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derek1036

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I need help choosing a laptop guys. I have 2 choices but i can't seem to choose correctly.

Number ONE, There's this Lenovo 310 14ISK in a local shop in my country. it packs a 4gb ddr4 ram with 2 DEDICATED Graphics Cards: Nvidia 920m (2gb) and an Intel HD 520 (2gb also) a total of 4gb. Also has an Intel skylake processor at 2.3ghz

Number TWO,Is an HP core i5 that has 8gb ddr4 ram, and an Intel HD 520 graphics card at 4gb like the Lenovo 310.


I was going for the HP i5 but the retailer said that the graphics card is SHARED not dedicated.
I don't know what SHARED graphics mean. I don't know if shared graphics can run GTA V,Overwatch and other games properly.

Help pls. What should I choose???
 
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Precisely. The GPU which uses shared memory (virtually all integraded GPUs) will "reserve" a certain amount of your main RAM, leaving you with efectively less RAM for games/applications. However, in most cases, the exact reserved amount can be set in BIOS. You can, for example, set it to only use 1GB, if you only play games that don't need more than 1GB of graphics memory.
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Shared means that it has no memory of its own, but instead uses you main RAM for graphics (effectively sharing it with CPU). It can certainly run the games you mentioned, but it will perform significantly worse than the Nvidia 920m. Given the two choices, if you really need to use a laptop for gaming, it is a hard one to pick.

The first one has a slow CPU and only 4GB (needs upgrading to 8GB), but gaming performance should generally be better in all titles that depend on GPU power more than on CPU.

The second one has a much better CPU, but also a much worse GPU.

Ideally, you should be getting i5 + dedicated GPU + 8GB of RAM. Preferably with SSD as a system drive.
 
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Precisely. The GPU which uses shared memory (virtually all integraded GPUs) will "reserve" a certain amount of your main RAM, leaving you with efectively less RAM for games/applications. However, in most cases, the exact reserved amount can be set in BIOS. You can, for example, set it to only use 1GB, if you only play games that don't need more than 1GB of graphics memory.
 
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ok thanks for the help.
 
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