Confusion Between Gaming Laptop Purchase

Naishadh_Sunny · Jun 17, 2015

Hey There,

i have selected 3 laptops according to availability and my budget.

but i am confused which one to go for, i want to do photo editing and video editing on after effect and photoshop etc..

also entry level gaming like league of legends, skyrim, gta, call of duty, etc

these 3 laptops are being compared in this link:

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/s_action/compare/10106926-10107403-10109017.html

would appericiate if you could suggest..

yeskay · Jun 17, 2015

Naishadh_Sunny :

Consider the LENOVO FLEX 2 Pro 15.6” Convertible Touchscreen Laptop - Black as it comes the following:

- Extremely power efficient Intel® Core™ i7-5500U Processor, code named Broadwell.
- Even though this one has 15.6" screen compared Toshiba's 17.3", the Lenovo's is a Full HD 1080p IPS display whereas the Toshiba's is 900p HD TN display, which is pretty lame for a 17.3" screen.
- The Lenovo has 10-point multitouch while the others don't have that.
- Note that the Lenovo only has 4 cell lithium polymer battery. But spite of that it is said to give you a battery life of up to 8hrs on one full charge, while the Toshiba even though has a 6 cell lithium ion battery, said to give you a battery life of up to 5hrs. So here you can see the Broadwell power efficacy prowess.
- The GT840M 4GB is good enough to meet all your gaming needs including the modern games with medium to high graphical fidelity.
- It also comes with SSHD hybrid drive for faster OS boot/loading.
- Can be used as a Laptop as well as Tablet.

The only disadvantage with Lenovo, if at we can say is that it doesn't have a optical drive (DVD drive). But you can easily get an external drive, if you need one.

If you're wondering why no mention of HP, its not even in the race with its lackluster pricing for a dual core i5 Broadwell.

In the end, I would say Lenovo has the upper hand among the three.

Update:

Yes, by saying modern games, I meant GTA V, Battlefield 4, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt etc.at least with medium graphical fidelity.

GTA V Benchmarks with almost the same config a Lenovo but a slightly inferior i7 4510U/8GB RAM/GT 840M 2GB at various resolutions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX32w_PKz7o

If that guy can get pretty good frames 40+ FPS at 1366x768, 25+ FPS at 1600x900, the Lenovo with 4GB GT 840M should get you 30+ FPS at 1600x900 in GTA V.

Cheers!

Vahe Bro A · Jun 17, 2015

yah i would just go for the LENOVO FLEX 2 Pro 15.6 it has the best graphics card from the other 2 motherboards and plus you can upgrade the memory and add another 8gb of memory in that laptop

Naishadh_Sunny · Jun 17, 2015

yeskay :

Naishadh_Sunny :

Consider the LENOVO FLEX 2 Pro 15.6” Convertible Touchscreen Laptop - Black as it comes the following:

- Extremely power efficient Intel® Core™ i7-5500U Processor, code named Broadwell.
- Even though this one has 15.6" screen compared Toshiba's 17.3", the Lenovo's is a Full HD 1080p IPS display whereas the Toshiba's is 900p HD TN display, which is pretty lame for a 17.3" screen.
- The Lenovo has 10-point multitouch while the others don't have that.
- Note that the Lenovo only has 4 cell lithium polymer battery. But spite of that it is said to give you a battery life of up to 8hrs on one full charge, while the Toshiba even though has a 6 cell lithium ion battery, said to give you a battery life of up to 5hrs. So here you can see the Broadwell power efficacy prowess.
- The GT840M 4GB is good enough to meet all your gaming needs including the modern games with medium to high graphical fidelity.
- It also comes with SSHD hybrid drive for faster OS boot/loading.
- Can be used as a Laptop as well as Tablet.

The only disadvantage with Lenovo, if at we can say is that it doesn't have a optical drive (DVD drive). But you can easily get an external drive, if you need one.

If you're wondering why no mention of HP, its not even in the race with its lackluster pricing for a dual core i5 Broadwell.

In the end, I would say Lenovo has the upper hand among the three.

Cheers!

So which types of modern games can the lenevo play gta v? battlefield?

also editing in premier pro and after effect using gpu? i hope no lags

finally does it get heated up? lifetime of the laptop approx?

thank you for your reply!

bicycle_repair_man · Jun 17, 2015

Well, first and foremost, none of those laptops are particularly suited to gaming.

The Lenovo and HP both have low-power, dual-core CPUs which are optimised for battery efficiency, not demanding tasks such as gaming. Furthermore, the graphics cards in all three laptops will only offer a playable frame rate (30) at the native resolution by turning the advanced settings right down or off completely. Don't expect anything higher than medium settings in Skyrim and low settings in everything else.

The Toshiba is the best all-rounder; it has a far superior CPU and the graphics card is on-par with the Lenovo and the HP, but like I said, none of them are considered to be gaming laptops. Starting prices for those are around £900.

Vahe Bro A · Jun 17, 2015

you can even play BF4 but you will need to lower the reso and run prob on low graphics and it will be a smooth game play.

Naishadh_Sunny · Jun 17, 2015

bicycle_repair_man :

Well, first and foremost, none of those laptops are particularly suited to gaming.

The Lenovo and HP both have low-power, dual-core CPUs which are optimised for battery efficiency, not demanding tasks such as gaming. Furthermore, the graphics cards in all three laptops will only offer a playable frame rate (30) if you turn the resolution and advanced settings right down or off completely. Don't expect anything higher than medium settings in Skyrim and low settings in everything else.

The Toshiba is the best all-rounder; it has a far superior CPU and the graphics card is on-par with the Lenovo and the HP, but like I said, none of them are considered to be gaming laptops. Starting prices for those are around £900.

How about video editing using demanding applications?

bicycle_repair_man · Jun 17, 2015

Again, the Toshiba is the one to go for due to the far superior CPU. There's barely a difference in graphics card performance between all three laptops.

Vahe Bro A · Jun 17, 2015

i would go with the NVIDIA GeForce GT840M (4 GB DDR3L) graphics rather then AMD Radeon R9 M265X (2 GB)

bicycle_repair_man · Jun 17, 2015

Vahe Bro A :

The performance difference is negligible and going for the 840m means being saddled with a much weaker CPU.

Naishadh_Sunny · Jun 17, 2015

bicycle_repair_man :

I get you, because the toshiba is a quad core i7 cpu

Vahe Bro A · Jun 17, 2015

it's not that weaker

bicycle_repair_man · Jun 17, 2015

Exactly, the Toshiba is the ONLY laptop that has a powerful CPU, the others don't. Any Intel CPU with a "U" at the end signifies that it's an Ultrabook CPU, which means that portability and efficiency are top priority.

The 5500U is significantly weaker. It's 200Mhz slower at stock and 600Mhz slower with Turbo Boost, as well as only having four threads instead of eight.

unknownofprob · Jun 17, 2015

I would actually opt for the Toshiba, even though there is a lower resolution screen in place and not being an IPS. The real question is, how intensely (are you going to do be doing advanced video editing?) will you be using these demanding applications? Basic use of intense applications wont need a CPU such as the i7 4720HQ.

Naishadh_Sunny · Jun 17, 2015

unknownofprob :

well, Adobe photoshop, premier pro, after effects, camtasia editing platforms also corel draw,, some of these require gpu for rendering also for 3D editing in videos it requires gpu ..

so cpu does effect the editing until the rendering occurs {editing requires cpu power]

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