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riderz13371 on 04 December 2014

Does screen resolution matter at all for you? If not, get the Lenova. The Samsung one doesn't say what GPU it has, just that's it's GeForce so I have no idea about that, but it's got a 1080P screen resolution.

For me personally, I would never buy a laptop that's not 1080P but that may not matter to you.



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zuvuyeay on 04 December 2014
eva01beserk said:
Arkaign said:
Well, I may sound a bit harsh on the AMD APUs, but for value gaming they're really not bad. Your A10 is the best of the series so far.

Gaming on PC will be bottlenecked by something or other any way you cut it, even on really beefy rigs, but they are more often bottlenecked by GPU.

Now comparing midrange Intel vs. AMD CPUs, you have most often a situation where the AMD CPU portion is mediocre, and the GPU portion is mediocre (in terms of gaming). Whereas on Intel setups without a dedicated GPU you have an excellent CPU portion, and below-average/poor GPU portion (Intel HD Graphics, even the HD4600, just aren't very good for gaming).

So if you showed me a laptop with an AMD A6, A8, or A10 APU, and compared it to a similarly priced value Intel laptop with an i3 or i5, but without a dedicated GPU to go with it, the AMD will be better for gaming. Now add a decent GPU to the situation and the Intel turns into a much better unit.

TLDR : For $400, you did just fine. It's really really difficult to find a well rounded gaming laptop for under $600, and you can get into trouble really quick if you start trying to checkbox all the good stuff like :

i7 Quad
8GB or more ram
7200RPM HDD or even an SSD
Dedicated GPU of decent spec (eg; GT750 or better)
1080P Screen
etc.

As for how to set your particular unit up for best results with that A10 you have, would be to run native resolution, high textures, medium shadows, low AA.

Thank you, you put my mind at ease. A lot more clearer  than the specs I found that just sounded very vague.

 The only thing I had clear before was that for a tight budget you should always go amd, just dint know if for my budget it was even worth it and just got a crapy laptop to work and save my money for a ps4. Im glad that I dint make  a mistake then. I can gladly game on mid specs for a while until I upgrade to next gen.

I just have one last question about the radeon r6 graphics. It says it does not have dedicated video memory and it uses directly the ram. Does that mean that if I upgrade it to 16gb ram, would it improve the gpu performance?


they are known as poor mans gaming laptops,i got one

not great but you can muddle through on low settings for plenty of games,where i am you have to double the money laptop wise to get anywhere near what i'd want



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Gilgamesh on 05 December 2014
riderz13371 said:
Does screen resolution matter at all for you? If not, get the Lenova. The Samsung one doesn't say what GPU it has, just that's it's GeForce so I have no idea about that, but it's got a 1080P screen resolution.

For me personally, I would never buy a laptop that's not 1080P but that may not matter to you.

My current laptop screen is 1600 x 900, that's what I'm use to so it doesn't matter if it's 1080p.



riderz13371 on 05 December 2014
Gilgamesh said:
riderz13371 said:
Does screen resolution matter at all for you? If not, get the Lenova. The Samsung one doesn't say what GPU it has, just that's it's GeForce so I have no idea about that, but it's got a 1080P screen resolution.

For me personally, I would never buy a laptop that's not 1080P but that may not matter to you.

My current laptop screen is 1600 x 900, that's what I'm use to so it doesn't matter if it's 1080p.

Get the Lenova. Decent GPU for some light gaming. My laptop has a GT 630M and I can play pretty much any 2012-2013 game with lowered settings, and the GPU in the Lenova is a bit better than mine so you shouldn't have a problem. Don't expect to run any of the newer 2014 games like Watch Dogs or AC Unity though, I don't think it will be able to.