Need help finding a budget laptop for BF4

[CooLWoLF]

I need to find a decent budget laptop (less than $1000) to be able to play BF4 while I am on the road for work most of the week. Anything that plays low-medium settings. Any suggestions?

 

[Thanatos Telos]

Get a y410p or find a deal on a y500 and call it a day.

 

[CooLWoLF]

Anyone know of an AMD APU equipped machine that would fits my needs? That Lenovo y510p is a bit over $1k, but the glaring issue I have is that its over 6 lbs. I already have a work laptop, so my bag would get really heavy with that one.

Would this laptop play ay low-medium? Its also touchscreen which is a huge plus: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834314182

 

[CooLWoLF]

probably, but the screen is lousy and the performance is not that good

If you are ok with medium settings, go with the Acer V7-482PG-6662 that is now selling for $880 from NCIX: excellent 1080p IPS screen, GT 750M DDR3, 8GB DDR3 RAM, 500GB HDD + 24GB mSSD, 6-7 hours of light use

That system is on back-order currently from NCIX. I would prefer to buy from either Newegg or Amazon if you see any systems on there.

 

[CooLWoLF]

The Asus N550JV-DB71 looks like the better option when its comes to speed/performance, but is 5.9 lbs. Those V7 are very nice looking, lighter, and touchscreen, but look to be slower. Having a hard time choosing now....ugh

 

[CooLWoLF]

The Acer is a GT 720M w/ i7 1.8ghz vs the Asus being a GT 750M w/ i7 2.4ghz. I assumed there would be a large difference there? Maybe not I guess?

 

[Thanatos Telos]

The Acer is a GT 720M w/ i7 1.8ghz vs the Asus being a GT 750M w/ i7 2.4ghz. I assumed there would be a large difference there? Maybe not I guess?

The large difference is in the GPUs. Get the Asus.

 

[photonboy]

GPU:
Anything below the GT750M would likely be problematic for playing BF4 in terms of a good experience. you'll still want to carefully tweak to maintain a sufficient frame rate. Either use Geforce Experience to autotune if a profile exists (40FPS is aimed at) or manually tune. I prefer to aim for 60FPS VSYNC'd but you may wish to do one of the following:
a) 30FPS VSYNC'd (Half VSYNC in NVidia Control Panel)
b) 60FPS VSYNC'd
c) 40FPS with VSYNC OFF (screen tearing exists but it's a compromise many can live with)

Monitor:
Avoid GLOSSY screens if possible and get an anti-glare coating. The screen reflections on glossy are horrible for gaming.

RESOLUTION:
Higher than 1366x768.

WEIGHT:
Any laptop with a half-decent GPU tends to have a minimum weight so you'll have to decide if playing BF4 is worth the weight. If not, perhaps get a lighter, less expensive laptop with an okay GPU or APU and play less demanding games (I know you asked about BF4 but I'm just being thorough).

START8:
I absolutely recommend Windows 8 64-bit but I also recommend the $5 program Start8 to avoid the new interface (can still link to it).

RAM:
At least 6GB.

 

[CooLWoLF]

The Acer is a GT 720M w/ i7 1.8ghz vs the Asus being a GT 750M w/ i7 2.4ghz. I assumed there would be a large difference there? Maybe not I guess?

The large difference is in the GPUs. Get the Asus.

How does the GT 750M compare to the AMD 8750M?

Just trying to determine if the Asus is worth the extra $150 over the Acer V5-552PG-X809, which I saw a video of it playing BF3 on ultra with no problem.

 

[CooLWoLF]

The Acer is a GT 720M w/ i7 1.8ghz vs the Asus being a GT 750M w/ i7 2.4ghz. I assumed there would be a large difference there? Maybe not I guess?

Are you looking at the Acer V7-482PG-6662? this exact model..
It has a GT 750M

Is it crippled by a slower 1.8ghz i7 though?

 

[photonboy]

I'm not a big fan of Acer.
Perhaps their quality and support has improved in the last year but I've seen lots of issues in the past. I've been pretty happy with Asus, HP and Lenovo.