Is this a decent laptop for some gaming?

[Crectric]

Budget: $500
Looking to play: DayZ SA (30 FPS), Minecraft, GW2/3, Diablo 3, Rust, H1Z1, BF3/4, Insurgency, etc. I don't need an amazing laptop, I just need something for school that I can use to play with my friends. I'm open to suggestions. Thanks

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...w&gclsrc=aw.ds

AMD A-Series A10-7300 (1.90GHz)
8GB Memory 1TB HDD
AMD Radeon R6 Series
1366 x 768
Windows 8.1 64-Bit




Moved from PC Gaming

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KeithTalent

 

[stateofmind]

na, not realy, you can get a refurbished Dell 3540 with Radeon 8850M for less than $500

http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/28/...c=us&l=en&s=dfb&dgc=BA&cid=250066&lid=5459808

25% off, just pick one refurbished Dell 3540 with 1080p display and 8850M and you'll be fine. The non-SSHD HDD is really slow and you might want to replace it though.

 

[MisterLilBig]

I actually bought the Acer version of it and expecting to get it tomorrow, but, with 4GB RAM and 512 HDD and no ODD. It was at $400 and I needed a good cheap laptop.


At that budget you can't really find anything "great" at 1080p. I did avoid Nvidia products tho, personal choice, maybe you can find something, make sure to always compare the GPU's.

I personally go for the newest GPU architecture. That would be, Kaveri on AMD's side and Maxwell 2 like the GTX 965M, GTX 970M and GTX 980M on Nvidia's side of things.

You could also go for a full Intel system, but, I think they are seriously overpriced. And there's is no Iris 6100, 6200 or 6300 on newegg to compare to. And going with the Haswell Iris Pro, from Sager Notebooks, its $1,100+, so yeah.


I would go with Kaveri, cheap, better than the rest at the price and has more "features" in graphics and video and audio which is good, if the option is available.
I went with Kaveri.


There's more of them and actually better, I think.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-602-_-Product - Lenovo, has a DVDRW

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-557-_-Product - Acer, The one I ordered, half RAM and HDD and no ODD

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...3016-_-Product - Toshiba, no specs shown about a ODD, similar to DELL's otherwise.

 

[stateofmind]

btw, you can get a laptop with a lousy display connected through eDP and replace it with a good 720p eDP display - you'll get much higher FPSs. True, not as sharp image quality, but still

 

[DigDog]

minecraft on that laptop ? no.

 

[EliteRetard]

Acer w/ i5 and 840m under $500:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2421353

If you're still looking, this should beat any AMD APU in gaming.
CPU should be a bit better for basic tasks as well.