specs good enough?

Post » Thu Jun 20, 2013 5:54 am

Well, I hope I'm posting this in the right place. I'm not vey computer savvy, because I usually play xbox. I need help to determine weither these computer specs I'm about to have on a laptop I'm ordering are good enough to play games like ESO, skyrim, WoW, etc. Here are the computer specs:

Includes Satellite L855D-S5145 notebook, six-cell lithium-ion battery, AC adapter, and HDMI cable1.9GHz AMD quad-core A8-4500M accelerated processor with 4MB L2 cache, up to 2.8GHz with AMD Turbo Core Technology 3.0AMD A70M chipset15.6" diagonal widescreen TruBrite LED-backlit TFT HD display with 1366x768 resolution, native 720p support, 16:9 aspect ratio6GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM750GB 5400 RPM SATA hard driveDVD SuperMulti drive, supports 11 formats802.11b/g/n Wi-FiBluetooth 4.0 wireless technologyAMD Radeon HD 7640G graphicsBuilt-in stereo speakersSRS Premium Sound HDHD webcam, microphone10/100 ethernetMemory card reader: SD, SDHC, SDXC, miniSD, microSD, MMCTwo USB 3.0 portsUSB 2.0, HDMI, RGB, RJ-45 portsHeadphone/mic jacksWindows 830-day Microsoft Office 365 trial30 days of Norton Internet Security 201330 days of Norton Online Backup30 days of Norton Anti-TheftToshiba softwareMeasures 15"W x 9-1/2"D x 1-1/4"H; weighs 5.5 lbs

Please help.
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Honey Suckle
 
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Post » Thu Jun 20, 2013 4:42 am

Short version: That'll do for playing ESO--MMOs (and most PC games in general) tend to be designed so that all kinds of outdated hardware will be able to play it, even if just on low-detail settings. Since you're talking a brand new laptop, it'll be recent enough in the hardware to at least run on medium settings.

If you want a long version, you'll have to wait for someone that actually games on a laptop, and is more familiar with the details of laptop hardware behavior.

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Sylvia Luciani
 
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Post » Thu Jun 20, 2013 12:00 am

No video card, that I can tell. It looks like it has one of the Integrated CPUs that does video. While that should run 3D games, it really doesn't.

Find a laptop that has a dedicated video card with hopefully dedicated memory to that video card.

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Post » Thu Jun 20, 2013 10:43 am


It has AMD Radeon HD 7640 Graphics. Is that not good? Im on a bedget so i wasn't expecting ultra graphics, but like medium to high with good FPS.
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Sabrina Schwarz
 
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Post » Thu Jun 20, 2013 5:44 am

It's a video chipset integrated into the motherboard, not a separate card. The fact that your copy-pasted specs doesn't list video memory is a giveaway on that one.

Here's a quick link saying what you're getting with a 7640G:

http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-HD-7640G.69836.0.html

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