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Laptop for round 400-600$

RetroGamerMC

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Mar 2, 2014
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I would like to find a laptop that can record minecraft dayz garrys mod and tf2 if you could help it would be appriciated
 
NOT going to happen on that low, especially DayZ. Laptops cost 2x that of a comparable desktop, so while you can build a gamers medium class desktop for $700 (no you can't do less unless your going to go real lower graphics / fps) while any laptop the same is $1200-1400 or more. Add to that you want to 'record' which immediately cuts the FPS on any game 1/2 (anyone on Twitch.tv, etc. will tell you the same thing).

To do Dayz (se the ones on Twitch .TV yourself) that your broadcasting AND have at least over 30FPS, requires a i7 system, with a decent video card to handle both renderings (rendering gaming video, and rendering a video broadcast signal in REAL TIME). The other games you COULD bump down to a normal i5, but when recording, especially when alot of rockets are happening in TF2 or your trying to show your build in a panning out on the screen, will drop you into the teens to single digits for the same reasons.