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Yeah, it looks pretty good.

Is there a huge difference between the 950M and the 960M?

massive http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-950M.138026.0.html

about 50% or more. http://www.notebookcheck.com/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-960M.134806.0.html

So I'm in need of a laptop for school/general gaming as the one I have been supplied with is pretty dead and old at this point.
Considering I'll have this for the next couple of years I will at least want it to have a bit of power, but I'm not really sure what GPU to go for.
I pretty much play LoL, GTA V, and a bunch of other source games, and then the basic school work stuff. so I'm guessing it doesn't have to be too powerful.

Initially I wanted to go with a laptop from Lenovo, but when I read reviews for the GPUs in their mid range systems they didn't look too good.

I was considering one in the multimedia line of laptops, though I don't think the GT 820M is really that powerful for what I want to do.

So now I'm considering a laptop from Metabox, but I don't know what to choose still lol.
So basically, is a GTX 850M enough for what I'll be doing or should I be bumping up to a GTX 950M? Or was my initial assumption wrong and I'm bad at research?

Oh and yeah, looking for a 15 - 17 inch laptop, don't care about slimness.

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I think that metabox sale will be your best bet, but you should REALLY get 960M if you want to play newest games...

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I think that metabox sale will be your best bet, but you should REALLY get 960M if you want to play newest games...

Yeah, it looks pretty good.

Is there a huge difference between the 950M and the 960M?

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Yeah, it looks pretty good.

Is there a huge difference between the 950M and the 960M?

massive http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-950M.138026.0.html

about 50% or more. http://www.notebookcheck.com/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-960M.134806.0.html

Location: Kaunas, Lithuania, Europe, Earth, Solar System, Local Interstellar Cloud, Local Bubble, Gould Belt, Orion Arm, Milky Way, Milky Way subgroup, Local Group, Virgo Supercluster, Laniakea, Pisces–Cetus Supercluster Complex, Observable universe, Universe.

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12700, B660M Mortar DDR4, 32GB 3200C16 Viper Steel, 2TB SN570, EVGA Supernova G6 850W, be quiet! 500FX, EVGA 3070Ti FTW3 Ultra.

 

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So I'm in need of a laptop for school/general gaming as the one I have been supplied with is pretty dead and old at this point.

Considering I'll have this for the next couple of years I will at least want it to have a bit of power, but I'm not really sure what GPU to go for.

I pretty much play LoL, GTA V, and a bunch of other source games, and then the basic school work stuff. so I'm guessing it doesn't have to be too powerful.

Initially I wanted to go with a laptop from Lenovo, but when I read reviews for the GPUs in their mid range systems they didn't look too good.

I was considering one in the multimedia line of laptops, though I don't think the GT 820M is really that powerful for what I want to do.

So now I'm considering a laptop from Metabox, but I don't know what to choose still lol.

So basically, is a GTX 850M enough for what I'll be doing or should I be bumping up to a GTX 950M? Or was my initial assumption wrong and I'm bad at research?

Oh and yeah, looking for a 15 - 17 inch laptop, don't care about slimness.

 

Your budget is too tight if you want a laptop to play GTA V.

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