Just bought this shit: call me an idiot

>>377527816
>Modded New Vegas
Yes
>Most modern AAA games at 60fps/low
No

>>377527816
laptop.

why? are you always on the move?

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>gaming laptop
>940M

>>377527816
>940
Ate ya finna retarded?

>>377527909
basically
>>377527902
what about 30fps/medium?

>>377527986
>>377528006

Could I do better for under $600?

>>377527816
I have a 940m, don't expect much. New vegas runs well. Don't use AA though. Vegas runs at 60, though I don't use mods. Scholars of the first sin runs at 60 at 720 p. Honestly I don't mess with modern games on it, doubt they would run well

recommend a decent laptop for 6th-gen emulation and older /v/

>>377527816

It'll be fine for older games but newer games will chug.

>>377528027
>30fps/medium
Also no.

>>377528116
Could've built a top of the line desktop PC.

>>377528116
yeah but it'd have to be a tower, laptops are basically shit tier when it comes to pricing efficiency

>>377528170
>"top of the line" PC
>$600

>>377527816
>call me an idiot

idiot

Well OP, even if you can't run modern titles, there's still a plethora of games you can run just fine. If that's what you could throw on a laptop I wouldn't be too sad.

>>377528146
What budget are you on?

>>377527816
>940M
Enjoy playing Source engine games

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>i5
>DDR3
>5400 RPM HD
>940M
>Windows 10
>Gaming Laptop

>>377528289
$500 or lower would be nice, nothing too expensive

>>377528271
Okay not top of the line, I exaggerated. A PC that could run new releases at 45-55FPS though.

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>>377527816
What the fuck you might as well go buy a fucking alien ware or something like that for 500 more dollars.

if you're gonna go full retard atleast do it for something that will be worth it.

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>>377528373
>singling out "i5" as if you know what you're talking about

as far as i know only gamer shit brands like alienware or razer are going to give you a decent laptop and those cost like 2000+ burger bucks. You can t cheap out on a pc gaming machine especially on a fucking laptop

>>377527816
My laptop is verging on 3 years old with an 850M and 16GB ram

I've been able to run just about every AAA game that has come out on at least medium at 40-60 fps

>>377528373
oh please do share your incredible knowledge on computers
this time try not to just greentext every single spec with an epic reaction image
ill wait

>>377528116
Used dell precision 6430
Used i7-37xxhq
Expresscard EGPU setup and 1050ti/1060 to go with it
Ram upgrade, ssd.

> $500

I see nothing wrong with this. If your in school You'll need one anyway. If you bought a Mac then I'd call you a retard.

>>377528427
>new releases
Lol no
You need a 1500 dollar PC to run new AAA games at 1080p 60fps

>>377527816
For 150 more you can get a dell inspiring 15 with a gym way better

>>377528558
>Comparing desktop i5 to mobile ULP trash i5.

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Better

>>377528719
???
Even a mid-range laptop GPU can run new AAA games at 1080p60.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-1050-Notebook.178614.0.html

www.strawpoll.me/5972397/
www.strawpoll.me/5972397/
www.strawpoll.me/5972397/

logicalincrements
go there and look for something midrange

>>377528116
you could have gotten a $400 PC and a $200 used t420 thinkpad off ebay

>>377528116
There's an HP laptop for $650 with quad core i5, 1050, and an IPS screen that blows that Acer away.
That Acer was like $400 a year ago, it's quite a rip off now.

>>377527816
I have that same machine for work stuffs. Only tried one game on it (Civilization 6) and was shocked to see that it ran at 60fps at 1080p. Took 10 years to load though.

>>377528719
Now that is some bullshit

>>377528116
You're literally throwing your money away.

a "gaming" laptop is the definition of instant gratification over longterm value

Sure you'll be able to play games right now "on the go" but it will have so many problems and quirks not to mention being outdated before you even open the box you would have been better off just buying a desktop and playing games on your phone when you're not home

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>>377527816
get the fuck out

>>377527816
You did pretty good. Bought the Asus equivalent of your laptop for 800 bucks last year. It might not be able to play the most recent AAA games though. Mine is barely able to run Dark Souls 3

>>377527816
you'll be fine with that gpu.

still not the best idea though OP. You could have had a pretty good desktop and gpu running all the games at high/veryhigh for that money.

>>377527816
Why? Why do people always buy shit and then come on to ask advice afterwards?

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>>377527816
You overpaid for a laptop that's two generations old. You can get this Acer aspire that has a i5-7200, 256gb SSD, and Geforce 940MX for only a little more.

>>377529387
>650
Yea no way

>>377531072
http://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/hp-power-pavilion-laptop--15t-x7p44av-1

You just invested in learning a lesson is all

When it breaks down in <2 years and you have no way to repair it without spending half of what you paid, you'll wonder just why the hell you ever needed a gaming laptop in the first place when a desktop will serve all your needs at half the price

Come on anon, how much modern AAA gaming are you doing on the go? No reason to waste money on this when you could invest in a proper desktop

It's cool though, you'll learn your lesson like I and many others have before. Gaming laptops are never worth it.

>>377530338
>be fine with that GPU
Yeah, if he wants to play titles from 2006.

>>377527816
I am an ex-lowendgamer(think even below the 750ti) and I had ran most if not all 1-2 years old games out there but of course on low, below 1080p and around 30fps with most options off/low/etc. You'll be fine if you really want to play new games and don't care about graphics.

But I know you're just fishing for recommendations.

>>377528578
not him but he's right
>i5
shitty mobile dualcore that intel decided to slap the i5 designation onto
>ddr3
not really that big of a compromise in comparison to ddr4
>hdd
no excuse to not have an ssd in your laptop anymore
>w10
muh botnet memes
>gaming laptop
you're almost always paying more for a gaming laptop, they're only ever worth it if you absolutely NEED them for their portability. They sacrifice performance, thermals, and price point. For $600 he could have built a $500 quadcore i5 + used rx 470 and then bought a chromebook/thinkpad with the remaining budget

>>377529441
Literally not, recent AAA games are fucking horribly optimized shit heaps

>did i fuck up
>windows 10

Yes.

>>377527816
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/yqQLLD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME8nwe-1-7I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL7YcPlJ83c

>>377527816
That's not bad at all for that price, quite a deal actually

>>377533529
>Prey
>RE7
>For Honor
>Halo Wars 2

All recent AAA games that could easily run at 1080p60 on high settings on a GTX 960/R9 280.

>The Surge
>Sniper Elite 4
>Sniper Ghost Warrior 3
>Outlast 2
All lesser, non-AAA games that could easily run at 1080p60 on high settings on a GTX 960/R9 280.

The only poorly-optimized games released so far this year are Dawn of War 3, Ghost Recon Wildlands, and Mass Effect Andromeda.

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>gaming laptop

>Just bought this shit
whats the point of this thread
if you actually gave a shit about our opinions you would have made this thread before you bought it
youre just a retard with money to burn

>>377527816
>call me an idiot
Idiot
60fps on "gaming" laptop is kinda impossible, but at least you can run older games (think of pre-2015) on kinda high settings
dw anon mistakes were made, live with it
at least next time you'd know better not to

t. "gaming" laptop buyer back when i was studying

>>377527816
>Trusting a chink company

Dude, that's not a gaming laptop, it's a league of legends machine. If you actually bought that you royally screwed yourself. For the same price you could actually get a decent desktop build.

>>377527816
You will not be able to play most new releases on that thing.

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I bought this one last year, it's quite good
It runs bf1 and gtaV without any problems

(Also, why didn't you ask before buying it?)

>>377534241
>GTX 960

haha. that card is a piece of shit. You can't even play GTAV with it.

>>377535173
>buying acer chink shit

Moron. You're probably playing on low settings or 720p.

>>377528719
Brah, my 5 year old PC does that and it was 1.5k

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>>377535254
https://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-960.146738.0.html

>>377535254
Why would you just go on the internet and tell a lie like that?

>>377527816
HAHHAHAHA
H
THE AGMING LAPTOP MEME


IF YOU ARE SERIOUS AND NOT JUST BAITING

PLEASE POST THIS ON /G/

THEY'LL LOVE IT LFMAO

FIELD DAY

>tfw I got a Dell xps 13 for 500
Sure it can't play recent vidya games but literally everything else is God tier about it

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>want to build a PC
>Tech illiterate and also retarded
what do?

>>377535424
>28 fps

hahahaha
My GTX 1060 3gb plays GTAV in ultra 1080p 60fps.
The gtx 9xx series is one of the worst nvidia cards in history. Absolute garbage.

>>377535696
budget? gaming only?

>>377535696
get educated is the only way unfortunately anon

>>377535894
Gaming.

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>>377535851
>My GTX 1060 3gb plays GTAV in ultra 1080p 60fps.
Not even the GTX 1060 6 GB can do that.

>>377535696
Go to pcpartpicker and look up a guide

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>>377527986
Not OP but I have one of these and it has an 860m and it can run Crysis 3 on medium at 30fps.

I mainly use it as just a livingroom PC though.

>>377527816
have fun being memed cuk

>>377535963
any specific budget? what kinda games? can't read your mind my friend.

OP BTFO

>>377527816
>acer
you're just asking for trouble
there's a reason they're cheap

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>>377535696
Pcpart picker mah nigga.

https://pcpartpicker.com/

So easy a DSP can do it.

>read the description
>gaming laptop

>>377536031
GTAV has a severe CPU bottleneck and the testing system there is a mobile i7, no shit the FPS isn't great

>>377527816
>U processor (energy efficient, so shit performance)
>5400 rmp hd = literally slowest hd possible
>940m
lol, you won't even be able to open any 3d game past 2012

you might be able to play new vegas on medium

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>>377536229
Here it is on a 970 (about on par with a 1060 3GB) with an OC'd 4790k.

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I just bought this used two years ago as a typewriter for some uni stuff. It has a SSD n shiet.

Did I fuck up /v/?

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My PC fried about a year ago, the Switch and PS4 have been getting me by since but I've got an itch to get back into PC gaming but I now have a job where I travel a lot. Please suggest a solid laptop that'll run most things in a decent way.

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>>377536113
$7-800 I guess. I'm a bit of a mong. The only recent game I've played is Nier Automata and it doesn't run well on my potato computer.

>>377536426
Shut up you dumb Amerinigger, lurk on /g/ more before talking about things you clearly know nothing about

>>377536680
Kek, someone's salty about being wrong.

>Acer
>Gaming laptop

Sorry OP, two wrongs don't make a right.

>>377528719
>people fall for this weak bait

YO OP YOU MADE A DECENT DECISION

In 2013 I bought an Asus N56DP. That little Radeon 7730M laptop could play The Witcher 3.

>>377536984
What bait? Look at recent games if you want to play at ultra at fucking 1080p you literally need at least a 1080. Want to play at 1440p or higher? Enjoy low settings.

was looking around for a (relatively) cheap PC build, how does this look if I'm budget-conscious?
https://pcpartpicker.com/guide/9c7Ycf/modest-gaming-build

>>377536630
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tj9R9W

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>people still think gaming laptops are a meme
Kek Sorry you're a bunch of poorfags that can't afford a 2k Razer gaming laptop.

>>377527816
>GeForce 940M
>not even GTX
>gaming

oh i am laffin

>all these white kids constantly talking about the obvious superiority of the PC Master Race
>are only actually talking about $1000+ PC builds that are not portable
>these same white kids will complain about SJWs saying there is white privilege

*yawn*

>>377528116
I think there was a dell """""""""""""""""""gaming""""""""""""""""""""" laptop with a 960m around that price.

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>>377537558
why would you choose to not be white?

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>>377537539
Thank you Anon. You are my greatest ally.

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You are gonna have to spend atleast $1k to get a quality laptop

Pic related, mine, and the screen is 120hz

>>377528116
>>377537659
if you talk with the dell outlet support guys and haggle down the price then say you don't want it, they'll give it to you for around $450.

>>377537968
How hot does it get during gaming sessions?

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>>377537968

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>>377528373
There's literally nothing wrong with i5.

>>377537968
Never mind the heat, how much does that fucking piece of shit weigh? 25lbs? Not to mention the awful keyboard and keyboard placement

>>377537968
A 1080 laptop seems kinda overkill. Do you not have a desktop?

>>377528565
This. Don't be cheap when you're getting a gaming laptop, you'll only disappoint yourself.

Got my Blade a few weeks ago. Loving its performance, even though it sounds like a hairdryer when under load.

Being a hotel hopper is suffering, but at least I have games to keep me company.

>>377528116
How desperate are you in need of a laptop? How much traveling are you doing? Because it's just better to get a regular PC.

>Huurrrrrrr durrrrerr just get a fucking desktop compoot bro!!!!!!!!1
Some people already have a desktop computer and also want a gaming laptop

>>377537267
>>377537539
better processor

>>377538598
I'm not yer man but I like to play on the seat in front of the PC rather than at a desk.

Luckily I'm more into indieish games like Terraria and Enter the Gungeon and whatnot, as well as Dota so I don't need anything worth talking about.

>>377538119

Stays cool, Saber has a laptop with a 7700k but that gets 30-40C hotter than this one.

>>377538401

Weighs around 8.5 pounds, is extremely comfortable than again I am a male

>>377538443

I had a desktop with an old ATI card that was 7 years old. It was time for an upgrade.

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>>377537968

>>377527986
I use a laptop with a 940mx and it runs most games just fine. Even games from 2015/2016.

>>377527909
Yes, I have a high IQ

>>377538852
He literally said he doesn't have a gaming PC.

>>377538852
gaming laptops are such a waste of money though, you could upgrade your desktop to crazy levels for the same price

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Guys I'm fucking stupid when it comes to PC gaming. I have an R7 370 and it can't play games without lagging or freezing. My laptop had a Nvidia card (can't remember which) but it'd play games no problem. What is wrong with it?

Here is my specs?

What the fuck is wrong with AMD?

>>377541431
It's just a really shitty card. Get a 480 or 1060. Also get yourself a 1080p monitor.

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>>377541431
>2gb vram
>refresh of 270 which was a refresh of a 7850
what the fuck did you expect?

>>377541629
Getting those monitors. I've been looking into the 1060 but again don't have a lot of knowledge of this stuff.
>>377541717
I expected a good card cause I was told that. I don't know this shit dude

>>377527816
>Gaming laptop
>$536

OP, I...

>>377541431
Are you trying to play games on max settings?
Because that card's not made for max settings.

>>377527816
Buy an SSD right now, or you're gonna have a bad time.

>>377527816
>Can I play modded new vegas
Yes
>Can I play modern games
No

>>377542007
Yeah or at least high settings

>>377542207
You're an idiot, that card isn't made for high or max settings.
It's a low-end GPU made for medium settings, especially for textures, where modern games can use 6+ GB of VRAM.

>>377530716
hey, its my laptop!

>>377541431
Something else is wrong here. This should run games alright with your god awful 768p monitor.

>>377542334
Again I didn't know this. The guy told me it would be fine.
>>377542554
Is it the RAM? or CPU?

>>377542752
No, I have an i5 4570 and the only thing it runs a bit rough is 64 player BF1 and it's still 55-60 FPS. The RAM is fine too.The GPU should be your bottleneck, which is usually the goal of a gaming PC, but it should be running games decent at that low resolution. Could you give me a list of games you're trying to play, maybe I can troubleshoot.

>>377542752
>The guy told me it would be fine.
For max settings?
You got ripped off.

>>377542913
Civ5, Endless Legend, New Vegas, Euro Truck Sim 2, Portal 2 are games I played on the laptop and ran fine but have problems now

>>377528558
>>377538387
>3mb cache

>>377543026
It felt like it. I knew I should have just learned this shit myself. Idk where to learn it.

>>377543224
For AMD the general idea is this
>x60
Barebones basic gaming
>x70
Low-end gaming
>x80(x) (280, 280x, 380, 380x, etc.)
Mid-range gaming
>x90(x) (290, 290x, 390, 390x, etc.)
High-end gaming
>Specific name (R9 Fury, R9 Nano, RX Pro Duo, etc.)
Enthusiast gaming

With your GPU, just turn the textures down to medium or low and the stuttering will be much less of an issue.
What kind of settings do you usually play at?

>>377543128
>>377543224
It's not top of the line, but there is absolutely no reason these games should be running bad at 1366x768. Portal 2 especially runs on a god damn toaster, I know because I did it with some old ass CPU in a prebuilt and a GeForce 9600 GSO which is a billion times worse than your GPU. Open up task manager and run a game, see if anything is hogging all your CPU. And for the love of god, make sure you installed graphic drivers.

>>377543423
I think it's usually on high or a mix of high and mid.

>>377543128
>>377543575
Ahh, in that case it might just be a driver issue.
Are you drivers up to date? Because those games aren't actually all that taxing.

>>377543224
>Idk where to learn it.
Well, you're on the fucking internet. A google search would be a good start.

>>377543645
They should be. Just recently got an update.

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>>377529149
>spending $800 on a laptop

>>377543786
Alright, lets kick this up a notch. Your monitor is plugged into the GPU and not the motherboard, right?

>>377528170
>>377538598
look at me citing op
> I don't want a full desktop setup
Fucking morons.

>>377543786
What are your radeon settings?
Got a screencap?

>>377543894
Only one is. The monitors are temporary but have only VGA. I was able to find one VGA to HDMI converter

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>>377544139
Here

>>377544727
Turn off morphological filtering.

>>377537539
I know nothing about PC building, but this seems like a bit of an overpriced meme build, no?

>buy a "gaming laptop" for school since non-gaming laptops in the same price range came with stuff i didn't need like touch screens but with lower RAM
> tfw the graphics card is surprisingly competent, but temps during gaming make me nervous

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>>377527816
>laptop

>>377544727
Turn off multisampling. I don't think it's actually using it in games given the setting next to it, but turn it off anyway. Also, make sure it's off in-game. Endless Legend and New Vegas don't have I think, but I know Civ5 and Portal 2 do. It's called MSAA in-game. You might be able to get away with 2x or 4x in some games, but if it's 8x or something, it's destroying your performance. Always lower MSAA first when trying to get frames.

What about a laptop that's under $600 and comes with windows 7? What would be the best to get with that?

>>377545280
>>377544858
Alright I'll try those. Do I change it to adaptive?

>>377545479
Change AA to adaptive and turn off morphological filtering.
IIRC that filtering method eats up a ton of VRAM and can cause stuttering on cards with lower amounts of VRAM.

>>377545623
Alright I'll try a game out to see if it worked

>>377534241
>The only poorly-optimized games released so far this year are Dawn of War 3, Ghost Recon Wildlands, and Mass Effect Andromeda.

and nier automata

>>377545479
Which setting? AA shouldn't have a setting, I honestly don't know what morphological filtering is. Also, the clock speed. I'm not sure if that's your max or what. Did you fuck with that at all? Supposedly your card is suppsoed to be ~1000 MHz but it's set to 740?

>>377527816
Its shit. Whats the screen resolution, mfw no face its 1024x768 or some shit.

>940m
>i5 5200 U
Dont expect much OP, new games at 720p 30fps, low to medium settings

>>377545738
Ehh, Nier Automata isn't really an AAA game.
But it is optimized like shit.

>>377545139
A 1070 or 1080 laptop is pretty much the same as a 1070 or 1080 desktop. In fact the 1070 has better specs for laptop (for a long winded definition do some research on why). The issue is if your processor is a real i5/i7, or a hq/hk bullshit. That will kill your performance a good bit. Otherwise you should only worry about temps if the mobo, cpu, or gpu constantly hit 80c and the fans are not kicking in to keep it cool. If it gets to 90 you might need to worry, otherwise at best you are losing 1 or so percent of performance running 70-80c with how pascal does it thermal throttling.

Most people are jealous that laptops finally have the same horsepower, if not more, than their desktops they overpaid for just a year ago.

>>377545739
I don't think that's it's default settings for clock speed. Definitely not max. Should I set it to max?

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>>377527816
Well you can play indie games but forget about modern or AA games LOL retard

>>377545918
Try default first and see what it runs like in-game. Click that "reset" button. If you're underclocked by 250 MHz or so like that, it could very well be the issue.

>>377527816
>940m
oh my god this thing is actual shit

Don't listen to the people who are just posting laptop, gaming laptops are actually legit as fuck right now for the first time in forever.

You can get a laptop with a gtx 1060 and a current gen i5 that performs only 10% worse than a desktop with similar parts for only about a 200 dollar premium.

It's crazy if you value mobility over being able to upgrade parts, which some of us do.

>5400rpm hdd
this is the worst thing
Enjoy your microstutters in New Vegas

>>377537975
Literally this, some time ago I wanted a dell laptop but it only came with win8, so I got onto dell support and asked if can buy it without OS, the guy said no but he gave me 50$ discount code.

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>>377546005
Default settings

>>377546224
Nigger load up a game right now and see if it fixed it, that was probably the problem.

>>377528116
dude just build a fucking computer if you want to play games, you've wasted 500 bucks on a piece of shit that can't play any modern game past 10 fps.

>>377545909
It's my first laptop, and I don't really have a sense of what temperatures are dangerous. This is especially worrisome since I don't have a lot of money and I need this for school and eventually work.
I've been keeping an eye on my temps while I play, and I think they've gotten to 70 at the most, so you've really put my mind at ease.

>>377546325
Euro Truck still lags and freezes. From Dawn played well but got done hiccups too. Portal was fine.

>>377547080
Strange. Can you take a screenshot of your Euro Truck and/or From Dawn settings? There are a lot of games that have "overkill" settings. "Max settings" is a very loose term. Everything could be on Ultra, but MSAA x8 could drop your FPS by 1/3.

I don't know shit about laptops, or computers in general so sorry for being a dumbass but you can upgrade a laptop the same way you can a PC, right?

>>377547401
No. Typically all you can do is upgrade the RAM or change the hard drive.

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>>377527816
>$550

Nigga I bought the exact same thing on amazon for $350. Only difference is I got an AMD 10 R5 graphics card, and a shitty touch screen. But at least it can play Metal Gear Solid 5 and EDF as well as my PS4, which is honestly all I need.

>>377545395
Pls respond. I don't expect it to be a gaming laptop, just something that can play some games.

>>377535851
>3gb plays GTAV in ultra 1080p 60fps.
No.
Unless you absolutely do not care about microstuttering out the fucking ass.

>>377547836
I don't have a recommendation, but you really need to plan on just playing strategy games, 2D platformers, or older 3D games if you want a $600 laptop for gaming. Forget about anything new. Not even if you don't care about performance and play it at 20 FPS or something, because the laptop is gonna be running hot and have a short lifespan.

>>377545395
>>377547836
You can't get a new laptop that comes with windows 10. Either buy a win 10 laptop, and install win 7 on it yourself or buy a used one.

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>>377547246
Here you go

>>377547952
I've accepted that, I have a pretty good desktop and just want something that can play some relatively non demanding games on when I travel.
>>377547971
From what I understand many laptops won't work with W7 because they don't have driver support for it. Do you know if there's a way around that?

>>377547836
Buy a refurbished laptop on amazon.

Best $300-$400 you can spend.

will my i7 2600k bottleneck an rx580?

>>377548293
I'll look into that, thanks for the suggestion.

>>377548315
no

>>377548104
Those are some really low settings. I don't know what's going on, then. Grim Dawn is at 4x anti-aliasing, which may be MSAA. But It seems like it shouldn't matter for that game and it should run it anyway. Try disabling the anti-aliasing I guess. It really should be running better, though. Enable vertical sync on it just to make sure you're not thinking that's the stutter or something. Though you already have it enabled on Euro Truck I see.

>>377548216
Anything broadwell era or earlier should support windows 7. But people suggesting used/refibrushed are right, but only get the business ones like thinkpads/elitebooks/precisions. Also if they have an expresscard slot you can get a cheap external gpu adapter for them.

>>377548643
I'll try that. Funny enough I just tried DOOM and got 60fps smooth

>>377549106
Euro Truck might actually run worse than DOOM, same for Grim Dawn. It's not unheard of even though of course they don't look as good. DOOM is optimized very well.

>>377527816
>mechanical hard drives in 2017
always ALWAYS get an SSD for notebooks. They use less power and boot almost instantly. Just refund it. Amazon is great about returns and you can just make up a reason to avoid the restocking fee.

If you don't need a new computer right away I suggest you wait until Black Friday, when you can get much better deals.

>>377549215
I see. It just takes some tinkering?

God you're a fucking moron

>>377549524
Your settings are ridiculously low for Euro Truck, though. Already low resolution, and then you have the resolution scale at 75% so it's effectively not even HD. Everything is set to medium. I don't know what's up. I'm not sure if I saw all the Euro Truck settings, but again, make sure MSAA or some other anti-aliasing isn't cranked up. Sometimes developers are retarded and make the default AA setting the highest which can annihilate the frame rate.

>>377537539
>AMD
kek get a real build like mine, poorfag

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bzWR8K

>>377549732
I'll look into the settings for Euro Truck. Grim Dawn works better now after tinkering with settings.

>>377537116
another bait
only shitty unoptimized games would run lower than 60 and that happens in my 1070 too
thinks like watch dogs 2

>>377527816
>geforce 940M
honestly will not play anything new

>>377535510
anon go outside

>>377536137
he honestly probably couldn't do it

>>377545074
>I know nothing about PC building
you're right
>>377550135
show me a better build for the same price you chucklehead. You overspent by around a grand too that's an achievement.

>>377527816
https://youtu.be/lvHWO6VKDHI

Witcher 3

>"Gaming Laptop"
>Under $1500
It's shit.

>>377527816
>tfw thinking of either buying a ps4 for fightan games or a pc for fightan games too and some other shit for the bants and general fun
>first option is simple and cheaper
>second is more expensive and I dont know what parts to buy, where(yurop here) and how toassemble it

welp I guess im getting a ps4

>>377527816

Unless you are only really interested in PC exclusives, don't bother with PC gaming.
So many broken or halfassed console to PC ports. So many headaches...

But good on you for getting a laptop. Only reason to get a desktop is if you are doing shit like professional video/audio editing or something that required a ton of power.

>>377550135
>he could have bought another 1080 ti

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/K38zd6

Gaming laptops are universally a scam.

Either they're not good enough to play current games, and are essentially overpriced laptops, or they're able to play current games (not at max settings mind you) and are exorbitantly expensive.

You can't play modern games without a desktop. It's a complete and utter waste of money to try to do so.

>>377550135
>Intel chucklefucks actually spend $3000 on a pc

>>377536680
haha

>>377528116
Should have gotten a T420/430 or X220/230 on ebay and get something like this http://www.gearbest.com/laptop-accessories/pp_229102.html with a GTX 1050ti or something

>>377538387
laptop i5's are dual core

>laptop
>gaming
lol

>>377550135
>60Hz monitor

Is your allowance not enough for a 240Hz?

>>377541369
Some people make more than 12 dollars an hour

>>377527816
OP do yourself a favor and cancel the order now. I bought the cheaper version of this and you can't do fuck all with the motherboard bios because Acer locks them. That means no OS other than the one it comes with or waiting for someone on a forum to post a cracked bios version for that specific model.

Seriously, return it or cancel the order now. You'll thank me later

>>377558092
so you prefer to eat over priced shit?

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>>377527816
>940m
I didn't know they went lower than x50.

>>377558612
Some people already have all the shit they want so sometimes buying overpriced shit isn't all that bad.

>>377559067
I already have a house, two vehicles, a boat, a top of the line desktop, a phone, everything else I want and need. It's okay to splurge on something overpriced that fills a niche.

>tfw you buy a GTX 1060 just because

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>>377559160
>If you have the things you want you should get less for your money

>>377559431
Now you're just being difficult on purpose. I already stated my reasoning. People don't go to five star restaurants so they can get the best bang for their buck and get a heaping portion of food that their money would otherwise buy.

>>377558715
940m is about the lowest end you can find in the west but in shitty Asian junk it goes all the way down to 910m.

>>377559408
Why not a 1070 at least? You don't play at 1080p do you?

>>377559591
>five star restaurants
Buying a gaming laptop is like going to mcdonalds and paying 5 star restaurant money for a big mac.

>>377528578
Retard.

>>377527816
>gaming laptop
>acer
>940
>5400 rpm drive
No one can actually be stupid enough to buy this, and it should be illegal to sell it.

Outch, Is it too late to refund it?
To put in perfective how underpowered that GPU would be, it's about 184% worse than the PS4s.
You should have just built a PC, For $530 you could have gotten a 570 and G4560.

Just a word of advice, Don't ever buy a "gaming" laptop.

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>>377527816
You should have wait for the amd ryzen laptops. Intel are housefires, something you wouldn't want in a laptop

>>377528719
You can do 1080p 60fps for about $300~500.
At 1500 you're getting 4K 60fps.

>>377527816
you bought a dual-core processor and a low-end mobile gpu

you dun goofed

modern games have quad-core cpu's as the minimum requirements

>>377528719
Assuming console equivalent settings, you can do that with a 750 ti in most games, a 950 with the rest.
If you want highest settings, a 1060 is $240, around $800 for a full build, it will probably have power left to downsample from 1440.

>>377528116
you could make it happen for $650

but not $600

https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=Property&N=100157995%20600453203%20600439430%20600453201%20600494854%20600516096%20600551646%20600460750%20600536658%20600562217%20601114864%20600567948%20601116146%20601286606%20601281306%20601281461%20601285489&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=36

I got this for $644. Just wait for a sale.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834154112