I am looking for a new laptop and was planning to spend $500 but notice I can get one for just a little more that will have the nvidia gt630m video in it. It has to be touchscreen capable. How is the GT630m for gaming?
Thanks for any suggestions.
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Oh dear, I counted three oxymorons in your thread title.
The first one, small laptop under $800.
The second, small laptop for gaming.
The third one, small laptop for gaming under $800.
Well your best bet atm is an AMD APU based system - having a quick look now
Prices arent bad - the issue is the touch screen
A ultrabook w/ something better than gt 630 and touchscreen(is a touchscreen necessary) for $800! What kind of games do you want to play i think a 630m could handle most games on medium at maybe 30 or 60 fps except maybe crysis, bf3, witcher 2 and other demanding games. I would not recommend a laptop in general for gaming especially on games i mentioned probably would lead to heat issues and not only that the damn battery would die very quick, even if it is a ultrabook, you would just be plugged into the wall half the time. For $800 I would get a lenovo g780. On newegg there was one with a i7 and gt635m and a refurb with i5 and gt 650m, you would not have touchscreen. Also if you are not from US my apologies i did not read anything about location.
Thanks for the tips guys i assumed as much. I already have a gaming pc but i need to get a smaller laptop so i figureed If I was gonna spend the money i might as well see what one would be good for gaming. I think you guys are right, there really isn't a good one in that price range.
I want the touchscreen because it makes windows 8 so much easier to use. I'm gonna be using the laptop just for cad programs. I just figureed if i could run some games that would be a bonus.
Maybe I'll wait for the razer tablet that is supposed to come out soon.
Recently my cousin bought a laptopt for 650 euros (aprox~850$). It packs a quad core a10 amd, 7670m, 6 gigs of ram and 1 tera hdd. It runs DotA 2 maxed np, Planetside 2 on medium/high at 45/30 during large battles, sc2 high/ultra with aa 50 fps. That's all I tested on it at the time. Definitely can get a machine that can game decently at that price level.
a laptop is not recommanded for gamingA ultrabook w/ something better than gt 630 and touchscreen(is a touchscreen necessary) for $800! What kind of games do you want to play i think a 630m could handle most games on medium at maybe 30 or 60 fps except maybe crysis, bf3, witcher 2 and other demanding games. I would not recommend a laptop in general for gaming especially on games i mentioned probably would lead to heat issues and not only that the damn battery would die very quick, even if it is a ultrabook, you would just be plugged into the wall half the time. For $800 I would get a lenovo g780. On newegg there was one with a i7 and gt635m and a refurb with i5 and gt 650m, you would not have touchscreen. Also if you are not from US my apologies i did not read anything about location.
redskins26rocs
even less an ultrabook.
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