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Looking to buy this budget Laptop, but how will it do in terms of gaming?

Kappa123

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Aug 30, 2015
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So I'm thinking about buying this laptop, obvs I'm on a budget but this one kinda fits so I'm wondering what to expect from it in terms of casual gaming, meaning that I won't play that much and I'm fine with games running on medium-low settings at 1920x1080 resolution (games like Fifa, Mass Effect 3, Tomb Raider or even newer games)

Intel® Pentium® Dual Core 3825U 1900 MHz
Intel HD Graphics
4 GB RAM DDR3 1600 MHz
NVIDIA Geforce 920M 2048 MB
 
I had no idea that there were any rigs that had a pentium and a GPU, the 920 should be ok for low settings, and seems about as good as the 735m. http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-920M.138763.0.html. The cpu should not hold the gpu back, even with only two cores, unless the game is optimized for four. I would not expect the best framerates out of any newer AAA titles even at the lowest settings
 
For low settings you should be able to play those games. Newer games maybe too much for the cpu and gpu.