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Budget gaming laptop

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  • 14-07-2014 5:10pm
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    RedDeadMarshal
    Registered Users Posts: 210 ✭✭


    I would appreciate your advice on a laptop that can run games like gta iv assassins creed 2 and so on without lag. my budget is 400 so I'm not expecting high end graphics I just want something that wont lag. is there anything out there with good specs that can run current gen games? for assassins creed games I keep hearing that you need a quad core processor in order to run it smoothly. is it true? if so how much ram do you need?


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    #2
    srsly78
    Registered Users Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭srsly78


    Just turn the settings down really low. Either that or get a desktop. Laptops suck, and gaming laptops are rubbish - even the expensive ones.


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    MajesticDonkey
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    The words "budget" and "gaming laptop" should never come in the same sentence :)


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    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,011 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Moved from Comp & tech.

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    TerrorFirmer
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    This is the best machine I can see for such a small budget, not a gaming machine by any means but should get through new releases at low settings OK and older games fine.

    It has 7620/8670 dual graphics, which should boost the performance higher than just the 8670 on its own by a decent margin.

    Good machine for the money involved.


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    DARK-KNIGHT
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    TerrorFirmer wrote: »
    This is the best machine I can see for such a small budget, not a gaming machine by any means but should get through new releases at low settings OK and older games fine.

    It has 7620/8670 dual graphics, which should boost the performance higher than just the 8670 on its own by a decent margin.

    Good machine for the money involved.
    would that machine be capable of playing counter strike and dayz??


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    Xios
    Registered Users Posts: 2,073 ✭✭✭Xios


    DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »
    would that machine be capable of playing counter strike and dayz??

    From what i understand, Dayz is a very Hard drive intensive game, it needs a decent processor and gfx card, but to get the most out of it, you would need a Solid State Drive or SSD.


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    BadBannana
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    Xios wrote: »
    From what i understand, Dayz is a very Hard drive intensive game, it needs a decent processor and gfx card, but to get the most out of it, you would need a Solid State Drive or SSD.

    I think your mistaken. Hard drive speed only allows areas to load faster. The game is based on an engine similar to Arma II's. That's a very CPU heavy game. If you don't knowfor sure please don't post stuff like that


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    Xios
    Registered Users Posts: 2,073 ✭✭✭Xios


    BadBannana wrote: »
    I think your mistaken. Hard drive speed only allows areas to load faster. The game is based on an engine similar to Arma II's. That's a very CPU heavy game. If you don't knowfor sure please don't post stuff like that

    Appearantly setting up a Raid 0 between hard drives solves some issues too, but that's not an option on laptops.


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    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,166 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    MajesticDonkey wrote: »
    The words "budget" and "gaming laptop"
    should never come in the same sentence :)

    This. OP save and build a desktop, yo cant afford a laptop thats worth buying for gaming.
    Xios wrote: »
    Appearantly setting up a Raid 0 between hard drives solves some issues too, but that's not an option on laptops.

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00M1MD8BS/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00M1MD8BS&linkCode=as2&tag=teksyndealzon-20&linkId=CTNEOGFHDVLMAAYI

    4 SSDs in RAID0, 1600MBps. You pay for it though.


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    Polar Ice
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    RedDeadMarshal wrote: »
    I would appreciate your advice on a laptop that can run games like gta iv assassins creed 2 and so on without lag.

    Aren't those single player games? I thought lag was something that only occurred in multiplayer games or something involving a server.


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