Is this a good GPU?

[TheAX2]

I was planning to buy a new laptop for gaming (toshiba satellite s50t a494). The processor i good but what i am worried about is the GPU cuz i have several problems with my current GPU.the GPU that is in this laptop is Nvidia geforce gt740m and is it good for gaming ? I want it to run all the current games and if u have any suggestions plz give it
Thanks in advance.

 

[ldewitt]

No not so much. The GT series isn't gaming graphics cards. You should be looking for a laptop with GTX so GTX740m(only an example)

 

[rolli59]

Here it is in position 100 and is an OK card but not best http://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html

 

[TheAX2]

No not so much. The GT series isn't gaming graphics cards. You should be looking for a laptop with GTX so GTX740m(only an example)

But this laptop also contains 8gb of ram (that i will increase to 16) and have one of the best processors intel core i7 4700mq would that help overcome the bad graphic card with framrate increases?

 

[TheAX2]

Here it is in position 100 and is an OK card but not best http://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html

But this laptop also contains 8gb of ram (that i will increase to 16) and have one of the best processors intel core i7 4700mq would that help overcome the bad graphic card with framrate increases?

 

[rolli59]

It is not that simple if lesser CPU can keep up with the card it does not matter how powerful a CPU you have the card becomes the deciding factor.

 

[ldewitt]

No All components come into play when gaming. the 16GB won't do you any good for gaming. So i'd keep it 8GB. You are right it is one of the best processors. But with games graphics cards is what gives you the most performance framerate wise. and that graphics wont do you much good on the gaming side maybe watching HD movies but nothing like battlefield 4 or anything new like that.

 

[beyondlogic]

Here it is in position 100 and is an OK card but not best http://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html

But this laptop also contains 8gb of ram (that i will increase to 16) and have one of the best processors intel core i7 4700mq would that help overcome the bad graphic card with framrate increases?

what im reading here is aload of hog wash the cpu and gpu both play a part if your cpu is weak your going to get a bottleneck especially in cpu intensive games

a gt 740m is decent for playing games at low - medium depending on how picky you are about frame rates
i7 is also good as some games only use 2 cores but others like bf4 and other heavy cpu titles will take advantage of more and duel channel ram of max of 8 is really all you need 16gb is overkill

i7
gtx670m or for entry level decent play 740 gt gt 750 or gt 650m
8gb ram

 

[TheAX2]

Here it is in position 100 and is an OK card but not best http://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html

But this laptop also contains 8gb of ram (that i will increase to 16) and have one of the best processors intel core i7 4700mq would that help overcome the bad graphic card with framrate increases?

what im reading here is aload of hog wash the cpu and gpu both play a part if your cpu is weak your going to get a bottleneck especially in cpu intensive games

a gt 740m is decent for playing games at low - medium depending on how picky you are about frame rates
i7 is also good as some games only use 2 cores but others like bf4 and other heavy cpu titles will take advantage of more and duel channel ram of max of 8 is really all you need 16gb is overkill

i7
gtx670m or for entry level decent play 740 gt gt 750 or gt 650m
8gb ram

i didnt quite understand what u mean i know that the cpu also plays a part but does it cover the bad gpu ?

 

[beyondlogic]

Here it is in position 100 and is an OK card but not best http://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html

But this laptop also contains 8gb of ram (that i will increase to 16) and have one of the best processors intel core i7 4700mq would that help overcome the bad graphic card with framrate increases?

what im reading here is aload of hog wash the cpu and gpu both play a part if your cpu is weak your going to get a bottleneck especially in cpu intensive games

a gt 740m is decent for playing games at low - medium depending on how picky you are about frame rates
i7 is also good as some games only use 2 cores but others like bf4 and other heavy cpu titles will take advantage of more and duel channel ram of max of 8 is really all you need 16gb is overkill

i7
gtx670m or for entry level decent play 740 gt gt 750 or gt 650m
8gb ram

i didnt quite understand what u mean i know that the cpu also plays a part but does it cover the bad gpu ?

cpu and gpu have to be equal in power in some games that are more cpu heavy the cpu will pick up the slack

e.g bf4 needs both a i7 and a decent graphics card to get decent playable frames