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lestatdark on 01 June 2011
Tuanniez said:

Solid specs for a laptop. The 6770M is a very good laptop gpu, and as you said this is basically a desktop replacement, I'm assuming it should be plugged in most the time anyway. Even the most effecient laptop isn't going to have the best battery life when gaming, so that shouldn't be a problem.
For me personally though, I think the screen quality is a bit on the lower end, which I think HP had to use to counter the GPU its using for the asking price. But I'm very picky when it comes to monitors and the likes.
The only game I've tested however was Dragon Age 2 with all settings on Medium, as I didn't want to run it on Dx11 due to poor optimization, and it ran beautifullu. Skyrim should be playable at medium settings I'm guessing. 
The laptop I used had a 2410M processor which is stronger but shouldn't change things too much. Be happy with the laptop. Its got a well balanced spec, and looks great to boot. I would be happy if I were you =D

Yeah the resolution let me down a bit, but my options were narrowed down between this laptop and an Acer Aspire 752G with an i5-480M and an GT 540M given my budget. The Acer had a better resolution (1440x900), but overall it felt like a weaker choice, gaming wise.

Even then, most of the times that i'm going to use it for gaming at home it will be hooked to my 1080p TV, so the resolution will only be bothersome during work, so that's a good trade-off.

I can't wait to try it myself, to see how much of an increase in graphical perfomance between a 9650M GT and a HD 6770M.



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lestatdark on 01 June 2011
NJ5 said:

The specs are good, just try not to break your back while carrying it around...

It only weighs 2,9 kgs. The Toshiba Satellite P100-400 that I had from 2005-2008 weighed almost 4 kgs.



Current PC Build

CPU - i7 8700K 3.7 GHz (4.7 GHz turbo) 6 cores OC'd to 5.2 GHz with Watercooling (Hydro Series H110i) | MB - Gigabyte Z370 HD3P ATX | Gigabyte GTX 1080ti Gaming OC BLACK 11G (1657 MHz Boost Core / 11010 MHz Memory) | RAM - Corsair DIMM 32GB DDR4, 2400 MHz | PSU - Corsair CX650M (80+ Bronze) 650W | Audio - Asus Essence STX II 7.1 | Monitor - Samsung U28E590D 4K UHD, Freesync, 1 ms, 60 Hz, 28"

Xen on 01 June 2011

Very similar to mine, it is... better CPU and GPU though.

Core i7 740qm

Geforce GT420m

6GB ram (Kingston)

500GB SATA HDD (From WD)

1366x768 with a 15"4 screen... VGA and HDMI outs.

...and since mine runs everything I've tried on it so far very well, you will have no prob. Sounds like a grea laptop to me.



Cthulhu on 01 June 2011

For a laptop its great..and yes can play most of the games quite well

nice buy



blkfish92 on 01 June 2011

Meh I think you could've found a better deal with a comparibly powerful desktop or better really.



           

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yo_john117 on 01 June 2011

Good specs but i'm sorry you  opted for an HP :-/



loves2splooge on 01 June 2011
blkfish92 said:

Meh I think you could've found a better deal with a comparibly powerful desktop or better really.

He needs a laptop for working at his University though. Alternatively he could have bought a cheap laptop and then built a dedicated desktop for gaming but that probably would hurt his wallet more (in the short-term anyway. A gaming desktop is a better investment long-term than a gaming laptop) than just buying a powerful juice-guzzling laptop (just have your ac adaptor hooked up to your laptop during gaming sessions and you're fine though).

I'm probably not going to spend a significant amount on a laptop ever again (I got a mid-range one, not the cheap ones). The cheap ass plastic of my Dell Studio laptop is starting to fall apart (I did drop my laptop on a concrete floor though. I had it laying on the arm rest of my couch and It took a hard tumble. Doh!) and it's not even 2 years old.



blkfish92 on 01 June 2011
loves2splooge said:
blkfish92 said:

Meh I think you could've found a better deal with a comparibly powerful desktop or better really.

He needs a laptop for working at his University though. Alternatively he could have bought a cheap laptop and then built a dedicated desktop for gaming but that probably would hurt his wallet more (in the short-term anyway. A gaming desktop is a better investment long-term than a gaming laptop) than just buying a powerful juice-guzzling laptop (just have your ac adaptor hooked up to your laptop during gaming sessions and you're fine though).

I suppose it's cool if it's for school then.



           

lestatdark on 01 June 2011
loves2splooge said:
blkfish92 said:

Meh I think you could've found a better deal with a comparibly powerful desktop or better really.

He needs a laptop for working at his University though. Alternatively he could have bought a cheap laptop and then built a dedicated desktop for gaming but that probably would hurt his wallet more (in the short-term anyway. A gaming desktop is a better investment long-term than a gaming laptop) than just buying a powerful juice-guzzling laptop (just have your ac adaptor hooked up to your laptop during gaming sessions and you're fine though).

I'm probably not going to spend a significant amount on a laptop ever again (I got a mid-range one, not the cheap ones). The cheap ass plastic of my Dell Studio laptop is starting to fall apart (I did drop my laptop on a concrete floor though. I had it laying on the arm rest of my couch and It took a hard tumble. Doh!) and it's not even 2 years old.

Pretty much this. My gaming sessions aren't long, especially given that my work on college takes a lot of priority, but I do want a good laptop that can handle pretty much anything. I haven't had a desktop since 2005 because of this.

I haven't had better luck with laptops as well. My Toshiba Satellite was stolen when it was barely above 3 years old and my Asus only was 2 and a half years old when it finally gave away. This is probably the last expensive laptop that i'm going to buy, so i'm kinda hoping it last much longer than the last two >_<



Current PC Build

CPU - i7 8700K 3.7 GHz (4.7 GHz turbo) 6 cores OC'd to 5.2 GHz with Watercooling (Hydro Series H110i) | MB - Gigabyte Z370 HD3P ATX | Gigabyte GTX 1080ti Gaming OC BLACK 11G (1657 MHz Boost Core / 11010 MHz Memory) | RAM - Corsair DIMM 32GB DDR4, 2400 MHz | PSU - Corsair CX650M (80+ Bronze) 650W | Audio - Asus Essence STX II 7.1 | Monitor - Samsung U28E590D 4K UHD, Freesync, 1 ms, 60 Hz, 28"

lestatdark on 01 June 2011
yo_john117 said:

Good specs but i'm sorry you  opted for an HP :-/

What's the issue with HP laptops? (i'm asking honestly, since I haven't heard anything bad from them here in Portugal)



Current PC Build

CPU - i7 8700K 3.7 GHz (4.7 GHz turbo) 6 cores OC'd to 5.2 GHz with Watercooling (Hydro Series H110i) | MB - Gigabyte Z370 HD3P ATX | Gigabyte GTX 1080ti Gaming OC BLACK 11G (1657 MHz Boost Core / 11010 MHz Memory) | RAM - Corsair DIMM 32GB DDR4, 2400 MHz | PSU - Corsair CX650M (80+ Bronze) 650W | Audio - Asus Essence STX II 7.1 | Monitor - Samsung U28E590D 4K UHD, Freesync, 1 ms, 60 Hz, 28"