Can this laptop play mine craft and other games?
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i don't use those games etc. so i really don't know. otherwise the computer has worked very well.
1944974
I would believe you can although I do not use this for gaming. It's a pretty good laptop so I'm sure you can game on it as well :)
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Depends. I've only tried minecraft on it and it works pretty good with a few settings changed. I don't really think that this is a "full fledged" gaming computer, though
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Ignore the previous two comments. Minecraft is not a high requirement game. It runs fine on a 2007 imac, this will handle it just fine. Recommended Requirements: CPU: Intel Core i3 or AMD Athlon II (K10) 2.8 GHz RAM: 4GB GPU: GeForce 2xx Series or AMD Radeon HD 5xxx Series (Excluding Integrated Chipsets) with OpenGL 3.3 HDD: 1GB Latest release of Java 7 from java.com
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The laptop should be fine on School work and Minecraft but I'm unfamiliar with the requirements of Rust. This is a business grade laptop so they usually do not have a really powerful gaming video card in it.
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Absolutely. It is way past the "recommended" system requirements on Mojang site: https://help.mojang.com/customer/portal/articles/325948-minecraft-system-requirements If you look at the wiki page linked there, you'll see the GT 740M running it 1366768 at 140fps, this laptop is slower by not more than 25% slower, so you should be in 60-80fps range easily, making it nice and smooth.
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Oh yes this runs garrys mod, half life, and other steam games quite nicely, the first day i got this i played halflife and worked beautifully. if you want to game, then this is a decent laptop. minecraft also works if you have certain settings set.
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If you have dedicated graphic card yes, if not then no. It can play basic non-intensive 3D games like TF2 or KSP.
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The onboard video will be fine for Minecraft, just make sure you have enough ram to share with it.
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I can't swear it will but its specs appear to exceed minecraft's minimum specs. They do recommend, however, "if you have a laptop with an a built-in (integrated) graphics card, rather than a dedicated card, it is highly suggested that you try the demo before purchase." The X501A has such an integrated card.
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The I3-4130 has 4400 Graphics built into it and Minecraft indicates that it needs at least Intel GMA 950 to run, so this should work, though I am not sure how high you can run it at and I cannot claim to have run Minecraft on the built in graphics of this chip. I have a separate graphics card installed. One thing to keep in mind as long as you don't run into any driver issues with Linux is that the onboard graphics takes some of the system RAM and I am not sure if you'll be able to adjust the amount of memory dedicated to graphics. On a Windows system, I'd recommend at least 8 gigs to avoid problems. Linux might be able to run and share memory with less, I don't know offhand. Good luck with this. The I3-4130 has 4400 Graphics built into it and Minecraft indicates that it needs at least Intel GMA 950 to run, so this should work, though I am not sure how high you can run it at and I cannot claim to have run Minecraft on the built in graphics of this chip. I have a separate graphics card installed. One thing to keep in mind as long as you don't run into any driver issues with Linux is that the onboard graphics takes some of the system RAM and I am not sure if you'll be able to adjust the amount of memory dedicated to graphics. On a Windows system, I'd recommend at least 8 gigs to avoid... » Read More The I3-4130 has 4400 Graphics built into it and Minecraft indicates that it needs at least Intel GMA 950 to run, so this should work, though I am not sure how high you can run it at and I cannot claim to have run Minecraft on the built in graphics of this chip. I have a separate graphics card installed. One thing to keep in mind as long as you don't run into any driver issues with Linux is that the onboard graphics takes some of the system RAM and I am not sure if you'll be able to adjust the amount of memory dedicated to graphics. On a Windows system, I'd recommend at least 8 gigs to avoid problems. Linux might be able to run and share memory with less, I don't know offhand. Good luck with this. « Show Less
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This laptop was so slow that we returned it. I doubt that it would run Minecraft.
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It can handle Minecraft. But its not the best out there. And Day Z I'm not sure.
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I don't recomend this laptop for games it wouldn't even run my sims game so it probably wouldn't run mine craft
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Yes it can. In fact it can play games better than most laptops of its generation due to the included dedicated graphics processor.
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I honestly do not know. I've not attempted to play any video games on the system. It's a fairly decent machine, so I would suspect it would play it fine. Minecraft graphics don't seem that demanding, but I'm no expert.
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did some quick research looks like this would breeze through Minecraft... Minecraft Minimum Requirements: CPU: Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 (K8) 2.6 GHz. RAM: 2GB. GPU (Integrated): Intel HD Graphics or AMD (formerly ATI) Radeon HD Graphics with OpenGL 2.1. GPU (Discrete): Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT or AMD Radeon HD 2400 with OpenGL 3.1. HDD: At least 200MB for Game Core and Other Files. Java 6 Release 45. ASUS X552EA-DH41 specs CPU: AMD A4-5000 APU (quad core w/ built in graphic capability) RAM: 4GB. Graphics Controller Model (integrated) Radeon HD 8330 HDD: 500GB (Minecraft needs 200MB, approx 1/5 of 1GB) Java: unknown base spec, but Java is free to download/update much like Adobe Flash
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No. As I and others have said in previous comments/reviews, this is NOT a gaming laptop. Minecraft BASIC system requirements specify a separate video chipset (no integrated chipsets) and a faster processor than this computer has. This computer is perfect for normal, non-gaming, non-processor/graphics-intensive computing (office apps, browsing, email, basic media manipulation, streaming sound and video content, etc.), but it is NOT a gaming computer. If good performance in Minecraft is essential for you, up your game and spend the bucks necessary to get a computer with a faster processor, a decent, standalone (non-integrated) video chipset/controller and, although Minecraft specs say 4GB is OK (as long as processor is fast enough and video chipset has its own memory, etc.), I'd AT LEAST double that.