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Hi guys, i am looking to spend under £500 on a laptop, that will many be used for gaming. Do you guys have any recommendations? Are the AMD A8 with extra gpu's any good? Cheers
Gaming laptop <£500 possible?
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Thanks guys, that answers my question. I will save a little longer and see if i can get something with at least a gt550m or even a gtx460m.
daz.rathbone .............Your amazing, Alittle google fu, and managed to pick up a charcoal gray G6-1220sa for £319. Its a refurb from a well know ex high street shop. Funny enough the exact same model i was looking at for £499!!!!
Thanks again mate... ow andmany..lol
Thanks again mate... ow andmany..lol
I just grabbed one the other day, cracking value
I couldn't believe the price. Mine is due to be delivered tomorrow. I'm hoping it can handle mass effect 3
Just arrived. All good so far, apart from one stuck pixel and the damed blotware!!! Just installing ME3, lets see how it gets on. The keys next to the enter key seem not to get in the way, though the keyboard is very bouncy.
Its fantastic. Download a program called K10STAT, it allows you to overclock the A8. 2 mins work and alittle undervolting and "hay presto" 2.4ghz accross all 4 cores
, and lower temps!!! A few people have even benched at 3ghz. @2.4ghz it has similar performance to an i5. I dont know how much difference there is between the 7450m and the 6620m i am guessing they are quite similar. There is no point in overclocking the gpu as it will only net you 1 or 2 fps more, and the voltage and temperature increase is not worth it.
It runs most new games fine, though you have to lower the settings a little. Mass effect 3 runs great. Though i've mostly been playing though far cry 2 again. What looks fantastic.
The dual graphics is not crossfire!!! The system will use the low powered gpu for 2d/desktop use. And then switch to the descrete gpu for gaming.
As for the overclock, i used this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30zTM11hg7A for a guide, The vid is for 2.8ghz. i thought that was a little high and decided on 2.4ghz. As the gpu is the bottle neck. When clocked @ 2.8ghz i got no increase in fps.
As for the overclock, i used this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30zTM11hg7A for a guide, The vid is for 2.8ghz. i thought that was a little high and decided on 2.4ghz. As the gpu is the bottle neck. When clocked @ 2.8ghz i got no increase in fps.
They run much more demanding games than WoW ok, so it should be fine. Looks good on this youtube clip. The only difference been 8gb of ram instead of 6gb.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czhQQNRRcJo
Nope.. Though may have been a lot quicker than deleting all the bloteware.
why did you ask matink?
Just wondered, If I buy another I'll use it purely for DJ software and folks usually recommend starting form scratch and really purging that bloat
LOL.... Wish i had taken that advice. There are still a few little buggers lurking.
I am very pleased with it. Your right in saying that its no gaming laptop. But the few games i have played ran fine. Although the screen is a low res (1366 x 768). As long as the fps is >30 i'm happy. Though it may mean lowering the quality or knocking back to 720p.
I bought it not to replace my desktop. But so i could play the odd game, while sat on the sofa with the wife while she watches soaps. it means i dont get moaned at for spending my time in the man gave...
If i get chance over the weekend i will try and run a few benchmarks, and post a few screen shots.
One thing buying this laptop has showed me, is that i really dont need silly amounts of powerfull hardware to game @1080p. And the gtx470 in my desktop still has plenty of life left.
Though not having room for a 2nd hdd is a pain. I never realised how bad not having a ssd is.
I bought it not to replace my desktop. But so i could play the odd game, while sat on the sofa with the wife while she watches soaps. it means i dont get moaned at for spending my time in the man gave...
If i get chance over the weekend i will try and run a few benchmarks, and post a few screen shots.
One thing buying this laptop has showed me, is that i really dont need silly amounts of powerfull hardware to game @1080p. And the gtx470 in my desktop still has plenty of life left.
Though not having room for a 2nd hdd is a pain. I never realised how bad not having a ssd is.
It has a better screen and blue ray. Other than that it has a slower cpu and gpu. A much smaller hdd and less ram. I dont think you will be able to run much more than ut3. And then at a much lower res.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. I think you would be better sending it back and getting the Hp.