How does this laptop do with video gaming & games with a constantly rendering world and large multiplayer gaming? Such as WoW, Arma, Mass Effect, etc.
1996390
Sorry I can't be too much help here but I'm not much of a gamer. I mainly used this computer for more business applications. I can tell you that I tried to use it (and another HP) for my DJ business and it performed horrible with the software. I couldn't get it to work right at all, it kept skipping on songs and randomly "popping" along with other problems. I was in a pinch one night at a birthday party and ended up using my wife's 300 dollar bottom of the line Gateway computer and it performed 100% better than this HP. I used to love HP but now I cannot recommend them. Hope this helps. Sorry I can't be too much help here but I'm not much of a gamer. I mainly used this computer for more business applications. I can tell you that I tried to use it (and another HP) for my DJ business and it performed horrible with the software. I couldn't get it to work right at all, it kept skipping on songs and randomly "popping" along with other problems. I was in a pinch one night at a birthday party and ended up using my wife's 300 dollar bottom of the line Gateway computer and it performed 100% better than this HP. I used to love HP but now I cannot recommend them. Hope this... » Read More Sorry I can't be too much help here but I'm not much of a gamer. I mainly used this computer for more business applications. I can tell you that I tried to use it (and another HP) for my DJ business and it performed horrible with the software. I couldn't get it to work right at all, it kept skipping on songs and randomly "popping" along with other problems. I was in a pinch one night at a birthday party and ended up using my wife's 300 dollar bottom of the line Gateway computer and it performed 100% better than this HP. I used to love HP but now I cannot recommend them. Hope this helps. « Show Less
1996391
I'm not exactly a gamer, but I bought this several months ago as I wanted an "almost" desktop equiv. My kiddo recently download Minecraft (paid version) onto it, and it performs and handles the game 100% better than our old desktop. Quick, fluid, no freezing, crisp and clear, handles multiple screens open while Minecraft is playing. I have not been disappointed. I have some downloaded work applications and programs that have worked without issue. I am considering another for the kid. Good luck.
266564
I love this laptop. It can run almost every game on high to ultra settings. I play watch dogs on ultra and get 40 frames per second. Sometimes even more.
1264783
I've used it for Skyrim and, more recently, Guild Wars 2 and have to say that for a laptop it's pretty decent. You need to run GW2 and low-medium graphics settings to get a reasonable frame rate. You can't expect a laptop to give you desktop quality graphics. If they put that kind of power in a laptop you could probably fry eggs on it.
1008623
Our son has it but he's currently playing the beta of battlefield 4. Says it looks great and runs well. It rocks so far.Hope this is some help.
506803
No. It handles internet fine and MMORPGs like WoW and Aura Kingdom were alright. However, I would not recommend this laptop for gaming.
775201
It runs Minecraft quite well for my son at full settings. It ran even better with the addition of 4GB of RAM. For me mass Exports in Lightroom of RAW files with parameter changes goes much quicker than with my Lenovo X1 Carbon with i5.
1698394
this laptop has 6gb ram I think.....this laptop can handle anything.....BUY IT.....it plays all the games I want in high graphics it can handle anything you throw at it if your looking it to buy it :)
58881
It is a Quad core and it handles everything just fine, even under fairly intense graphical processing. You might want to bump up the ram for hardcore gaming, but works just fine with little slowdown on anything but the most intense graphical processing.
266463
It can play both of those games smoothly at their highest settings. It can play even more new and graphically intense games at high settings like Arma 3 for example. This computers specs will be able to play any game out right now and for the foreseeable future.
175982
Yes it can handle World of Warcraft but it still depends on the system requirement of the game that you will run into this laptop.
1578960
[LOL!] LoL runs wonderfully! I play all the time. Main jg/fidds and sup/thresh. Hit me up after you buy this bad boy and we'll play a round! I haven't changed any of the default graphics settings, and I'm running with no visible lag. As with all Alienware laptops, expect it to get warm while you play though - you might want to pick up a cheap cooling pad. I got one for ~$15 and it dropped my CPU/GPU temps about 25F each.
1861349
my friend plays LoL on the highest settings possible, i also have an extra 4 gb's of RAM, but it can definitely play Lol on high. I dont have WoW so i can't say if it can handle it or not. This laptop can also play battlefield 3 on medium and Star Wars the Old Republic on low settings.
1597732
Yes, I have it overclocked to 4.0GHz in my system and it runs great for video editing and rendering in addition to gaming, definitely worth the money.
240906
This is impossible to answer. Which game??? What settings? This has a 1.3ghz processor x2 so it is not a state of the art laptop. It is meant to be a mobile gaming PC, not a desktop replacement. It will lag in most of the higher end games. Also, is the lag from an online game or from graphics?
1710374
I haven't used it for gaming, but it's great for Solidworks. Hope this helps. Also I would suggest checking out other brands. Pros of this laptop: lightweight, large screen, decent battery life for the first ~2 years. Cons:Battery starts to die off in the 3rd year, green line appears down the screen, sometimes the screen blacks out for no apparent reason.
505071
Honestly, I can say that it isn't spectacular for gaming. I tried to play the new Far Cry on it and it was lagging so bad that I couldn't play it. It can play games like Skyrim and Fallout. But then again those games aren't that new.
1725086
I'm playing Skyrim on it right now. Runs at pretty much full res with no problems or lag. I've also played Far Cry 3 at full settings on it with no problems.