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Which one to buy for often intense gaming?

Lucky Monkey

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Sep 18, 2013
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Hi, i'm about to buy a new laptop. My distributor shows me some very good laptops and there are 2 that I don't know which one is good:

1. HP Laptop i7-4700MQ, 8 GB RAM, 1 TB, GT 750M, 15.6 inch Full HD ($1100)
2. MSI GS70 2OC Laptop i5-4200M, 8 GB RAM, 750 GB, GTX 765M. 17 inch Full HD ($1350)

Please help me, I don't know which one to buy 🙁
 


Can i5-4200M and GTX 765M handle nowaday-games ? I heard that these games require 4 cores CPU
 
The thing is it is hard to game on a 1080p screen without spending $1800ish. Jumping from 768 to 1080p doesn't seem like much, but to your GPU it does. If you really want to game on a laptop you have to spend $1500. However, a $700 desktop (excluding monitor and OS) would be faster. So, I'm not a fan of laptop gaming. (I went from laptop to desktop and will never try laptop again for gaming) You would find out why the moment you try a so so desktop.
 


those prices arent good head to xoticpc.com check under sager/clevo id grab a sager over both of those choices.