I haven't played games from few years and now I'm planning to purchase a laptop... I require help on what type of laptop should I purchase which gives me good gaming experience (plus serving my educational needs). I mean the type of graphic card or other hardware stuffs... I don't know a single thing about these things so I need your help. Thanks!

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The fully-specc'd-out Lenovo Y50 IdeaPad has proven to be an amazing system for me. Ultra-HD graphics (2160p), and a graphics card that can drive high-end games with no frame lag even at that resolution. The network card also leaves nothing to be desired (if you have network issues, it's either the fault of your ISP or your router). It never heats up too much, and the SSD means that it usually doesn't even make much noise! All that for 2k *after* the 3-year accident-forgiveness warranty.

The core CPU is slower than other things you can get on the market, but that's not necessary for modern games, which are dramatically more GPU-heavy than CPU-heavy. The only reason you'd need a better CPU is if your education is research into performance engineering as part of a computer science program.

If you can afford it (Their high-end laptops start at around 2k, ending up in the 5k+), AlienWare got some interesting gaming laptops...

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strixflash, you should post your price range

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My budget is anything between Rs.60,000- Rs.70,000 (1$=Rs.60). Laptop's minimum price here in India is around Rs.30,000. Maybe price is different in different countries even if we ignore the currency conversion factor.



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I suggest you just buy/build a gaming desktop and buy a cheap laptop for your portable education needs. There's tons of articles online about why this better than buying a gaming laptop.

I myself bought an ROG ASUS 15+ Inches gaming laptop 4 years ago. It's still gaming usable, can play games like Far Cry 3 on max settings, and only needs a change of battery. Once I had to bring it in for repair since I idiotically attempted to clean it myself and accidently messed up the motherboard. Based on my experience, a gaming laptop isn't worth it. On paper, this laptop only seemed *slightly* heavy. In reality it really was a pain to bring around. In highschool it was fine since I never brought it to school anyways. In college I couldn't handle it anymore. I switched it with my little brother's cheap Acer laptop a few weeks in college. I don't regret buying it but I now feel that a desktop and a light portable laptop would have been better than buying a gaming laptop.

Anyways, whether you should buy a gaming laptop depends on where you are right now. If you're still in school and don't plan on using it in college, go ahead and buy it. If you'll be bringing it to college or are already in university, i suggest you don't buy one. Get a desktop + small laptop combo. If you're a working adult and have a car or something that doesn't require you to carry it personally all day, go ahead and buy it.

Btw, you ever get a gaming laptop, get one that's easy to disassemble and clean. Due to their unique design, a lot of them are really difficult to clean. Since you've asked here for a gaming laptop, you probably don't have the right experience to properly disassemble a laptop without ruining it. To clean the fan of my ASUS ROG laptop, it was necessary to remove the laptop, screen, and a bunch of other stuff. I could do it but I ended up damaging something. Just a tip based on personal experience.

That's actually a good price range to aim for if you want a gaming laptop. I think. That's about $1000USD, right?

You won't get a machine that can run newly released games at the highest settings, and I wouldn't recommend aiming for that anyway, but you should be able to run most games at medium settings for the next couple of years. Don't spend $2000 equivalent for a laptop when you can spend ~$300 and get a desktop that's just as powerful for ~$1000.

I can't tell you what model to buy, because it's been a long while since I've been in the market, but ASUS and MSI are still the manufacturers I'd recommend for gaming performance on a budget. Graphics cards are the most important thing to look for, because that will be your limiting factor for performance in almost every single circumstance.

What you buy might also depend on what distributors you can purchase from. Shipping/taxes/fees will become a factor if you're purchasing from overseas companies, even if its online, but that's also where you'll probably get the biggest selection.