I have recently realized that my laptop (although fine for minecraft) is not good enough to run more complex games such as Skyrim, Arma II, Fallout, ect. My current setup is 6 GB of RAM and some low grade graphics card. Some have even told me I don't have a graphics card after checking my computer although I can run minecraft at 10 - 30 fps so I would assume I do have some form of card. I'm fairly clueless as far as knowing what to look for and have a budget of 500$ does anyone have any suggestions or advice?
What makes for a good gaming desktop?
Vincent 21.09.2015
US $500?
Until gone:
http://www.newegg.com/...6834315131
You get an ultralow voltage 5th gen i5 and Geforce 940M in 1080p 8GB ram 1TB HDD Windows 10
You can't do better in a new laptop
Rank 127, though the higher resolution at lower game settings gets even lower frames per second
http://www.notebookcheck.net/...849.0.html
The graphics card is active when on AC power and gaming, and may require an NVidia settings setup
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/...u_list.php
i5-5200U benchmarks at 3502
It is NOT the best in quality nor finest 1080p display, but for overall features and gaming at the price, nothing else beats it.
Sales tax in NJ/IN/TN/Calif
If your $500 was Canada or a currency translation from another country, you are nowhere near the performance of this one.
Retail $600 at Acer
http://us.acer.com/....MVRAA.004
Ratings definitely only mixed
http://www.amazon.com/...012IBOCRU/
But, the price is right.
Andy L 21.09.2015
The most demanding game I have found wants as Recommended:
-Intel CPU Core i7 3770 3,4 GHz,
-Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 770
OR
-AMD CPU AMD FX-8350 4 GHz
-AMD GPU Radeon R9 290
with
-RAM 8GB
-OS 64-bit Windows 7 or 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1)
-DirectX 11
-HDD Space 40 GB
And a Logitech USB 12 button GamePad.
Mikel 21.09.2015