Cheap Gaming Laptop

[Eliminator_v]

Do you think this is an ok laptop that will be able to run games like Witcher and Skyrim fine?

http/www.ebay.com/itm/Windows-7-Dell-Precision-17-Gaming-Laptop-Core-i5-3-0GHz-Turbo-8GB-1TB-HD-1080p-/381198486697?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item58c1334ca9&autorefresh=true

Also do you think this one would be better?
http/www.amazon.ca/Acer-E5-551-856A-15-6-Inch-Quad-Core-Processor/dp/B00KW66MEU/ref=sr_1_28?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1431973859&sr=1-28

 

[okcnaline]

No...

This is a workstation. Whoever's selling this as a "gaming machine" is a derp. It has Quadro FX card inside which does CUDA acceleration (can either make stuff faster or give special features) for video editing and 3D modeling, and will have bad performance in games if it's weak. While you can still game on this, there are better things for the price. Plus, the Quadro FX series of cards is old.

 

[cheezyguy5]

Yes. It most certainly will. The processor is capable and the Quadro FX 2800M is more than powerful enough for entry level gaming.

You MAY need to turn down the resolution on the display (or the games) to 1366x768 if you want to run games on Medium-High settings (BF4 on Medium), or you may just have to turn the graphical settings to Low on some games to run at the full 1080p the monitor has.

But to answer the question: Yes. You'll be just fine with that laptop on most games. But expect to run some games at 720p instead of 1080p.

 

[cheezyguy5]

No...

This is a workstation. Whoever's selling this as a "gaming machine" is a derp. It has Quadro FX card inside which does CUDA acceleration (can either make stuff faster or give special features) for video editing and 3D modeling, and will have bad performance in games if it's weak. While you can still game on this, there are better things for the price. Plus, the Quadro FX series of cards is old.

Lol no. The Quadro FX isnside (Either the 2800m or 3800m or 5000m, but I'm assuming it's the 2800) has a 690 G3D score. While not as powerful as many modern desktop GPUs, it's certainly powerful enough to play Skyrim even at 1080p. Mind you Medium-low at 1080p, but still good enough.

 

[KoopaCreeper]

No, you can find better laptops for the same price. +1 to okcnaline; Quadro cards are not as good for gaming as an equivalent GeForce. The CPU is a 1st gen i5, too (relatively quite slow nowadays).

 

[KoopaCreeper]

For a similar price, http/www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-V3-572G-543S-15-6-Inch-Platinum/dp/B00R45UG3K/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1431997792&sr=1-2

 

[okcnaline]

No...

This is a workstation. Whoever's selling this as a "gaming machine" is a derp. It has Quadro FX card inside which does CUDA acceleration (can either make stuff faster or give special features) for video editing and 3D modeling, and will have bad performance in games if it's weak. While you can still game on this, there are better things for the price. Plus, the Quadro FX series of cards is old.

Lol no. The Quadro FX isnside (Either the 2800m or 3800m or 5000m, but I'm assuming it's the 2800) has a 690 G3D score. While not as powerful as many modern desktop GPUs, it's certainly powerful enough to play Skyrim even at 1080p. Mind you Medium-low at 1080p, but still good enough.

LOLNO?!!! Tell me how well the G92 performs. The most credit I'll give it is that the Quadro FX 2800M (in the worst case scenario) identical to a GeForce 9800M GT, which doesn't perform well. Oh, and against a modern day card? It'll perform a bit worse than GT 630M on PassMark, which the GT 630M isn't doing well already.

 

[KoopaCreeper]

No...

This is a workstation. Whoever's selling this as a "gaming machine" is a derp. It has Quadro FX card inside which does CUDA acceleration (can either make stuff faster or give special features) for video editing and 3D modeling, and will have bad performance in games if it's weak. While you can still game on this, there are better things for the price. Plus, the Quadro FX series of cards is old.

Lol no. The Quadro FX isnside (Either the 2800m or 3800m or 5000m, but I'm assuming it's the 2800) has a 690 G3D score. While not as powerful as many modern desktop GPUs, it's certainly powerful enough to play Skyrim even at 1080p. Mind you Medium-low at 1080p, but still good enough.

I wouldn't use G3D to rate gaming performance. A 9800 GT chip playing Skyrim at 1080p?

 

[Eliminator_v]

How about this one? Do you think its better than the first one I posted?

http/www.amazon.ca/Acer-E5-551-856A-15-6-Inch-Quad-Core-Processor/dp/B00KW66MEU/ref=sr_1_28?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1431973859&sr=1-28

 

[okcnaline]

Decent. This probably have a better chance at its resolution than the previous one. Maybe 1366x768 at low, 1280x720 at medium?

 

[Eliminator_v]

How about this one? It looks better than both of those other ones, and cheaper:

http/www.ebay.ca/itm/Lenovo-Y40-59423022-14-0-Laptop-Intel-Core-i7-4510U-2-00GHz-1TB-HDD-8GB-Mem-/201346766433?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item2ee133d661

 

[okcnaline]

If you don't mind the refurbished part of that, then yes, this seems to be the best one out of the lot.

 

[Eliminator_v]

But according to this, the "AMD Radeon R9 M275" is not a good graphics card:
http/www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=Radeon+R9+M275%20AMD%20Radeon%20R9%20M275

 

[jaguarskx]

But according to this, the "AMD Radeon R9 M275" is not a good graphics card:
http/www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=Radeon+R9+M275%20AMD%20Radeon%20R9%20M275

Not a good graphics card compared to what? Of all the laptops you have provided a link to it is by far the best.

Notebookcheck.net ranks it near the bottom of the "Class 1" graphics chip. "Class 1" are considered to be "gaming performance" graphic chips and perform better than other classes. Click the link below which also has benchmarks to a few games. That is based on one laptop they used; the Lenovo Y40-80 with a Core i7-4500u CPU; click the FPS result next to game to see that info.

http/www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-R9-M275.124666.0.html

 

[Eliminator_v]

OK yah, but do you think its worth it to just buy this one:
http/www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-V3-572G-543S-15-6-Inch-Platinum/dp/B00R45UG3K/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1431997792&sr=1-2

Bigger monitor, better graphics card, but is it worth $200 more?

 

[jaguarskx]

The Radeon R9 M275 is ranked higher than the nVidia 840m; it's basically between the 840m and 850m.

It basically boils down to if you want:

1. A 14" laptop with a better graphics chip
2. A 15.6" laptop with a graphics chip that is a bit slower.

The Y40-80 is the most recent version of the Lenovo Y40 series and it does not cost much more than the Acer Aspire.

http/shop.lenovo.com/ca/en/laptops/lenovo/y-series/y40-80/

 

[Eliminator_v]

OK, do you think I will be able to find a laptop for $800 CAD or less with a better card than the "Radeon R9 M275"?

I have looked for a few days and I have not found one.

 

[jaguarskx]

Possible, but I dunno since I am in the US. You may need to wait for national holiday sales.

 

[Eliminator_v]

I think Ill just get the Lenovo Y40, I don't like the 14" screen, but I can't find a laptop for a similar price that has a good card with a 15" screen.

 

[Eliminator_v]

Last question, do you think this one is worth buying? $1000 cad, but:
The card can run any 3D game over 30 FPS,
15.6" screen with 1920 x 1080, 8 GB ram and 1TB hardrive.

I think it has better card, better CPU, bigger screen, and its brand new from Amazon.

And only about $300 more.

This is all comparing to the Ebay one.