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Which laptop is better?

by supermimez Apr 6, 2015 10:14AM PDT

i have a tight budget, and I'm looking to play different mmo/mmorpg games, browser games, garrys mod. i used to play runescape... well the point is i found these two laptops and im not sure whats a better deal?

Acer Aspire V5-552P-X404
*AMD A10-5757M 2.5 GHz Processor (4 MB Cache)

*8 GB DDR3 RAM

*1 TB 5400 rpm Hard Drive *AMD Radeon HD 8650G Graphics

or

MSI CX61 2PC-499US
*Processor 3 GHz Core i5-4200M
*RAM 8 GB DDR3
*Hard Drive 750 GB mechanical_hard_drive *Graphics Coprocessor NVIDIA Geforce GT820M

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Keeping in mind the GPU sets the pace.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Apr 6, 2015 10:22AM PDT

http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-HD-8650G.87916.0.html
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-820M.108477.0.html

It seems it's a photo finish with some swapping of the lead position. The AMD A10 GPU seems to overall have a 6 per cent lead but diving down into the game results I give the 820m the nod here.
Bob

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Pushing it up one notch.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Apr 6, 2015 10:29AM PDT

http://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-V3-572G-54S6-Gaming-Laptop/dp/B00MM2WA8O/ has the 840M which is my opinion about as low a GPU as I would go for gaming on the go.
Bob

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