Going mobile after desktop with buget and high end gaming.

[Francesco Battaglia]

So my desktop started to kick the dust after 3 years, SSD failed, games were crashing, Strange freezing, Internet crashes the works. No luck resolving issues, Just one after another. Luckily I got a PS4 with plasma screen on trade for the remaining parts.

So now that university is starting up I need something mobile that I can game abit with that I have, Battlefield 4, Left for dead, Day z, skyrim. I need to multitask and need it to be quick for when I'm doing investment related stuff online.

I have narrowed it down to 3 Options....Basically the 2 from costco have 2 year warranty's unlike the Lenovo. Each one is 200$ apart in prince and then can basically play what I have I believe from my research. There all i5's and I7. I buy new pc's every 2 years generally to avoid issues.


Acer Aspire V3-772G-9820
http/www.costco.ca/Acer-Aspire-V3-772G-9820-Bilingual-Notebook%2c-i7-4712MQ.product.100122796.html

Lenovo Y50
http/www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834317539

Acer Aspire E5-771G-54N6
http/www.costco.ca/Acer-Aspire-E5-771G-54N6-Bilingual-Notebook%2c-i5-4210U.product.100131899.html

 

[darkbreeze]

If you're getting that for gaming I'd suggest getting a unit with 1366x768 resolution. None of those adapters are likely to support very high fps at that resolution on anything higher than medium settings. If you have to have one of them and gaming is a priority then get the Lenovo with the GTX 860M as it's the better of the three adapters and has GDDR5, the other two use GDDR3.

 

[iBUYPOWER - Jason]

The Lenovo Y50 is the most powerful option out of those three choices. The 860M will handle most modern games on high/ultra settings depending on it's GPU needs. The Lenovo Y50's i7 Processor combined with the 860M is a beast of a machine and it comes at a great value. However, like any laptop, it has it's own issues. Most people have complained about the screen quality of the Lenovo, but that's the most common complaint.

The Acer is a good choice as well (known for making high performance and low-budget friendly laptops). For the types of games you want to play, a 850M is the minimum you should consider.

Let me know if you have any other questions!

 

[darkbreeze]

I actually posted this in another thread as they were asking about the same thing your are so I'll repost it here.

This unit has been highly recommended for gaming but is still small enough to be portable.

http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834317539

If you want to spend a little more for a slightly better unit with an i7 instead of an i5 cpu, the same gpu and dual band wireless AC this is it:

http/shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/lenovo/y-series/y50/?sb=:000001C9:000120E3:

 

[Francesco Battaglia]

Gaming will not be a top priority, But if I can get one close to 1000$ I would, I plan to use it occasionally for gaming, i'm trying to move away from pc gaming since I mind myself wasting to much time isolating my self in a game. The PS4 should have all the games I want come out so I probably won't be using it unless there is a PC exclusive game.

I was reading the 850m and to 860m only have a slight increase on benchmarks, would it be worth it to lose the I7 for the i5 to gain the GPU performance and have to pay an extra 250$ here in Canada?

 

[darkbreeze]

Probably, for now. But if you can afford it, it would help to keep the unit relevant for the near to mid future. If you plan to replace in a couple years then I'd say the i5 was fine. You won't take much of a performance hit on gaming but you might on multi-tasking with numerous threads going from different apps or if you like to browse with a gazillion tabs open. If so, stick with the i7. Or if you plan to do an half serious video editing.

Quite honestly the i5 is fine and if gaming isn't really a priority I can recommend a few really decent laptops that have a bit less performance in the GPU department that will be significantly cheaper, but when you do game you'll really be able to tell.