Is this computer good to play games on? I'm a student and I while I do my work on this, I want to be able to play games on it as well (Bioshock,Civ)
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AMD A6 is games capable, at 720 resolution from med to low settings it can handle many games. Portal 2, Torchlight 2, DOTA, etc.for budget notebooks, choose AMD processors cause they typically have stronger graphics capability compared to intel's integrated options.
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i honestly haven't explored any playing of games on it as I use it mainly for work and browsing. sorry, I am not a gamer
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I have ran older games on it. For example, command and conquer 3, command and conquer generals, command and conquer red strike, star wars the old republic, dead space 2, left for dead 2, star trek dac, and a few others. As for newer games, I do not know how good the pc will play them. Overall, its a nice pc. I have not had any troubles as of yet. Hope this helps.
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I haven't tried these games specifically, but due to the 3D accelleratipon being handled by the Intel Haswell processor I would expect them to run good enough on the the low to medium detail settings, but 4xAA is out of the question. This is not a gaming laptop, but it will run most games. If you connect to an external 1080P monitor or TV, then I would recommend dropping to low detail on modern, 3D-heavy games. Intel may think they have Nvidia in their grasp with the Haswell processor, but that is all marketing hype. As a working laptop (school, internet, programming, office productivity, etc..) this thing has plenty of resources available to it.
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I can only tell you that I found this computer to be very slow. I don't know much about gaming, but I understand that games require "Fast" processors. I hope this helps.
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its decent for it. its got integrated graphics which kinda sucks, but itll play things like skyrim on low settings, if you want to use that as a benchmark. i havent noticed any overheating problem. i personally use it for gaming as im a twitch streamer and this is my main rig atm. i havent really tried newer games on it as much. it has slowdown with dolphin (gamecube/wii emulator) but runs things like Skullgirls no problem.
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I've never played minecraft on it. It is a good general purpose computer. It's fairly rugged. I've played battlezone 3 on it and starcraft. I'm guessing that if you are playing games that are older than 8 years you should be safe.
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This laptop is certainly not intended for gaming although gaming is still possible. Experience may vary from one title to the next although in most situations it won't be sufficient enough. To answer your question, no it wouldn't be a good gaming computer though for everything else it should suffice.
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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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I would say it's decent for gaming. I have loaded Star Wars:Empire at War and C&C; Generals loaded on mine and thet play perfectly. Display runs at 1920x1080 without any problems. My only complaints is that the fan will run at full speed when playing and sounds like a jet engine
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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.
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I have this computer and it can pretty much play anything you want, I haven't found a game yet that it can't run smoothly, hope this helps.
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It is a nice laptop to be sure, but it is not a gaming rig. In my experience running games on laptops works best if they have dedicated graphics memory such as NVIDIA's GeForce series processors. The laptop you mentioned utilizes the Intel Haswell HD 5000 Series on-board graphics memory, which is good enough for almost any everyday task such as email, web videos and so on. If you are a serious gamer, then buying a laptop with dedicated (or separate) graphics card is a must.
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It plays older games with ease. Newer games work also although you may need to scale down the resolution/quality. The laptop also gets pretty hot when playing newer graphics intensive games. Because of this I'd recommend getting a cooling pad to go with it.Overall this is one of nicest full featured laptops available. I also replaced the hard drive with an Intel ssd which made a huge performance difference. I'd strongly recommend upgrading any laptop you buy with an ssd. In summary I'd say this laptop would play any of the games you mentioned. Just be prepared to buy a cooling pad.
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Honestly, I haven't played games with it. But, I imagine it could probably handle anything you threw at it--it isn't an old computer. Having used it: I don't think Windows 8 is all that great though. It just provides you with two different ways of looking at the same programs.
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Hi John.This computer could be a decent gaming machine if you do the following. Add a 64 bit OS to it. Then add like 8GB of ram. Now your talking! However your card with an i5 or i7. Is insane dual core processors vs quad cores for gaming will produce a lot more frames per seconds. I hope that helped and sorry for the typos.
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I would not use it for gaming. A more powerful CPU with a more powerful graphics card is required for gaming. It is, however, excellent for day-to-day computing needs.
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Yeah of course. Besides running programs on it, I also use it to play starcraft 2. The game runs at ultra quality with no problem.