Is this an okay computor for gaming?
1270468
Depends on the gaming your doing. I play Civ5 on HUGE maps with about 20 civs and 40+ city states. Its playable. Gets a bit slow in the modern levels. I wouldnt try crysis or stuff like that. MMOs should be fine. Hope that helps.
1270469
"Okay" .. yes... But this is not a gaming class machine to be sure... I have been able to play the newest 1st person shooters and driving games quite well..(not at highest level settings)., however I would very much recommend a RAM upgrade to 8gig(max it allows) if gaming is desired.... Overall for.the price I find it to be a quick and.versatile machine... But, I would consider the price of a RAM upgrade (80-ish dollars) into the purchase price if you plan to game.
1270470
This laptop is too slow to run latest high graphic games. However, if you play games like league of legends, dota, or valves game series, this laptop may be cheaper one to play.
1823783
I use it for both of those games with no problems. Most important is to get plenty of memory and CPU power (i5 or better)
2270272
Yeah it runs LoL fine, especially w/ a good graphics card, I wouldn't be running 20 programs at once while trying to play LoL, honestly ive had this for about 6 months but instead you should think about the FX8350, Im about to get it as well. its more money but its a investment and literally like 4x better than this
235846
Yes, it will work without a problem. I usually go in www.systemrequirementslab.com to check if my machine can run certain games. I recommend it to check if yours can! Hope it helps
1495634
This unit is used the same as an internal drive. I've never used it for gaming, but it should be okay except for the high-end stuff.
1602540
This is a good computer though, i would recommend to play this for gaming because i7 lets you make and play smoother games such as. cod or black ops, and if intel hd 3000 has i7 core, you will max out settings. this is a i7 quad core processor
2163065
I'm not sure if I would recommend it for games that require higher specs but I play games like Counter-Strike : Source, DOTA 2, Fallout without any problems. It handles well for not being a so called gaming laptop.
463962
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).
467705
Yes, but remember this is an old machine. There are faster alternatives with better graphics cards.
1191279
I don't use mine for gaming. I would assume the processor would have difficulty with such applications. I would recommend something with a quad core at a minimum.
2143194
No. It's quite zippy. It should be fast enough for anything except very graphics-heavy games.
793161
I bought it for my father-in-law, so I'm not using it all the time. But... I'm thinking it may be that good as a gaming machine. - it does have a good-sized hard drive and a decent processor, but it doesn't have the high end video card that would be best for gaming. It seems to be a good computer and the price was good though.
271232
It is not a good computer if you are a serious gamer. For simple games it will do.
1842186
HiThank you for your interest.It's compatible but it's not enough to run high graphic games.We recommend above GTX650 / 750.Thank you.
1130158
it should. cause i am able to run games flawlessly so it should handle well
1853011
It runs WoW okay, but you have to keep the settings down low. Recently upgraded the memory to 8Gig which helped a bit for not too much cash. There are also okay video cards that will actually fit in this case. Low profile Radeon HD6000 series cards or NVIDIA 620GT cards are available for less than a hundred dollars and will greatly increase yourgame performance and graphics quality. Still not a top o' the line machine, but nothing to sneer at either.
1654359
an I3 can run high quality games, this will have no problem. just get yourself a good graphics card compatible with the motherboard Bios