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| Thread ID: 121553 | 2011-10-31 05:52:00 | is this alright for me | cdboi (16608) | Press F1 |
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| 1241026 | 2011-10-31 05:52:00 | ok so im llooking at getting a laptop i am deciding between two at the moment and not sure if it willl be fine for what i want to do on it the tow i am looking at are www.pbtech.co.nz and www.pbtech.co.nz i want to beable to game on it and play battle field 3, i know you might say why get a laptop if i want to game, i know i desktop would be better and easier to upgrade but i need the laptop for uni and have limmited funds so cant spend $1150 max. I know that both of those will run it but not sure how the graphics will be Thanks for any help |
cdboi (16608) | ||
| 1241027 | 2011-10-31 06:24:00 | imo neither of the laptops meet the minimum. The 6490m isnt even close to the 8800GT min. If they could run it the graphics would be god awful. | icow (15313) | ||
| 1241028 | 2011-10-31 06:37:00 | the 8800gt is a Nvidia the one i am looking at is a Radeon HD 6490M and min requirements are Radeon 3870 or higher | cdboi (16608) | ||
| 1241029 | 2011-10-31 06:49:00 | 6490m =/= 3870. It's a laptop. Graphics cards dont always go up in order and the "m" on the end means alot. Don't directly compare desktop graphics cards with laptop graphic cards without seeing the benchmarks. | icow (15313) | ||
| 1241030 | 2011-10-31 07:28:00 | 6490M scores a 644 here: www.videocardbenchmark.net The 3870 scores a 967, so I'd suggest looking for something better ... |
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| 1241031 | 2011-10-31 07:32:00 | ^worth noting that the 8800GT scores 966. Making it basically identical in performance to the 3860. (In this test anyway). For $1150 you won't get a laptop good enough to run bf3 at remotely decent settings. If ea had their way they would have everyone spending that much on graphics cards alone (they recommended 2x580GTX's). I know you want a laptop for uni but seriously if you're going to game you need to get a desktop (on that budget anyway). | icow (15313) | ||
| 1241032 | 2011-10-31 07:46:00 | I'll second that. Or, get 2x 6870's, they're *very* decently priced right now :D |
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