new lap top for my daughter

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    Roper Docholiday, Jan 23, 2015
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    I am a big fan of Asus. I have gotten both my kids one that runs about $300-400 new at wholesale clubs. They are rough with them and they keep on ticking. Even with bent cases and all. :)

    The also run any game thrown at them. Not always on full settings but more than acceptable.

    I see your list is mostly for refurbished items. If you have a BJs or Costco I would try there first, or at least see if you can price out a new one. I have just had mixed results with refurbished, and I am not sure they get cheap enough to risk it.
     
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    I would focus on the following features:

    1) 8 to 16 gigabytes RAM. Less than 8 gig RAM and things will run slow.
    2) Discrete graphics card
    3) SSD if possible
    4) Largest screen possible for gaming if weight isn't an issue.

    I would likely pick this model based upon the limited information provided.

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834259542
     
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    yea i wish i could get one from costco . thats where i have bought several in the past and costo warranty cant be beat. i have been to all the stores in town here and even the 300 to 400 dollar on the shelf laptops they try to hit you with everything under sun to make it 700 dollars out the door
     
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    If you are near a Microcenter you can obtain some great prices as well. I've bought a few refurbished laptops and never had an issue.
     
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    thanks ill have to do a web search on microcenter to see if their is anything near me. some one had suggested going through dell directly but in the past i have not been happy with dell service or their product as a whole
     
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    Something similar to Greyfox's suggestion.

    Anything under a HD3000 will not really run the game, and an HD3000 doesn't really run it *well*, so keep that in mind.
     
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    Getting married in-game, new laptop. What's next? Tattoo?
     
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    I have a newer Asus laptop and only getting about 8fps max on lowest settings, what do you guys think? I heard that they will be optimizing soon though, so hope that helps:
    • AMD A-Series A8-7100 (1.80GHz)
    • 6GB Memory 1TB HDD
    • AMD Radeon R5 Series
    • Windows 8.1 64-Bit
     
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    built in gpu, rather bad cpu , im not sure what the aimed "minimum requirements" are, but i dont think onboards gpu's will be supported

    i use a similar laptop for working, but for programming i need the low power usage over a gpu =D
     
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    I was looking at laptops to help him out and I couldn't find a new one for less than $500 that I'd recommend for gaming sadly.

    You might be able to get away with a budget gaming desktop that would fit the bill.
     
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    On board GPU generally means a GPU built into the motherboard or CPU. It usually doesn't have its own texture memory and is underpowered. It isn't designed for gaming.

    Dedicated GPU means there is a powerful GPU designed for gaming with its own texture memory.
     
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    I got that part but how do I tell in the description if its a dedicated GPU or integrated? It listed mine as a AMD R5 series and did'nt say integrated like I notice on others....I assume AMD Radeon HD 8210 graphics is a dedicated card?
     
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    although looking at the requirements should't i be able to play?

    Minimum:
      • OS: Windows 7 or newer
      • Processor: Intel Core 2 DUO 2.4 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz
      • Memory: 4 GB RAM
      • Graphics: DirectX10 Compatible ATI Radeon HD 3870 / NVIDIA 8800 GT / Intel HD 3000 Integrated Graphics
      • DirectX: Version 10
      • Network: Broadband Internet connection
      • Hard Drive: 6 GB available space
    Recommended:
      • OS: Windows 7 64 bit or newer
      • Processor: Quad Core Processor 2.4GHz or faster
      • Memory: 8 GB RAM
      • Graphics: DirectX10 Compatible AMD Radeon HD 6850 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550
      • DirectX: Version 10
      • Network: Broadband Internet connection
      • Hard Drive: 6 GB available space
     
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