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Saturday, February 8, 2014

What’s On Your My Christmas Wish List 2011?

andypc14

Do You Think Whatâs On Your My Christmas Wish List 2011? Iâm Want For Christmas Wish list Gifts Probably Should Get HP PC Game Laptop Computer, Nintendo Wii Game Bundle Come With include: Wii MotionPlus, Sensor Bar For Wii, DVD Game, Wii Sports, Big League Sports And Rechargeable Battery Dock for Wii Remote, OR Microsoft XBOX 360 250GB Game Bundle Come With include: DVD Game, XBOXLIVE, XBOX 360 Kinect, Kinect Sports: Season 2 And Rechargeable Battery System For XBOX 360. You Donât Miss Game Console OR PC Game Option Go Online at: http://www.shopping.hp.com/notebooks , http://www.nintendo.com/wii OR http://www.xbox.com/en-US/ . Please I'm Help itâs Up to You Decide and Americaâs Choice answers So Makesure Hopeful Weâre Got answers. Best Wishes Happy Holiday To Your All Everybody And Good Luck Too! Everyone.

Answer
I just want to see my best friend again. Six months ago she moved over sea's and she's coming home this holiday which I can't wait for!

Teenage girl christmas list 2011!?

Little Mon

Hi I'm 16 and I need some more things for my christmas list. Here is what I have already:
Snooki Slippers
Lady Gaga Born This Way Poster
Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion
Aerie Bra
A Straightener
$15 Starbucks Gift Card
Some boots that look like Uggs
Gym Membership

What else should I ask for?

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ipod
ipad
books
kindle
nook
victoria secret stuff
sephora makeup
perfume
CDs
Itunes gift card
a curler
board games
north face
printer
a gift card to some place
AE clothes
clothes from other place
head phones
a new phone
bluetooth
a phone plan
room remodeling
new furniture
new comforter
a dress
some nice shoes
heels
nail polish
hair clips
water repellant for ur boots
laptop
desk top
more posters
movie tickets
forever 21 gift card
swarovski stuff
juicy stuff
new luggage
a new purse
a new wallet
a pet
concert tickets
new phone case
Pjs
Food
converse
vans
rosetta stone
calculator
game system
plane tickets
shopping trip
cake
new matress
etc.. you get the idea. hope i helped! ;D happy holidays!

Is This a Good Light Gaming Laptop?

Anup

please no "dont buy a laptop for gaming" comments. it would be appreciated if there was an explanation with every 'no' response

light gaming as in 2-3 games like battlefield three on lowest settings and 4-5 low end games

hp dv6tse march 2011 model

2nd generation Intel(R) Dual Core(TM) i5-2520M (2.5GHz, 3MB L3 Cache) with Turbo Boost up to 3.2 GHz

1GB GDDR5 Radeon(TM) HD 6770M Graphics [HDMI, VGA]

6GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)

640GB 7200RPM Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection

Thanks for the help
the 6gb is the ram
1gb is the graphics memory

Answer
Looks pretty good to me :)

The Hunger Games Countdown Clock?

I want the countdown clock for the march 23 premiere of the hunger games on my desktop so every time I open my Macbook pro laptop i see it. i know you have to sometime copy a code or embed it but i don't know what to do after that... PLEASE HELP!

Oh and if you could give me a link to the clock that would be great. If not I'll forgive you. ;)

Answer
go down to the very bottom and follow the instructions

http://hungergamesdwtc.net/2011/01/countdown-widgets-for-the-hunger-games-film/

I have questions about gaming laptops?

William

3 questions / opinions.

-Give me a few of your favorite computer gaming brands like Alienware and razer(If the brand is desktop only don't mention because I'm getting a laptop :D).

- What parts I should upgrade like adding more ram. (Only thing I know that makes it faster.) Parts that make a lag free experience for gaming.

- Are there any special parts that make rendering videos on Sony Vegas faster? Thank you

I have questions about gaming laptops?

Answer
Personally, gaming laptops are great, but if you can, get a desktop; they are much better and don't over heat as well. But if you really want or need a gaming laptop here are some suggestions;

There are many companies that are great at making gaming laptops. Here are some that you might want to check out: CyberPowerPC, Malibal, Lenovo, ASUS, Sagernotebook, MSi, PowerPro, Powernotebooks, iBuyPower and OriginPC. I would also compare many of the products available.

You should check out all the parts on the computer. If you really want to get great graphics, check out the graphics processor, the CPU, the hard drive and the motherboard. In computer technology, you really get what you pay for and you rarely find very, very good deals. For better graphics, try to invest in the GTX 600 or 700 series, or the Radeon 7000 series, depending on the games you play (The Crysis series, for example, are good with the ATI 7000 series GPUs). You should check out what games are good with what graphics card. Also, I would not recommend integrated GPUs, such as Intel GPU, since they tend to be less powerful. As for CPU, try to find an Intel i5 or i7 quad-core CPU, preferably from the 3rd or 4th generation series. As for the hard drive, you should get two drives, one that is a hard drive and one that is a solid state drive. For the hard drive, try to find one that is at least 750 GB, preferably 1 TB and at 7200 for a lot of memory and speed. Although the Solid State Drive might be unnecessary, it speeds up the game a bit more and is not as loud as a hard drive, but has less memory and more expensive. If you can't get an SSD, you should get a good hard drive, because SSDs don't have as much memory as a hard drive, unless you plan to play only a few games.as for the motherboard, try to find reviews of the motherboard and see the benchmarks of the motherboard as well. Of course, you should get some good RAM, preferably 8 GB of DDR3 RAM, but the more, the merrier. If you plan on getting more than 16 GB of RAM, you need to get Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate, or Windows 8, since Windows 7 Home Premium can't support too much RAM. I would HIGHLY recommend getting a gaming mouse because trackpads are not good for gaming. Also, you should get a travel bag or backpack for your laptop, since gaming laptops can be pretty heavy. A cooling pad or something similar is recommended because the CPU can get really hot while playing.

As for Sony Vegas, a good CPU and GPU should do the trick, as well as a good amount of RAM.

There you have it. I hope this helps.

Is this a good gaming laptop ?

Patrick

Hi,
Is this Medion Erazer X6812 a good gaming laptop for these games ?
# Star Wars: The Old Republic
# The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
# Battlefield 3
# Crysis 2
# Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3
# Minecraft on far :D

Specs ;
Processor ; Intel Core i5-460M
Video card ; NVIDIA GeForce GTX460M GDDR5 1,5 Gb Videomemory
Resolution ; 1920x1080
RAM ; 4 GB
Harddisk ; 640 GB 5400rpm and a 64 SSD
Extra's ; Webcam 2000 x 1500, 30 FPS, 2 USB 3,0, Blu-ray reader, Dual Layer DVD-ReWriter

And should it be able to play games on full hd, because i like Full HD :D

Thank you very much!!
Patrick
The Price is 750 euros so 991,31 dollar ;)
Uhm.. xD on the medion site there is a x6812 xD
http://www.medion.com/nl/electronics/prod/MEDION%C2%AE+ERAZER%C2%AE+X6812+laptop/30012494A1?category=search_x6812
Its in dutch so you can't read it, but there is a picture ;)
Doesnt matter :P

Answer
You kidding?Because on that laptop you can play those games on max setting at FullHD.If you want you can check the link below.(sorry,there wasn't any gameplay video on YouTube that's why there is a X6813 BF3 gameplay on max settings and i think the specs are close)Oh and can you tell me that laptops price,i want to get something good like that too.(the new link below is a FHD BF3 gameplay on a Medion X6811,because i did some research and learned that there is no such thing as X6812,you wrote it wrong,you should have wrote X6811)And where will you get that thing on eBay?

Edit:Sorry i didn't look at the Dutch site xD

Looking for a gaming laptop 2012?

Young Fun

Hey guys!
I've been saving up for a new gaming laptop (I would love portability).
At first I was only looking at Alienware computers but people literally freak out when I mention it.
So i'm looking for something with a big screen and runs new games with top graphics settings with ease.
My price range is 1000-1500$
I would like 15-18inch sized screen.
The games i'll be playing will be :
Guild wars 2
Starcraft2
TERA

and in all honesty that's probably it. I don't care what brand but I am just seeing what you all would recommend.

please provide links to any specific computers if you list any.

Answer
Dell Inspiron 17R (N7110)

Price: $1,039.98 direct
The Dell Inspiron 17R (N7110) gives you some 3D performance through its Nvidia GeForce GT 525M graphics chip, creative control of both your virtual media and the laptop's physical appearance, and features to make this desktop replacement laptop pop. Read the full review âºâº

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Acer Aspire AS3830TG-6431

Price: $750 street
Best Deal: The Acer AS3830TG-6431 is one of the most powerful ultraportables on the market, equipped with an Nvidia GT 540M graphics chip. This laptop will not only play Crysis, it has enough battery power to get you through a coast to coast flight. Read the full review âºâº

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Asus K53SV-B1

Price: $990 street
Best Deal: The Asus K53SV-B1 desktop replacement laptop packs high-end performance without the price tag, offering quad-core Intel Core i7 processing and powerful Nvidia GeForce graphics for under $1,000. Read the full review âºâº

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Acer Aspire AS8950G-9839

Price: $1,499.99 street
Gamers will love the Acer Aspire AS8950G-9839 laptop's big 1080p-resolution screen, built-in Blu-ray drive, and crisp-sounding speaker system. The AMD Radeon HD 6850M powering the system impress, with playable frame rates on Lost Planet 2 and Crysis. Read the full review âºâº

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Dell XPS 15z (Microsoft

Price: $999 direct
Best Deal: The XPS 15z (Microsoft) is available from Microsoft's Store and every bit as luxurious as the Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch, but it won't cost you nearly as much. Read the full review âºâº

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Asus G74SX-BBK7

Price: $1,199 list
Best Deal: The Asus G74SX-BBK7's huge exterior speaks volumes: Intimidating to the casual consumer, but speaks to the gamer saying, "The bigger I am, the better I game." Read the full review âºâº

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Alienware M17X (Sandy Bridge)

Price: $2,254 direct
Best Deal: With outstanding gaming scores and the most wicked design, the Alienware M17X (Sandy Bridge) is the best gaming laptop, period. Read the full review âºâº

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Alienware M11xr3

Price: $1,099 direct
Need a portable gaming device to keep you sharp while you're on the road? Look no further than the Alienware M11xr3.

Read the full review âºâº

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Asus G74SX-A2

Price: $2,000 street
Best Deal: The Asus G74SX-A2 holds its own against top gaming laptops with its quad-core processor and Nvidia graphics, and its stealthy cooling system kicks in when those components get hot. Read the full review âºâº

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Samsung QX411-W01

Price: $799.99 list
Best Deal: The Samsung QX411-W01 is a mainstream laptop that includes top-notch battery life and a sturdy design among its features. It's Nvidia GT 520M won't get you far when it comes to high-end titles, but for those who like to play games like World of Warcraft, Portal, and Indie games like Limbo and From Dust, the QX411-W01 will suit your needs. Read the full review âºâº

I need help finding a gaming Laptop under 1000$?

steven

I want it to run GTA IV Ultra Settings with possibly enchancers for more graphics,
Crysis 2 maybe

I want it not to overheat , im bgoing to buy from ebay . recommend any model ?
M11X is it good for ultra gta iv /crysis 2
Asus G74 G74SX-BBK7 IS WORTH IT ?

Answer
Total Answer:

2012 Best Gaming Laptop Rank

1. Battalion 101 X7200
2. Asus G74SX
3. Alienware M18x
4. MSI GT683
5. Toshiba Qosmio X500
6. Asus
7. Alienware M17x
8. Alienware M14x
9. Origin Eon17
10. Falcon Northwest TLX

Choose The Best Gaming Laptop

Step1
Decide where you want to buy the best gaming laptop from. A few popular places include Sager, iBuyPower, CyberPower, and Alienware. Compare similar products from each company to not only get the best notebook, but to also get the best price.

Step2
Choose a price range, and find notebooks within that price range. To help you decide how much you're willing to spend, consider how fast your notebook will lose its value. The most expensive notebooks will lose their value fast, while the least expensive probably aren't a good buy to begin with. The optimum price will tend to be somewhere in the middle.

Step3
Decide how much power you want. Games include listings of "minimum requirements" and "recommended requirements." The best gaming laptop needs to at least meet the "recommended requirements," and for best performance, go beyond even that.

Step4
Look into the future. With system requirements for games constantly increasing, your notebook will one day be as useful for playing games as a brick is for breaking plexiglass windows. Consider buying a little extra power to tide you over until your next notebook purchase.

Step5
Get the best size screen for the best gaming laptop. Large screen sizes are typically best for gaming, but each increase in size means a slightly heavier laptop with less portability. If portability is an issue, a medium or even small screen size may be the best option. For both portability and a large screen size, consider leaving a separate monitor, keyboard, and mouse in the location where your laptop will spend the most time. Connect these to your laptop when you're there.

Step6
Choose the best gaming laptop based on style. If you've narrowed it down to just a couple notebooks, then decide based on style. Think about what kind of image you want to present to those around you as well as what style meshes the best with your personality. The more you love the way your notebook looks, the more likely it will be that you've found the best gaming laptop.

A good gaming computer's specifications would be:

Dual-core CPU, 2GHz or greater. (Recommended Intel i5 or AMD Phenom)
2GB RAM or greater, DDR2-800 or faster. (Recommended 4GB DDR3)
PCI-E 2.0 motherboard, ideally SLI-capable.
500W ATX12V2.0 power supply or better.
64-bit Vista w/SP1
500GB SATA hard drive or bigger. (Recommended 1TB)
HD3870, 9600GT, 8800GT or better graphics, 512MB+ (Recommended 1GB).
LED widescreen display, 1680x1050, 20 inch or better. (Recommended HD)

Source(s):
www.gladgold.com

Looking for a gaming laptop 2012?

Young Fun

I need help finding a gaming Laptop under 1000$?

steven

Friday, February 7, 2014

What Is The Best Gaming Laptop Under $500?

Sammer

I Need A Gaming Laptop That Has At Least 1 GB Of Dedicated Memory For The Graphics Card. Also It Has To Be Able To Run MW3 At Lowest Settings At Least And Run Minecraft. Thanks For The Help.

Answer
Under $500 hard to get very good gaming.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html
For MW3 on low you need Intel HD Graphics 3000 or better even without dedicated RAM. Some try to fool you with a bad dedicated graphics card.
Brand quality:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/244419/laptop_reliability_and_satisfaction_macbooks_rule.html
Average in the table is alphabetical
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2008029&CatId=4938
Acer Aspire AS5560G-7809 NX.RURAA.001 Notebook PC - AMD Quad-Core A6-3420M 1.5GHz, 4GB DDR3, 320GB HDD, DVDRW, AMD Radeon HD 7670M, 15.6" $455 plus shipping

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834246328
lenovo IdeaPad Z575 (12992PU) Notebook AMD A-Series A6-3420M(1.5GHz) 15.6" 6GB Memory DDR3 1333 500GB HDD 5400rpm DVDÂ±R/RW AMD Radeon HD 6650M

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834246322
lenovo IdeaPad Z575 (12992KU) Notebook AMD A-Series A8-3520M(1.6GHz) 15.6" 6GB Memory DDR3 1333 500GB HDD 5400rpm DVDÂ±R/RW AMD Radeon HD 6620G

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Acer+-+Aspire+AS5560-83524G50Mnkk+15.6%22+LED+Notebook+-+AMD+A8-3520M+1.60+GHz+-+Black/5070245.p?id=1218605853283&skuId=5070245
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Toshiba+-+15.6%26%2334%3B+Satellite+Laptop+-+4GB+Memory+-+500GB+Hard+Drive+-+Mercury+Silver/5710869.p?id=1218684538423&skuId=5710869

CPU+GPU benchmarking:
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu_list.php
There is what I found between Newegg, Tigerdirect, BHPHOTO, and Best Buy
The 7670M is slightly better than the 6650M, but 6GB and 500GB is better than 4GB and 320GB
It would be nice to have a stronger CPU.
http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=1400&game=modern%20warfare%203
They agree it will run on either system. The 7670M would get high settings on MW3 if the CPU doesn't bottleneck it. 6650M would be just a little lower in frame rate, and there are a few games that might fall between these chips as running or now. You might be able to change a ram card in the 4GB model. pop out a 2GB and put in a 4GB. The Acer has gigabit ethernet in hardwire connect

GAMING LAPTOP UNDER $500?

Bb Gg

First of all i know you cant get a "gaming laptop" for under $500.. Im just looking for a laptop that will play games like minecraft on high settings without lag and good fps. I would also really want to record gameplay aswell. For other games i am looking for medium setting with no lag and playable fps. Here are some of the laptops I have found.. Please tell me if these are good for what i need and please tell me some other laptops that would work.

1. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1864414&Sku=T25-15671&cm_re=Homepage-_-Spot%2001a-_-CatId_17_T25-15671

2. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2008029&pagenumber=1&RSort=1&csid=ITD&recordsPerPage=5&body=REVIEWS#CustomerReviewsBlock

3. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1732335&CatId=4939

4. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1864414&CatId=4939

Answer
The Acer is by far the best for gaming.

CPU and graphics power on separate tabs here:
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu_list.php
Computer game play is here:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html
Quality and reliability reviews here:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/244419/laptop_reliability_and_satisfaction_macbooks_rule.html
Mac's cost a fortune for what you get. Average is alphabetical.
Your #1 and #4 are the same system. And I checked yesterday and you want to raise your price to $530 there is another potential that is not as good at gaming but would run everything else better:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215419
It is well above the HP+Toshiba

Toshiba Satellite Pro C650-EZ1523D is a sturdy high quality system for the price as business level with Win 7 Pro, Intel Core i3-2350M is passmark 2943 Graphics G3D around 300 for Intel HD 3000 8GB RAM and 640GB HDD but only 10/100 ethernet. It is a fine system for schoolwork and is reliable, but not a gaming laptop at all.

Acer Aspire AS5560G-7809 A6-3420M 1.5GHz, 4GB DDR3, 320GB HDD, DVDRW, AMD Radeon HD 7670M I have spotted before and is a good gaming value at $450. They raised the price from $400 because it is still underpriced. The passmark score is 2304 and G3D score is 823 and is 2GB x 2 + 1GB for a total of 5GB RAM but is a small HDD by todays standards, and is 3 USB 2.0 indicated a slower bus speed as not having USB 3.0, but is gigabit ethernet so overall is a world better than the Toshiba.

The HP ProBook 4530s A7K06UT is their business line at least average in quality in the world of laptops (as opposed to their consumer do-do). It matches the Toshiba for gaming, but differs in smaller HDD, less DRAM, does have a USB 3.0 port and gigabit ethernet.

Of the 3, the Acer is by far the best for gaming by quite a bit because the Graphics is much more important than the CPU, but in the low level CPU of the Acer, it will probably cut into the frames per second as bottlenecking or gating and may not be as stable as it could be with a stronger CPU.

The $530 with free shipping from Newegg (tax collection varies by your location), Acer Aspire V3-551-8664 Notebook AMD A-Series A8-4500M(1.90GHz TurboCORE up to 2.8GHz) 15.6" 6GB Memory 750GB HDD 5400rpm DVD Super Multi AMD Radeon HD 7640G
The A8-4500M is AMD's answer to Intel's i5 M series with a Passmark score of 4293 almost double the other Acer and well above the HP+Toshiba and a higher clock speed than the A6 of the first Acer and is the newer die revision of tighter spacing in the chip. The 7640G co-packaged hybrid graphics is below the 7670M discrete graphics, but is still a respectable 631 G3D twice as good as the Intel integrated. With the extra GB of total RAM, the much bigger HDD, still with gigabit ethernet and also Bluetooth 4.0+HS for cellphone links, USB 3.0 assures the higher bus speed inside it, windows 8 compatible touchpad, better web cam. This system is all around much better than the $450 Acer, but is a really touch call because for gaming, it doesn't do nearly as high on settings, and the most intensive games are unplayable. I bring it up as another possibility in case you also do video editing or other things besides gaming, because you already know the gaming systems are better than the laptops for gaming.

So, on under $500 gaming, no question the Acer with the 7670M is the best. On an all-around usage, a $530 is much better, but weaker on gaming as you would see in notebookcheck.
USing Game-debate The Secret World (high graphics game) recommended is to have class 6 on each part.
The $450 Acer has a class 6 CPU, class 5 graphics, class 7 RAM and can run it no problem.
The $530 Acer has The CPU is class 8, but graphics only class 4 and RAM class 8
So scores only a maybe with lag in this game.
The Toshiba is class 7-3-9 and is worse.

Is this a good gaming laptop Asus X83Vb X2?

Alim

I am looking for a budget laptop, used or new, that can run some of my desktop apps like office 2010, adobe cs5, and some games. I play anything from Tropico 3, Spore, to Obivion the Elder Scrolls IV. Other than that I run Hulu, Netflix and Windows Media Player to watch video.

Please let me know your opinion of the Asus that I found on ebay priced at $500:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ASUS-14-GAMING-LAPTOP-NOTEBOOK-4GB-WEBCAM-HDMI-2GHZ-/180577102277?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item2a0b3be9c5#ht_10377wt_1139

So my question is this, good deal or not? And if not, what is a good alternative around the same price? :) Thanks.
The Asus g60 is pretty close in price. Only 4 USB ports and a bit bigger :\ I can live with it. Also I have my own copy of Windows 7 so OS is no issue. If I buy any computer used I wouldn't feel comfortable until I did a clean install with my own OS. I'll look into the Asus g60, thanks.

Answer
I have few that which has latest configuration and god for gaming
Acer AS5745G-7671 15.6-Inch Laptop - Black
*15.6-inch HD widescreen CineCrystal LED-backlit display
*2.4 GHz Intel Core i3-370M dual-core processor
*500 GB SATA hard drive (5400 RPM)
*4 GB of installed DDR3 RAM (1066 MHz)
*NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M with 1 GB of dedicated DDR3 video memory
*8x SuperMulti DVDÂ±R/RW drive can also write to CD, DVD-RAM, and dual-layer (DL) DVDÂ±R discs--which can hold up to 8.5 GB of data.
*1.3-megapixel HD webcam

Which one! Xbox 360 or Gaming Laptop?

Jesse

So i can't make my finale decision. I'm losing my mind. I don't know if i should get the xbox 360 with some accessories or a gaming laptop. Here are the two groups.

First is the Xbox 360 120GB Elite Spring 2010 Bundle,VIZIO VA220E 22-Inch,Xbox 360 Live Subscription Gold Card,Battlefield: Bad Company 2, HDMI cables, and Apple iPod touch 8 GB(with case and screen protecter).

Second is only the Asus G60JX-RBBX05 Gaming laptop(found at bestbuy)

The crazy thing is each group is less than $900 dallors!!!! If i choose the first group i don't have a laptop but i can use my parents desktop. But i still have the ipod touch for mobile use. Now if i choose the second group i wont be able to play good games that are only released through xbox 360.
What do you guys think(explain why)? Thank you for your time:)

Answer
Get the xbox, a gaming laptop may be great but you can play games just as well on your parents desktop's besides the bundle sounds like a great deal to me.

What is a good gaming laptop?

copycatnin

I need a gaming laptop to play Steam games like Left 4 Dead and TF2. However, a low price is REALLY important to me, so does anyone know of an inexpensive, but still reliable gaming laptop?

Answer
Acer Aspire AS5560G-7809 NX.RURAA.001 Notebook PC, hardcore games especially demanding games of 2011 like Battlefield 3 should run fluently in medium detail settings.

Best gaming laptop for christmas 2011?

bob

Im looking into buying a gaming laptop for christmas and i was wondering if anyone had any recommendations. It needs to run windows (no macs, etc), be capable of running new high end games (swtor, gw 2.. etc). And id like to keep it relatively cheap (under around $1300). thanks for your help.

Answer
I know exactly what you want... right now I'm using a Toshiba notebook ... It runs on windows 7. Very good for gaming. It cost me around 500 dollars canadian when it was on sale... for like 20 percent off or something :P but it seems like it's in your budget :)
It is 15-16'' . It has lasted me a while. You could look in Future Shop or Best Buy. I got mine in Future shop :P

help buying a laptop?

Matty Hunt

hello, this is my 1st time buying laptop. so i want to avoid buying unreliable brands or models. could anyone point me in the right direction of what i should avoid.
i will be getting one purely for gaming and internet, so WIFI and 1GB RAM is essential. a decent HD size 60GB+ wih celeron processor.
looking to spend between Â£400 - Â£600 tops
this is a lot of money for me hence the request for advise.
look forward to hearing some answers.
thanks
matt

Answer
first if you want one for 3D gaming STAY AWAY FROM CELERON, celeron is not made for gaming, and it will perform bad same thing with AMD Sempron (there is a reason they are cheaper). the 2 most important thing for gaming other then memory are processor and video card. you want to make sure you have intel centrino, or an AMD Turion processor, also you want to get a laptop with good ATI or Nvidia graphic chipset.
so here is the essentials you must to have:
Centrino or Turion processor
a good ATI or Nvidia Graphic chipset (most important thing for gaming)
1GB ram
you should be able to get a good laptop with these specs and your budget, and remeber once you buy the laptop you can easily upgrade the memory, but its very difficult and sometimes not possible to upgrade video card and processor.
brand wise HP and Toshiba's are both really good.

Gaming Laptop for <$1000?

kcdogg550

I need a new laptop that can play the newest 3D games, and I only have $900-$1,000 to spend.

Please state why you feel it is the best, not just the laptop.

Thanks!

Answer
Gaming herdware + laptop = more than $1000 price tag.

Not a ton more, but if you want to play the NEWEST games you are looking at about $1500 and up for a laptop. You can get a good one for $1200-1400 but it's not going to play the very top-end 3D games.

Anything with an intergrated graphics card it going to kill high-end gaming. You are going to need one with a decrete graphics card and at least 2GB (but 4GB would be a lot better) RAM. At least a 2.0 Dual core processor, but 2.4GHz+ is best (like an Intel Core 2 Duo or better). All that's going to be tough to find for under a grand.

Sorry to say, but for a true gaming laptop you've got to shell out fifteen hundred or more.

Laptop for college? Any advice?? 10 points best answer!!!!?

Dark A

I'm starting college in the fall and need a strong and durable laptop. I won't be using it for gaming so the features I will need will be basic: microsoft, a lot of web searching, downloading music, etc. Mostly school and personal use so a fast laptop would be really great. I'm an economics major but I'm not sure if I'll need any special programs. If any of you guys know about this, please let me know.

So yeah, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Things I'm looking for in a laptop are these:

Long battery life
Intel processor
decent memory
Something that would last me 4 years (if possible)
Something not too heavy
Something with windows 7 perhaps? I'm not a big fan of windows 8

Also any input on MacBooks or ultrabooks would be great. Is it worth it or no?

Thank you so much!

Answer
Hey, that is a great question, thanks for coming to answers, I hope this information helps.
http://www.onedollarcomputersolutions.com/laptop.php

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-3121_7-5758â¦

Most reliable laptop brands: the results

Apple tops the list, as might be expected from such a premium PC builder. Apple products are far from cheap, but they do offer a quality experience. Runner up Dell has a very different business model. It, like other high-ranking brands HP and Asus, operates as a volume laptop maker, selling many thousands of laptops every week. We would expect to see them, and Lenovo, high up in our list because they sell so many PCs: but their higher ranking suggests a lot of satisfied customers.

Apple: 19%
Dell: 12%
Asus: 11%
HP: 11%
Acer: 9%
Lenovo: 9%
Toshiba: 9%
Samsung: 7%
Sony: 6%
Alienware: 3%
Fujitsu: 1%
MSI: 1%
Panasonic: 1%
I do not agree with this. But this was the results of a large survey...

The best 8 laptops for sale at this time by pc advisor...

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/test-centre/laptop/3214618/best-laptop-you-can-buy-2013/?cmpid=HTML-DN210613&olo=daily%20news

That is a great question, hope I was able to help. Good Luck...

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Good laptop make me get a good one 10pts?

nicole

I have exactly 500 dollars my old pc broke I used it to record my gameplay with an HD PVR 2 GE look me up on YouTube TIMKTxAutoTune I would prefer if I can buy one at Walmart or best buy much have 8 gigs of ram doesn't have to have touch screen if does and too expensive tell me or lower the ram it might make it cheaper I like to edit record gameplay montages videos games are awesome so yeah I got 500 dollars and I need a really good laptop at editing windows-any must be at Walmart or best buy I can pay 600 (with taxes) please find a good laptop

Answer
Hey, thanks for coming to answers, I hope this information helps.
http://www.onedollarcomputersolutions.com/laptop.php

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-3121_7-5758â¦

Most reliable laptop and tablet brands: the results

Apple tops the list, as might be expected from such a premium PC builder. Apple products are far from cheap, but they do offer a quality experience. Runner up Dell has a very different business model. It, like other high-ranking brands HP and Asus, operates as a volume laptop maker, selling many thousands of laptops and tablets every week. We would expect to see them, and Lenovo, high up in our list because they sell so many units: but their higher ranking suggests a lot of satisfied customers.

Apple: 19%
Dell: 12%
Asus: 11%
HP: 11%
Acer: 9%
Lenovo: 9%
Toshiba: 9%
Samsung: 7%
Sony: 6%
Alienware: 3%
Fujitsu: 1%
MSI: 1%
Panasonic: 1%
I do not agree with this. But this was the results of a large survey...

The best 8 pc's for sale at this time by pc advisor...

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/test-centre/laptop/3214618/best-pc-you-can-buy-2013/?cmpid=HTML-DN210613&olo=daily%20news

That is a great question, hope I was able to help. Good Luck...

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Best Laptop to run steam games?

Q. i want to buy a laptop for no more that Â£400-500 it must be able to run most steam games on medium to high settings and have windows 7:) i don't want a mac book because they are really expensive and i don't have to much money at the moment :P do you have any ideas? ive look for about 2 hours now and cant find any D:
Thanks :)

Answer
You can have help here at http://www.tomshardware.com/ and http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=32&name=Laptops-Notebooks

I found a post at Tom's hardware , click this link http://www.tomshardware.com/news/weekend-deals-sale-coupon-online,13970.html

if it's not enough, you can find another laptops or find at amazon or eBay.

Laptops? anyone know a good one?

alanna e

I am looking for a good laptop to have but I don't know which one is good? Like dell, gateway and etc.... any of you know a good one?

Answer
I'd like to start off by saying that your question is very "vague." Moreover, we do not know what is your definition of a "good" laptop, and we certainly don't know what you'll be using the laptop for. But no worries, I'll give you some ideas on what to look for in laptops that best suits you.

There are 5 factors a buyer should take into consideration when buying a laptop: style, usability, price, battery, and performance. Let's explore each one.

style- the outer appearance of a laptop, the weight(portability), dimension(how wide, how thick, and how long), the quality of it's exoskeleton(the color, rugged features, shininess, display pixel), and number and variety of ports offered(the placement of ports around the laptop)

usability- keyboard size and style, trackpad and buttons, display options, heat and noise.

price- best bang for your buck, depending on what you use the laptop for, for example, casual computer users who just surf the internet, check e-mails, stream videos, don't need a beefy laptop with heavy graphic capability to play games or encode videos.

battery- battery life, enough said.

performance- how fast the laptop runs applications, how the fast hard drive stores or reads data, how fast dvd/cd burner writes, how smooth graphic is when playing videos or games .

I will give you a generalization of what people do when they buy laptops. Laptops, imo, breaks down to three categories(if budget isn't a major concern): hardcore gamer/media maker, desktop replacement for casual users, and economic laptops for starters with minimum need for performance.

hardcore gamer- a decent choice is the Dell XPS laptop series. Be prepared to shell out big bucks for these. Like the name suggests, it's only for gamers that are concerned with graphic performance while gaming on the road, I personally think it's a waste because for the same amount of money, or less, I am 100% guaranteed a desktop that has greater performance, especially with overclocking. Price ranges from $1200USD to over $5000USD, not kidding.

desktop replacement laptop- something a casual gamer or average computer user would use. Like the name suggests, it's for "replacing" your desktop, so basically anything an average desktop can run, so can this laptop. Price range goes from low $800USD to $1200USD

laptops aimed at starters, tight budget users- by starters I mean people who is buying their first laptop. Tight budget users are not concerned with graphic performance as long as apps run at a tolerable speed. These laptops are at the bottom of food chain, and there is a type of laptop that has recently sprung up and named as "netbooks." To quote a CEO of a computer maker, "it's a crappy version of laptops." It's extremely affordable price, light weight, and long battery power is what makes it so popular. Netbooks ranges from low $200USD to $600USD

Note: I did not categorize mobility laptops that put good performance and light weight together, because in my honest opinion those two things don't and shouldn't go together. Why? That's another question for another day.

To help you choose the right laptop, you can also read articles from PCmagazine.com and Tom's Hardware for laptop reviews, they have really good insight and professional testing/analysis/opinion on various brands. As for which brand to choose, I am biased as a Dell user, but I like their customer service and warranties, not so much the quality of laptops they produce though. The generic brands like HP/Compaq, Lenovo, Asus, Toshiba, Sony, each has their own flaws, but you can filter out one by one based on what you need, and of course, your consumer intuition and logic =P (owait, it's oxymoron to put intuition and logic together lol)

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Best Gaming laptop for under $1000 dollars?

Thomas

I'm 13 year's old and I go on the computer quite often I have a crappy Acer laptop that can't run any games not even stupid flash games on miniclip.com. I am looking for a gaming laptop that will be able to run minecraft no problem with at least 4 gigabytes of ram and a hardrive with more then 500 gb. The only catch is it has to be under $1000 dollars. I only get paid $100 dollars per semester if I get strait A's in school wich will be extremely hard. Please help me and if you guys now an easy way for a 13 year old to get money id like that.
THANKS!!

Answer
Well here's a great gaming laptop for under 1000 Dollars:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Dell+-+XPS+15.6%26%2334%3B+Laptop+-+8GB+Memory+-+750GB+Hard+Drive+-+Elemental+Silver/5773281.p?id=1218694833932&skuId=5773281

It can run any game that came out in 2011 and before on high graphics without lag but would probably run recent games on medium to high graphics. It's a really great laptop for its price and would really recommend you to get it. Though, if you're planing on buying a laptop in like 6 to 9 months from now, i'd say wait until then and then start looking for a laptop to buy because by then there would probably a lot of better laptops for a cheaper price than there are now. Good luck on getting good grades though and I hope you enjoy the laptop if you buy it! =)

Gaming laptops for under 1000 dollars?

Tyler

What is a good gaming laptop for playing games such as starcraft 2 dota2 leauge of legends with high frames and and atleast normal graphics quality.

Answer
These two ASUS can handle most games with no problem.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230597
Core i7-3630QM(2.4GHz) 15.6" 8GB Memory 1TB HDD 5400rpm DVDÂ±R/RW NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M 1920 x 1080 1 Year Accidental Damage/30-Day Zero Bright Dot

This one is $100 over but it is a good gamer

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230592
Core i7 3630QM(2.40GHz) 17.3" 12GB Memory 500GB HDD 7200rpm DVDÂ±R/RW NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M 1920 x 1080 1 Year Accidental Damage/30-Day Zero Bright Dot

This HP can be customized to what you need. If you want better performance upgrade the APU to a A10, dedicated graphics and increase the ram to 8GB.

http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-ENVY/C9W57AV;pgid=c7twGfjc0ptSRpIq7ZUcoGXQ0000fb8mNv9y;sid=NID2W1inOb6JXwkRbh2qz4GoAJwzDmy78dUe8LW2AJwzDtPc7Kuhl6jI?HP-ENVY-15z-j000-Notebook-PC A8-5550M APU HD 8000 Series Graphics 6GB DDR3 750GB 5400 rpm HD Starting at $530

This HP can be customized to. Upgrade the Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M 2048MB of dedicated video memory. Do not get this lappy without the graphics upgrade.

http://shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-ENVY/E4T17AV?HP-ENVY-15t-j000-Quad-Edition-Notebook-PC i7-4700MQ 8GB DDR3 1TB 5400 rpm Hard Drive Starting at $870

Brand buying advice

You get what you pay for. Systems with high end parts with low prices are to be viewed with suspicion. They have to cut corners somewhere to get the price down. What cost you less today is going to cost you more tomorrow.

Apple makes a good quality laptop. The problem comes when it requires service or minor upgrades. It is near impossible to do anything with them. They even glue the battery and hard drive down so you can not change it. They solder the ram to the logic board so you can not increase it. They lock up most of the software so your stuck with what they approve.

Lenovo has serious stand behind their product problems. They bought IBM PC division and proceeded to drive the quality of the system into the ground. Their customer service is well below par. They even makes Dell customer service look good. Lenovo will not allow people to read instruction on how to access the BIOS menu or to get info on their puters on their web site unless you connect to them thru Facebook. They do this so they can spy on their users. The last and final thing to remember about them is they are a Chinese Government own company. It is up to you if you want to trust them.

Toshiba, Panasonic, Sony should be avoided because of their heavy modification of Windows and the drivers. If you remove some of the bloat they install, you can cripple the system.

Acer, Gateway, and eMachines should be avoided period. Low end system that are driving the race to the bottom.

Dell once made a good system and fell from grace. They are now struggling to regain their place in the market. Customer service is one of many problems with this company.

Alienware are glorified Dells and are more name then product. Priced extremely high for what you get. They do perform but you can get the same for less by looking around, just not packaged to be eye candy to the gamers.

Samsung has a history of using cheap parts in critical areas. Capacitors has been one area Samsung has a known history of going cheap, causing units to fail early. For that reason I would avoid them.

ASUS and HP do not modify Windows as bad as the other manufacturers. They have excellent build quality. They might add a lot of bloat but they also makes it easy to get rid of it.

Ultrabooks are the higher end of Wintel laptops but they have some of the same concerns as Apple. They make it next to impossible to change any hardware in them. Service of them will have to be done by the manufacturers. With most of them, you can not change your own battery or hard drive. They are designed to catch your eye but they are not any more special then other laptops except for the fact that they are slim or thin. Your paying for it being thin and slim. For the money your going to spend on it you can buy a much better laptop with more power.

Hybrids are the worse of the worse. The flip or detachable touch screens are just a disaster waiting to happen.

Never buy an All In One. They are far worst then laptops of any kind to service and they have a higher failure rate.

Choose wisely.

:)

what is a good gaming laptop to record yourself and post to youtube?

Matthew

I was thinking if alien ware was a good one?

Answer
Take a look at these rankings:
http://blog.laptopmag.com/best-worst-notebook-brands-2013/3

Here are some gaming laptops, obviously there are other places to look ...
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/landing_pages/ideapad/gaming-pcs
http://www.asus.com/us/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/Gaming_Products/

Lenovo, Asus, HP, and Samsung are the top 4 laptop brands. I wouldn't consider any other brands.

Dell makes Alienware and they are not worth the money charged.
Acer makes Gateway. You'd have to pay me to use one of their machines.
Sony hardware has generally been good, but they are notorious for putting huge amounts of crapware/bloatware on machines and gathering information on their consumers without their knowledge or permission.
Toshiba has bottomed the rankings. Personally, I have used them and never had a problem, but that does not appear to be the case any more.

What are good specs for a gaming laptop?

Nick

I have a pretty mediocre laptop, and I want to get a new one that works for gaming. What are the specs for a good gaming laptop? I don't want any top-of-the-line laptop that's going to cost a bunch of money. Just specs decent enough to play Starcraft and The Old Republi (when it comes out) without lagging like crazy.

Answer
Gaming Laptop Chart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5QdtEy-qao

Best gaming-laptop for the price?

Hugo

I'm looking for a laptop, preferably an ultrabook. It should be able to hande games like bioshock, dead island and absolutely minecraft without lag. It shouldn't cost more than 7000kr (1000$). I realize it will be hard to find a great laptop for that price, but what is the best thing to focus on when buying a laptop when it's for gaming? Could you recommend a computer? Sorry for cluttery question.

Answer
For a gaming laptop, you will definitely need a machine that has a good processor, graphics card and Memory/RAM as well as your screen resolution (ideal screen resolution for gaming =1920_x_1080). For graphics card, you will want to ensure that your laptop has a dedicated graphics card and not integrated graphics.The two best brands of graphics card are Navida and AMD Radeon.
I personally recommend to you based on your budget, the Lenovo IdeaPad Y500. It is simple an awesome built gaming machine and runs the latest games.
It has the intel i7 processor which is an excellent processor (probably the best available for gaming). It also has the NVIDIA Dual SLI GT650M 2GB graphics card which is very good and will work awesomely with that i7 processor. Memory is very essential to a gaming machine- and this gaming laptop has 8 GB DDR3 which is ideal for gaming. The Lenovo IdeaPad Y500 also comes with a 1000 GB hard drive as well as a 1920_x_1080 screen resolution which is excellent.
Comes with built in webcam and microphone as well as wi-fi. Windows 8..
It is sold for $999 >> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ATANUT4/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00ATANUT4&linkCode=as2&tag=cheonlsto-20

You will just not find a better gaming laptop in that price range. This machine has proven t run all those games you have listed below in addition to crysis 3, COD 3, Skyrim, etc

What would be and good gaming laptop and what would be the price?

Jessica

I'm thinking of buying one and I wanna know how much for a GOOD gaming laptop. I already have $310 saved (It was for a new iPod Touch)
Should I even change my mind? Or stick to a Touch? I have the OLD Shuffle and I want a new iPod but I don't know anymore!
Plz help. Thanks :)
I plan on getting more money...lol

Answer
well ailienware are "overkill" gaming laptops. there laptops are 2-3 thousand dollars and can do way more then you need for games, but if you have allot of money, there great computers. if you have a thousand dollars you could look into there min spec configurments. i think its kinda funny that there computer are so expensive, they offer financing on them. i look at one of there desktop, and fully customized to its max it was 14000$.

a good gaming laptop is gonna be around 800$. for gaming laptops, besides custom laptop makers like ailienware, asus is a great brand. they have great quality computer that are very fast and great at gaming (there one of the only brands that have graphics cards in the laptop). there my favorite laptop brand and have great customer service.

for a gaming laptop, you want at least 2.4ghz dual core processor, 3gb of ram and a good graphics card. if you see "graphics accelerator chip" or "graphics chipset" the computer will be horrible at games and you shouldnt buy it.

heres some good gaming laptops at newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220560
as far as gaming laptops go, this is great. it can do almost any game including crysis. its got a very very fast processor, 320 gb of memory and 4gb of ram. with this your set for games, th downside is its 1000$. allitle expensive and the 800$ one below is almost as good.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220564
this one is pretty good at gaming. it can do newer games like sims 3 or gta 4. its 700$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834146585
heres a great deal. its got almost the specs of the first 1000$ laptop, but its only 800$. it has teh same processor 4gb of ram and 320gb, but its smaller and is a tiny bit slower in some other areas. i perosnally would go with this one.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834107032
here i tried to find you the cheapest one i could, its ok and can do some games, mabey gta 4, and probebly sims 3, no crysis or super high graphics games.

heres a link to the newegg laptops.
http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=32&name=Laptops-Notebooks

Strictly gaming laptops under 200$?

Chris

I am looking for a laptop that is cheap (close to 100$, 200$ MAX) that is STRICTLY for gaming. I have a laptop that I use for everything else (school, work, etc) that is wonderful for what I use it for but it has a terrible video card and dedicated ram that I can't change. Is there any way i can find a laptop or even a desktop that is extremely cheap but has fantastic gaming abilities? So far my options I've found are 400$+. Let me reiterate that, in this computer, I ONLY need the ability to game, I don't need the newest operating system or amazing durability, etc. Help would be much appreciated!

Answer
A mediocre gaming laptop would be a minimum of $600-$650 dollars. Anything below that is a glorified web browsing/facebook/youtube machine.

What is a good laptop for under $650?

Liberal. N

Also, what would be a good laptop for me, I only would use the laptop for internet, music, picture storage and watching movies and television shows. I had a Dell Inspiron 1545 until yesterday when it decided to completely die and it would just be more worthwhile to buy a new one. I don't plan on putting any games on it. I don't want a laptop that will overheat easily either.

Answer
The best value under that price would be at hp.com.

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Is there a good 2012 15 inch gaming laptop with quadcore that I can get for $1200?

Robbie

Also can I get a 2012 gaming laptop with these specs included?

3.3ghz
15.6 inch screen
bluray/dvd player/burner drive
backlit colored keyboard red or green
luiquid cooling

Answer
www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-Pavilion/A3F49AV?HP-Pavilion-dv6t-7000-Quad-Edition-Entertainment-Notebook-PC

blue backlit for 25 dollar upgrade

turbo boost to 3.3 GHZ

BluRay drive, not sure if its a burner though

15-6 inch screen

thats going to be around 775 w/o tax... i suggest getting the upgrade to the better graphics card (650m 2gb) (125$) bluetooth (15$), and the 1080p screen (150$). also the 750 gig 7200 rpm hard drive (10$) would be a very good choice. now the price would be around.... 1250 with tax. but you have to use the coupon code white100 to get the extra 100 dollars off. can run any game on ultra 30 plus FPS.

EDIT nope, the price would be 1167.71 with NY tax already added on. this computer did come out in 2012 also.... i think you knew the computer i explained was already on your mind lol...

EDIT broken link! sorry! heres the new clickable one

http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-Pavilion/A3F49AV?HP-Pavilion-dv6t-7000-Quad-Edition-Entertainment-Notebook-PC

Is this a good low budget gaming laptop?

Alfred

Ok so I was looking at this laptop (I have a budget of Â£500) and I found this laptop for Â£429.99

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/laptops-netbooks/laptops/laptops/hp-pavilion-g6-2399sa-15-6-laptop-white-21449716-pdt.html

Its a HP Pavilion G6-2399sa

It has a quad core AMD A10-4600M APU Processor (2.3ghz 4 mb cache)
8GB RAM
Radeon HD 7660G Integrated graphics card along with 3.98 GB of extra memory for the graphics card.

I am looking to play games mainly minecraft GTA IV and maybe some skyrim will this laptop lend well to playing these games on low to high settings? Also if anyone has a laptop in my budget that is similar or better feel free to list it and ill check it out :)

Answer
First, basic quality by brand and sub-brand
At Lenovo, their "everyday" is Essentials. At HP, they have Compaq and Pavilion both covering the cheap stuff, and at Dell is Inspiron, and Toshiba has Satellite and Acer has Gateway, but even Acer brand is cheap stuff also.
Latest average quality report
http://www.rescuecom.com/news-press-releases/computer-reliability-report-2013-Q1.aspx
and here is a 3Q 2012 (see "source" - moved links for Y/A)
but that is all computers, so also
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2020725/apple-macbooks-lead-in-laptop-features-and-reliability.html

HP Pavilion deserves no price premium based on this data.
Laptop performance data set:
CPU performance is here:
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php
and http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Processors-Benchmarklist.2436.0.html
and graphics ranks here where gaming is a good guidance to graphics power:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html

That allows basic evaluation.
AMD A10-4600M APU Passmark score: 3146
Rank #167 by Notebookcheck.
Gaming rank #192 for HD 7660G

Curry's including the Â£100 cashback sale on laptops of Â£499 and higher, plus a normal good online shop of value being Saveonlaptops are usually best to look at now.

To beat the HP, need either a better price on an A10 laptop, or one with a true discrete graphics card better than the HD 7660G.
http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Products/cat/Laptops/refine/max~510$46567~59712
http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenovo_Z580_1336881.html
Lenovo Z580 with IntelÂ® Coreâ¢ i5-3230M Dual Core Processor, 15.6" HD Screen, Microsoft Windows 8 64-bit, 8GB DDR3 RAM, 1000GB HDD, DVD Rewriter, Dedicated GT 635M 2GB Graphics, 2.65kg, in your choice of white or red.
Much faster CPU than the HP. Much better graphics performance than the HP. More total DRAM via the 2GB dedidated as extra. same size HDD. Equal or better in sub-brand reliability. Clearly worth the extra Â£70 and slightly higher weight about that of the graphics card you get.
Passmark score: 4012 27% higher performance
Rank #76 by Notebookcheck - a huge gaming advantage cpu.
Gaming rank #132 for GT 635M, - unquestionably superior gaming.

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_Timeline_Ultra_M3-581TG_1347841.html
Acer Â£470 or a little cheaper with less DRAM is also OK.
IntelÂ® Coreâ¢ i3-2377M Dual Core Processor, 15.6" HD Screen, Microsoft Windows 8 64-bit, 10GB DDR3 RAM, 500GB HDD + 20GB SSD, DVD Rewriter, Dedicated GT 640M Graphics, 2.2 Kg
Brand quality slightly lower than the HP and notably lower than the Ideapad.
CPU performance much lower in performance. Smaller but faster by SSD Acceleration HDD, overflowing abundance of RAM (or cut cost to a usually sufficient 4+2GB), and the golden charm is the GT 640M and 2.2kg weight moved up to rank #105 in gaming if your games are sufficient with the i3.
http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=625&game=The+Elder+Scrolls+V&p_make=Intel&p_deriv=Core+i3-2377M+1.5GHz&gc_make=Nvidia&gc_deriv=GeForce+GT+640M&ram=10&checkSubmit=#systemRequirements
Medium-high on Skyrim held to about 25 to 30 fps by the CPU at the settings as expected.
http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=625&game=The+Elder+Scrolls+V&p_make=Intel&p_deriv=Core+i5-3230M+2.6GHz&gc_make=Nvidia&gc_deriv=GeForce+GT+635M+2GB+DDR3&ram=8&checkSubmit=#systemRequirements
The Lenovo has the far better CPU, but the gaming settings may be very slightly lower by GT 635M vs GT 640M. Including more games of higher CPU requirements, and considering the overall specifications, I would get the Lenovo and sacrifice a couple of frames per second in Skyrim (and GTA4 and Minecraft) for a faster overall performance and bigger HDD and higher quality of the Lenovo, but they are both better than the HP. Make note of a Toshiba L870 that is a 17.3" also better than the HP if interested in it.
44 laptops at Curry's UK in price range to consider.
Seeing the same HP at the same price since PCWORLD and Curry's are affiliated. We are dissappointed that the high quality Samsung's and Asus below 500 quid are HD 4000, as are the Touchscreen Lenovo's and highly discounted ultrabooks, because we need a good graphics card.
We note an HP Envy m6-1232ea at 550 minus 100 cashback with the good i5 CPU and HD 7670M graphics card better than the A10 Pavilion, but not good enough to beat the Lenovo in projected quality or performance, nor the Acer in performance.
Gaming: Acer, Lenovo, Toshiba, HP Envy, HP Pavilion in that order.
Quality: Lenovo, HP Envy, Toshiba, HP Pavilion, Acer in that order.

Gaming computer advice.?

Finn

I'm really low on budget so, my max is about 500 euro's, not sure how many USD that is. But i really wanna build a game PC with atleast 70 fps on minecraft, i never builded a game PC myself and i don't know how to do it, i've looked up some tutorials on youtube but not every game PC case, motherboard is the same, and i can't find tutorials under 500 euro's. that show you how to build it, not what processors or motherboards you should use or whatever. So to clear everything up; I am not into building a game PC myself if i don't find a good tutorial with the same items i'm going to use. Or i'll just buy a PC that is already build by a proffesional. ( Laptop is good to but i guess PC's are better)

Thanks if you help me out. :)

I'd like to give out my skype to the ones that are into helping me.

Answer
Well I have the savior for you, but do you have a monitor?
CHEAP MODERN FAST GAMING DESKTOPS( WITH INCLUDED KEYBOARD AND MOUSE)
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I'm looking for a good laptop?

Don

I'm looking for a laptop before the school year starts. I want one that has windows 8, has Microsoft, good Internet, is made by dell, good gaming and under $500

Answer
"made by Dell" and "good" in the same sentence.
http://www.rescuecom.com/news-press-releases/Computer-Reliability-Report-2013.aspx
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2020725/apple-macbooks-lead-in-laptop-features-and-reliability.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/244419/laptop_reliability_and_satisfaction_macbooks_rule.html

Ask again without the "Dell". Above are reports by a repair center and customers.
Win 8.1 fixes some issues in Win 8, and more are fixable:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/windows-os-software/708472-list-start-menu-replacements-windows-8-a.html
You can even get the Apple Dock in a Windows system:
http://www.winstep.net/nexus.asp
Use these for performance:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Processors-Benchmarklist.2436.0.html
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html
And don't take a refurb or low rated laptop just because it has Windows 7.
This Asus with i5-3210M is good:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834231174
Dell changed to low performing U suffix CPUs so the i5's perform like i3's.

help with gaming laptop?

Steve

someone please just give me a recommended list of specs for a laptop running games such as minecraft, league of legends, and UT 3.
thank you

Answer
ASUS laptop.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230987
Core i5 3230M(2.60GHz) 15.6" 6GB Memory DDR3 1600 500GB HDD 5400rpm DVDÂ±R/RW NVIDIA GeForce GT 610M

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230416
Core i5 3210M(2.50GHz) 14.1" 8GB Memory 750GB HDD 5400rpm DVDÂ±R/RW NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230597
Core i7 3630QM(2.40GHz) 15.6" 8GB Memory 1TB HDD 5400rpm DVDÂ±R/RW NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M

Two HP that can be customized to what you need, starting at $530

http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-ENVY/B5Y73AV;pgid=c7twGfjc0ptSRpIq7ZUcoGXQ000046kL18cI;sid=9zDf3cQuLykz6ZWxCIeGSR0hwywaiPAyMmXy0Rex_etSdk9VLxt6fHwh?HP-ENVY-dv6z-7200-Notebook-PC

http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-Pavilion/B6C46AV;pgid=c7twGfjc0ptSRpIq7ZUcoGXQ0000ptFcn-Ce;sid=UfkUk5vYup7bi8p-xu5OB0LXZeXRxq_ElKxaT319WyKZOCFLk0_Q5UIX?HP-Pavilion-g6z-2200-Notebook-PC Your choice of 5 colors

These are not customizable

http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-ENVY/C2K91UA;pgid=c7twGfjc0ptSRpIq7ZUcoGXQ0000ptFcn-Ce;sid=UfkUk5vYup7bi8p-xu5OB0LXZeXRxq_ElKxaT319WyKZOCFLk0_Q5UIX?HP-ENVY-Sleekbook-6-1110us
HP SleekBook AMD Quad-Core A8-4555M APU AMD Radeon HD 7600G 4 GB DDR3 500 GB SATA (5400 rpm)

http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-ENVY/C2N66UA;pgid=c7twGfjc0ptSRpIq7ZUcoGXQ0000ptFcn-Ce;sid=UfkUk5vYup7bi8p-xu5OB0LXZeXRxq_ElKxaT319WyKZOCFLk0_Q5UIX?HP-ENVY-dv7-7230us-Notebook-PC
17" DV7-7230US laptop AMD Quad-Core A8-4500M APU AMD Radeon HD 7640G 6 GB DDR3 750 GB SATA (5400 rpm)

Buying advice

Apple makes a good quality laptop. The problem comes when it requires service or minor upgrades. It is near impossible to do anything with them. They even glue the battery and hard drive down so you can not change it. They solder the ram to the logic board so you can not increase it. They lock up most of the software so your stuck with what they approve.

Lenovo has serious stand behind their product problems. They bought IBM PC division and proceeded to drive the quality of the system into the ground. Their customer service is well below par. They even makes Dell customer service look good. The last and final thing to remember about them is they are a Chinese Government own company. It is up to you if you want to trust them.

Toshiba, Panasonic, Sony should be avoided because of their heavy modification of Windows and the drivers. If you remove some of the bloat they install, you can cripple the system.

Acer, Gateway, and eMachines should be avoided period. Low end system that are driving the race to the bottom.

Dell once made a good system and fell from grace. They are now struggling to regain their place in the market. Customer service is one of many problems with this company.

Alienware are glorified Dells and are more name then product. Priced extremely high for what you get. They do perform but you can get the same for less by looking around, just not packaged to be eye candy to the gamers.

Samsung has a history of using cheap parts in critical areas. Capacitors has been one area Samsung has a known history of going cheap, causing units to fail early. For that reason I would avoid them.

ASUS and HP do not modify Windows as bad as the other manufacturers. They have excellent build quality. They might add a lot of bloat but they also makes it easy to get rid of it.

Ultrabooks are the higher end of Wintel laptops but they have some of the same concerns as Apple. They make it next to impossible to change any hardware in them. Service of them will have to be done by the manufacturers. With most of them, you can not change your own battery or hard drive. They are designed to catch your eye but they are not any more special then other laptops except for the fact that they are slim or thin. Your paying for it being thin and slim. For the money your going to spend on it you can buy a much better laptop with more power.

Tablets are just toys to me. They can not handle the work load like Laptops and Desktops and do not have the storage capacity you will end up needing.

Hybrids are the worse of the worse. The flip or detachable touch screens are just a disaster waiting to happen.

Never buy an All In One. They are far worst then laptops of any kind to service and they have a higher failure rate. My experience with them are limited because the few I worked on made me think they were designed in such a way as it would take a blow torch and a jack hammer just to disassemble them.

Choose wisely.

What's a good gaming laptop for under $750?

Tommy

I want windows 8 and not refurbished with an Intel processor.

Answer
Hello,

It's not the matter of good. Because what I play, you might not.
It's the matter of the games you want to play, and getting the game preferred spec's will provide you with that information, then you can cross reference to a laptop that you will need. Thus the price.
So you will be going online to find out these spec's then finding one. Else you can go to a place like Best Buy and tell them what you want to play and they will lead you to what you need. But make sure their a gamer first!
And depending on the laptop, you can upgrade the DDR (RAM) and HD (hard drive) to a SSD (solid state drive) if/as needed.
Not trying to be mean, but there is no gaming on the cheap. In the end you will get what you pay for.
No BS, just giving you an honest and straight answer.

can anyone suggest a good laptop, notebook ,altrabook for around R10000?

maartin

Iam a student from south africa I need a laptop around R10000 =$1000 to be able to do most entertainment stuff like play movies music and games and have a good screen and good battery life ..

Answer
Hi,

I think I've got the perfect laptop for you:http://www.laptopdirect.co.za/MSI-MS-CX702OD-023ZA-lp-79747.php

It's an MSI notebook with a fast Intel Core i3 processor, 4GB of RAM, 500GB hard drive, NVIDIA GT 740M graphics card, perfect for whatever game, and Windows 8 64bit. It also has a HD 17.3" screen and an impressive 6 hour battery life. It costs 9027 Rand.

Hope this helped,
Siva :D

What laptop is this is?

mikel

Can someone please identify the model of this laptop?

Answer
It is a Samsung 301V ultrabook.
The picture comes from this ad in Johannesburg South Africa
http://www.junkmail.co.za/computers/laptops-notebooks-and-tablets/gauteng/johannesburg/south-rand/samsung-301v-ultrabook-3months-old-gaming-laptop-31713215

It is a discontinued model that is not available globally.

If you own it, there should be a model number label on the bottom.
Or, Install Belarc Adviser to see what it finds out.
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

Recommend a laptop for the clueless?

*Sombra*

We are wanting to replace our fried desktop PC (R.I.P.) with a laptop. Unfortunately we know nothing about laptops and I feel like the more I research the topic, the more confused I get!

I have read and heard good things about HP and Asus. Not so good about Dell. Have heard that Toshiba and Acer are OK but not great. Sony seems overpriced. Never had a Mac, so not particularly interested in that brand.

Am I getting the right information? The salesmen (kids, actually) at Best Buy are gaga for Asus, I suspect because it is considered the best for gaming?

I don't need a gaming computer. I need something for internet browsing, email, etc. In other words, a computer that will get a LOT of daily use by 3 family members, but not HARD use.

What features are most important and worth paying for?
Which brand(s) are considered good?
Which brand(s) to avoid?

Reliability, speed, and value for the $ are my main concerns. Tech support is a consideration too. I'm not locked into a particular price point, but don't want to overspend for features I don't need. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated ... as you can see, I need all the help I can get!

Thanks.

Answer
When buying a laptop, always look for the following specifications:

Processor
Video chipset
RAM
Expandability
Operating System
Hard disk size
Battery life
Video screen size (resolution)
Wireless networking
DVD/CD/Blu-Ray options
Webcam availability

You can find detailed computer specifications directly on the manufacturerâs website (hp.com, Toshiba.com, dell.com, etc.)

Obviously, the deciding factor, all things being equal, is the price, warranty, plus the manufacturerâs and/or sellerâs reputation. User reviews are also useful to gauge how popular or unpopular a laptop is.

Processor â The most current processors as of this writing are the Intel i3, i5 and i7, that just came out around January 2010. The higher the processor number, the faster it is, but also, the more expensive. I3 processors are great for casual to power users. The i5 is kind of the best choice if you also do some gaming and power usage (development, video creation), although the i3 is also great for those too. For hard-core users (developers, gamers and such) the i7 is the best choice.

Video chipset - Regardless of the processor, consider obtaining a video card if you plan to do hard-core gaming. A mobile Intel chipset with shared memory (it takes part of your RAM to operate) is usually enough for casual to power users but not for intense 3d games (Fallout, Bioshock, etc.). An Nvidia (or similar) video card with 512Mb to 1Gb of dedicated memory is what you should consider for hard-core gaming.

RAM â Current laptops have a minimum of 3Gb of RAM. But the recommended is to have at least 4Gb.

Expandability â Your laptopâs memory should be expandable beyond 3-4Gb. 8Gb or more of maximum memory expandability should last you a long time.

Operating System â Windows 7 is the latest OS. You should obtain the 64-bit edition. To take advantage of faster and more efficient applications. Also if you decide to expand your RAM later, 64-bit allows expansion beyond 4Gb, whereas 32-bit limits you to a maximum of 3Gb of RAM. Windows Home Premium (32 and 64-bit) is enough for casual to most power users. Windows 7 Ultimate is the choice for hard-core users, but is also much more expensive.

Hard Disk size â The more hard disk space, the more storage will be available for photos, videos, programs and overall data. A hard disk with 250-320Gb is ok for casual use, but 500Gb is kind of the latest trend. Thereâs always the option of buying external storage, but remember that people buy laptops for portability, and you donât want to carry an external drive with you too soon.

Battery life â The most common are the six-cell batteries, which last about 2-3 hours under optimal conditions of use. If you require a longer battery life, you can obtain an 8-12 cell battery, which will give you additional hours of use but will also add bulk to your laptop as they are also larger in size.

Video screen size â They come between 10â to 20â (inches). A larger screen offers the best resolution, but also makes for a larger laptop.

Wireless networking â To make a laptop truly portable, you will need wireless connectivity. The laptop should be capable of connecting to a wireless b/g/n network. Older laptops are only capable of b/g wireless. Obviously, you will also require a wireless router to connect to a wireless network.

DVD/CD/Blu-Ray options (Optical drive) â It should include at least a DVD/RW (read writable) to allow you to play DVD movies, read music and data CDs and create your own data DVDs / CDs. Blu-Ray drives are nice to have but they are pricier obviously.

Webcam availabilityâ A must for those Youtube, Facebook fans, or for anyone who wants to communicate face to face through the Internet.

Your selected laptop may be fast, but consider other external factors that may affect the overall performance:

Internet connection â You may have a super laptop, but it wonât help if you are still using dial-up to browse the Internet.

Older programs â Programs designed for older operating systems may affect your computerâs performance. Look for the latest software upgrades on the Internet.

Too many background programs â The Yahoo, Google, AVG antivirus, Norton toolbars are great, but too many of these types of applications slow your computer down. Be careful and choose only the options that you need when installing new applications to avoid overloading your computerâs memory with unnecessary programs.

Gaming Laptop?

Anonymous

Which laptop has the best graphic card and battery life? I will be using it as a "gaming laptop" to take on long trips.

Answer
It's hard to find the right balance of Graphics Card power VS Battery Life, getting more out of one generally means losing out on the other.

If you're looking for a small laptop for long trips then i'd also have to recommend the Dell XPS m1330, it's a decent laptop for gaming and has a good battery life depending on what you're doing.

Now if you really want to blow you're socks off you should go with the Killer Notebook's Executioner SR, the battery life ain't so hot BUT it's easily the best value for money with it's massive screen and powerful graphics card. There's also the Killer Notebooks Odachi which is coming out sometime this month that sports Dual nVidia GeForce Go 7950 GTX in SLi configuration if you're really into having a bleeding edge gaming laptop ;)

But then again if you'll be using the laptop for "long trips" the Killer Notebook options, although awesome, will never last more than an hour off mains power so it might be best to stick with the Dell m1330 (on average 3 hours depending on what you're doing) :)

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