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phoenixfeather95
665 Posts
As the title says, I'm looking for a laptop that can play SC2 (+ HoTS) on medium. It doesn't have to be high-end and my budget is around $800 - $1200 before shipping. I was hoping sites like eBay would sell cheaper ones (even with shipping) compared to buying it here (Qatar, Middle East). Do you guys have any recommendations? I've checked out the laptop threads but most recommend ones from newegg and they don't ship internationally. Thanks. | ||
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YouthSC
United Kingdom355 Posts
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phoenixfeather95
665 Posts
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-ThinkPad-Edge-E530-325978U-i7-3720QM-2-60-3-60GHz-8GB-320GB-Blu-Ray-/370638551813?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item564bc77b05 http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASUS-N56VZ-DS71-15-6-Core-i7-3610QM-8GB-DDR3-NVIDIA-GT-650M-B-O-Audio-BT-LAPTOP-/160828898865?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item2572263e31 Which one do you guys think is better? | ||
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EnE
417 Posts
If you plan to game, this is ALL IMPORTANT, a 650M will run most modern games fine, onboard graphics will run very little on decent settings. | ||
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phoenixfeather95
665 Posts
Like I said I just want Medium Quality with no lag, is the 650M way faster / better? Isn't the HD Graphics 4000 enough just for Medium? | ||
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bduddy
United States1326 Posts
On September 12 2012 04:11 phoenixfeather95 wrote: It's not even a contest.Hmm, Like I said I just want Medium Quality with no lag, is the 650M way faster / better? Isn't the HD Graphics 4000 enough just for Medium? http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-650M.71887.0.html http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-HD-Graphics-4000.69168.0.html The 4000 is better than previous Intel integrated "graphics", but that's not saying much. As that page says, it will only do low, and the 650M's benchmarks are about 4 times as good. | ||
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Paradise`
United States201 Posts
Get the ASUS though | ||
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bduddy
United States1326 Posts
On September 12 2012 05:26 Paradise` wrote: My Macbook Air ran medium on HD 3000 lol.. I'm sure the 4000 would be able to run it pretty easy, If this is true either you were playing at ~15 fps or performing a minor miracle. http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-HD-Graphics-3000.37948.0.html I'm sure you can find something with dedicated graphics for cheaper than $1200, though, although I'm not really sure what sites ship internationally... | ||
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Paradise`
United States201 Posts
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iGrok
United States5142 Posts
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Shield
Bulgaria4824 Posts
On September 12 2012 06:47 iGrok wrote: Never, ever, ever get integrated graphics for a gaming computer. Do you really have a choice with i5/i7 CPUs? They come with that integrated bullshit. t.t | ||
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bduddy
United States1326 Posts
On September 12 2012 07:17 darkness wrote: There are plenty of i5/i7's that also come with dedicated graphics - I have one myself. In fact, some will come with both (integrated and dedicated), which is actually better - when you're not gaming and not plugged in you can use the integrated graphics and improve your battery life (because otherwise most "gaming" laptops have terrible battery life).Do you really have a choice with i5/i7 CPUs? They come with that integrated bullshit. t.t | ||
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10366 Posts
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Shield
Bulgaria4824 Posts
On September 12 2012 08:57 bduddy wrote: There are plenty of i5/i7's that also come with dedicated graphics - I have one myself. In fact, some will come with both (integrated and dedicated), which is actually better - when you're not gaming and not plugged in you can use the integrated graphics and improve your battery life (because otherwise most "gaming" laptops have terrible battery life). You're right. Just found an i7 CPU without integrated graphics: http://ark.intel.com/products/37151/Intel-Core-i7-960-Processor-(8M-Cache-3_20-GHz-4_80-GTs-Intel-QPI) On topic regarding a gaming laptop, has anyone tried "the first true gaming laptop"? http://www.razerzone.com/store/choose/razer-blade Thoughts? | ||
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Paradise`
United States201 Posts
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Rollin
Australia1552 Posts
On September 12 2012 09:14 darkness wrote: You're right. Just found an i7 CPU without integrated graphics: http://ark.intel.com/products/37151/Intel-Core-i7-960-Processor-(8M-Cache-3_20-GHz-4_80-GTs-Intel-QPI) On topic regarding a gaming laptop, has anyone tried "the first true gaming laptop"? http://www.razerzone.com/store/choose/razer-blade Thoughts? If a laptop comes with a dedicated graphics card, it will use that over the integrated graphics by default, or use a switching technology (optimus/enduro) to save power by using integrated when you're just browsing the web and such. HD 4000 is not remotely playable (50+ fps) on medium, the difference from medium to low in terms of graphics requirements is huge. What do you need a quad core for anyway, are you encoding? An i5-3xxxM will offer identical performance for starcraft 2. EDIT: The only reason those i7's don't have an iGPU is because it was faulty, so they just laser cut the connections, it's still physically there. | ||
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EnE
417 Posts
On September 12 2012 04:11 phoenixfeather95 wrote: Hmm, Like I said I just want Medium Quality with no lag, is the 650M way faster / better? Isn't the HD Graphics 4000 enough just for Medium? Yep. The second laptop you posted isn't cheap at all for what it is but at the end of the day don't dream of getting a laptop with the intent of gaming and skipping a graphics card, because that's crazy. Integrated graphics are not made for running modern games and will bottleneck it's i7 to an absolutely ludicrous level. The 650m is a decent card, the i7on that laptop is a good procesor, overall it's not the cheapest ever but if you choose that laptop, it will run all your games. | ||
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MisterFred
United States2033 Posts
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EnE
417 Posts
On September 12 2012 14:32 MisterFred wrote: For just SC2 on med-low, the HD 4000 laptop would probably be fine. But at some point you may want to play a game other than SC2 on the laptop. Then the HD 4000 will not be good enough. Yeah and performance was already lowered with patch 1.5, so, you're at a risk of not being able to maintain good fps at all times even on lowest settings, in the future especially and I'm sure he'll want to do another game or something in the future. | ||
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phoenixfeather95
665 Posts
After further research,I've decided to pick this one (quite a bit more expensive though): http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASUS-B53S-XB71-15-6-Matte-Core-i7-2-8GHz-4GB-Win-7-Professional-3-Year-Warranty-/160860774821?_trksid=p5197.m1992&_trkparms=aid=111000&algo=REC.CURRENT&ao=1&asc=14&meid=1971206549941712924&pid=100015&prg=1006&rk=1& =) | ||
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Shield
Bulgaria4824 Posts
On September 12 2012 22:41 phoenixfeather95 wrote: Point taken guys, thanks! After further research,I've decided to pick this one (quite a bit more expensive though): http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASUS-B53S-XB71-15-6-Matte-Core-i7-2-8GHz-4GB-Win-7-Professional-3-Year-Warranty-/160860774821?_trksid=p5197.m1992&_trkparms=aid=111000&algo=REC.CURRENT&ao=1&asc=14&meid=1971206549941712924&pid=100015&prg=1006&rk=1& =) dunno if you already know that, but make sure to use Windows 7 64 bit version. I had some headaches using 32 bit on my PC (~3.30GB out of 4GB RAM) and laptop (~2.30 GB RAM out of 4 GB). I use my full RAM now. ^^ Edit: nevermind, you're already granted Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit | ||
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EnE
417 Posts
On September 13 2012 00:25 darkness wrote: dunno if you already know that, but make sure to use Windows 7 64 bit version. I had some headaches using 32 bit on my PC (~3.30GB out of 4GB RAM) and laptop (~2.30 GB RAM out of 4 GB). I use my full RAM now. ^^ Edit: nevermind, you're already granted Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit Also, pretty worried about that PC being only a 2.8 ghz and it doesn't specify that it has turbo to 3.6 like the other one, should be fine for 1v1, but if he really likes team games then that's worth noting | ||
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phoenixfeather95
665 Posts
it's this one. Very pricey, but worth it judging from all the reviews / comparisons. http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASUS-G55VW-ES71-2-30-3-30GHz-i7-3610QM-16GB-500GB-7200rpm-2GB-NVIDIA-GTX-660M-BD-/290743463392?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item43b1a92de0 Although the 16GB may be overkill for Memory. | ||
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Zax19
Czech Republic1136 Posts
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SayGen
United States1209 Posts
After a 6 month deployment to Al-Udeid and Khandahar the onlything I risked haveing shipped to me was Food items. Be safe over there if ur military. | ||
Womwomwom
5930 Posts
Its up to the seller to make sure the package is packed properly. | ||
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phoenixfeather95
665 Posts
No i'm not in the military, i'm a student here. i've shipped small items here with no problems (mobile phones etc.) | ||
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