Cheap laptop capable of gaming

nutmanmatt · Nov 19, 2013

Hello,

I am looking to upgrade my laptop and have a tight budget of no more than $500. I know I will not be getting a gaming laptop for this price but would like something that has some gaming capabilities. I currently only have a old HP Compaq nx7400 I got for free which cant run a single game I have tried so most anything would be an upgrade. I have seen a few A10 laptops around that price range so I'm thinking going with an APU would be the best bet. So basically what can I get in the $500 price range that would fit my needs best? Also it has to be new but can be older as long as its new.

Thanks guys.

Eric Heckman · Nov 19, 2013

What games are you looking to play?

nutmanmatt · Nov 20, 2013

Eric Heckman :

Really as much as possible hopefully games like far cry 3 or bioshock infinite on low settings if possible in that price range.

initiald64 · Nov 20, 2013

cheap doesnt come cheap as you will be hit by errors in the end. keep investing

nutmanmatt · Nov 20, 2013

initiald64 :

The problem is im not the one paying for it it will be a gift from my parents for college and they dont want to spend over $500.

Eric Heckman · Nov 20, 2013

I'm sorry to say this, but at that budgets games like bioshock are simply not going to run well on a laptop. Either go for a desktop or try to find the best a10 laptop you can.

nutmanmatt · Nov 21, 2013

Eric Heckman :

Yea i figured as much but I found this. http

/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834312829
Would this give me some gaming abilties? It has a HD 8650G

PinchedNerve · Nov 21, 2013

Here is a review of the laptop you linked too. http

/www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Lenovo-G505s-20255-Notebook.99459.0.html

Eric Heckman · Nov 21, 2013

Also, here are some benchmarks for that graphics card. http

/www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-HD-8650G.87916.0.html

nutmanmatt · Nov 22, 2013

Hmmm so it seems the $500 budget range isn't very promising so lets rephrase the question what is the cheapest/best deal laptop I could get that would be able to play all modern games such as bf4. I was thinking getting a refurbished IdeaPad Y500 with SLI gtx 650m.

vishnu39 · Nov 23, 2013

http

/www.gaminglaptopsjunky.com/eurocom-shark-2-0-15-6-gaming-laptop-i5-4200m-cpu-gtx-765m-gpu-8gb-ddr3-matte-1080p-screen-for-680/

if you can afford y500 with gt 650sli (i hope u already know that you have to pay extra for sli gt 650m) go for it

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