Decent laptop specs for games?

[Soso0]

So I'm not much of a tech person and feel like I should be able to get some help here. I am looking into purchasing a new laptop. I have credit to spend and shit in the world is getting bad so I might as well spend some before shit hits the fan right? What type of specs would I need to run most games at decent speeds and does the brand really matter? I am not a big gamer but I would like to be able to torrent some games, not have it lag all the time like my current laptop and be able to play HD videos with no problem. I am hoping to find something decent under $500, I have up to $1000 credit limit but I am planning on buying my mom one too so I need to buy two. I am just sick of having cheap shitty laptops that can't run games for shit.

[Shiva]

Don't get a fucking laptop to game you fucking retard. Get a desktop.

[zok jr.]

You aren't going to buy anything decent with $500. Ask the credit company to raise your limit. For $1000 you are getting into mid-entry level gaming laptops.

With that said if you are willing to spend a little more look into a macbook. My i7 radeon 6800 (i think? too lazy to check) MBP plays any modern games smoothly on normal settings. Depends on the game but I can usually crank them up a bit too. This thing is a couple of years old too.

If you aren't looking to spend that much money then maybe think about building a desktop it will be much cheaper.

[devnull]

Dektop for gaming. Build, don't buy.

To the person who suggested a mac, kill yourself.

[Soso0]

Don't get a fucking laptop to game you fucking retard. Get a desktop.

Why would I want a big bulky thing to carry around?  I don't want a desktop.

You aren't going to buy anything decent with $500. Ask the credit company to raise your limit. For $1000 you are getting into mid-entry level gaming laptops.

With that said if you are willing to spend a little more look into a macbook. My i7 radeon 6800 (i think? too lazy to check) MBP plays any modern games smoothly on normal settings. Depends on the game but I can usually crank them up a bit too. This thing is a couple of years old too.

If you aren't looking to spend that much money then maybe think about building a desktop it will be much cheaper.

Well like I mentioned I'm not looking into hardcore gaming. So I don't need some fancy equipment. My brother got an HP laptop idk about the specs but it's able to play gta 4, warface and some other games decently.

[zok jr.]

Dektop for gaming. Build, don't buy.

To the person who suggested a mac, kill yourself.

Classic "I'm too poor to own one so I'll hate on it/them instead."

What's wrong with Macs? Beautiful build quality, top of the line hardware (the same type of stuff you'd find in a high end pc) and it runs Windows and Ubuntu flawlessly.

[devnull]

Dektop for gaming. Build, don't buy.

To the person who suggested a mac, kill yourself.

Classic "I'm too poor to own one so I'll hate on it/them instead."

What's wrong with Macs? Beautiful build quality, top of the line hardware (the same type of stuff you'd find in a high end pc) and it runs Windows and Ubuntu flawlessly.

Yeah, it's really smart to drop $2k on a glossy screen and last year's hardware in a sealed case when you could buy a fully loaded, enterprise grade Thinkpad T540 for the same price.

Macs are engineering for consumers with more money than brains.

Also, Ubuntu is Linux for faggots. Use a real distro and then I might start taking you seriously. But so far everything you have said in this thread is confirmation that you should kill yourself.

[Rizzo in a box]

The problem with gaming laptops is over heating.

for $500 you could make yourself a PC that will run just about everything on high settings no problem

[zok jr.]

Dektop for gaming. Build, don't buy.

To the person who suggested a mac, kill yourself.

Classic "I'm too poor to own one so I'll hate on it/them instead."

What's wrong with Macs? Beautiful build quality, top of the line hardware (the same type of stuff you'd find in a high end pc) and it runs Windows and Ubuntu flawlessly.

Yeah, it's really smart to drop $2k on a glossy screen and last year's hardware in a sealed case when you could buy a fully loaded, enterprise grade Thinkpad T540 for the same price.

Macs are engineering for consumers with more money than brains.

Also, Ubuntu is Linux for faggots. Use a real distro and then I might start taking you seriously. But so far everything you have said in this thread is confirmation that you should kill yourself.

Lol it seems like you may suffer from a condition know and "Low-T." You should talk to you doctor about Axiron.

[devnull]

Dektop for gaming. Build, don't buy.

To the person who suggested a mac, kill yourself.

Classic "I'm too poor to own one so I'll hate on it/them instead."

What's wrong with Macs? Beautiful build quality, top of the line hardware (the same type of stuff you'd find in a high end pc) and it runs Windows and Ubuntu flawlessly.

Yeah, it's really smart to drop $2k on a glossy screen and last year's hardware in a sealed case when you could buy a fully loaded, enterprise grade Thinkpad T540 for the same price.

Macs are engineering for consumers with more money than brains.

Also, Ubuntu is Linux for faggots. Use a real distro and then I might start taking you seriously. But so far everything you have said in this thread is confirmation that you should kill yourself.

Lol it seems like you may suffer from a condition know and "Low-T." You should talk to you doctor about Axiron.

Confirmed for macfag.

[zok jr.]

Dektop for gaming. Build, don't buy.

To the person who suggested a mac, kill yourself.

Classic "I'm too poor to own one so I'll hate on it/them instead."

What's wrong with Macs? Beautiful build quality, top of the line hardware (the same type of stuff you'd find in a high end pc) and it runs Windows and Ubuntu flawlessly.

Yeah, it's really smart to drop $2k on a glossy screen and last year's hardware in a sealed case when you could buy a fully loaded, enterprise grade Thinkpad T540 for the same price.

Macs are engineering for consumers with more money than brains.

Also, Ubuntu is Linux for faggots. Use a real distro and then I might start taking you seriously. But so far everything you have said in this thread is confirmation that you should kill yourself.

Lol it seems like you may suffer from a condition know and "Low-T." You should talk to you doctor about Axiron.

Confirmed for macfag.

Confirmed poor/low-T.

Seriously I own a lot of PCs as well sorry for having money.

[devnull]

Yeah, I own plenty of computers, including a 2009 macbook that was purchased new, and run a repair business. I still wouldn't waste another cent on apple products.

If you:

a) Are a faggot and/or a hipster
b) Have no desire to ever manually upgrade or replace any component, including the battery, or even open the case
c) Don't mind paying a premium for 'high end' hardware that's often close to a year behind every PC manufacturer
d) Can deal with the fact that a T540 is 10x the machine for less money, and just want a shiny status symbol with a big apple logo on the case

Then by all means, buy a Mac. Do it faggot, then kill yourself.

[Soso0]

I should of stated from the beginning that I want nothing to do with macs. Microcenter should have these in stock by next monday
http://www.microcenter.com/product/428809/Inspiron_15_156_Laptop_Computer_-_Black_Matte_with_Textured_Finish

Would it be fine for LIGHT gaming? I don't really care about playing games in the highest setting either that's for rich people. I am also considering buying a new camera to just record videos as sort of a hobby and plan on installing video editing programs, would they run smoothly? Cause they would be slow on my past shitty laptops.

[devnull]

I'd avoid it because of the 1366x768 ("HD") display. This is far too low for a 15" laptop. Everything will appear large and you will have very little screen real estate, making it difficult to multitask.  A ULV Haswell i3 with HD4400 graphics will be fine for most things, but you'll only be able to run modern games on low settings. The 5400RPM hard drive will be slow and bottleneck the system.

For under $500 you won't find much better in a new system.

[aldra]

Confirmed poor/low-T.

Seriously I own a lot of PCs as well sorry for having money.

I have plenty and also have the good sense not to drop it on apple's overpriced garbage. especially for gaming - there are still too many titles that don't have OSX support.

The problem with gaming laptops is over heating.

for $500 you could make yourself a PC that will run just about everything on high settings no problem

not so much lately. I used to have an Asus g73jh - it has vents on the back (as opposed to the bottom and side like most)and high-powered fans that keep it cool (applies to the majority of Asus's G range), and my new Gigabyte p34gv2 has the same setup, even though it's literally a third of the size. I haven't had any overheating issues since my old Lenovo T-something from like... 6 years ago.