AMD A4-4300m with AMD Radeon HD 7420g graphics 6GB ram and 750 gb space. Or Intel core i5 4300-u with Intel Hd graphics 4400 with 8 GB ram and 500 gb space? They are both at the same prices at 480 dollars before tax and the thing is I need a laptop because I go outdoors to the park a lot with family and other places and want to play games like Skyrim etc, so am getting a laptop instead of a Desktop. They both have good rams and pretty good hard drive space for me, now I don't know about processor or GPu, the processors can go to 2.6-2.8 ghz when focusing on a game which suffices for the games I have in mind, but the Gpu sucks.
I plan on playing: Titanfall, Battlefield 3, Skyrim, Final fantasy 14 a realm reborn, Splinter cell blacklist and some other games too which all of these aren't big games (in terms of requirements) and I don't care about graphics even if I have to play on low, so Can any of these laptops play these games on low-medium and which one is better?
Which laptop should I get for gaming?
I5 one is much better, but you may want to look around harder and learn where charts for graphics exist.
If talking outdoor use, you don't have an electrical outlet to run on AC power. Many laptops with a graphics card will only run integrated graphics. Gaming is a big power draw on the battery and you won't get a lot of time before running out of power.
AMD A4-4300m is very low performance.
CPU Passmark 1713
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/...u_list.php
Slow load site GPU to gaming when not CPU bottlenecked:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/...849.0.html
7420G is rank 353 - very low and in line with Haswell Intel HD Graphics. HD 4000 is 303
i5-4300U is not great either. All of the u suffix are underclocked and low voltage to conserve batter power.
But, the 3699 Passmark is acceptable to most gaming especially since the graphics which controls gaming is not very strong in these. HD 4400 is rank 256.
Computer reliability by brand including all types:
http://www.rescuecom.com/...14-q1.aspx
Now, the question is how the games would play on HD 4400. GHz is a clock speed and has nothing to do with the amount of work done in one cycle of the clock. It is only a valid measure in identical CPUs other than clock speed.
Titanfall - should run low to medium
BF3 - low at 17fps
Skyrim standalone low to medium 32fps low
SPlinter cell blacklist low at 17fps
You can check games one by one in CAN I RUN vs the game makers recommended and minimum.
Games can run below minimum on the x768 screen lowest settings at less than 25fps, but you get an idea at least.
http://www.game-debate.com/...quirements
BF3 shows 137% of minimum.
The ram is not the issue at all. Gaming is generally about the graphics processor.
This Lenovo at $500 with sales tax collected in CA, NJ, TN is not bad.
http://www.newegg.com/...6834317597
The CPU is only 2219 as slower than the i5, but the R5 new graphics ranks at 214
HP Touchscreen at Sam's Club at the same $500
http://www.samsclub.com/sams/hp-15-6-touch-nb-amd-a8-6410/prod14220201.ip
$500 closeout on a Dell out of NY City
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/..._15_6.html
A10-5745M Quad-Core CPU, AMD Radeon HD 8610G
Rank 227 graphics
Do not care about the graphics?
Most all machines have the guts to run games, Except for the Graphics. Graphics the must underrated, yet important hardware.
Running on low settings?
Yah, you can say that now, but when you actually do the game you will have a different idea about it.
A desktop/tower can usually allow you to upgrade the VG to something decent, but the Laptops have integrated motherboards so stuff does not come loose when toting the thing around. (You are stuck with what it came with, no upgrading allowed.) Game like dedicated VG memory. Manufacturers like shared because it is cheaper.
Do some rethinking:
Example for SKYRIM:
-Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)
-Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU processor
-4GB System RAM
-6GB free HDD (Hard disk drive) space
-DirectX 9.0c compatible NVIDIA or AMD ATI video card with 1GB of RAM: Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 or higher; ATI Radeon HD 4890 or higher
-DirectX compatible sound card
-Internet access for Steam activation
What is your budget?
http://www.alienware.com.au/
Take a look at the web page about Alienware. They make gaming laptops.
Most other laptops are NOT good for gaming. They overheat.