Laptop recommendation for me

Lflorachan on 21/08/2014 - 16:50

Please recommend a laptop for me please? My laptop just kicked the dust.

My only requirement. Doesn't mind any brand.

-Dedicated Graphic Cards (for gaming)
-Budget AUD 600.00 +-

Any ozbargain technie out there can recommend one? :)

Comments

Sage on 21/08/2014 - 17:01

can I have your old one?
scrimshaw on 21/08/2014 - 17:23

-Dedicated Graphic Cards (for gaming)

In a $600 laptop? Would be very difficult to find now.

Below $600, Intel laptops with discrete GPUs are either nonexistent or use the very bottom of Nvidia or AMD’s product stacks — solutions so weak, in other words, that Intel’s own integrated chip might actually be an improvement, or at least on equal footing.

Your best solutions at this price point is actually AMD APU / iGPU laptops, say a laptop with AMD A8 or A10 series. Again, they are hard to find even in the $600 range and these range between $750 to $900.

I would strongly recommend a desktop, if you're serious about gaming, as the current trend in sub $1k laptops is with Intel + Intel HD4000 being the dominant platform (Lenovo and Dell will only make Intel machines, and HP / Samsung is just about the only OEM that will even touch AMD).
florachan on 23/08/2014 - 11:16

I just want some casual gaming and maybe some rendering. the laptop now a days is really expensive
- scrimshaw on 23/08/2014 - 15:55
  
  I would have a browse through the Dell Outlet (google it) and see what suits you in the Inspiron and Latitude series.
  
  Inspiron = cheaper and low quality build
  Latitude = premium price but enterprise class build quality
  
  You can achieve casual gaming on a Core i5 with HD4400 graphics. It's not ideal for fps gaming but will do other tasks fine.