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Ryan Faretta

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I have recently purchased a gaming laptop because I wanted to experience true 1080p gameplay. However, when i tried to play dark souls, it said the the executable wasn't working. So i tried to play Empire total war (a game from 2009) and it was laggy as hell. I don't know how to fix it and i would really appreciate it if someone could tell me how to fix it. My specs are: Intel Core i7-4700MQ Mobile Processor (4x 2.4GHz/6MB L3 Cache), NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M 2GB GDDR3 Video w/ NVIDIA Optimus [W650SR], 8gb of ram, and it is running on windows 8. As aforementioned any help would be greatly appreciated as i have paid of $1000 dollars on this laptop.
 
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the problem is your expectations. a 740m is a terrible gpu about on par with the igpu on that intel i7, it WONT and can't game in 1080p. its good enough to watch movies and websurf in 1080p, but it won't game. not a modern game anyway.

it would probably struggle to game modern high end titles in 1366x768, to say nothing about 1080p. live and learn. just because a company advertises a laptop as "gaming" doesn't make it a gaming laptop. to get a true 1080p gaming laptop you'll need to spend a bit more then $1000
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the problem is your expectations. a 740m is a terrible gpu about on par with the igpu on that intel i7, it WONT and can't game in 1080p. its good enough to watch movies and websurf in 1080p, but it won't game. not a modern game anyway.

it would probably struggle to game modern high end titles in 1366x768, to say nothing about 1080p. live and learn. just because a company advertises a laptop as "gaming" doesn't make it a gaming laptop. to get a true 1080p gaming laptop you'll need to spend a bit more then $1000
 
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Ryan Faretta

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Hey man, thanks for being honest. However, there is a 30 day money back guarantee, so do you think i could by a decent desktop for somewhere around $1000? I'm still kind of new at this so if you could help me avoid making another mistake it would be great. :)
 
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Ryan Faretta

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Can you give me a link for a pre-built one or a link to the parts for one? I just really want to get into PC gaming and see true 1080p.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($268.30 @ Newegg)
Case: Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($14.98 @ Outlet PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($90.88 @ Amazon)
Total: $1009.08
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-29 20:24 EDT-0400)

should work pretty good for you ~ not many systems will beat that one for 1k.
 
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