if the laptop has a full hd screen :P | jonovw (16835) | ||
| 1291661 | 2012-07-31 05:18:00 | configure.ap.dell.com is pretty decent specs and not too overpriced but it does have quite a big screen. (could be gud or bad) yeah thats a nice pc, if the weight is alright then the screen should be fine. bigger screen in usally a bonus |
stratex5 (16685) | ||
| 1291662 | 2012-07-31 05:20:00 | Mmkay. Well I'm currently tossing up between configure.us.dell.com and www.sony.co.nz Although, I haven't heard brilliant things about dell.. |
midgetmines (15261) | ||
| 1291663 | 2012-07-31 07:21:00 | Sony all the way, the dell has Intel HD 4000 for graphics :yuck: | icow (15313) | ||
| 1291664 | 2012-07-31 07:25:00 | www.playtech.co.nz has quite a nice graphics card and cpu for only 100 bucks more than the dell. it just doesnt have a huge hard drive but 500 gb takes aaaaaaaaaaages to fill up anyway |
jonovw (16835) | ||
| 1291665 | 2012-07-31 07:27:00 | Yup, definiatly sony;) | stratex5 (16685) | ||
| 1291666 | 2012-07-31 09:11:00 | www.playtech.co.nz has quite a nice graphics card and cpu for only 100 bucks more than the dell. it just doesnt have a huge hard drive but 500 gb takes aaaaaaaaaaages to fill up anyway Solid laptop. The E5xx series is a tad chunky though. The GPU in that is actually better than the one in the sony (on average about 5% better), the hard drive is also faster (7200rpm vs 5400rpm). The Sony is a tad overpriced imo. But the sony will completely destroy when it comes to CPU intensive applications. |
icow (15313) | ||
| 1291667 | 2012-07-31 09:19:00 | then what about this www.playtech.co.nz (i dont like sony cuz it always seems overpriced) |
jonovw (16835) | ||
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