Help a tech-illiterate out: which one should I grab?

[sabot00]

GT 555M's are very varied in specs, the most important thing is how many CUDA processors your model has.

 

[nbelote]

GT 555M's are very varied in specs, the most important thing is how many CUDA processors your model has.

Though the 555m will usually trump the 540m anyhow.

 

[kyraiki]

I have a mate with a 560M in his ASUS Lamborghini laptop thing. It can hardly handle skyrim on ultra and he's usually sitting near 26 FPS.

But you can't really expect much from a laptop in the way of games.

This. I have a 460M in my gaming laptop and it struggles at 1920 x 1080 on ultra and high on 'demanding' games like skyrim. Still playable, though, at lower detail. Not to mention, the 6990M and GTX 580M were only as powerful as a Radeon HD 6850-6870, iirc. Imo, thats not that good considering the premium those things command...

Back on topic: OP, you'll probably be very happy with the laptop. Just adjust your expectations going in. You may have to lower the res or detail, but you'll still be able to play games.

 

[kyraiki]

That's not "handling" Ultra. Skyrim's pretty CPU-dependent, but that's not too relevant. I consider almost any settings worth dropping in the pursuit of 60fps in FPS games. You may be fine with less, but 26 is nothing at all.

I thought that after the last patch Skyrim depended more on the GPU. May be wrong though; it HAS happened before.

 

[Seppy]

This. I have a 460M in my gaming laptop and it struggles at 1920 x 1080 on ultra and high on 'demanding' games like skyrim. Still playable, though, at lower detail. Not to mention, the 6990M and GTX 580M were only as powerful as a Radeon HD 6850-6870, iirc. Imo, thats not that good considering the premium those things command...

Back on topic: OP, you'll probably be very happy with the laptop. Just adjust your expectations going in. You may have to lower the res or detail, but you'll still be able to play games.

I'm coming from a PS3, and from what I've heard, that equals "low setting" on PC. My standards are very low when it comes to computers Though I hope to be able to play on 1920x1080... seen multiple videos of it on YouTube, and it runs pretty well.

 

[kyraiki]

Have fun and happy gaming! 😀