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mr_lebowski

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10. My lappie is a Lenovo with I5, 8GB, and nVidia 1050ti, a very competent discrete GPU

Mon Jul 22, 2019, 11:10 PM

Jul 2019

Even has 4GB dedicated DDR5 for the GPU, doesn't share mem with the system.

I got 'er from Costco a bit over a year ago ... it was bare-bones edition but games beautifully out of the box ... it's a bit on the big/heavy side as the cooling system is beefy ... but it was only like $620. I've added a 500GB SSD and moved the OS to that and set up the 1TB spinner as my D: drive.

I'd bet you can get machines for about $499 with the 1050 regular version and an entry level i5 and 8GB RAM if you look around. Personally that's what I'd do if I could $tretch that

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Purchasing a work/gaming/ school laptop. [View all] Tiggeroshii Jul 2019 OP

No suggestions Tiggeroshii. MontanaMama Jul 2019 #1

I have generally had a good experience with the older acer aspires. Tiggeroshii Jul 2019 #2

Either one would play starcraft 2 okay but struggle with overwatch mr_lebowski Jul 2019 #3

You know, it doesn't actually look horrible Tiggeroshii Jul 2019 #5

Better video for the UHD 620 Tiggeroshii Jul 2019 #7

That does look better, however based on the OSD there it's on an i7, not an i3 ... mr_lebowski Jul 2019 #8

You just sold me on the ryzen Tiggeroshii Jul 2019 #9

My lappie is a Lenovo with I5, 8GB, and nVidia 1050ti, a very competent discrete GPU mr_lebowski Jul 2019 #10

Ok i just went crazy on an impulse buy Tiggeroshii Jul 2019 #11

LOL ... good luck with the Wife ... mr_lebowski Jul 2019 #12

Thanks! Tiggeroshii Jul 2019 #13

Right on Tigger! mr_lebowski Jul 2019 #14

Update Tiggeroshii Aug 2019 #15

It's possible ... 4GB of RAM on W10 should be upgraded to 6GB minimum mr_lebowski Aug 2019 #16

Don't blame ya! Brainfodder Aug 2019 #17

At that price Timewas Jul 2019 #4

My standards are pretty low. Don't need anything amazing. Tiggeroshii Jul 2019 #6