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This Dell or something better?

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  • 22-12-2015 11:02am
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    liger
    Registered Users Posts: 756 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    I have never really liked laptops but due to taking up a college course it seems like a good idea to invest.

    I have been looking about and see that a lot of stores are selling i3 machine for a lot of lolly.

    Dell have an i5 inspiron for 630€ and if you want an AMD R5 335 graphics card the price bumps to 720.

    Are there any better alternatives to this for a similar price? I have checked a lot of sites and can't find anything with a similar price.

    Is is worth bumping up to the graphics card as I really will only use it for college, assignment writing and research, Web browsing, watching some tv shows ( rarely ) and possibly Football manager ( no 3d match engine).

    All assistance much appreciated.

    http://www.dell.com/ie/p/configuration-compare.aspx?returnURL=http://www.dell.com/ie/p/inspiron-15-5559-laptop/pd?ref=PD_OC


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    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    The graphics card is rubbish and barely faster than Intel integrated graphics, so I wouldn't bother, Intel's HD graphics will be fine for Football Manager in any case.


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    liger
    Registered Users Posts: 756 ✭✭✭liger


    TerrorFirmer wrote: »
    The graphics card is rubbish and barely faster than Intel integrated graphics, so I wouldn't bother, Intel's HD graphics will be fine for Football Manager in any case.

    Thanks.

    What if I wanted to put something heavier on it. The only other thing I could think might cause concern would be tropico or civilization games.


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    Mattyking
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16 ✭Mattyking


    for Laptop, you got to try the one running AMD.


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