acer lap top

[Pranavan]

hey guys. iam going to buy a acer laptop. i know acer is not the best manufacturer and i have no other choice. specs are
i5 6200u
4gb ddr4 ram
nvidia geforce gt 940mx with 2gb gddr5
1 Tb hdd 5400rpm
and with full hd monitor
iam going to use for gamings with low or med settings. i dont need high or ultra settings . so will this lap handle games like witcher plants vs zombies? and some gpu needed games. iam concerened about its battery and heat. i get 3years warranty. but iam kinda concerend about those 2 things. so what you guys say?oh and i planed to upgrade the ram for 8 gigs.

 

[Purpletalon55]

You mean DDR3 for the 940m as a ddr5 version isnt made unless you count the 940MX, Its a good machine I have the same laptop with 8gb of ram basically. It will handle games on low to medium and witcher is out of the question you will play no high end games of any type at all on it.

 

[Pranavan]

so it wont be able to play witcher on low ? the discription says gt940mx ddr3/gddr5 i dont know what that means but ill install witcher and try it
i think i can play it cause my younger brother played that on his old rig with gt 730 and some oc he played with 28fps with 1366x768 resolution

 

[Purpletalon55]

so it wont be able to play witcher on low ? the discription says gt940mx ddr3/gddr5 i dont know what that means but ill install witcher and try it
i think i can play it cause my younger brother played that on his old rig with gt 730 and some oc he played with 28fps with 1366x768 resolution

maybe on lowest in about 720p, but thats a maybe. The witcher is very system heavy.

 

[Pranavan]

so whats your lap? and what games you play with it? any fps details will be awesome

 

[Purpletalon55]

so whats your lap? and what games you play with it? any fps details will be awesome

My laptop is http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834315302

I play civ 4,civ5,rise of nations,age of empires 2 hd,fishing planet,and i have managed to get world of tanks to run with the old textures.

Its not going to run anything at high fps, but i bought it because i needed a new daily driver laptop, it had the specs i wanted and the price i wanted to pay. The only downside is not having a ram door or something like that, i have to take the entire back panel off and then i can replace the harddrive, ram and battery.

 

[Pranavan]

oh cool. so gt 940mx is a weak gpu for low setting gaming right? and iam considered is there any heat issues for you or battery draining so fast? i mean is there any cons with acer?

 

[Pranavan]

mate theres videos about gaming with gt 940m on youtube. 940m with gta 5 witcher 3 so i think ill be able to play them. if u did not watch the video here is the link.
https/www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py_MgaINY5k
https/www.youtube.com/watch?v=pft_gw-2HBk

 

[Purpletalon55]

oh cool. so gt 940mx is a weak gpu for low setting gaming right? and iam considered is there any heat issues for you or battery draining so fast? i mean is there any cons with acer?

You will have massive heat issues because the CPU and GPU are on one heat pipe and sink, meaning that you will generate more heat than the laptop can handle.

Also I saw those vids, but i dont consider that playable

 

[Pranavan]

hmm ok so cooling pad can handle?

 

[Pranavan]

and if i play and if it overheat will it void manufacture warrantY?

 

[Purpletalon55]

and if i play and if it overheat will it void manufacture warrantY?

Yes, if you overheat and cook the laptop that voids warranty, a cooling pad will help but make sure you get a good one.

This is not a gaming laptop its not intended to play games, the acer model for games is the NItro Series, which starts at $740.

 

[Pranavan]

ok thanks for infos thanks for your time

 

[Pranavan]

can u suggest a good cooling pad, cheaper one.

 

[Purpletalon55]

can u suggest a good cooling pad, cheaper one.

Go with something From coolermaster

 

[Pranavan]

ok thanks mate. my friend said playing games while pluged in makes battery weaker and may affect laptop. is that true?

 

[Purpletalon55]

ok thanks mate. my friend said playing games while pluged in makes battery weaker and may affect laptop. is that true?

Nope, all modern laptops will kill charging when its at 100% and just use the power coming through the cable from the wall. Its perfectly safe, what does effect batttery life is the wear and tear of charging. Eventually after about 300-600 charge cycles the battery will have 75% of the capacity it was designed to hold.

 

[Pranavan]

oh ok so thanks alot for all your answers!!