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Im looking at cheaper laptops, £300-500, and I think my main concern is graphics. I'm not after a "gamer" laptop, but I've haf my desktop 5 or years and it would be nice if I wad getting something at least a little better. I want to be able to run Unity3D and do some 3D modelling, and to run games, not necessarily top end or at the highest settings, but maybe stuff like Team Fortress and Skyrim. How good Intel onboard graphics now, or are there good cards out there that are cheap and good value?
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# ? Sep 9, 2013 16:31 |
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Looks like the U430 Touch has the gimpiest GT730m: 64 bit DDR3. They take what should be a halfway decent chip for a thin and light and then utterly castrate it with the shittiest VRAM...
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# ? Sep 9, 2013 22:45 |
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Welp, turns out that screen problem I was having with the Y410p? I definitely caused it. Probably when I popped the back of the computer off for the xteenth time to swap out the HD and the SSD again. Also get the warranty for in house repairs because jesus loving christ they're terrible at callbacks. This is the second time they said they would call me and they've failed to do so. I mean it's a fantastic computer when, y'know, it worked, but it's not right now and their support team is atrocious.
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# ? Sep 10, 2013 02:35 |
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Bob Morales posted:Just curve your hands uncomfortably to the left! Offset keyboards are loving stupid. Exactly. Lenovooooo!!!!
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# ? Sep 10, 2013 02:58 |
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BizarroAzrael posted:Im looking at cheaper laptops, £300-500, and I think my main concern is graphics. I'm not after a "gamer" laptop, but I've haf my desktop 5 or years and it would be nice if I wad getting something at least a little better. I want to be able to run Unity3D and do some 3D modelling, and to run games, not necessarily top end or at the highest settings, but maybe stuff like Team Fortress and Skyrim. How good Intel onboard graphics now, or are there good cards out there that are cheap and good value? I did [blender] modeling for kerbal space program [unity] rocket stuff connecting an external 1280x1024 screen using just my HD4000, it had zero problems. HD4000 was pretty much built to run TF2 and Skyrim @ 100fps and 40fps respectively.
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# ? Sep 10, 2013 03:34 |
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Looking for a gaming laptop for a buddy of mine in the military. Doesn't want a desktop in case of deployment but wants something that can play current stuff like SR4/payday 2, mmos, etc. we were looking at the y510p Lenovo here: http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/y-series/y510p/?sb=:000001C9:0000F3AF: It's in his price range and seems to be powerful enough. Suggestions or thoughts? edited with correct link to laptop. Dohaeris fucked around with this message at 05:59 on Sep 10, 2013 |
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Hadlock posted:HD4000 was pretty much built to run Skyrim @ 40fps what? certainly not http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-HD-Graphics-4000.69168.0.html
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# ? Sep 10, 2013 07:26 |
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Dohaeris posted:Looking for a gaming laptop for a buddy of mine in the military. Doesn't want a desktop in case of deployment but wants something that can play current stuff like SR4/payday 2, mmos, etc. we were looking at the y510p Lenovo here: http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/y-series/y510p/?sb=:000001C9:0000F3AF: The Y510p/Y410p are generally pretty good cheap gaming laptops that a lot of people in this thread have purchased. Some suggestions: A) Use the B&N link in the OP for an even better discount (probably; if not now, then wait a little bit, because these laptops are constantly going on sale) B) The 1TB 5400 RPM + 24GB SSD is practically a waste of money, unless your friend wants to play a specific set of games over and over. The caching takes some time to get going. And even then, I'd suggest just buying a 250GB SSD instead because everything will be faster. C) Has he considered getting the Y410p instead? It's 14" and 1600x900 maximum resolution, which is good for that screen size and will actually make games perform better because your GPU is outputting fewer pixels. Yes, it's not 1080, but it's still really good. It's also more portable (in case of deployment), and best of all it's cheaper. The cost savings of going with the Y410p and the 1TB drive (instead of 1TBHDD+24GBSSD) should be enough to cover the cost of a really nice SSD and then some. If he wants more space and is willing to forego the DVD drive, then he can put the 1TB drive in the ultrabay slot. They take like a month to arrive after ordering, so that's another thing to consider (in case he wants something yesterday)
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# ? Sep 10, 2013 07:37 |
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Also 16gb ram is a waste of money unless you are maybe going to multi-box some MMO I guess.
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# ? Sep 10, 2013 07:42 |
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Jean Eric Burn posted:Also 16gb ram is a waste of money unless you are maybe going to multi-box some MMO I guess. I tried to tell him that but it was like 50 bucks more for the double the ram and he was all "I'm spending this much, 50 bucks more won't kill me" I'll pass that info along QuarkJets, thanks for the help. He doesn't actually deploy for several months, but his PC right now sucks some serious poo poo, so hopefully it'll ship sooner rather than later.
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# ? Sep 10, 2013 08:38 |
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I did see it in the opening posts, are there any good EU websites for ordering a laptop?
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# ? Sep 10, 2013 10:05 |
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Dohaeris posted:I tried to tell him that but it was like 50 bucks more for the double the ram and he was all "I'm spending this much, 50 bucks more won't kill me" That's a good way to end up with some $3000 piece of poo poo, it's the little incremental costs that get you. And if he says that an SSD is too expensive but he still wants the extra RAM, start hitting him until he relents. An SSD is a massive boost in performance. The RAM won't impact his performance at all.
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# ? Sep 10, 2013 12:26 |
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I want to do school work (accounting kind of stuff) and play Skyrim. My old laptop was ancient and I played Saints Row 3 at like 24fps and pretended it was Ok. If Im reading correctly it looks like the cheapest i3 with Intel 4000 is going to be an improvement, right? It looks like I can get a 15" Toshiba Satellite i5 3230 2.6 with 8G ram and an Nvidea GT740M or a Samsung ATIV 4 with everything the same including the price but half the RAM. Does the Satellite look solid? Any warnings? Is it crazy overkill and I can buy something cheaper? e: my old laptop died yesterday and I went from not needing a computer two days before school starts, so I don't really have access to the most ideal shopping options Arnold of Soissons fucked around with this message at 18:56 on Sep 10, 2013 |
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QuarkJets posted:C) Has he considered getting the Y410p instead? It's 14" and 1600x900 maximum resolution, which is good for that screen size and will actually make games perform better because your GPU is outputting fewer pixels. Yes, it's not 1080, but it's still really good. It's also more portable (in case of deployment), and best of all it's cheaper. The cost savings of going with the Y410p and the 1TB drive (instead of 1TBHDD+24GBSSD) should be enough to cover the cost of a really nice SSD and then some. If he wants more space and is willing to forego the DVD drive, then he can put the 1TB drive in the ultrabay slot. How hard is it to swap out a SSD on the Y410p? I'm not tech savvy at all, but I can follow basic instructions, so just curious how intricate the process is and if there are any tutorials for it.
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# ? Sep 10, 2013 17:51 |
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Boner Slam posted:what? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHhLejv6kp4
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# ? Sep 10, 2013 18:38 |
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So I just heard that the new Haswell refresh of the rMBP is out today. Glad I had second thoughts about that MBA.
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# ? Sep 10, 2013 19:20 |
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I don't see any announcements. Today is about the new iPhone.
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# ? Sep 10, 2013 19:23 |
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HP announced their new ZBooks today. They're mobile workstations comparable to the Dell Precision series. http://www8.hp.com/us/en/campaigns/workstations/zbook-15.html Of note: The 15" variant comes with thunderbolt and reportedly an 3,200 x 1,800 display option.
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# ? Sep 10, 2013 19:54 |
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I might have bee wrong, on further googling I can only find one source : http://www.latinpost.com/articles/2046/20130910/macbook-pro-retina-display-release-date-september-2013-event-start.htm And I don't see any reason to consider it a definitive source. Sorry bout the false alarm.
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# ? Sep 10, 2013 20:08 |
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MatCauthon posted:How hard is it to swap out a SSD on the Y410p? I'm not tech savvy at all, but I can follow basic instructions, so just curious how intricate the process is and if there are any tutorials for it. Replacing the hard drive on pretty much any modern laptop (with a few exceptions due to the weird convertible/ultraportable stuff we've been seeing lately) involves about as much technical skill as washing the dishes.
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# ? Sep 10, 2013 21:03 |
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MatCauthon posted:How hard is it to swap out a SSD on the Y410p? I'm not tech savvy at all, but I can follow basic instructions, so just curious how intricate the process is and if there are any tutorials for it. If you can follow basic instructions then it will be very easy. Not as trivial as it is with some laptops, but still very easy. Several people have done it but I'm not aware of any tutorials written specifically for that laptop. Later this month there will probably be several
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 00:55 |
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I was looking at this, but i know Ideapads are inconsistent. Is this a good buy? I can get it at $700. http://shop.lenovo.com/eg/en/laptops/ideapad/u-series/u430-touch/index.html The X-man cometh fucked around with this message at 01:59 on Sep 11, 2013 |
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The X-man cometh posted:I was looking at this, but i know Ideapads are inconsistent. Is this a good buy? I can get it at $700. What do you want to do with it? You can pick up an Ivy Bridge Yoga from the outlet store for $500 if you're willing to login around dawn on monday morning (before it's picked clean).
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 02:03 |
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How is this? Using it for lectures and light gaming.
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 03:37 |
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Hadlock posted:What do you want to do with it? You can pick up an Ivy Bridge Yoga from the outlet store for $500 if you're willing to login around dawn on monday morning (before it's picked clean). My wife hates how the keyboard is just sitting there when you fold the yoga back to use it as a tablet. We're mostly going to use it for word processing and streaming movies away from a power source, so battery life and lightness are the key worries.
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The X-man cometh posted:My wife hates how the keyboard is just sitting there when you fold the yoga back to use it as a tablet. Unless you're putting it on a filthy surface, the keyboard is recessed and deactivates when you fold it back.
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 05:57 |
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The keyboard only recesses in the Yoga 2. It's a valid complaint, but most people get used to it within a day or two. That's enough time to lose a sale, which is probably why the yoga 2 does that.
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 06:41 |
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Look, I know it plays on Low with all things turns off in a low resolution. Same thing says my link. However, your post said the H4000 was "made to play Skyrim" - right after you said you connected it to a x1024 pixel monitor. If it was truly built to play Skyrim, it would certainly run it on decent settings on a respectable resolution. That be disingenuous yo, as it stands you should say "The HD4000 can barely run Skyrm"
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 09:05 |
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Infinite Monkeys posted:How is this? Using it for lectures and light gaming. Looks good to me, as a laptop newbie, at least with thw cashback offer. Did you have any concerns?
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 09:06 |
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Boner Slam posted:Look, I know it plays on Low with all things turns off in a low resolution. Same thing says my link. Skyrim runs okay on the HD4000 at 1600x900 provided you bump some of the sliders down. Its an old game now, not particularly demanding
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 09:11 |
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Infinite Monkeys posted:How is this? Using it for lectures and light gaming. Seems that is out of stock with PC World, and the cashback offer ends today. I found this on Amazon and thought it looked really good for my price range, anyone want to chip in?
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 09:50 |
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I just want to double check my understanding here, if I get the Y410p with just the 1TB drive I can easily purchase a 256GB SSD and install it in the future? Would it replace the DVD drive (that I don't care about)? Also, I can conceivably transfer the OS over as well for faster boot times?
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 10:04 |
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Conan the Librarian posted:I just want to double check my understanding here, if I get the Y410p with just the 1TB drive I can easily purchase a 256GB SSD and install it in the future? Would it replace the DVD drive (that I don't care about)? As far as I understand the SSD replaces the MAIN HDD and the original HDD goes in where the DVD used to.. coreect me if I'm wrong. Don't see why you wouldn't be able to boot OS off SSD either.
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 10:11 |
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What's the deal/use on Dell's extended battery service? Is it worth it?
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 11:31 |
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Hadlock posted:The keyboard only recesses in the Yoga 2. The yoga 2 doesn't do that. The Thinkpad Yoga, however, does. In the yoga and yoga 2 (ideapad versions), the keyboard tray is always recessed a little into the body so that it doesn't hit a surface in stand mode. The keyboard thing is weird, but you honestly do get used to it really quickly.
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 14:17 |
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Yeah, you either get the 3200x1800 or the recessing keyboard.
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 15:07 |
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BizarroAzrael posted:Seems that is out of stock with PC World, and the cashback offer ends today. I found this on Amazon and thought it looked really good for my price range, anyone want to chip in?
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 15:15 |
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WHERE MY HAT IS AT posted:The yoga 2 doesn't do that. The Thinkpad Yoga, however, Lolwut Someone in the marketing department at Lenovo needs to be shot. Is this really the case? Two different brands in the same company carry two different versions of the same model?
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 15:54 |
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Hadlock posted:With that explanation out of the way, the T430 is the default recommendation of this thread, you can get a basic i5 equipped T430 for about $660 USD shipped to your door on most days. Thanks, but no thanks, Lenovo. Arnold of Soissons posted:I did see it in the opening posts, are there any good EU websites for ordering a laptop? Dutch websites are going to be your best option, due to them mostly using US International keyboards. They'll also have a wider choice of more recent and cheaper stuff than what you'd find in Belgium. Most bigger webshops will deliver here as well. You could start at Tweakers Pricewatch to get at least some basis for comparison. This tiny-rear end Antwerp shop offers a wide range of stuff because just about everything is ordered and never kept in stock. It's worth checking if you prefer local pickup (and/or keyb be/dutch software); sometimes the prices are reasonable. Other than that, you can check out promo flyers of Makro, Carrefour and VandenBorre's website for special offers. Expect the minimal $640 from the OP to be around €750-€800 in any case, though.
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Hadlock posted:Lolwut Yep! The Thinkpad Yoga with the recessing keyboard is 1080p, can have up to a 1TB HDD, has NFC, 2 USB 3.0 slots and mini-HDMI. The Yoga 2 is 3200x1800, up to 512gb SSD, 1 USB 3 and 1 USB 2 (...why?), micro HDMI, and ~4 hours more claimed battery life.
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 16:22 |