Is this a good laptop?

[Janezzz]

My situations is that I want a laptop to watch videos, movies, play music and play the same AAA Games I play on my main gaming tower (of course at reduced settings). The laptop I have at the moment is very slow, overheats when doing some really easy tasks and a lot of other problems.

Is this laptop good for these tasks?

Intel Core i5 5200U (2 cores, 4 Threads, 3 MB of L3 Cache) @ 2.2 Ghz (Turbo-boost up to 2.7 Ghz) 14 nm Broadwell

2x4 GB of DDR3 RAM @ 1600 Mhz

Nvidia Geforce GT 940m (Maxwell) with 2 GB of DDR3 Memory

17.3" 1600x900 Display

1 TB Hard disk @ 7200 RPM

USB 3.0, DVD Reader

[ShadowCaptain]

SNIP

 

Should be fine for most tasks, GPU is very week for gaming, will be lowest settings at low resolutions for AAA games

 

what does this laptop cost?

 

I would suggest an 860m/960m for gaming

[ELSknutson]

Price?

[Taswell]

that not too bad. that GPU should be able to power that screen easily 

[Frost Byte]

The 940 might have some troubles, and the unusually screen resolution.... Is unusual. How much is the laptop? What model is it preferably? 

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/1920x1080-vs-1600x900-which-is-preferred.636010/

 

 

"I would say for a 17 inch screen, go with 1920 x 1080. But for a 15 inch screen go with 1600 x 900.

Sure 1920 looks better than 1600, but your games are going to have much less frames per second as well."

[Janezzz]

that not too bad. that GPU should be able to power that screen easily

The 940 might have some troubles, and the unusually screen resolution.... Is unusual. How much is the laptop? What model is it preferably? 

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/1920x1080-vs-1600x900-which-is-preferred.636010/

 

 

"I would say for a 17 inch screen, go with 1920 x 1080. But for a 15 inch screen go with 1600 x 900.

Sure 1920 looks better than 1600, but your games are going to have much less frames per second as well."

Should be fine for most tasks, GPU is very week for gaming, will be lowest settings at low resolutions for AAA games

 

what does this laptop cost?

 

I would suggest an 860m/960m for gaming

Its around 800-ish dollars.

Its a Asus X751LB-TY043D

[Taswell]

Lenovo Y40 has similar price and specs. the Build quality and design seem better but the GPU is Slightly weaker andithasd a full 1080P screenon it.