ASUS K501LX-EB71 or Aspire VN7-591G-70RT
ASUS Specs: 5th gen core i7, Full HD TN display, GTX 950m graphics, 256gb SSD, 8gb of RAM, costs $799
Aspire Specs: 4th gen core i7, Full HD IPS display, GTX 960m graphics, 1TB HD, 8gb of RAM, cost $949
I plan to use the laptop for college and gaming, gaming as in the witcher 3 and fallout 4 alongside league of legends. And i'm on the internet alot. I'm worried if i get the asus with the weaker gpu i'm in danger of being unable to play fallout 4. Specualtion is that the game won't have huge requirements but i don't know. Can a gtx 950m handel the witcher 3 and fallout 4? It's the one with ddr3 memory, not the gddr5. I have to buy a laptop pretty much tonight bc college starts next thursday and i want to have the laptop by then. Any input would be greatly appreciated. My budget isn't fixed but i wanna keep it under a grand. Thanks.
Links to laptops:
acer - http://us-store.acer.com/aspire-vn7-591g-70rt-notebook
asus - http://store.asus.com/us/item/201506AM160000048/A17602 The Asus is not good. The i7 is a low voltage dual core.
i7-5500U scores only 3922, and some of that is hyperthread as inefficient in gaming.
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/...u_list.php
The graphics GTX 950M is notably lower than the 960M
1358 vs 1588. You already sacrifice heavily as a laptop as a GTX 960M approximates GT 740 of desktop/tower.
Your problem is also spotty reputation and quality at Acer. They do almost no design, no production at all, and minimal if any testing. As a 100% subcontracting company, their products vary a lot.
This one reports spotty Wi-Fi and a slow HDD, Processor throttles at high temperatures
$900 here: http://www.microcenter.com/product/443098/Aspire_V15_Nitro_VN7-591G-70RT_156_Laptop_Computer_-_Black_Edition
There may be an email signup discount at Lenovo.com, or rebates possible for students or through credit cards to get the price down a bit, but possibly a Y50 with close specs to the Acer, but has an SSD accelerated HDD to fix that issue.
http://shop.lenovo.com/...:00015A13:
17.3" MSI Apache is also close in specs and they sell good systems
http://www.newegg.com/...6834152925 Get that Acer aspire. More storage for games, much better CPU, and a bit of a better GPU. I would say that the $150 increase is worth it.
It should be able to play the Witcher 3 in a lower resolution like 1366x768 decently. Gaming Laptops aren't worth it, but the specs of the acer one is decent. It probably will slow in a year, though. To be completely honest gaming laptops have never really worked out for me. If I were you, I would build a desktop for half the price with the same specs (if not better with the leftover money) and just buy a basic everyday use laptop with the leftover 250 or so
