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Which laptop would be better in terms of gaming?(Want to play cs:go mainly)

If you can manage $60 more than the Lenovo, Acer has a low-end laptop with a 840m.

http://store.acer.com/store/aceramer/en_US/pd/ThemeID.35703000/productID.306480500/parentCategoryID.66201700

Here are benchmarks and game fps for the three laptops (840m on the Acer, R6 on the Lenovo, R5 on the HP). As you can see, the 840m is 2-3x faster than the R6, 3-4x faster than the R5.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html?type=&sort=&deskornote=0&or=0&search=&month=&benchmark_values=&gpubenchmarks=0&professional=0&archive=1&dx=0&multiplegpus=0&showClassDescription=1&itemselect_5073=5073&itemselect_5539=5539&itemselect_5540=5540&condensed=0&showCount=0&showBars=1&showPercent=0&3dmark13_ice_gpu=1&3dmark13_cloud_gpu=1&3dmark11_gpu=1&vantage3dmarkgpu=1&3dmark06=1&gpu_fullname=1&codename=0&architecture=1&pixelshaders=1&vertexshaders=1&corespeed=1&shaderspeed=0&boostspeed=1&memoryspeed=1&memorybus=1&directx=1&technology=0&daysold=0
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html?type=&sort=&deskornote=0&or=0&search=&month=&benchmark_values=&gpubenchmarks=0&professional=0&archive=1&dx=0&multiplegpus=0&showClassDescription=0&itemselect_5073=5073&itemselect_5539=5539&itemselect_5540=5540&condensed=0&showCount=0&showBars=0&showPercent=0&gameselect%5B%5D=322&gameselect%5B%5D=319&gameselect%5B%5D=316&gameselect%5B%5D=314&gameselect%5B%5D=312&gameselect%5B%5D=310&gameselect%5B%5D=308&gameselect%5B%5D=305&gameselect%5B%5D=303&gameselect%5B%5D=301&gameselect%5B%5D=299&gameselect%5B%5D=297&gameselect%5B%5D=295&gameselect%5B%5D=293&gameselect%5B%5D=279&gameselect%5B%5D=277&gameselect%5B%5D=263&gameselect%5B%5D=249&gameselect%5B%5D=225&gameselect%5B%5D=223&gameselect%5B%5D=217&gameselect%5B%5D=208&gameselect%5B%5D=204&gpu_fullname=1&codename=0&architecture=0&pixelshaders=0&vertexshaders=0&corespeed=0&shaderspeed=0&boostspeed=0&memoryspeed=0&memorybus=0&directx=0&technology=0&daysold=0
 
my vote is for the lenovo as well it has a better graphics card and a better processor and just remember this you can always upgrade your computers memory and hard drive as well good luck to ya