Which Laptop should I buy, for casual gaming?

[dasasori159]

Sorry if this is the wrong section.
I'm looking to being a laptop for casual gaming and school work, in to $500-600 range, so I'm trying to get the best I can get out of it.

My current two options are:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834314127CVF

http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/lenovo/g-series/g510/?sb=:000001C9:0000FB9A:

I'm currently leaning towards the first one, what are your opinions?
If you have other options, link those please!

 

[Thegamerguy]

I would definitely say the acer as it has a MUCH more powerful gpu compared to the Intel HD graphics. At the end of the day, the gpu is the most important factor in most games. That cpu in the acer is quite good aswell. Don't even consider the second one for gaming

Edit: Do you REALLY need a laptop, or could you consider a desktop. There are just so many more options on a normal desktop pc.

 

[dasasori159]

I would definitely say the acer as it has a MUCH more powerful gpu compared to the Intel HD graphics. At the end of the day, the gpu is the most important factor in most games. That cpu in the acer is quite good aswell. Don't even consider the second one for gaming

Edit: Do you REALLY need a laptop, or could you consider a desktop. There are just so many more options on a normal desktop pc.

Thanks for your reply. I was leaning towards the Acer as well, but wanted other opinions first.

It really does have to be a laptop, becase I need to be able to take it to school, for homework and other stuff. Gaming is pretty much a side thing for when I'm bored.

If you have any other recommendations that would be really appreciated.

 

[Thegamerguy]

Well for what you need it for, It's fine. What games would you play?

 

[dasasori159]

Well for what you need it for, It's fine. What games would you play?

I plan to play games like Raiderz and Tera Online etc. Nothing to intensive, and probably not First Person Shooters.

 

[Thegamerguy]

Well for what you need it for, It's fine. What games would you play?

I plan to play games like Raiderz and Tera Online etc. Nothing to intensive, and probably not First Person Shooters.

I think you are good to go! Anyway, with games like that, you should be able to play them very well! Make sure that the acer has enough usb ports, hard drive space, good warranty and the like. Have you got a copy of microsoft office? If not (and you don't want to spend the money on a copy), try a program called open office, if you have never heard of it, it's basically Office but with a different skin. All the basic functions are the same and it sort of resembles office 2003/2007 (sort of a mixture of the two)

Hope this helps!

 

[dasasori159]

Thanks! I don't have a Microsoft Office copy, so I'll look into what you said. I mostly just use the google/sky drive.

I'll be going with the first one

 

[Thegamerguy]

Thanks! I don't have a Microsoft Office copy, so I'll look into what you said. I mostly just use the google/sky drive.

I'll be going with the first one

Best of luck to you! Any more questions just PM me or ask in this thread

Cheers!

 

[Type75]

I would recommend getting a desktop for gaming but if you really want a laptop, I would recommend ASUS. They make good laptops for gaming starting at around $1200 going to I think $2000. You can not find a good gaming laptop though with your budget.