Looking for a Gaming laptop but not hardcore gaming. I won't be playing @ 1900x1080 settings either. I'll mostly be playing games like City of heroes, Star Trek Online, Star Wars Old Republic and Guild Wars 2 (maybe few other games like Diablo 3 and the such) I can't got over $1,000 (closer to 900 would be better.)
I found these 3 refurbished.
HP Envy 17.3" 2070NR $989
i7 2630qm (2.0ghz)
6gb DDR3 Ram, 1TB (2x500gb 7200rpm)
Radeon 6850 1gb GDDR5 version
slot load Bluray drive, 1x usb 3.0
1920 x 1080 resolution
Toshiba Qosimo 17.3" X775-Q7270B $949
i5 2410m (2.30ghz)
6gb DDR3, 640gb 7200rpm hdd
GTX 560M 1.5gb
DVD burner 1x usb 3.0
1600x900 resolution
Asus 17.3" G73SW-BST6 $885
i7 2630qm (2.0ghz)
8gb DDR3 Ram, 750gb 7200rpm hdd
GTX 460m
DVD burner no usb 3.0
1600x900 resolution
All are under $1,000, and I'm trying to pit the graphic cards vs each other. I know the 560M is slightly better than the 460M but the 6850M with the GDDR5 is scarce to find accurate benchmarks because most of them are from the DDR3 version. Hard to choose that why I need help. I'd love it if I could spend less on the laptop and drop in a SSD but only way to do that is drop down in GPU class and I don't know if that smart to do or not. Any help here is appreciated!
I found these 3 refurbished.
HP Envy 17.3" 2070NR $989
i7 2630qm (2.0ghz)
6gb DDR3 Ram, 1TB (2x500gb 7200rpm)
Radeon 6850 1gb GDDR5 version
slot load Bluray drive, 1x usb 3.0
1920 x 1080 resolution
Toshiba Qosimo 17.3" X775-Q7270B $949
i5 2410m (2.30ghz)
6gb DDR3, 640gb 7200rpm hdd
GTX 560M 1.5gb
DVD burner 1x usb 3.0
1600x900 resolution
Asus 17.3" G73SW-BST6 $885
i7 2630qm (2.0ghz)
8gb DDR3 Ram, 750gb 7200rpm hdd
GTX 460m
DVD burner no usb 3.0
1600x900 resolution
All are under $1,000, and I'm trying to pit the graphic cards vs each other. I know the 560M is slightly better than the 460M but the 6850M with the GDDR5 is scarce to find accurate benchmarks because most of them are from the DDR3 version. Hard to choose that why I need help. I'd love it if I could spend less on the laptop and drop in a SSD but only way to do that is drop down in GPU class and I don't know if that smart to do or not. Any help here is appreciated!