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need HELP selecting a video card

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wvnurpu

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I am getting ready to purchase a new laptop and I'm not sure what processor and video card combination to get. I don't want the most expensive setup but want something that will play games like Crysis and Far Cry 2.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Robert


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wvnurpu said:
I am getting ready to purchase a new laptop and I'm not sure what processor and video card combination to get. I don't want the most expensive setup but want something that will play games like Crysis and Far Cry 2.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Robert
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Please provide some more details:

What's your budget?

What're you going to use the laptop for?

How big/small of a laptop do you want?
 
You should take a look at the front page of Anand today as they have an article on the current state of mobile graphics. Might be some useful info for you there.
 
wvnurpu said:
I am getting ready to purchase a new laptop and I'm not sure what processor and video card combination to get. I don't want the most expensive setup but want something that will play games like Crysis and Far Cry 2.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Robert
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You may be disappointed in the amount with what you will have to spend getting a laptop to run crysis acceptably.

Buy a desktop + cheap netbook.
 
Schfifty Five said:
Please provide some more details:

What's your budget?

What're you going to use the laptop for?

How big/small of a laptop do you want?
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I'm looking at getting a Lenovo Thinkpad Edge for school and gaming. Only wanted to spend a max of $1200. Doesn't necessarily have to be able to handle Crysis but would like to be able to play some of the more recent first person shooters.
 
Schfifty Five said:
Please provide some more details:

What's your budget?

What're you going to use the laptop for?

How big/small of a laptop do you want?
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Was planning on getting a 14 or 15.6" edge loaded with 4GB DDR3, 500GB HDD, i5 2.6 GHz but I'm not sure what graphics card to get with it. Would a 1G Nvidia or a Radeon do the trick ?
 
OK, ubermods, how about combining these two identical threads?
 
Crysis runs well on my Radeon 550v gpu. So middle of the road gpus are good enough if you are on a budget.
 
Schadenfreude said:
. . . or closing one of the threads.
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I can live with that . . . but since there are different replies, it might make more sense to combine them. I.e., move all the replies to one thread and keep the gaining thread, delete the other.
 
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