gaming on this system I was wondering if anyone has experience with gaming on this machine. Im looking for a media focused pc, but i still enjoy gaming on the pc. I was wondering if anyone knows how well half-life 2 with the latest graphical upgrades can run on this machine at full res? gaming on this system I was wondering if anyone has experience with gaming on this machine. Im looking for a media focused pc, but i still enjoy gaming on the pc. I was wondering if anyone knows... » Read More gaming on this system I was wondering if anyone has experience with gaming on this machine. Im looking for a media focused pc, but i still enjoy gaming on the pc. I was wondering if anyone knows how well half-life 2 with the latest graphical upgrades can run on this machine at full res? « Show Less
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I just ordered this, so its not based on first hand experience, but I run half life 2 on a laptop with half the specs of this machine. It's a game built to run 3 years ago. You will have no problem.
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I can play Guitar Hero III easily and WoW with the graphics on Ultra on an older version of this computer.
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It can play Skyrim on ULTRA settings, Left 4 Dead 2, quite a few others. No issues with gaming.
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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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My experience is I play a lot of old windows games and this motherboard handles it beautifully on all high settings.And the cpu and gpu intergrated runs super cool .Of course I have an fm2+ cpu at 65watts Quadcore 3.1 which is very nice./ If you multi task accept no less than a Quadcore and you won,t go wrong!!!! So if you don,t game heavy this is a dream motherboard. Make sure you have also plenty of memory/ram and a decent cpu cooler other than stock and it should be around for a long time to come.!!!! My personal experience is it,s Very Very Very Nice!!!!
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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.
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I don't know about the first question, but the sound is fantastic, it's lighting is very good (depending on how bright you want it to be, because it's adjustable) and the gaming is really fantastic. It runs beautifully and the fps on it is just great!
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So far, it's ran everything that I've thrown at it on ultra settings. It should definitely be able to run those games on atleast high. Good luck!
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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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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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faster than what? But as far as gaming it still is up to the task for 99% of the games out there in fact with a good board and graphic card it still is able to max out every game I own! I have about every new game out totaling about 150 steam games and 20 Origin not to mention a few just DVD based. But if you are just looking to build a new unit then go newer LGA1155 is much cheaper
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Hi Bobby,As a former gamer I would have been very interested in the graphics card. If you are a gamer I don't think this is the computer for you. You will have to upgrade the ram memory and replace the card. Also, one of my two computers came without a sound card so I use a an external card.. For my basic use this computer is really good but it does not run my games well and some not at all. I hope this helps. John
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My guy has played Starcraft on it and says it runs slower/the graphics were better on his old gaming computer, but he added a graphics card and it runs smoothly now. But no, I would not recommend this computer for gaming as is.
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I'm using it for gaming too, i put 16 gigs of ram in, 500w power supply, and gt 630 nvidia card. Pc now is very powerful, windows ranks gaming at 7.3. I think for simple tasks youre fine. 1 tb i think would last a lifetime for just photos. Even if you take them all the time. Honestly though, get the newest HP version thats out now, this i think is 2011? model? I love it, been using it for 3 years, but get their newest.
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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). 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... » Read More 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). « Show Less
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Yeah it's from the website but it is not the most recent model available there.it is built specifically to play pc games. I use steam and origin to download a lot of games, you can get decent quality graphics without lag.
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Right now, I'm playing Witcher 2 on 1366x768 resolution and most of the other settings on medium or high, with no lag and no trouble whatsoever. Also, I played Crysis 1 also on 1366x768 with no trouble either. As for as gaming computers, I have to say that right now I do use an Xbox gamepad with all of my games. IF you use the mousepad on the computer, you might have trouble because the left and right click are sensitive to touch and built into the touch pad. If you do use a mouse, I recommend getting a usb external mouse. As far as what games this PC will play, I don't think you'll have any problem with graphics or fps. Great gaming computer.
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You will be able to play some games like that, it depends all on the graphics demand of the game. The processor Itself is amazing. But the graphics card is integrated. I was definitely satisfied with the computer itself but I also bought an AMD Radeon HD 7770 graphics card. It's one of the cheaper high end graphics cards out there.