How well does this computer play heavy-graphics games? Is the processor very fast with a high quality graphics card?
832570
The laptop was a gift for my daughter for college, but naturally, she's installed quite a few graphics intensive games. According to her, once the game is loaded into the on-board memory, they run without a glitch. The unit is running standard use quad processors and, if I remember correctly, the unit has a separate dedicated graphics processor. Hope this helps.
1645923
This laptop can easily run it even when using higher-level graphics settings. However, if you're planning on running more upscale games in the future, swapping out the graphics card would be recommended.
555342
Its a quad core with a very good graphic card which makes it work very good with gaming and processing.
1132988
Oh yes. Definitely good for games. I play TF2, Minecraft, Tekkit, and various other steam games. They all run great. For the price this is definitely the best gaming laptop out there. I actually got it for 375 (not including tax) at Best Buy as an open box deal! I suggest looking there.
191002
Yes, but not at 100% graphics settings. I tried TF2 and it ran perfectly at 100% detail, but that's not a power-hungry game. I also tried GS Global Conflict, and it ran well at 75% settings. For more recent, powerful games, I'm assuming they'll run well at about 50%. That sounds bad, but the games are still great at 50%. I'd go with this, and when your budget allows, upgrade the GPU. For another comparison, I've done some video editing with this, and blows my 6GB dual-core laptop away. A 15-minute HD video takes more than 20-minutes to output on the laptop, and about 4 minutes with this PC. Not bad at all. Yes, but not at 100% graphics settings. I tried TF2 and it ran perfectly at 100% detail, but that's not a power-hungry game. I also tried GS Global Conflict, and it ran well at 75% settings. For more recent, powerful games, I'm assuming they'll run well at about 50%. That sounds bad, but the games are still great at 50%. I'd go with this, and when your budget allows, upgrade the GPU. For another comparison, I've done some video editing with this, and blows my 6GB dual-core laptop away. A 15-minute HD video takes more than 20-minutes to output on the laptop, and about 4 minutes with this PC.... » Read More Yes, but not at 100% graphics settings. I tried TF2 and it ran perfectly at 100% detail, but that's not a power-hungry game. I also tried GS Global Conflict, and it ran well at 75% settings. For more recent, powerful games, I'm assuming they'll run well at about 50%. That sounds bad, but the games are still great at 50%. I'd go with this, and when your budget allows, upgrade the GPU. For another comparison, I've done some video editing with this, and blows my 6GB dual-core laptop away. A 15-minute HD video takes more than 20-minutes to output on the laptop, and about 4 minutes with this PC. Not bad at all. « Show Less
1654360
No problem, CPU has enough, but high quality game needs a good graphics card.
1393067
I can only speak for the AMD Graphics Card version of this laptop. This laptop exceeds my expectation when it comes to games. With some graphics options twist you can get a really good experience and fps with your games. You won't be getting 60fps but a stable 30fps in a lot of games. You will see some lag if there is more going on but that quickly goes away. In regards to multimedia use this machine is a beast. You can do everything from gaming, movies, word-processing, and online use all at once, seriously. I do not know how the NVIDIA performs but I can say I am more than satisfied with how AMD's switchable graphics performs. I would recommend, if possible, to upgrade to a faster hard drive. I found that load times can take a little longer than you want them to but you will get used it. I would recommend looking at this version of the laptop which has a dedicated graphics card and may improve your gaming experience. http://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-V5-552G-X414-15-6-inch-Laptop/dp/B00DKFFLMY/ref=pd_sim_pc_5
353820
Yes, it would be great for gaming with an additional good graphics card. EVGA makes some really nice ones for not much money.
2204839
It depends on the intensity of the game and if you are using it for online-multiplayer gaming. I purchased it to use with high demand graphics programs - Adobe Photoshop and ArcGIS and have never had a problem with it. Still blazing fast and you can always upgrade the RAM to 16 GB to help with the FPS refresh rate! It also travels well too, been commuting with me 5 days a week for over 2+ years!
2157939
its good enough to play up to date games with settings just below best graphics and perform without any lag. and you can always purchase a better graphics card in the future
1123093
Many games require more processing power, especially graphics, than a typical PC offers. For that reason I would not recommend this computer except for basic gaming. I bought this computer for internet browsing, basic picture editing and productivity applications, and the touchscreen. It's great value and design in that regard.
97318
So far it's run everything I've thrown at it. I bought it to run games but I've been doing so autocad drawings and it runs flawlessly.
586479
Not at all.This is a terrible computer.I bought it upgraded the ram and hard drive and it barely ran.Heated super fast and could not run any game I threw at it.Buy a PC laptop if you're looking for a gaming laptop.
550829
The graphics card is a Radeon HD8210. This computer comes with an APU, which is basically a CPU and GPU combined. It is designed for notebooks such as this, which are not very graphics demanding, because it uses a lot less power and comes in a nice, small, inexpensive package. Basically the graphics are going to be adequate for every day things such as going online and looking at email and such, and enough to play some older, less graphics intensive games. You won't be able to play the latest and greatest games today, even on the lowest settings, except for very basic games, but then again, this computer isn't designed for that sort of thing. Take a look at the AMD A4-1250 APU, which is the APU (CPU + graphics card) that this computer uses. Things like solitaire and Angry Birds and Bejeweled will be fine, but you aren't going to play Battlefield 3 on this. Basically, if you are looking for a small form laptop to use mainly for gaming, this is NOT it. I hope this helps.
320629
For a non-gaming laptop, it actually games pretty well. I've played Civ5 and Guild Wars 2 on mine and it does fine. It gets a bit hot on the underside when you have been at it for a while but overall, pretty good laptop.
463962
This model has a dedicated graphics card, which is an NVidia GeForce GT 720M with 2GB of dedicated RAM. I don't know how that compares with Intel HD graphics, but it's quite powerful and should be sufficient for most any video play back (up to and including 1080i HD). If you're looking to run higher-end video games, it should probably still be okay, but you should check the graphics card requirements anyways before buying them, just to make sure. (Sometimes, even if it looks like you surpass the minimum requirements, they might only be able playable on medium- to low-quality settings, due to overheating).
2267488
I myself have never tested it out but knowing a lot about games and computers I can say that if you have a minimum of 4 gigs of ram, 2.4 gigahertz CPU or above, and this awesome graphics card, you will run this game fine on medium settings or even better!