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Thinking about buying this laptop

It will run most games just about on high I would say. Considering the resolution is only 1366 x 768 it should handle even new games under high/medium.

The site below is great for checking out laptop GPUs:

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-645M.81417.0.html

Wait for recommendations from other members and additionally, google the laptop you have chosen and look at a everyday review of the laptop.

It would help if you gave a budget and the primary use of the laptop, you going to play games right?

Just update the thread with a budget. Also you might wonna read 'Laptop Buyers FAQ' thread.

Enjoy,

Dan
 
Hi! Thanks for the reply, My budget is Under $750. This was the best laptop I could find for that budget, but if anyone has any better suggestions I'm open. And Indeed my primary used for it will be gaming.
 


I know its probably a bit late, but lenovo has a great gaming laptop for 750$ Its the Ideapad Y400, It has better specs than this MSI, and costs 150$ less. It also has a really cool feature called "ultrabay" in which you can switch out the DVD drive for another GPU. They also have a 15 inch model for a tad more with a better screen. One main downside of this laptop is its short batter life (around 3 hrs).

Y400/Y500: http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/y-series/