Which of these two laptops should I choose?

Mydayyy

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Take the NVIDIA. Will be slightly better than the AMD card. But they are both very similar so it depends on your preferences either choosing the AMD or NVIDIA version.

 

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Mydayyy

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Take the AMD if the $200 aren't worth it to buy the "similar" card from NVIDIA.

 

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Mydayyy :

Take the AMD if the $200 aren't worth it to buy the "similar" card from NVIDIA.

Do you think 1366x768 is a more suitable resolution for a 15" display over 1920x1080 as far as things being easier on the eyes and easier to read?

 

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It will be easier on the eye and as well if you game on it easier on the GPU handling fewer pixels. I would save the $200.

 

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rolli59 :

It will be easier on the eye and as well if you game on it easier on the GPU handling fewer pixels.

Which laptop would you go with? Pay extra $200 for the Nvidia or save $200 with the AMD and put that money towards a SSD?

 

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Save the $200.

 

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Mydayyy

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As retina addicted I would prefer the better res display and spend a couple more bugs. Setting your ppi to 125% or 150% in windows will look great on a 1080p display! Used to have a Sony Vaio 15-inch with 1080p and it was awesome! Better display and slighty better gpu. Take the GT 840M with 1080p trust me

 

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Mydayyy :

As retina addicted I would prefer the better res display and spend a couple more bugs. Setting your ppi to 125% or 150% in windows will look great on a 1080p display! Used to have a Sony Vaio 15-inch with 1080p and it was awesome! Better display and slighty better gpu. Take the GT 840M with 1080p trust me

I'll probably have the laptop connected to an external 1080p display most of the time, so that's why I'm thinking of skimping and saving the $200 and putting it towards a SSD. Just not sure if the Nvidia card is worth the extra $200

 

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Mydayyy

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chrisfromoh :

Mydayyy :

As retina addicted I would prefer the better res display and spend a couple more bugs. Setting your ppi to 125% or 150% in windows will look great on a 1080p display! Used to have a Sony Vaio 15-inch with 1080p and it was awesome! Better display and slighty better gpu. Take the GT 840M with 1080p trust me

I'll probably have the laptop connected to an external 1080p display most of the time, so that's why I'm thinking of skimping and saving the $200 and putting it towards a SSD. Just not sure if the Nvidia card is worth the extra $200

Ok then go for the cheaper AMD version. If your using your notebook as alternative for a tower that's ok. Otherwise go for the better equipment and pay another $200.

 

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For just a little better GPU $200 is a waste of money.

 

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I'm just guessing both of those laptops have only 1 drive slot. So you looking at 256 GB max for SSD for the 200. You could go to 512 gb for under 300. So I depends on what your using the laptop for to decide to put 200 into a SSD. The SSD will boot fast but you will have alot less storage space.

 

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Mydayyy

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orlbuckeye :

I'm just guessing both of those laptops have only 1 drive slot. So you looking at 256 GB max for SSD for the 200. You could go to 512 gb for under 300. So I depends on what your using the laptop for to decide to put 200 into a SSD. The SSD will boot fast but you will have alot less storage space.

Sure these are the drawbacks of each choice. Fast but small storage vs. slow but large storage. If you want a large amount of speedy storage you'll probably become bankrupt

 

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What I was going to do was replace the HDD with a SDD and then remove the optical drive abs put the HDD in the optical bay. That way I would have the benefit of SSD and still have a HDD for media storage.

 

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Well my last laptop I bought had 2 HD bays. I bought it with the intent of cloning the HD to SSD and moving the HD to the second bay. Well that was like 4 years ago when prices were over a dollar a GB. The i did it again to increase space but prices were closes to 1 dollar per GB.

 

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Mydayyy

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chrisfromoh :

What I was going to do was replace the HDD with a SDD and then remove the optical drive abs put the HDD in the optical bay. That way I would have the benefit of SSD and still have a HDD for media storage.

Yeah! That's what I used to do and it worked great in every aspect. Huge amount of "cheap" storage on the HDD and blistering speed with the SSD drive

Make sure Windows and your games are installed on the SSD to get the benefit of the higher read/write speeds and shorter access time!

 

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Mydayyy

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If you're funny but a PCI-Express SSD and your computer will fly Make sure it is mounted tightly on the ground though Just one problem: Can get extremely expensive those special SSD mounted on a PCI-E card. Take a look at my signature^^

 

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Mydayyy

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These would fit:
http/www.amazon.de/Plextor-PX-AG256M6e-PCIe-SSD-256/dp/B00K6DE0QG/ref=sr_1_6?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1416425054&sr=1-6&keywords=SSD+PCI+256GB

http/www.amazon.com/OCZ-Solutions-RevoDrive-Generation-RVD350-FHPX28-240G/dp/B00JXKIET2/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1416425193&sr=8-5&keywords=Asus+RAIDR+Express

 

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