Decent laptop specs for games?

[GothicSeraph]

Jeez can you guys stop fucking fighting, this thread is about me not for your bitching.

What kind of games are you planning on?

[Soso0]

Jeez can you guys stop fucking fighting, this thread is about me not for your bitching.

What kind of games are you planning on?

Well I just bought a laptop last week. Sim games for the most part. Nothing like Crysis. I just wanted to play them in high detail without having them lag. This new one is doing a fine job. I got an Intel Core i5-420CPU at 1.70GHz
With 8GB of Ram with Intel HD Graphics 4000

[zok jr.]

Jeez can you guys stop fucking fighting, this thread is about me not for your bitching.

What kind of games are you planning on?

Well I just bought a laptop last week. Sim games for the most part. Nothing like Crysis. I just wanted to play them in high detail without having them lag. This new one is doing a fine job. I got an Intel Core i5-420CPU at 1.70GHz
With 8GB of Ram with Intel HD Graphics 4000

if you are gonna go with a integrated card you should've got one with ati graphics, Intel integrated is shit. Although for sim city or whatever should be fine.

[Soso0]

Jeez can you guys stop fucking fighting, this thread is about me not for your bitching.

What kind of games are you planning on?

Well I just bought a laptop last week. Sim games for the most part. Nothing like Crysis. I just wanted to play them in high detail without having them lag. This new one is doing a fine job. I got an Intel Core i5-420CPU at 1.70GHz
With 8GB of Ram with Intel HD Graphics 4000

if you are gonna go with a integrated card you should've got one with ati graphics, Intel integrated is shit. Although for sim city or whatever should be fine.

What's the difference? And the laptop was $499 which I feel was a good deal

[Lucifer]

Well I just bought a laptop last week. Sim games for the most part. Nothing like Crysis. I just wanted to play them in high detail without having them lag. This new one is doing a fine job. I got an Intel Core i5-420CPU at 1.70GHz
With 8GB of Ram with Intel HD Graphics 4000

Those specs are incorrect. The i5-400 series is from the Arrandale generation, which is 4 years old and came with Intel HD graphics. HD4000 is 2 generations newer and only integrated into Ivy Bridge dies.

I think you actually have an i5-3317U. This is an Ivy Bridge ULV CPU that should work just fine for most purposes. AMD integrated graphics chips are typically a bit better for gaming, but the HD4000 is no slouch, and Intel CPUs are vastly superior for most other tasks.

What's the screen resolution? If you only payed $500 then I'd expect a glossy 1366x768 display, which I find atrocious and completely unusable for anything other than gaming and watching videos in a dark room. If this is the case then I'd say you got an average deal.

[iam]

Well I just bought a laptop last week. Sim games for the most part. Nothing like Crysis. I just wanted to play them in high detail without having them lag. This new one is doing a fine job. I got an Intel Core i5-420CPU at 1.70GHz
With 8GB of Ram with Intel HD Graphics 4000

Those specs are incorrect. The i5-400 series is from the Arrandale generation, which is 4 years old and came with Intel HD graphics. HD4000 is 2 generations newer and only integrated into Ivy Bridge dies.

I think you actually have an i5-3317U. This is an Ivy Bridge ULV CPU that should work just fine for most purposes. AMD integrated graphics chips are typically a bit better for gaming, but the HD4000 is no slouch, and Intel CPUs are vastly superior for most other tasks.

What's the screen resolution? If you only payed $500 then I'd expect a glossy 1366x768 display, which I find atrocious and completely unusable for anything other than gaming and watching videos in a dark room. If this is the case then I'd say you got an average deal.

Anyone who uses laptops for gaming doesn't deserve a laptop. They aren't built for them no matter what the corrupt officials say. I have 2 laptops both i5, silver with Chicklet keyboards. I would never dream of gaming on them. Not even for minecraft. I only buy silver laptops that're thin and with chicklet keyboards LOL

P.S I sign all my laptops and shit with my ALT (signature.) Because one day they will be in a museum for some reason and I will be famous (not always for the right reason

[GothicSeraph]

Well I just bought a laptop last week. Sim games for the most part. Nothing like Crysis. I just wanted to play them in high detail without having them lag. This new one is doing a fine job. I got an Intel Core i5-420CPU at 1.70GHz
With 8GB of Ram with Intel HD Graphics 4000

Those specs are incorrect. The i5-400 series is from the Arrandale generation, which is 4 years old and came with Intel HD graphics. HD4000 is 2 generations newer and only integrated into Ivy Bridge dies.

I think you actually have an i5-3317U. This is an Ivy Bridge ULV CPU that should work just fine for most purposes. AMD integrated graphics chips are typically a bit better for gaming, but the HD4000 is no slouch, and Intel CPUs are vastly superior for most other tasks.

What's the screen resolution? If you only payed $500 then I'd expect a glossy 1366x768 display, which I find atrocious and completely unusable for anything other than gaming and watching videos in a dark room. If this is the case then I'd say you got an average deal.

SoSo0 why not run belarc screen shot the print out and it will be easier to tell you whether you got store raped or good deal....

[Soso0]

Well I just bought a laptop last week. Sim games for the most part. Nothing like Crysis. I just wanted to play them in high detail without having them lag. This new one is doing a fine job. I got an Intel Core i5-420CPU at 1.70GHz
With 8GB of Ram with Intel HD Graphics 4000

Those specs are incorrect. The i5-400 series is from the Arrandale generation, which is 4 years old and came with Intel HD graphics. HD4000 is 2 generations newer and only integrated into Ivy Bridge dies.

I think you actually have an i5-3317U. This is an Ivy Bridge ULV CPU that should work just fine for most purposes. AMD integrated graphics chips are typically a bit better for gaming, but the HD4000 is no slouch, and Intel CPUs are vastly superior for most other tasks.

What's the screen resolution? If you only payed $500 then I'd expect a glossy 1366x768 display, which I find atrocious and completely unusable for anything other than gaming and watching videos in a dark room. If this is the case then I'd say you got an average deal.

SoSo0 why not run belarc screen shot the print out and it will be easier to tell you whether you got store raped or good deal....

Will do. Will post results

[GothicSeraph]

Will do. Will post results

The i5-4210u is kind of the bottom end of Core i5's launched this year, 1.7ghz is a little weak.

[mojo4567]

Desktop > laptop

[Soso0]

Will do. Will post results

The i5-4210u is kind of the bottom end of Core i5's launched this year, 1.7ghz is a little weak.

Would you have paid $499?

[Mass Hypnosis]

What's the screen resolution? That's the most important spec to consider. If it's less than 1600x900 you got jewed.