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DeathByBeingStoned
28th Jun 2012, 10:35 PM
Okay, I'm looking into buying a new laptop. I've done quite a bit of searching to find the perfect laptop in my budget, but my major concerns have been with the CPU & GPU. I've got two in mind but I'd like to know which has the better specs to play TS3(w/all EPs/SPs). I'd like to be able to play with graphics on at least med-high settings.

The first model has:
-AMD Dual-Core A6-4400M (3.0GHz/2.6GHz, 1MB L2 Cache)
-1GB AMD Radeon(TM) HD 7670M Graphics or 2GB AMD Radeon(TM) HD 7730M Graphics
-6GB ram

The second model has:
-2nd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2450M Processor (2.5 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 3.1 GHz)
-NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GT 630M Graphics with 1GB of dedicated video memory or NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GT 650M Graphics with 2GB GDDR 5 video memory
-8GB ram

Also both also have the option of (1920x1080) or (1366x768) display, are there any advantages to upgrading to the full HD resolution, or would they both produce the same results? Thanks.

whiterider
28th Jun 2012, 10:44 PM
Neither of those are going to play TS3 with all EPs - it's the graphics cards they fall down on, none of those four are gaming graphics. May I ask what your budget is?

DeathByBeingStoned
28th Jun 2012, 10:53 PM
That's what I was afraid of, ideally I'm looking to spend $600-800, but would like to keep it under $1000.