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Laptop For The Wife
Started by Lord Ikka, Jul 27 2013 11:11 AM
12 replies to this topic
#1
Posted 27 July 2013 - 11:11 AM
My wife is working at Best Buy right now and was looking at this laptop. I'm wondering if it would play MWO decently. I'm not a laptop guy, but having options is always good. Any thoughts?
Specs:
i7-4500U processor
8GB DDR3 mem
1 TB hd
NVIDIA GT 745M video card
http://www.bestbuy.c...37158&cp=1&lp=1
Specs:
i7-4500U processor
8GB DDR3 mem
1 TB hd
NVIDIA GT 745M video card
http://www.bestbuy.c...37158&cp=1&lp=1
#2
Posted 27 July 2013 - 11:28 AM
It'll play on low-mid settings.
#3
Posted 27 July 2013 - 11:50 AM
ya should play at a solid 30 fps on low
#4
Posted 27 July 2013 - 12:01 PM
Yes, but recommend swapping to a SSD. Seems weird they'd cripple a generally nice spec sheet with a crummy hard drive.
#5
Posted 28 July 2013 - 05:12 AM
if your wife use it normally for general use
the SSD upgrade isnt worth the money ATM for laptops
the SSD upgrade isnt worth the money ATM for laptops
#6
Posted 29 July 2013 - 01:36 AM
If I were spending $1k on a laptop I'd buy a sager np7330 since it has a gtx765 and the same better processor. Granted I don't get a massive discount for working at best buy so my priorities are different.
Edited by Narcissistic Martyr, 29 July 2013 - 05:44 PM.
#7
Posted 29 July 2013 - 06:00 AM
if she just need a general use laptop
dual core will do the trick and a light weight one
quad core for office work is overkill and your battery life stinks
dual core will do the trick and a light weight one
quad core for office work is overkill and your battery life stinks
#8
Posted 29 July 2013 - 11:05 AM
Narcissistic Martyr, on 29 July 2013 - 01:36 AM, said:
If I were spending $1k on a laptop I'd buy a sager np7330 since it has a gtx765 and the same processor. Granted I don't get a massive discount for working at best buy so my priorities are different.
This!!
#9
Posted 31 July 2013 - 07:37 PM
Got a deal on a Toshiba-
i7-4700MQ
12GB DDR3L
Nvidia GT 740M
Should work well as a general purpose plus play MWO at a not horrible rate.
i7-4700MQ
12GB DDR3L
Nvidia GT 740M
Should work well as a general purpose plus play MWO at a not horrible rate.
#10
Posted 31 July 2013 - 10:57 PM
http://www.notebookc...89900.0.htmlloo
looking at the above link for the GPU
and looking at the performance when playing crysis 3 on med settings should yield 26fps average
low you can get 41 fps
looking at the above link for the GPU
and looking at the performance when playing crysis 3 on med settings should yield 26fps average
low you can get 41 fps
#11
Posted 01 August 2013 - 12:39 AM
I would like to also point out that the cpu in the OP's post is one of the crippled I7 (2 core 4 thread). With intel mobile you need to research and be sure what you are getting you can't just go off the name as mobile cpu's sometimes do not have the same core count as their desktop counterpart even if they are named the same. I5 mobile's are all dual core with hyper threading (the only difference from I3 mobile that I can tell from intel ark is that the I5 has more L3 cache which would allow it to perform better). While HyperThreading helps it does not work as well as an actual physical core would.
#12
Posted 01 August 2013 - 05:01 AM
#13
Posted 01 August 2013 - 05:16 AM
the CPU is ok but the 7660D APU might allow the game to be playable only at low settings
A10 on notebook is less powerful than the desktop variant
A10 on notebook is less powerful than the desktop variant
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