How's this for Gaming ?

[TheTechSide]

Hello! I am going buy a gaming laptop. Here's what I have found. HP Pavilion 15-n208TX Laptop.

The Specs :-

1. i5 4200U i.6 to 2.6 Ghz.

2. Nvidia Geforce GT 740M 2GB GDDR5

3. 1TB 5400 RPM Hard disk

4. 8GB RAM 1600Mhz

5. 1366 x 768

Games- All. Every single game released in this planet.

 

[laviniuc]

it's about the best ultraportable config you can do, but it will be barely playable on current games on medium... the ultraportables simply don't have the power usage headroom to power up a beefier graphics card than this...

remember that your limiting factor on a laptop will be the graphics cards in 90% of cases so look to improve that.

 

[logang]

Well, take a look at how the 740M compares to recommended/required specs for all the games on the planet

http/www.futuremark.com/hardware/gpu/NVIDIA+GeForce+GT+740M/games

 

[theclouds]

I'm not at all worried about the CPU.
The GPU is not bad: http/www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-740M.89900.0.html
Looking at the benchmarks at a pretty standard laptop resolution of 1366 x 768, you can expect around 30 FPS on medium settings on the bottom end. Some games you'll see 50+ FPS on high settings

Edit: Nice avatar by the way. I used to go crazy typing on those membrane keyboards..until I got the classic Model M. Now typing is pure bliss.

 

[dasulman]

for entry level 720p gaming it'll do just fine.

 

[TheTechSide]

How about overclocking ? What FPS will I get after overclocking the GPU ? And Thanks for all the answers.

 

[logang]

In my experience, overclocking gains on laptops, especially lightweight ones, are marginal at best and result in too high of temps.

 

[TheTechSide]

In my experience, overclocking gains on laptops, especially lightweight ones, are marginal at best and result in too high of temps.

Ah! I have a cooling pad and it works awesome. http/www.flipkart.com/deepcool-multi-core-x6/p/itmdgqrfdghjanjy?q=Deepcool+Multi+Core+X6&as=on&as-show=on&otracker=start&as-pos=p_1&pid=ACCDGQKQTEKYTPWQ

 

[TheTechSide]

How about newest games - AC4, Battlefield 4, Thief, Murdered: Soul Suspect and the worst: Watch Dogs (But I need to play it).

 

[dasulman]

medium settings 720p. playable but deffo not max settings.