Hi everyone,
So here's my situation. My current laptop is not really cutting it anymore. I want to move on, but I'm not really sure of what kind of laptop I want. I've been doing research, but what's holding me back is that I don't know the hardware that I should be looking at.
Here's what I want in my laptop:
I want something that I can take around (DUH, but then again some laptops can get kinda big...). I want this laptop for general stuff, watching movies, and some gaming as well. I will definitely be playing all of my older games on gog.com as well as tf2. I would love to be able to play Guild Wars 2, so let's set that as a standard. I don't care much about how well the graphics look. Medium quality is totally fine by me.
What kind of a graphics card should I be looking for? Should I get a dedicated card like nvidia, or should I be fine with Intel HD 4600 or the AMD equivalent (which I'm not even sure it would be).
Now to go to cpus. I know I should get at least an i5 intel processor, but I don't know much about amd. Thoughts? I keep hearing that intel is better, but I don't know what to believe. I know I'll be paying a premium for intel... right?
I'm curious as to how cheap of a laptop I can get. I know its a lot of questions, I would appreciate any answers you will give me. Thanks!
So here's my situation. My current laptop is not really cutting it anymore. I want to move on, but I'm not really sure of what kind of laptop I want. I've been doing research, but what's holding me back is that I don't know the hardware that I should be looking at.
Here's what I want in my laptop:
I want something that I can take around (DUH, but then again some laptops can get kinda big...). I want this laptop for general stuff, watching movies, and some gaming as well. I will definitely be playing all of my older games on gog.com as well as tf2. I would love to be able to play Guild Wars 2, so let's set that as a standard. I don't care much about how well the graphics look. Medium quality is totally fine by me.
What kind of a graphics card should I be looking for? Should I get a dedicated card like nvidia, or should I be fine with Intel HD 4600 or the AMD equivalent (which I'm not even sure it would be).
Now to go to cpus. I know I should get at least an i5 intel processor, but I don't know much about amd. Thoughts? I keep hearing that intel is better, but I don't know what to believe. I know I'll be paying a premium for intel... right?
I'm curious as to how cheap of a laptop I can get. I know its a lot of questions, I would appreciate any answers you will give me. Thanks!