looking for a laptop for gaming that can play these games

drahlz

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I am looking for a laptop to use to basically replace my desktop. There are several games I have been holding off on playing that I would want to play on this laptop
Assassin's creed
shadows of mordor
watchdogs
There are several other lower requirement games I play as well like WoW, smite, heroes of the storm, etc.

I will be purchasing a SSD separately. I want to be able to play these games smoothly on medium settings. Looking for suggestions on the minimum gpu I should get to play these games.

Thanks!
 
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I would say the cheapest gpu for those games is a gt 840m which should be able to play those games at low - med settings.

I would however, recommend a gtx 850m as a min though. Obviously if you can get higher than that, it would be good.

drahlz

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"I want to be able to play these games smoothly on medium settings. Looking for suggestions on the minimum gpu I should get to play these games."

basically a 2 part question.. first being what is considered smooth gameplay.. I have heard 60 fps typically as the stanard, but have also heard 30 fps looks almost identical to the human eye.

second is I want to know what he cheapest gpu is that will play these games at that fps consistently.

I intentionally did not include a budget because I don't see it relevant for either of those questions and didn't want responses based solely on budget.
 

drahlz

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according to that 30fps looks just as good to me and my wife.. so 30fps is good enough for me.

so first question answered. what is the cheapest laptop gpu that can play the games I mentioned above?
 

RazerZ

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Are you using a 60Hz and above monitor ( I know it's unlikely not to, just had to make sure)? If you are the answer would depend on what graphic settings you are expecting to play the games at and at what resolution.
 
I would say the cheapest gpu for those games is a gt 840m which should be able to play those games at low - med settings.

I would however, recommend a gtx 850m as a min though. Obviously if you can get higher than that, it would be good.
 
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