Nvidia graphics comparison

The best is GT 540M, what games do you play? If you want a better processor you can go with number 2. When you want a better GPU buy number 1. Just make sure you don't buy number 3.

i do not really play pc games (although i keep planning to) but my 5 year old will in time and i was wandering what the difference is in the graphic card specs as i presume they must be at the lower end spec as the laptops are under £500, will they play all modern games? are they much better than integrated hd graphic cards?

Can you list me some games that you will play? Because I can't just say how much better the cards are when you don't give me any examples of games...

he wants sims 3 and sonic generation and i was hoping to get call of duty 3 or battlefield 3

Don't worry, 540M will run Them at least in 720p without AA or AF (especially BattleField 3) Others will run at least in 1366x768 with 4x AA and 4x AF.

520M won't run Battlefield 3 even at 720p with both AF and AA disabled. Others run fine at this setting anyway.

410 Won't run BF3 and COD 3, I think Sims 3 and sonic generation will run fine.

Thanks for the info, i think i will go with either option 1 or 2 , cheers Dave.

I suppose you have the money issue all sorted out.
Skip number three.
You might get bit of a bottleneck with the i3 because its just a dulcor and might be a bit slow.
Go for option 2 since it is the best all rounder

these are both options (prefer the acer as i have one and it has not let me down-but the i5 processor is tempting, both £499

1= Acer 5750G

Processor Intel® Core™ i3-2310M Dual Core (2.1GHz, Intel Sandy Bridge Architecture, 3MB Cache)
Screen 15.6" (Acer CineCrystal, 1366x768 HD, High Brightness, LED Backlit)
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64-bit
RAM 6GB
Hard Drive 640GB
Optical Drive DVD Rewriter (Records DVDs 8x & CDs 24x & Dual Layer Super Multi)
Graphics Dedicated (NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 540M with 1GB DDR Dedicated Memory)
Card Reader 5-in-1 card reader (SD//MS/MS-Pro/MMC/xD-Picture card™)
USB Ports 2x USB 2.0 ports, 1x USB 3.0 Port
VGA Port 1 External VGA Port
HDMI 1x HDMI Port
Battery Life 4-5 Hours (Upto 4.5 Hour Battery Life)

2= lenovo Z570

Processor Intel® Core™ i5-2410M Dual Core (2.3GHz, Intel Sandy Bridge Architecture, 3MB Cache, Intel Turbo Boost up to 2.9GHz)
Screen 15.6" (Lenovo Glossy, LED Backlit, 1366 x 768 Resolution Screen)
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64-bit
RAM 6GB (DDR3 1333MHZ)
Hard Drive 750GB
Optical Drive DVD Rewriter (Records DVDs 8x & CDs 24x & Dual Layer Super Multi)
Graphics Dedicated (NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 520M with 1GB DDR Dedicated Memory
Card Reader 5-in-1 card reader (SD//MS/MS-Pro/MMC/xD-Picture card™)
USB Ports 4x USB 2.0 Ports
Bluetooth Version 2.1
VGA Port 1 External VGA Port
HDMI 1x HDMI Port
E-sata 1x eSATA Port
Battery Life 5-6 Hours (Upto 5 Hour Battery Life)

New generation Sandy Bridge laptop (the i3/i5/i7 2xxxM series) is some good processors and the i3 2xxx won't bottleneck up to GT 555M I can say. So Option 1 is the best. Mr/Ms.Marnu123, where do you get that information that an i3 2310M will bottleneck GT 540M?

thanks refillable, i think i will go with the Acer as my current one has served me well.

Your welcome, good luck and have a good day  .