12GB of ram is considered 'minimum' for gaming these days - many games just releasing will use close to 6-7GB for for the actual game leaving little overhead for other applications and causing swap file use. Also, DX12 makes 'heavy' use of CPU's so you want at the least, a 6 core+ processor over 3Ghz. Nvidia has stated pre-900 series will have serious issues, especially with DX12 reverse compatibility requiring AShade to be turned off. The reason is anything prior to the 900 series won't do Asynchronous Shading, and it's going to cripple you for virtually every game coming out after 2015. Tip: Buy nothing less than a 900+ series Nvidia card. I would stay away from anything 'gaming', always a mark-up for what amounts to different bloatware and styling. id try for an i5 and a mid range card, like a gtx750ti or 950. Generally, anything with a dedicated GPU desktop or laptop. Its similar to mine, but a little better graphics card, everything else looks pretty similar. This is a solid machine I would get in your price range, $670. This one is really light and has 7hr battery life. Now it says $899 I have no idea what amazon does lol.Īnd yes, I realize there are times when you need to move the thing around for work or school. Even at $660 it would have been worth it. War Thunder games look pretty darn decent on it as well, compared to my 4 year old one before that ran everything on minimum.Īt the time in may, I got this laptop for $560. I haven't tried tweaking the graphics, but it could maybe go higher. That's the stats on my laptop and it runs WOWS on medium great. Intel Core i5-5200U Processor (2.2 GHz).
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