Recent content by jarblater

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    Looking to buy a laptop

    My brother actually has a 670MX in his laptop with the same CPU (believe it or not) and he only scores 0.2 points higher in the Windows Experience Index.
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    Looking to buy a laptop

    You really don't believe me? Did you read this from notebookcheck.com's article, "the GT 750M with DDR3 memory is about 10 - 15 percent faster than the GT 650M. The very rare GDDR5 version even beats the GTX 660M. Most current games (as of 2013) can be played fluently in high settings." (Before...
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    Looking to buy a laptop

    In my Lenovo Y500 with a GT 750M I can run Battlefield 4 on all ULTRA (100% resolution no AA)...The R9 275M in the Lenovo Y40 is slightly faster than my GT 750M, paired with an i7 it should perform about the same as my laptop. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M in the Lenovo Y50 is quite a bit faster...
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    Looking to buy a laptop

    I would recommend one of the Lenovo Y Series laptops here: http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/lenovo/y-series/ There are a lot of choices so if you want any help there I'm willing to be an advisor. I have an older version with an i7 3630QM, GT 750M (2GB GDDR5), 8GB DDR3, and 1TB storage and...
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    Lenovo Ideapad z585 + 2GB Radeon HD 7670m ... DDR3, or GDDR5 vRAM?

    I just found my answer at notebookcheck.net. The dedicated GPU 7670 has GDDR3. So, now I must find out if the 1GB 7670 also has GDDR3.
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    Lenovo Ideapad z585 + 2GB Radeon HD 7670m ... DDR3, or GDDR5 vRAM?

    HOLD ON!I just found this: http://www.officemax.com/technology/computers/laptop-computers/product-prod4040012?cm_mmc=Pricegrabber-_-Technology-_-Computers-_-Laptop%20Computers&srccode=cii_5784816&cpncode=31-115849780-2 7660g vs 7670m? Is the trade off for the better CPU but taking away the...
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    Lenovo Ideapad z585 + 2GB Radeon HD 7670m ... DDR3, or GDDR5 vRAM?

    Hi, and thanks for reading. I appreciate any replies :) I am looking into buying this laptop: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834312434 My only concern is that the 2GB Radeon HD 7670 may have DDR3 instead of GDDR5. Basically I just want to know so that I don't I put...
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    Need Help Finding the Best Bang for your Buck Laptop!

    Well, this one on New Egg is $40 less,new, but it has the slower A8 4500m. Would you trust this one more? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230960
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    Need Help Finding the Best Bang for your Buck Laptop!

    I found a pretty good deal for a laptop with an A10 4600M! $439.00, free shipping, and no taxes! But, it's on Ebay! Here is the link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-Ideapad-Z585-A10-4600M-AMD-7660-6GB-750H-Win7-1-YR-Warranty-/221204807462?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item3380d57f26 Would you guys...
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    Need Help Finding the Best Bang for your Buck Laptop!

    After reading some reviews, I found out that the A8 4555 is the Bulldozer architecture, and the A8 4500 is Piledriver architecture with a better GPU. I like your suggestion and I really appreciate it but I found this one right below it...
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    Need Help Finding the Best Bang for your Buck Laptop!

    Hi, and thanks for reading. -I have a $400 dollar budget, -screen resolution doesn't matter, -but higher resolution is always better, -I am replacing my XPS 1640 (Core 2 Duo P8600, Mobility Radeon HD 3670, 4 GB DDR3, 500 GB 5400 RPM, Windows 7) because I need higher performance, and I...