My Stepson is after a laptop that will run Overwatch at an acceptable level. (He has a dedicated gaming tower for his normal gaming needs)
JB have a machine that seems to barely meet the minimum specs? (GPU)
His budget is $800 can you all suggest something that is more suitable as the GPU above seems to not even be up to the minimum specs needed to run the machine.
PS. Bloody hard to work out what is close to the recommended specs
Many thanks for any help you can provide!
G'day Shawn
What are the specs of your Lenovo?
Thanks!
Nothing flash
i7 6500U 2.6ghz
16gb ddr3 ram
512gb Sata SSD HDD
Radeon R7 M370 2048MB GDDR5
15.6 Full HD LCD
Handles it fine
Comparing the minimum specs required vs the GPU in the Dell from JB.
Gives the following results
http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R7-M445-vs-Radeon-HD-4850
Pretty poor?
Just visit NotebookCheck's Overwatch benchmark page.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Overwatch-Notebook-and-Desktop-…
It shows you all the most popular graphics chips and how they score in overwatch.
To make it easier to see, I cropped out the large table and have zoomed into the 'budget' laptop graphics section.
GREEN means it runs well, RED means the performance is lousy.
http://imgur.com/lUpkve2
You'll want a GPU that can handle Medium at around 40 FPS or more. The Nvidia 940MX for e.g is a good pick.
MSY is currently selling the ACer E5-774G-67NH for $849 with that GPU.
Look at the JB Hifi laptop, the GPU is pretty anemic. I wouldn't get that.
According to your chart my Onboard graphics can run it at 40fps on low
and my discrete amd can run it at medium :)
Cheering
Edit - answered at wrong comment
According to Craigoss there is a $800 dollar laptop with 940MX.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/284899#comment-4313579
Not sure if true or not, if so it's a very good deal since 940MX laptops usually go for much higher.
Thanks very much.
Per the Acer Website these are the specs.
https://www.acer.com/ac/en/AU/content/model/NX.GDWSA.009
Hopefully no surprises and
I will be getting the Acer tomorrow morning.
I run overwatch on a Lenovo E560
Runs fine on the dedicated GPU
for 800 bucks you are looking at maybe going down the second hand road and getting a cheap last gen laptop with a decent GPU