Need a Mid Range laptop for a friend

[ParaXite]

Hey guys!
My friend wants to buy a mid range laptop with decent gaming capabilities. We all know that a desktop is better for gaming but he will be staying in a hostel so a laptop is a needed.


1) What is your his budget? (INR or USD)
INR 40,000 (Maximum)
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2) What size & weight consideration (if any) would you he prefer?
Mainstream; 15" - 16" screen
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3) Are there any brands that you he prefers or any you he really dosen't like?
a. Like: HP, Asus, Dell
b. Dislike: None
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4) What are the primary tasks will you he be performing with this notebook?
Playing modern games like Battlefield 3, Crysis 2, Dirt 3, NFS The run etc. at medium settings at least; web browsing; watching movies; listening to music.
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5) What screen resolution(s) & type (glossy/matte) would you he prefer?
Any will do
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6) Anything else you he would like to say?
Will be buying from a local store at hyderabad.
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He has gone through a few laptops and these ones seem to fit his requirements:
HP Pavilion G6-2005AX
Asus K53SM-SX010D

The HP G6 seems to have a better GPU than the Asus K53SM at a lesser price. Which according to you guys will be better for gaming the HP G6 or the Asus K53SM?

 

[coderunknown]

nope. GT630 is better than HD7670 by around 10% or more. The HP is for budget gaming.

 

[ParaXite]

nope. GT630 is better than HD7670 by around 10% or more. The HP is for budget gaming.

But this thread says otherwise.

Also, comparing the gaming benchmarks at notebookcheck.net the 7670M seems to be faster than the 630M

AMD Radeon HD 7670M - Notebookcheck.net Tech
NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M - Notebookcheck.net Tech

More worried about the processor. Since it is clocked at a low frequency, will it bottleneck the gaming performance?

 

[coderunknown]

GT630 = GT540.
HD7670 = HD6650.

6650 trails GT540 so HD7670. though it can be partly cause most HD6650/7670 laptops use APU and so maybe cause of that you loose a few FPS.

shouldn't bottleneck. at least not these mid class GPUs. only in really CPU demanding games will the affect really be seen where the Asus laptop will offer better gameplay but at default resolution + mid detailed graphics, both will run game just fine.

 

[aroraanant]

Refer my post

 

[DevilGamer]

Me too have the same budget and requirements as that of the thread starter.
I am also confused between HP Pavilion G6-2005AX and Asus K53SM-SX010D

 

[KAY-OZ]

Among the HP and ASUS already mentioned and this DELL The Dell Online Store: Build Your System
can someone please rate them in an increasing order of gaming performance? (in the games already mentioned by ParaXite)

 

[coderunknown]

Dell > HP = Asus

 

[RON28]

^^^can you please compare gt 630m and 7670m on notebookcheck and post that image here so that it would help members to choose which laptop.