How much firepower can this laptop handle when it comes to gaming can I blast the graphics?
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Gaming performance will depend on the game you are playing. However the GT 820M in this notebook is an entry level GPU which will handle older games fine but with newer more demanding games you will need to set the game settings to low or medium to have playable frames per second.
1017002
I am sorry to tell you this but this laptop is certainly not for gaming. If you want to play games like Call of Duty Ghosts etc, you are going to have to pay at least triple the cost of this laptop. with a 1.86 GHz processor, you are getting netbook-like performance. (not good for gaming). If you want a laptop that can play Call of Duty Ghosts, I would recommend this one: ASUS ROG G750JW 17-Inch Gaming Laptop [OLD VERSION]
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It kinda depends on how you use it. If you simply use it for word or ppt processing everything is superbly cool unless you turn the GPU on fire by playing demanding video game.
522718
not much, could run most at medium settings - more of a capable general purpose laptop than gaming unit.
923615
It won't hurt it but just know that it might throttle a little when under stress, and the game may drop in frame rate, I use MSI afterburner and a custom fan curve that is in no way silent but very cool
1298824
I am not an avid gamer. I use this laptop mostly for rendering video edits an blender scenes. But with the porting of the Steam client to Linux I have tried X3:Albion Prelude. Must say it rocks. One thing, I did find that adding another six Gig of RAM helped tremendously. Overall, no complaints for me, but my gaming sample is very limited. If you are really into heavy gaming, your mileage may vary.
687768
I run world of warcraft, battlefield 4, and many other high end games at max settings. it will get hot doing it but turn on the fan boost and your golden.
1219032
Of course! I am so thankful that I bought this device, better than ANY console and yes it can play battlefield 4 and titan fall. If you want a better edge, they just released the 800m series graphics cards so if you go on the Alienware website you can get a laptop with like a gtx 860m which is about 15%-25% better than the gtx 765 in this laptop
241933
I would suggest something more powerful and less energy consuming if you plan on playing on that resolution, like a nVidia gtx 980
767319
I'm not sure, but it can't be much. I have it running in a 250w slim desktop system. Seems fast enough, but the fan noise is pretty loud if you run any sort of a game that uses the graphics.
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Hi Brenda. I don't play games on mine but I do rely heavily on graphics. This computer is very good with real time graphics. Extremely fast refresh rate and very dependable powerful machine. I think you'll be happy with it.
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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
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Yes. For comparison, I run Skyrim (a relatively graphics intensive game) flawlessly on high settings, with zero modifications to this laptop.
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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.
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At stock speeds it can handle gaming as long as the gpu (graphics processing unit) / videocard is up to receiving the data transfer rate it dishes out. Faster the cpu can run and how well the gpu can process this, the better the experience will be. Just remember you don't want bottle neck your components either.
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If you have at least 4 gig of Ram, and that processor should provide you ample power to run this. I run this on a Quad AMD processor with 4 Gigs and it did decently well. That game play is excellent. For me, it was as decent a scenario FPS as I have seen with some fairly decent realism.
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It has the power to run the games fine and on high graphics settings. But if you're intending to use it for long periods of time, 3-4 hours settings, I'd go for something else. The problem I've been having with this model is the power port becomes overly heated and has become disconnected from the motherboard. I've had to repair it twice.