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Question

buying laptops

Aug 14, 2015 8:58AM PDT

hi
first off i would like to point out i know very little about computers and there components. i have some general knowledge on the basic components but thats pretty much it.
im looking for a laptop thats lightweight, small that would easily fit in the average backpack.
i dont really multitask. maybe the most having 4 programs running in one time. potentially more depending what comes my way when i get to college but majority of the typing im probably going to be typing a lot.
i however play a mmo called darkorbit and i would like to have some high fps
no touch screen though.
good battery life
would spend if necessary max of $600.

cheers m8s

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Unlikely.
Aug 14, 2015 11:11PM PDT

I read one write about playing it on a 2GB Video ASUS HD 7850 so that's a pretty good card. At the very least I'd peg that on the combo of the i3 CPU with some 840M or better GPU. But that exceeded your budget.

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Choices
Aug 20, 2015 2:21PM PDT

Okay,

I was able to increase my budget and searched through a few laptops that I had in mind. Still keeping in the same preferences that I wanted - to keep in mind, when playing my darkorbit I don't ever go max but I always put them at low settings - which one would suit me best? may you please rank them from 1 being the best and 5 being the least? this way I can ensure which one is next if the other is unavailable. (since I will get these laptops in my local best buy to actually see and test out what im getting)

options are:
Acer Aspire E 15.6" Laptop - Iron (Intel i7-5500U / 1TB HDD / 8GB RAM / Windows 8.1)

Acer Aspire E 15.6" Laptop - Iron (Intel Ci5-5200U / 1TB HDD / 8GB RAM / Windows 8.1)

Acer Aspire E 15.6" Laptop - Black/Iron (IntelCi3-5005U / 1TB HDD / 8GB RAM / Windows 8.1)

Acer Aspire E 15.6" Laptop - Black/Iron (Intel Ci5-5200U / 1TB HDD / 8GB RAM / Windows 8.1)

ASUS X Series 15.6" Laptop - Black (Intel Core i7-5500U / 1TB HDD / 12GB RAM / Windows 8.1)

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I can't find those models.
Aug 20, 2015 2:32PM PDT

When I google them I get more than one hit so I can't tell what GPU each has and thus can't check out game benchmarks.

How about a direct link and let members do the research? I'll do one and show how I get my results so you can do the other work.

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New List
Aug 22, 2015 8:00AM PDT

I have provided myself with a list of new laptops that I have in mind.
Hopefully I have provided the appropriate links to these models, and that there will not be any confusion.
Requirements:
- Can run DarkOrbit at a decent to good fps
- long battery life
- able to run around 4 programs at once.
- decent weight that I am able to still carry around in college

may you please rank them from 1 being top to 6 being lowest. this ensures me to get the next best if the other is not available. (sorry for the long links - found them at the place im going to get them )

laptop 1 : http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/asus-asus-x-series-15-6-black-intel-core-i5-5200u-1tb-hdd-8gb-ram-windows-8-1-x554la-bb51-cb/10381809.aspx?path=2e57cf20e9dcf5a1e726b2106ce47fdden02

laptop 2 http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/acer-acer-aspire-e-15-6-laptop-black-iron-amd-a8-6410-1tb-hdd-8gb-ram-windows-8-1-es1-521-82fg/10380856.aspx?path=a9bb3ae06925fc05ef5e7f9e305674afen02

laptop 3 http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/acer-acer-aspire-e-15-6-laptop-iron-intel-core-i3-5005u-1tb-hdd-8gb-ram-windows-8-1-e5-571-39x3/10362503.aspx?path=743c9b45100271df7f10211df7493113en02

laptop 4 http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/acer-acer-aspire-e-15-6-laptop-iron-intel-ci5-5200u-1tb-hdd-8gb-ram-windows-8-1-e5-571-53hx/10362505.aspx?path=5ee56d5511ae0c974665e2fa0cc9b662en02

laptop 5 http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/hewlett-packard-hp-15-6-laptop-silver-amd-quad-core-a10-4655m-1tb-hdd-8gb-ram-windows-8-1-15-p284ca/10362700.aspx?path=0609c8bd7712d3e80e36736d58d5970cen02

laptop 6 http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/hewlett-packard-hp-pavilion-15-6-touchscreen-laptop-silver-amd-a8-7410-1tb-hdd-8gb-ram-windows-8-1-15-ab088ca/10380797.aspx?path=5f07f1eb97e91015acd0b67727839bbeen02

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All laptops I've seen run 4 apps at once.
Aug 22, 2015 8:22AM PDT

It seems odd to list that item.

Darkorbit has minimum requirements and many prior discussions where folk complain when the machine is using onboard Intel graphics. To pare your list down, which ones have dedicated GPUs with dedicated video RAM?