Laptop For Light Gaming

Durvelle27 · Nov 18, 2018

Hey guys I’m buying yet another laptop as my wife took the one I just bought which is what my last thread was about. So now I’m looking to buy another for light gaming while I’m traveling.

Looking to play games like

Battlefield 4
Call of Duty Black OPs IIII
Call of Duty WWII
Fortnite
Team Fourtess 2
Movies

Laptops I’ve looked at

HP 745 G3
Acre Aspire 3
HP Envy X360
HP Envy M6
Lenovo Z50-75
Lenovo Ideapad 310-15AB
HP Pavillion

I’m trying to stay under $400 preferably under $300

I know it’s not a lot but i was looking at refurbs as well

John Naylor · Nov 18, 2018

$400 isn't going to cut it.

I Iooked at the $600 HP Envy w/ Vega 3 Graphics w/ 13" 1080p screen... it placed in 403rd place out of 407 mobile graphics solutions

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html

Benchmarks here

https://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-RX-Vega-3-GPU.278652.0.html

Call of Duty WII (Medium Settings) - 16.6 fps
BF1 (High Settings) - 7.1 fps

Didnt see any of your listed game in the test

Vya Domus · Nov 18, 2018

You need something with at least a 1050. Those CoD titles you listed are just simply not going to be playable to an acceptable degree on those laptops.

cdawall · Nov 18, 2018

Buy a used gaming laptop with a 970m or 980m in it.

therealmeep · Nov 18, 2018

cdawall said:
Buy a used gaming laptop with a 970m or 980m in it.

This will probably be your best bet for around 4-600$, I've seen early 2013 model Razer Blades (4720/4702HQ + 970m) for sale around this price, and these are going to be your only options really around this price point that can play these types of games.

Durvelle27 · Nov 19, 2018

John Naylor said:
$400 isn't going to cut it.

I Iooked at the $600 HP Envy w/ Vega 3 Graphics w/ 13" 1080p screen... it placed in 403rd place out of 407 mobile graphics solutions

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html

Benchmarks here

https://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-RX-Vega-3-GPU.278652.0.html

Call of Duty WII (Medium Settings) - 16.6 fps
BF1 (High Settings) - 7.1 fps

Didnt see any of your listed game in the test

No way for me to increase my budget

Vya Domus said:
You need something with at least a 1050. Those CoD titles you listed are just simply not going to be playable to an acceptable degree on those laptops.

Even 720p gaming on low

therealmeep said:
This will probably be your best bet for around 4-600$, I've seen early 2013 model Razer Blades (4720/4702HQ + 970m) for sale around this price, and these are going to be your only options really around this price point that can play these types of games.

$400 and under is all i can spring

Vya Domus · Nov 19, 2018

Durvelle27 said:
Even 720p gaming on low

I mean, whatever is acceptable for you but do be aware of the level of performance your going to see. As some have suggest maybe a used laptop will serve you better.

Durvelle27 · Nov 19, 2018

Vya Domus said:
I mean, whatever is acceptable for you but do be aware of the level of performance your going to see. As some have suggest maybe a used laptop will serve you better.

i'm content with playing at 1280x720

sam_86314 · Nov 19, 2018

This laptop cost me $574. It has a GTX 1050 Ti, and accepts 6th and 7th gen LGA1151 chips. It's been a great laptop, and it handles any game I throw at it.

Edit, oops just saw your max budget

Tallencor · Nov 19, 2018

Maybe see what black Friday or cyber Monday brings?

Durvelle27 · Nov 19, 2018

The best laptops I can found

Has these GPU options

R7 Bristol Bridge
HD 8690m
HD 8790M
R9 M275

All under $300

er557 · Nov 19, 2018

@300$ they probably have been through hell and back, double check the precise condition IMHO

John Naylor · Nov 19, 2018

Again, gaming and budget are mutually exclusivre... new you are looking at $850 - $900 at best....used is scary.

Durvelle27 · Nov 20, 2018

I ended up buying a refurbished Dell Latitude E6540

Specs:
Intel i5-4310M
Samsung 16GB(2x8GB) DDR3 1600
750GB HDD
AMD HD 8790M w/2GB GDDR5

For $199

Reviews for it are really decent and it can play Crysis 3 on High @1366x768 with 40FPS+ Which is really good for a laptop

Mussels · Nov 20, 2018

Durvelle27 said:
I ended up buying a refurbished Dell Latitude E6540

Specs:
Intel i5-4310M
Samsung 16GB(2x8GB) DDR3 1600
750GB HDD
AMD HD 8790M w/2GB GDDR5

For $199

Reviews for it are really decent and it can play Crysis 3 on High @1366x768 with 40FPS+ Which is really good for a laptop

within your budget, i think that might be the best you could have gotten - decent specs

Durvelle27 · Nov 20, 2018

Mussels said:
within your budget, i think that might be the best you could have gotten - decent specs

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Video Card(s)	\|AMD R9 290
Storage	Sandisk X300 512GB + WD Black 6TB+WD Black 6TB
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System Name	Black Prometheus
Processor	\|AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
Motherboard	ASRock B550M Pro4\|MSI X370 Gaming PLUS
Cooling	Thermalright PA120 SE \| AMD Stock Cooler
Memory	G.Skill 64GB(2x32GB) 3200MHz \| 32GB(4x8GB) DDR4
Video Card(s)	\|AMD R9 290
Storage	Sandisk X300 512GB + WD Black 6TB+WD Black 6TB
Display(s)	LG Nanocell85 49" 4K 120Hz + ACER AOPEN 34" 3440x1440 144Hz
Case	DeepCool Matrexx 55 V3 w/ 6x120mm Intake + 3x120mm Exhaust
Audio Device(s)	LG Dolby Atmos 5.1
Power Supply	Corsair RMX850 Fully Modular\| EVGA 750W G2
Mouse	Logitech Trackman
Keyboard	Logitech K350
Software	Windows 10 EDU x64

Laptop For Light Gaming

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