I was considering getting a new laptop just to have at work because

>>59141154
For a no/few-compromise gaming laptop you'll be spending 1k. 500 would probably do mid-range.
What exactly do you mean by lightweight? If you know generally what games you'll want to play, there are loads of comparisons out there for ranges of gpus playing various games.

get a used Dell Latitude with a Quadro.

what kind of light games are we talking about because modern Intel graphics will happily run things from '05 and earlier.

>>59141175


World of Warcraft
CSGO
Planetside 2
Rocket League


that's basically it.

ok looks like a AMD-Radeon-R8-M445DX will do fine...

>>59141255
actually now that I am seeing more game lists, IDK.

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>>59141210
>Planetside 2
good taste in shooters ma mang

I like to use this site for comparing GPUs: http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp%5B%5D=1272&cmp%5B%5D=3255

I put up the minimum and the recommended GPUs for Planetside 2 vs Intel's HD 520. Looks like it falls somewhere middle ground.

Personally I'd want to buy something with a solid, dedicated card for a bit of futureproofing, but it's up to you to figure out how far you want to go up the ladder.

>>59141323
Slightly wrong link:
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp%5B%5D=1272&cmp%5B%5D=3255&cmp%5B%5D=71

>>59141323
right. Well I have a PC for home use, this would literally only be used at work to dick around on so I wasnt wanting to spend to much cash on it.

>update alienware 17 r4 to latest bios
>temps are higher idle but cpu doesnt go over 65

is 45-65 cpu, 45-60gpu (1070) pretty much winning the alienware lottery? i feel like im gonna keep this one