so recently ive been having several problems with my current laptop and decided that now was as a good time as ever to upgrade. do you have any suggestions on a decent affordable laptop that can run gta v? it doesn't have to be high settings or anything, just has to run it decently.

i have no knowledge regarding computer components and which are better so i figured this would be the best place to seek answers

it has to be a laptop as i also need it for school and such. i know its better to get a desktop but i can't afford getting both.

for a price range i would say perhaps around under 800? i don't have an exact amount i can spend yet.

Edited June 28, 20169 yr by OfficerFive0

When I was looking for a gaming laptop myself a while back I saw a laptop that seems to fit your price range. It's literally 800$ even right now because it's on sale, so that should be good hopefully. From what I've seen and heard about it gets decent FPS with GTA V on high settings, so you should have no problem with mid-normal settings. Although I don't actually own this laptop, I'm sure it will works just fine.

Laptop: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834154112&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Gaming+Laptops-_-N82E16834154112&gclid=Cj0KEQjwncO7BRC06snzrdSJyKEBEiQAsUaRjPPNPM91VxAd6RiFxaw-l3uVNaXOtWFPT6tNKSm1lJAaAgNN8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds

GTA V performance test w/ laptop: 

 

Hope this helps!

~DeputySellars

 

 

 

I'm no expert on laptops, but MSI has some pretty good stuff (a little bit pricey though).  

20 hours ago, DeputySellars said:

When I was looking for a gaming laptop myself a while back I saw a laptop that seems to fit your price range. It's literally 800$ even right now because it's on sale, so that should be good hopefully. From what I've seen and heard about it gets decent FPS with GTA V on high settings, so you should have no problem with mid-normal settings. Although I don't actually own this laptop, I'm sure it will works just fine.

Laptop: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834154112&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Gaming+Laptops-_-N82E16834154112&gclid=Cj0KEQjwncO7BRC06snzrdSJyKEBEiQAsUaRjPPNPM91VxAd6RiFxaw-l3uVNaXOtWFPT6tNKSm1lJAaAgNN8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds

GTA V performance test w/ laptop: 

Hope this helps!

~DeputySellars

its gone down to 700 since.

it seems pretty good.

i found this laptop at costco, it seems pretty good (but what would i know lol) any opinions?

http://www.costco.com/Lenovo-Ideapad-Y700-Laptop-|-Intel-Core-i7-|-1080p-|-4GB-Graphics.product.100292695.html

1 minute ago, OfficerFive0 said:

its gone down to 700 since.

it seems pretty good.

i found this laptop at costco, it seems pretty good (but what would i know lol) any opinions?

http://www.costco.com/Lenovo-Ideapad-Y700-Laptop-|-Intel-Core-i7-|-1080p-|-4GB-Graphics.product.100292695.html

I'd be careful around lenovo laptops.  I had one (not a real expensive one) before; it wasn't the best. Also it has AMD graphics, imo Nvidia is better. 

17 minutes ago, OfficerFive0 said:

its gone down to 700 since.

it seems pretty good.

i found this laptop at costco, it seems pretty good (but what would i know lol) any opinions?

http://www.costco.com/Lenovo-Ideapad-Y700-Laptop-|-Intel-Core-i7-|-1080p-|-4GB-Graphics.product.100292695.html

Just doing some research on it, it seems to get a pretty good performance with GTA V. I've never used this kind if laptop but judging by it's PC specs i'm sure it'd work just fine. Ultimately the decision is yours but if It were me in this sort of position with a limited amount of money I could spend, I'd go for it.

2 minutes ago, steinberg4145 said:

I'd be careful around lenovo laptops.  I had one (not a real expensive one) before; it wasn't the best. Also it has AMD graphics, imo Nvidia is better. 

yea looking it over its not looking as good as i thought

@unr3al do you have any suggestions?

(i hope you dont mind that i tagged you)

On 6/29/2016 at 4:13 AM, OfficerFive0 said:

@unr3al do you have any suggestions?

(i hope you dont mind that i tagged you)

You can use this to get a rough idea of what the graphical capability is of that laptop's video card:

http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-R9-M375.142636.0.html

NotebookCheck also offers mobile CPU overviews.

That sort of laptop that you linked (the Lenovo) is about as good as you're going to do for under $1,000. According to the chart offered on the NotebookCheck website regarding mobile GPU's, the AMD graphics solution presented is in the lower portion of 'Class 2' graphics cards, whereas the GTX 960M in the laptop shown by DeputySellars is a low 'Class 1' card, an entire tier above. However, the CPU in his laptop is a Core i5, which offers no HyperThreading and has a lower base clock speed and TurboBoost clock speed, whereas the Core i7 you showed has a higher base clock, offers HyperThreading, and reaches a TurboBoost peak clock speed of 3.1GHZ (nearly meeting the recommended CPU requirement listed) when using all four cores, making performance someone comparable to a modern day desktop.

Unfortunately it's a trade off. His laptop is graphically superior, yours offers speed and multitasking advantages. For a long term approach, I would advise to go with the computer with the better CPU (the Lenovo), as it's going to carry you further and overall be the more important feature when taking into account other games and applications you may want to run, especially if this computer is supposed to be used for the next four years.

Failure rates of laptops can change year to year. In a 2009 study conducted by SquareTrade; Asus, Toshiba and Sony were the top three brands for reliability, with Apple and Dell following close behind. Then there was a 3% gap before Lenovo was seen. They sat at a failure rate of 21.5% over the course of 3 years (just under a 1/4 chance your laptop goes within 3 years), with Acer, Gateway and HP following behind.

MSI was not a major manufacturer of entire computers at that time and was therefore not measured. Laptops are much more vulnerable to problems than desktops, so I'd advise getting a protection plan for it if it will be your only computer.

 See page 6 of this 2009 reliability study done by SquareTrade: 

https://www.squaretrade.com/htm/pdf/SquareTrade_laptop_reliability_1109.pdf 

 

In a 2016 study conducted by Computer World however, things looked slightly better:

http://www.computerworld.com/article/3012211/apple-mac/apples-macbook-air-takes-laptop-reliability-crown.html



An improvement from a 21.5% failure rate (according to SquareTrade) dropping down to a 18% failure rate (according to Consumer Reports). Once again, MSI is not considered a major manufacturer of whole computers, and therefore does not show up on the list. Due to their absence on these charts, you are taking your chances buying an MSI laptop as there was no easy-to-find hard data to show how reliable they are. My opinion: They are new to the market, so I wouldn't buy an MSI. I don't know where their products are assembled, what components they use, what their quality control is like or what their warranties are like. I know all of that information about the above brands, because I sold and repaired all of them at one point or another. You may consider asking questions to somebody who has sold MSI computers with inside knowledge of how the company makes their products (What motherboards do they use? Their own? Another reputable brand? Foxconn? Who assembles it? Them? Another reputable company? Foxconn? Do they pay this potential third party company a lot of money? Do they pay nearly as much as Apple does? Who makes the batteries? Who makes the displays? Who provides their tech support? Where is it based? Are they any good? How does their RMA process work? Do you need to RMA the laptop at all if it breaks? Are the components proprietary? Can anybody work on them? If you buy a warranty from the place you buy the laptop from, are they able to service it or do they have to send it out? etc.)

If I were presented with only those two options; I'd pick the Lenovo. Both laptops have faults, but the Lenovo is the lesser of two problems because the CPU is what matters most above all in a computer.

Edited July 2, 20169 yr by unr3al