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Loking for game development & low-mid end gaming laptop

  • 07-01-2016 09:33PM
    #1
    prometheus banned
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6 ✭


    Hey!

    So my laptop died before xmas ago and I need to get a replacement up and running for college fairly sharpish.

    My budget is fairly tight, 900 euro max. Its gonna need to run a couple of game engines (Unity, Unreal) some other 3D applications and Photoshop. It'd be nice to be able to do some gaming on it too but I know with my budget, anything high end is out.

    I'm looking at one on Laptops-direct.ie (cant post link, new user)

    HP Pavilion Gamer 15-ak000na
    Intel Core i5-6300HQ
    8GB RAM
    NVidea GeForce GTX950M 4GB
    15.6 Inch
    Windows 10 Gaming Laptop

    it seems to be the best deal I can find for < 1000 euro, graphics card looks good (notebookcheck says Witcher 3 & Fallout 4 (low settings) = 60fps!) but I'm not sure if that processor is up to scratch?

    Any opinions on this laptop or suggestions of other ones are much appreciated!


Comments

  • #2
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Check out PC Specialist as well. Crazy that a 900 euro laptop could have a 720p screen, the PCS ones are 1080p. That will make a big difference especially with applications like Photoshop.

    Processor is OK, fast enough that it's not the bottleneck in games.


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