EPTwill AMD A8-4555M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics (1.60GHz) processor be able to run HotS comfortably?
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B40
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will AMD A8-4555M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics (1.60GHz) processor be able to run HotS comfortably? | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20275 Posts
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Cyro
United Kingdom20275 Posts
On June 05 2013 07:16 Proxie wrote: I have a microcenter near me so i think I can can save about $50 assuming the asrock extreme4 is equivalent for both It's sad that they have to undercut the i5 so much to make their 8-core CPU's worth considering; in this case, down to what games you play. It's a big no for sc2 if you seek high performance, but not so bad for many others, and you do have performance leads if you can heavily utilize more than 6 cores | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
You can't really directly compare Extreme4s across chipsets as the chipsets are different and the components used will most likely be different. But if you're talking about the 970 Extreme4, that would be worse than the 990FX Extreme4 which could be considered on par or worse than a Z77 Extreme4. It might be better to consider the 4670k over the 3570k at Microcenter now since it seems as they increased the pricing on all the Z77 boards. | ||
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Hopeless1der
United States5836 Posts
Looking for a good gaming laptop, budget $1000-1500 Canadian. Thoughts? + Show Spoiler + I'm looking to buy a new laptop, and while money isn't tight I'm not looking to simply piss it down a drain somewhere. Gaming specs are my main requirement (whatever that might entail). From what I can tell, if I have to ask if I can build a laptop, I shouldn't be building a laptop. With that in mind, assuming a budget of $1000-1500 Canadian/US (family living in the states) what would be some recommendations on a particular brand and configuration: I have external harddrives, so lower capacity won't make me cry. I'd like something portable, possibly for watching movies on the train. In this vein, a battery life of ~3 hours of running content should be enough for me to get to a power supply. I plan to set up monitors at home to simulate a desktop environment. Is it possible to connect multiple monitors to a laptop? | ||
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B40
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On June 05 2013 07:50 Cyro wrote: It's one of the worst possible CPU's you could run the game on, is it just a really low end laptop?  not really; it's a samsung ultrabook the graphics card is AMD radeon (i forgot what it was exactly) 8g ram 128ssd on the canyourunit, it says it should be able to run it well and doesn't say the processor is a problem thoughts? | ||
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Craton
United States17233 Posts
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Cyro
United Kingdom20275 Posts
It is far, far weaker than the reccomended system requirements, which are weak by todays standards. I would consider putting up with this CPU in maybe a $300 or something laptop, other than that, it's just really silly. | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
It should be a pretty cheap and efficient low-power chip, but it's one of the worst things you could realistically have for a relatively new system to run SC2. | ||
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Craton
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iokke
United States1179 Posts
On June 05 2013 08:54 Hopeless1der wrote: TL;DR Looking for a good gaming laptop, budget $1000-1500 Canadian. Thoughts? + Show Spoiler + I'm looking to buy a new laptop, and while money isn't tight I'm not looking to simply piss it down a drain somewhere. Gaming specs are my main requirement (whatever that might entail). From what I can tell, if I have to ask if I can build a laptop, I shouldn't be building a laptop. With that in mind, assuming a budget of $1000-1500 Canadian/US (family living in the states) what would be some recommendations on a particular brand and configuration: I have external harddrives, so lower capacity won't make me cry. I'd like something portable, possibly for watching movies on the train. In this vein, a battery life of ~3 hours of running content should be enough for me to get to a power supply. I plan to set up monitors at home to simulate a desktop environment. Is it possible to connect multiple monitors to a laptop? I just purchased one after a week of research best deal was y510p on newegg $1050 (with -$100 new customer coupon - PCREFRESH13). i7 4700MQ(2.40GHz) 15.6" 12GB Memory 8GB SSD 1TB HDD NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M SLI Model just came out a few days ago, and supposedly improved a bit on previous one, which was still very good (like matte screen over glossy, haswell cpu, better battery). You'll prolly get performance that's close enough to good $1500 laptops, with the drawback being that you have SLI vcards. The closest lenovo rep came to a similar machine was $1250 + tax, so it's a great deal. Also while it lists 8gb ssd, I've seen someone post that theirs came with 24gb ssd. Hoping mine will too Otherwise some sager/clevo builds from xotic pc looked good too. check out this site, the recommendations were spot on. Just keep in mind that he is currently updating it with new models so some things from from May might be outdated http://gaminglaptopsjunky.com/ I also saw some canadian site selling y510p for $1130 which is still a good deal, but cant remember which one=/ Going up in price, the recommendation from that site was as follows: Up to 1500$ there might be soon GTX 780M laptops and I’m pretty sure you can get GTX 680M/Radeon 8970M laptops. 780M for 1500-1600$ should be at least as cost effective [as y510p]. he still recommended y510p or Sager NP7352 unless you really need the improved performance of those video cards if you wait a bit more models should be poppin up soon | ||
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obesechicken13
United States10467 Posts
My old laptop just died. I had 3 months of diary entries on there, and some settings in C for my projects. I was wondering if I could just rip the external HDD out and use it as an external. There is obviously an OS (win7) already installed on the old HDD. Can I still navigate through and find the files inside the external as if it were a regular external HDD. This is all assuming I get the right SATA to USB enclosure. Thank you. | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
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obesechicken13
United States10467 Posts
On June 05 2013 11:06 Myrmidon wrote: Yeah, you can use it as an external drive. No problem. Cool. thanks! That was easy. | ||
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Craton
United States17233 Posts
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Vearo
Canada168 Posts
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crank123
Germany24 Posts
On May 31 2013 23:07 Myrmidon wrote:
Oh wait, you said "properly". For 4.0 GHz there's really not much to it though, but I guess you could optimize that. It's just a matter of trial and error, hopefully systematically testing different combinations of clock speed, core voltage, and other peripheral settings to see what works. You want clock speed of 4.0 GHz, so that means a multiplier of 40x with the standard 100 MHz base clock. You just need to see what voltage and settings allow that to run stably. Lower voltages are better, if they work, as that means less stress on the CPU, lower temps, and lower power draw. Test stability by running a CPU stress test and monitor temperatures to make sure they're not going too high, like above mid-80s C or so under heavy load. You could probably find a guide on Gigabyte's Z77 UEFI layout and what settings do in particular, etc. at one of the usual places. Try OCN or something. I guess you're implying that i could go higher with that setup. What do you think would be a reasonable overclock. Also is there any performance difference in games like SC2 between i5 and i7 of the same generations? | ||
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Ata
Canada356 Posts
On June 05 2013 22:56 Vearo wrote: I'm planning on building a new computer, but should I wait for NVidia to release the 760/760TI? I have to run with a credit card limit of $1000, so I might not be able to afford a new card until I pay the bill regardless. Depends on what you plan to do on the computer (which games, what resolution, other tasks?) | ||
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Ata
Canada356 Posts
On June 05 2013 08:54 Hopeless1der wrote: TL;DR Looking for a good gaming laptop, budget $1000-1500 Canadian. Thoughts? + Show Spoiler + I'm looking to buy a new laptop, and while money isn't tight I'm not looking to simply piss it down a drain somewhere. Gaming specs are my main requirement (whatever that might entail). From what I can tell, if I have to ask if I can build a laptop, I shouldn't be building a laptop. With that in mind, assuming a budget of $1000-1500 Canadian/US (family living in the states) what would be some recommendations on a particular brand and configuration: I have external harddrives, so lower capacity won't make me cry. I'd like something portable, possibly for watching movies on the train. In this vein, a battery life of ~3 hours of running content should be enough for me to get to a power supply. I plan to set up monitors at home to simulate a desktop environment. Is it possible to connect multiple monitors to a laptop? Did you consider getting a tablet + desktop? Edit: to elaborate, laptops provide you a mixture of movability and horsepower but they really lack the horsepower unless you give up alot of movability (batterylife, weight, size). Not being to familiar with prices, and assuming you have access to a free OS for a potential desktop, I dont think you would have to spend too much more for the laptop+ desktop combo. | ||
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Vearo
Canada168 Posts
On June 06 2013 00:27 Ata wrote: Depends on what you plan to do on the computer (which games, what resolution, other tasks?) I already have a build in mind, which I shall post later on the build thread. Basically I am looking for a video card in the $200-$300 range which the 760 should fall under, but I haven't heard/read anything about it releasing besides "Q2 2013". I think that the 760/760TI will fall around 670 in terms of performance, but I don't know if existing cards will provide a viable alternative at that price range. | ||
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