Need help finding laptop for gaming
The highest I'm willing to pay is $600. So far I've found this:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+15.6%26%2334%3B+Laptop+-+4GB+Memory+-+500GB+Hard+Drive+-+Matte+Light+Covellite+Hairline/5720766.p?id=1218686491955&skuId=5720766#tabbed-customerreviews
I know it has integrated graphics, but it's intel HD 4000 and it has a 3rd generation processor.
Is it any good? Could you guys find something better within my budget?
I want to be able to play guild wars 2 on atleast medium to high settings with 40 fps.
September 18, 2012
1 Comment • Newest first
Even a laptop such as [url=http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/builder.workflow:Enter?sb=:000001C9:00001746:]this one[/url] is best played low. The Intel HD 4000 is barely powerful enough to deliver a playable experience on the lowest settings.
GW2's high and medium settings are sufficiently demanding. What's interesting to see in this [url=http://www.notebookcheck.net/typo3temp/pics/4f98017c66.jpg]chart[/url] are strong optimizations for the Intel HD 4000, enough to put it on par with the Nvidia GeForce GT 640M, which also happens to be roughly as powerful as the Nvidia GeForce GT 555M variant used in the Lenovo Y570. The chart also shows that a self-assembled gaming desktop with an i5 and a Radeon HD 7770, which would cost about $900 (estimate incl. Windows 7, monitor, keyboard, and mouse) would offer the same performance as a ~$1400 gaming laptop (price number out of my butt) containing and i7-QM and Nvidia GeForce GTX 670M/675M.