Budget Gaming Laptop

nekromantik · 13 Jul 2014 at 00:10

Hi guys
Which one of these would be good to play wachdogs on medium at 1080P?

Gigabyte P34G v2-CF3
Gigabyte P15F v2-CF1
MSI GE60 2PE

I would rather keep in the under £900 budget but if there is a big difference between the P34G and other two then I might be able to stretch.

Thanks

sja360 · 13 Jul 2014 at 00:18

what about the MSI GT60 2PC? it has the better GPU (870M compared to the 860/850M) than the others. Also its still over budget but cheaper than the gigabyte.
I believe your looking for the 860M Graphics card to be able to do 1080p. Maybe check out the 850M for reviews to see if they'res anyone that's run it at 1080p on medium.

nekromantik · 13 Jul 2014 at 00:24

sja360 said:
what about the MSI GT60 2PC? it has the better GPU (870M compared to the 860/850M) than the others. Also its still over budget but cheaper than the gigabyte.
I believe your looking for the 860M Graphics card to be able to do 1080p. Maybe check out the 850M for reviews to see if they'res anyone that's run it at 1080p on medium.

The GT60 2PC is over £1000. I can get the non SSD version of the P34G for £980. So sadly its way over budget.

FinglisHobbit · 13 Jul 2014 at 08:32

Its possible to get custom or preconfigured laptops from some retailers for a good price. They actually have decent warranties etc too.

I personally have an MSI gt60 which is great but there is a lot of systems to consider.

17.3" Matte Full HD Screen
>Intel Core i7-4710MQ
>8GB KINGSTON SODIMM (1 x 8GB)
>2GB GeForce GTX 860M
>120GB KINGSTON V300 SSD
>Genuine Windows 8.1 64 Bit

A system like that is around £850

I almost bought one myself.

nekromantik · 13 Jul 2014 at 11:14

FinglisHobbit said:
Its possible to get custom or preconfigured laptops from some retailers for a good price. They actually have decent warranties etc too.

I personally have an MSI gt60 which is great but there is a lot of systems to consider.

17.3" Matte Full HD Screen
>Intel Core i7-4710MQ
>8GB KINGSTON SODIMM (1 x 8GB)
>2GB GeForce GTX 860M
>120GB KINGSTON V300 SSD
>Genuine Windows 8.1 64 Bit

A system like that is around £850

I almost bought one myself.

That is a good deal.
Ideally Im looking for something slim and 14 - 15.6" screen.
Needs to be portable as I already have a gaming PC.

nekromantik · 13 Jul 2014 at 21:40

Out of MSI GE60 2PC-030UK (GDDR5 version of the 850) and Gigabyte P15F v2-CF1 which would people go for?

ARJIBEAR · 14 Jul 2014 at 16:44

Hey, The GE60 2PC has a full backlit multicolour KB - maybe not a thing that you are bothered about, but still...it's a stunning Steelseries KB rather than a standard one.

It also comes with SteelSeries engine - which makes the full KB macro enabled....plus Smartcaster free for 6 months & Killer Lan.

The MSI is the one I would suggest matey.

ARJIBEAR · 14 Jul 2014 at 16:45

oh and yeah I do work for MSI - so I am just pointing out the differences...nothing against the other manufacturers

AtticusFinch · 14 Jul 2014 at 16:51

Asus G750 - they're nice pieces of kit.

ARJIBEAR · 14 Jul 2014 at 16:57

Yes....they are.....nice.....

nekromantik · 14 Jul 2014 at 22:05

The GB P34G v2 contains maxwell gpu so think il go for that.
MSI equivalent is heavier.
Heard a lot of wifi issues on the MSI.

oweneades · 15 Jul 2014 at 09:30

sja360 said:
what about the MSI GT60 2PC? it has the better GPU (870M compared to the 860/850M) than the others. Also its still over budget but cheaper than the gigabyte.
I believe your looking for the 860M Graphics card to be able to do 1080p. Maybe check out the 850M for reviews to see if they'res anyone that's run it at 1080p on medium.

Assuming we are talking about the 850M GDDR5 the 860M just has a higher core clock. Both will perform similarly in something like Watchdogs at 1080p medium settings.

Whatever you do avoid the 850M with DDR3 memory. The lack of memory bandwidth (80GB/s vs 32GB/s) is a real performance killer.