Recent content by Eric Heckman

Also, here are some benchmarks for that graphics card. http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-HD-8650G.87916.0.html

I'm sorry to say this, but at that budgets games like bioshock are simply not going to run well on a laptop. Either go for a desktop or try to find the best a10 laptop you can.

What games are you looking to play?

If you want better answers, you should probably define "other games". As stated before, minecraft is not a very demanding game. It terms of Minecraft, most 3rd and 4th gen i7 laptops will be able to run at an acceptable frame rate using normal render distance and fast textures. If you want to...

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High to maxed gaming laptop from bestbuy ~$700? Highly unlikely. Which "new games" are u looking to play?

So we are back to my original suggestion... It probably the best sub $1000 perrmance you can get. Here's Lenovo's site comparing the Y series: http://www.lenovo.com/products/us/laptop/ideapad/y-series/

"people always say I could build something for only 700" When people talk about building, they are refuring to desktops, not laptops. Not trying to be negative, but this price point doesn't allow for a lot of options.

That is not going to perform well in gaming. A 1.8 Ghz dual core is low by today's standards and does not feature a dedicated graphics card. You are going to be hard pressed to find a "good" gaming laptop at $700. Closer to $1000 is needed to get any real gaming performance. The y500 series by...

Thanks for the response. Right now I think I like the Acer the best. I stopped into best buy after work today to check out the Asus G74 and I'm glad I've got to see how big it is first hand.

Hello all. I am currently a highschooler looking to get a rig that's a bit more reasonably sized (possibly for college) than my gaming PC. Any help to guide in a final decision is much appreciated, so I have a somewhat lengthy description on what it is exactly I'm looking for. If you want more...