might be able to help. His stuff runs Champions online with no lag at full settings. Its fucking crazy.

i'll say this right now, 2 is not good for gaming as intel HD graphics will not work with the game needing those specs, i would personally go with 3 as Nvidia graphic cards have worked well for me and its a more powerful card then 1 is if you want gaming

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA.....M.63761.0.html
http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Ra.....G.55734.0.html

here are the specs of the graphic cards if you need them

Thanks, but read under #3 again. The particular model I'm looking at is a different one that's $100 cheaper and uses an Intel HD Graphics 3000. Does this change your assessment? And what are thoughts about #1?

oh whoops XD; then #1 for gaming would be best but you would be pushing it very closely, i would recommend something with a slightly better graphic card but if those are your only choices go with #1

*Drinks his morning coffee*

Not sure if i should go straight into detail to explain my opinion but i guess that fits the best


1. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ.....82E16834215371
Recommended by a friend.

This is particulary not bad but can turn out worse for the aspect that the graphics card is a integrated one in shared memory mode instead of a dedicated memory.
As for "Shared Memory" you have to see it like this.

You know you will have your basic 4GB Ram then lets think of it you would use a 32bit windows what means 2GB will be reserved for windows, as for the gaming part, the rest of the RAM will be used by the graphics card.
This can actually be a "PAIN" when you got some backup stuff running around jumping and bouncing saying hi to you while you play a game and that the 2GB Ram of windows can get more.
In Case of Gaming it is always recommend to check out for Dedicated memory to avoid lags or fps drops otherwise is the system okay also the integrated cards dont use up so mutch electricity in comparison to dedicated cards what makes it also a huge different in the price >_> always hard to say what is good and what bad for gaming in the laptop branche jeez

2. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ.....k=AS5750Z-4835
It's on sale at Target right nor for $330 and my sister is a general manager so she can get a bit of a discount too.

The CPU is better then the Quad Core as comparison from the first link slighty but not magnificent but as in most cases the "Intel HD Graphics" wont help you in gaming since it will prolly be missing Shader 2.0 or 3.0 what you didnt put up into the requierments mostly its a bitchy little office graphic card not realy for gaming *drinks coffee*

3. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ.....82E16834215417
There's a store in the mall that is selling almost exactly this model but for $500. The only difference I can discern is that instead of having the Nvidia GeForce graphics card it's using the Intel HD Graphics 3000. Probably why it's cheaper. Other than that all the other specs are the same.

I guess this one goes straight with Option 2 about the Graphics card even if there is a BBQ Saucage CPU in it with a lot of dragon power but i doubt it will work good together with a graphics card like a intel that is way slower in gaming *also about the graphics card the input of option two is valid since intel hd graphics are the same*


Since im particulary not quite sure about your decision of what laptop you want exactly may it be for gaming, office or multimedia but as i can see you mostly look into gaming why i would say in my opinion that none of them is anykind of good for today and for future games even on low - mid range graphics...ya know since you always do your commentarys...the future is still wide open in games and graphics always improve and making you mad in the future with new games that you wanna try out but cant with basicly any of these setups so i dont wanna make you mad and i stick with the option that none of them is good

I will look later around maybe i can find some good options with a valuable price but for now i need to try out the new Rockband3 Dlcs of this week and record them

Later *wave*

get the one that's most shiny :3

you do realize it's only a joke right? and to be honest myself you should realize it was meant to make my friend laugh more than be technically helpful in his predicament. I've talked about this with him before and i know i can't help him choose the best computer for him, but what i can do is help make him chuckle.

so thank you, mr. buzzkillington, for pointing out how unhelpful my comment is.

thank you

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ.....82E16834246328

This would be my recommondation actually but im not even quite sure how mutch you wanna pay or if you just wanna decide between those three

Check this website out. Gaming rig laptops that beat alienware and whatnot. I heard some/most are custom laptops, so yeah, might find something you may like~

http://www.xoticpc.com/

Interesting site but I'm on a budget. Can't spend much more than $500. Are there any in particular you recommend? Or any opinions on the comps I listed?

I'd go with a low hard drive, high graphics card, 2-4gb ram and at least has 2 cores

Avoid the Target one as it has Intel HD graphics, which aren't good at all (very, very slow for games). This is when guys wonder why they can't play a game on Steam even though they just bought a "brand new" computer. The Radeon one is better, but it shares memory with the system, making it slower.

I'd go with the 3rd one, with the GeForce GT 630M graphics. It has discrete video memory, which means it should play just about any modern game very well. :}

Good to know. Now I did mention that the model on #3 was a $500 variant with Intel HD Graphics 3000 but I'm seeing a trend that Intel HD graphics is ass so among those three is the first the best?

I'm also open to suggestions if you can think of any good comps. =3

Ooh! Also, a friend recommended I look at this one as well.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ.....82E16834215514

How does this one look to you and how does it compare to #3 with the Nvidia card?

It has a Blu-ray drive and more memory, but the video card shares the main memory (slower at games).

In general it's best if the video card has its own discrete memory separate from the computer's.

And yeah, avoid Intel HD graphics like the plague if you like computer games at all. :]

Hehe thanks for the tips man. Very much appreciated.

So from the sound of it among the ones I was considering and other recommendations my best bet is this one eh?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ.....82E16834215417

Thanks for the advice. Should be able to grab this with my next paycheck I hope unless somebody blow me away with something way better for just as much. XD

That's the one I'd pick out of the litter, yeah. Should be a solid all-around machine.