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New laptop question...
Civenge:
Get the laptop with the best gpu you can afford. It will be your bottleneck.
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Tagrey:
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While I'm not particularly fond of Acer laptops, this one would be better than either that HP or Samsung. It's a faster processor and a much better graphics chipset. It's also cheaper! :p
If you need to buy from Best Buy for whatever reason... this Toshiba is a pretty good buy, better than the HP or Samsung. I like Toshibas, and it also comes in white!
Edit: And this one is way better than any of them!
Spec-wise, the $629 Acer would be the best of the bunch. But the Toshiba for $599 isn't that much worse at all, and you'd probably be able to buy that in a local Best Buy instead of waiting for shipping.
Martini:
Thanks Tagrey! :D
And yes I kinda have to go through bestbuy so I can use my bestbuy card... Heh.
Ibioc:
Really good advice coming out of here. The video card WILL be the bottleneck for gaming, so pay attention to that. Also pay attention to RAM. I would not recommend buying something that only had 4gb and can't upgrade.
I also like Tagrey's suggestion of Newegg. I absolutely love best buy (I have upgraded rewards because of all the money I spend there) but I will say for the last few laptops I bought, I went through Newegg, and got a refurb. You cannot tell the difference from new, and you will save a boatload of cash.
For example, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834158375 this HP is in the same price range of the two you posted, but has a better processor, 8gb of Ram, better video card, and plays blu-ray movies.
I'd also want to know if portability/battery life is an issue. If it isn't, then stick with an AMD processor and ATI card, I would think more on Intel if it is.
If you need portability/battery, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230417 seems like a great deal to me. You're not going to have the screen size or the higher end card necessary to run a big resolution, but it will be easy to carry to the coffee shop.
If you're basically using it on a desk all the time, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834158412 This has a 17.3 inch screen and build in Beats Audio speakers (and a sub). Great for watching movies while away for a weekend or having good game audio without the headset.
Either way, Newegg is excellent customer service. If anything is in any way wrong they will get you a replacement pronto. (I just had them ship me a new 65 inch tv, free of charge, when it arrived cracked).
Hope you enjoy your new purchase.
Martini:
I really like that white Samsung one. ^_^ I don't need it to be outrageously amazing. But I do need it to play games well so when I'm out of my house I can take it. :P
If that Samsung is better then the HP with dual cards I posted then I'll go with it I guess.
And yeah I have to get it from Best Buy... :( If I don't use my card from there I'll have to wait for like 6 months...
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