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PostPosted: Sat, 22nd Jan 2011 22:11    Post subject: Opinions about HP G62 series
HP G62-b20EV
http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=120&prodSeriesId=4247533&prodTypeId=321957&objectID=c02636056

What do you think about this laptop for some gaming ? (No crysis, just midlevel stuff with down-to-earth settings)

Seems the Radeon 5470 with dedicated 1gb DDR3 is really nice, right ?
3 gb DDR3 RAM should be enough for Win7 + gaming (no bullshit running in the background)

But what about that AMD V140 @ 2.3 ghz, how will that fare ? Some googling shows it's single-core and comparable to a Celeron Mad

I'm afraid it may bottleneck/cockblock the whole system.

EDIT: If you have other suggestions, let me know, but I'm on a "beer only, no hoes" budget.
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me7




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PostPosted: Sat, 22nd Jan 2011 22:40    Post subject:
If you're on a tight budget and care for gaming, rethink whether you really need a laptop. Even a 1500€ gaming laptop can't hold a candle to a 750€ gaming desktop.

EDIT: Take a look here for what a 5470 is capable of: http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-5470.23698.0.html
Paired with a decent CPU you should be able to play most games at low detail settings, but that CPU will probably be a bottleneck.


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VGAdeadcafe




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PostPosted: Sat, 22nd Jan 2011 22:46    Post subject:
Well, it's for a friend and he's in some deep shit with the mafia, so he really wants mobile gaming to keep ahead of the hitmen.
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VGAdeadcafe




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PostPosted: Sun, 23rd Jan 2011 00:22    Post subject:
Shit, I think I'd rather go with ASUS X52JU-SX022V

50 euros more.
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me7




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PostPosted: Sun, 23rd Jan 2011 00:35    Post subject:
It has a Radeon 6370 which is just a renamed 5470 so don't expect any better peak performance. But the i3 380 CPU is almost three times as fast as the V140 in 3dMark 06 CPU: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Processors-Benchmarklist.2436.0.html

Definitely a better choice but you/he still won't experience more than the bare minimum of what current games have to offer graphically
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PostPosted: Sun, 23rd Jan 2011 00:44    Post subject:
I could also get the INNOVATOR NEPTUNE MT-561 in the same price.
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PostPosted: Sun, 23rd Jan 2011 09:52    Post subject:
VGAdeadcafe wrote:
Well, it's for a friend and he's in some deep shit with the mafia, so he really wants mobile gaming to keep ahead of the hitmen.


What?

shitloads of new stuff in my pc. Cant keep track of it all.
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PostPosted: Sun, 23rd Jan 2011 14:23    Post subject:
Ankh wrote:
VGAdeadcafe wrote:
Well, it's for a friend and he's in some deep shit with the mafia, so he really wants mobile gaming to keep ahead of the hitmen.


What?

It was a joke. I mean he wants a mobile PC regardless.
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