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Could someone rate this laptop for me, gaming performance?

Tbh for gaming i would go for a desktop, i made the mistake to buy a gaming laptop some years ago.
The laptop cooling is insufficiënt for the hardware so it lasts less long than a desktop.
And if you have a problem with your laptop, it is harder to solve since most of the parts are irreplacable.
 
Since u could afford it and it's a good deal in ur country, why not.

But 980 euros in North America could get 4nd gen i7 CPU and GTX 870M GPU (see this in Canada: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152580CVF), far better than this one. Anyway if this laptop isn't second hand it might be fine.
 
Well, this is the year 2014, people are pretty aware that desktops are superior to laptops. Not everyone can get a desktop, that is why people get laptops.
 

That is a good price and I have been laptop shopping in Europe
 


Yeah that's a pretty decent price actually. However MSI isn't that big in the Netherlands, if I were to buy an MSI which is similar to the Medion I linked on here I'd be paying 30% more simply for the brand, not to mention it wouldn't have stuff like an SSD in it.

It's a shame that I can't really order it in the US, considering shipping costs and taxes and whatnot.
 

well for the price I would give it a 9/10
the graphical performance is like 8.5/10 - bare in mind a 10/10 would be like 880M or 770M SLI
considering you get an SSD and a very large one is pretty kick ass.
however - it's the 750GB HDD that normally lets medion machines down - they're usually 5.4k rpms, and not 7.2k so people moan about that, and also they complain about either heating or worksmanship - so buy a decent cooling pad may be and be careful with it