Hello folks,
I am looking for suggestion on buying a gaming laptop for my brother. He has only 600-700 dollars in budget. Right now in Canada we have a couple of option but I have a hard time decide one over another:
1. Acer V3-472G-59XN: http
/www.softwarecity.ca/item/NX.MMYAA.001.html?utm_source=shopbot&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopbot
CAD $640, i5-4210u + Nvidia 840M graphics
2. Acer E5-551G-T430: http
/www.amazon.ca/dp/B00KW66MQ8/ref=asc_df_B00KW66MQ83583141?smid=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&linkCode=df0&creative=395381&creativeASIN=B00KW66MQ8&tag=shopbotca-20
CAD $560, A10-7300 + R7 M265 graphics
3. Acer V5-561G-6407: http
/store.acer.com/store/acerna/en_CA/pd/productID.304728800/parentCategoryID.65613200/
CAD $550, i5-4200u + R7-M265 graphics
The morst important criteria I am looking for is graphics and CPU. I scrutized the review on notebookcheck.com a couple of times for the comparison of R7-M265 and Geforce 840M graphics. Both has 384 shaders, however 840M adopts Maxwell architecture and it seems perform far superior than M265, while having only 64-bit wide graphic memory that will not be able to feed the graphic processor.
M265 is modest and it seems perform only 20-30 percent better than my overclocked 6650M by standing alone. (I get this conclusion by looking into shaders, texture and pixel fillrate on both the card) However, the second option seems promising as I could possibly use modded 14.12 driver to achieve hybrid crossfire (r6 igp+r7 m265) and deliever better gaming fps, in some cases, than 840M
I know A10 performs just on par with ulv i3 but the 4 threads should compensate a bit in gaming, considering the graphic potentials in dual graphics array. ( and I would like someone to confirm that dual graphics in a10-7300 and r7 m265 works)
What do ya guys think?
I am looking for suggestion on buying a gaming laptop for my brother. He has only 600-700 dollars in budget. Right now in Canada we have a couple of option but I have a hard time decide one over another:
1. Acer V3-472G-59XN: http

CAD $640, i5-4210u + Nvidia 840M graphics
2. Acer E5-551G-T430: http

CAD $560, A10-7300 + R7 M265 graphics
3. Acer V5-561G-6407: http

CAD $550, i5-4200u + R7-M265 graphics
The morst important criteria I am looking for is graphics and CPU. I scrutized the review on notebookcheck.com a couple of times for the comparison of R7-M265 and Geforce 840M graphics. Both has 384 shaders, however 840M adopts Maxwell architecture and it seems perform far superior than M265, while having only 64-bit wide graphic memory that will not be able to feed the graphic processor.
M265 is modest and it seems perform only 20-30 percent better than my overclocked 6650M by standing alone. (I get this conclusion by looking into shaders, texture and pixel fillrate on both the card) However, the second option seems promising as I could possibly use modded 14.12 driver to achieve hybrid crossfire (r6 igp+r7 m265) and deliever better gaming fps, in some cases, than 840M
I know A10 performs just on par with ulv i3 but the 4 threads should compensate a bit in gaming, considering the graphic potentials in dual graphics array. ( and I would like someone to confirm that dual graphics in a10-7300 and r7 m265 works)
What do ya guys think?