I'm looking for a decent laptop to be able to game on and use for school.

[AlphaGamer46]

Hi.

 

I am looking at buying a decent Windows 10 laptop with 8GB RAM, 500GB-1TB Hard Drive (Preferably an SSD), 15" screen, an i5/i7 from like 2.5GHz+ and a proper GPU (we don't need any of that Intel HD Graphics sh!t here).

 

Ideally, I would like for it to cost anywhere from $800AUD under.

 

I am still a student and am therefore stuck for cash.

 

I want to abandon my current MacBook. Look at my previous post in this subthread for that post.

 

Thanks again, Alpha.

[Aereldor]

Oh boy, the Dell Inspiron 7559 that Linus reviewed is right up your alley. It goes for about $800, but the model on Amazon right now comes with the following features.

 

• An i5 6300HQ (a Skylake quad-core running at 2.3/3.2 GHz)
• A 256GB M.2 SSD
• A 15.6" 1080p IPS display
• A 4GB GTX 960M
• 8 GB of RAM

It's a little over your budget, but from what Linus says, it appears to be worth even more than its price.

 

 

Although if you DO find a laptop that has similar features but costs less, please let me know, as I've been looking for something similar myself.

[mathmeister]

Holy macarooni get the Acer Laptop Aspire E E5-573G-52G3

 

Windows 10 Home
Intel® Core™ i5-5200U processor Dual-core 2.20 GHz
15.6" Full HD (1920 x 1080) 16:9
NVIDIA GeForce 940M with 2 GB Dedicated Memory
8 GB, DDR3L SDRAM
1 TB HDD

[mathmeister]

Just now, Aereldor said:

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$800 aud is like $550 usd

[don_svetlio]

I vote for the Inspiron - if you want to game, proper cooling is a must meaning no Acer or Asus.

[Aereldor]

2 minutes ago, mathmeister said:

Holy macarooni

 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B012IBOCRU/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=1944687722&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B016ZNMGOS&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0DAMBF7FMKEPWVB1E9KW

It's a good deal, but I don't think the 940m can game. I was considering this laptop due to my similarly low budget, but found that it can barely hold 30FPS at 768p on The Witcher 3 at its lowest possible settings- staying closer to 20FPS most of the time.

[Clyne]

I wouldn't expect much for 800 AUD for a laptop with a graphics card.

Found these laptops from Dick Smith

http://www.dicksmith.com.au/laptops-notebooks/acer-f5-572g-595m-dsau-xc0382

http://www.dicksmith.com.au/laptops-notebooks/asus-f555uj-xo050t-dsau-xc9472

[mathmeister]

Just now, Aereldor said:

It's a good deal, but I don't think the 940m can game. I was considering this laptop due to my similarly low budget, but found that it can barely hold 30FPS at 768p on The Witcher 3 at its lowest possible settings- staying closer to 20FPS most of the time.

To be honest that's the best you'll do. My laptop is an i7 with a 740m which does great in most AAA games. I have no trouble pushing 40-100 fps in most games I play.

[mathmeister]

1 minute ago, Bubblewhale said:

I wouldn't expect much for 800 AUD for a laptop with a graphics card.

Found these laptops from Dick Smith

http://www.dicksmith.com.au/laptops-notebooks/acer-f5-572g-595m-dsau-xc0382

http://www.dicksmith.com.au/laptops-notebooks/asus-f555uj-xo050t-dsau-xc9472

One of those has a 920M and the other just says 2GB Nvidia GPU

[Aereldor]

4 minutes ago, mathmeister said:

To be honest that's the best you'll do. My laptop is an i7 with a 740m which does great in most AAA games. I have no trouble pushing 40-100 fps in most games I play.

40 to 100 FPS on a 740M? What sort of settings sorcery are you using to do this? It sounds inconceivable, even at the lowest settings.

Or have you found a way to play at a resolution of 640x480 or lower?

[mathmeister]

Just now, Aereldor said:

40 to 100 FPS on a 740M? What sort of settings sorcery are you using to do this? It sounds inconceivable, even at the lowest settings.

Or have you found a way to play at a resolution of 640x480 or lower?

I play at 768p 50-70 fps on BF4 medium to high settings to give you perspective. But now I mostly just play CSGO at 150-200 fps on lowest. Some of the newer titles like Wicher and MGSV have horrible performance but what can you expect from a GT 740m

[Aereldor]

3 minutes ago, mathmeister said:

I play at 768p 50-70 fps on BF4 medium to high settings to give you perspective. But now I mostly just play CSGO at 150-200 fps on lowest. Some of the newer titles like Wicher and MGSV have horrible performance but what can you expect from a GT 740m

Try deleting the 'Apex Clothing' dll in your Witcher 3 bin/x64 folder. For some reason, it bought me about 10FPS of performance on my GTX 960.

[mathmeister]

18 minutes ago, Aereldor said:

Try deleting the 'Apex Clothing' dll in your Witcher 3 bin/x64 folder. For some reason, it bought me about 10FPS of performance on my GTX 960.

No the 740m is just bad

[AlphaGamer46]

On 2/19/2016 at 8:04 AM, Aereldor said:

Oh boy, the Dell Inspiron 7559 that Linus reviewed is right up your alley. It goes for about $800, but the model on Amazon right now comes with the following features.

 

• An i5 6300HQ (a Skylake quad-core running at 2.3/3.2 GHz)
• A 256GB M.2 SSD
• A 15.6" 1080p IPS display
• A 4GB GTX 960M
• 8 GB of RAM

It's a little over your budget, but from what Linus says, it appears to be worth even more than its price.

 

 

Although if you DO find a laptop that has similar features but costs less, please let me know, as I've been looking for something similar myself.

Didn't even think of that.

 

On 2/19/2016 at 8:05 AM, mathmeister said:

Holy macarooni get the Acer Laptop Aspire E E5-573G-52G3

 

Windows 10 Home
Intel® Core™ i5-5200U processor Dual-core 2.20 GHz
15.6" Full HD (1920 x 1080) 16:9
NVIDIA GeForce 940M with 2 GB Dedicated Memory
8 GB, DDR3L SDRAM
1 TB HDD

I think I saw this one but I really don't want a dual core CPU, I want to be able to multitask a bit and have a bit of breathing space.

[Aereldor]

On 19/2/2016 at 3:42 AM, mathmeister said:

No the 740m is just bad

You don't have to try it if you don't want to.

[AlphaGamer46]

On 2/21/2016 at 0:17 AM, Aereldor said:

You don't have to try it if you don't want to.

I personally like any laptop that still uses a proper graphics processor. None of that Intel Graphics here.

 

A 740M in a laptop that isn't too expensive is actually a good buy because some laptops with 950M's are just attrociously priced.

[don_svetlio]

52 minutes ago, AlphaGamer46 said:

I personally like any laptop that still uses a proper graphics processor. None of that Intel Graphics here.

 

A 740M in a laptop that isn't too expensive is actually a good buy because some laptops with 950M's are just attrociously priced.

When you consider the 950M is around double the performance of a 740M, it's normal for it to cost more.

[FatPenguin]

On 2/19/2016 at 4:34 PM, Aereldor said:

Oh boy, the Dell Inspiron 7559 that Linus reviewed is right up your alley. It goes for about $800, but the model on Amazon right now comes with the following features.

 

• An i5 6300HQ (a Skylake quad-core running at 2.3/3.2 GHz)
• A 256GB M.2 SSD
• A 15.6" 1080p IPS display
• A 4GB GTX 960M
• 8 GB of RAM

It's a little over your budget, but from what Linus says, it appears to be worth even more than its price.

 

 

Although if you DO find a laptop that has similar features but costs less, please let me know, as I've been looking for something similar myself.

 

A bit over his price