Laptop Specs Questions?

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Hey guys! Please be kind here!

I just want to know if the specs of my laptop are good for decent gaming such as bf3, mirrors edge, dota 2, and some other heavy games out there.

The specs are:
Intel Core i5 3337u
8gb DDR3 RAM 750GB HDD
nvidia gt740m 2gb dedicated memory

Thats pretty much all i got for general specs! I dont know much about laptops so please help me out here!

Thank you!

Your laptop is more than capable of playing any game on the market right now. I'd suggest waiting for Battlefield 4 to come out instead of buying Battlefield 3 though, it's release date is scheduled for October 25.

Thanks for this reply! Ill still be waiting for others comments as well. But this helped out a lot! Thanks! Im more assured now about the games i can play haha!

you can get BF3 and many other games on the humble bundle you should get it while it's there. (under 5 dollars for all games)

I already know about that, haha! Thanks though!

But my question was if my laptop could handle heavy games like bf3, etc... haha.

Seems like he was correct.

Your laptop can more than handle it.

Uhhh, not really. The positive answers surprised me so much I reread the thread multiple times to see if I was missing something. So here's a breakdown:
(Also, I lolfacepalmed at the BF4 suggestion.)

CPU
Kinda okay, but don't let the "i5" label fool you. The 3337U is an ultra-low power CPU so it's i3-class performance-wise and thus isn't comparable to other i5 mobile CPUs (and is miles away even from last-gen low-end desktop i5s). I'm guessing everyone saw "i5" & "8gb" and immediately went "Yeah, that thing can split the atom and turn dark matter into cupcakes.". An i7 would probably be somewhere between Chuck Norris and Jesus sporting a rocket launcher & nunchaku.



I guesstimate it should probably be enough for most games, but is likely to struggle with CPU-intensive ones (like, say, BF3, among others).

RAM
Won't ever be a bottleneck.

GPU
Here you go.
Scroll to right to see all results. Also note that "low settings" are tested at 1024x768/1280x720. Some are basically unplayable (CoH2) while others can easily run at 60 FPS (CS:GO, CoD:BO2/MW3, probably Dota 2).
Expect 30-45 FPS on low/medium settings at 1366x768 (I'm assuming this is your resolution) for most games (BF3, ME3, etc.)

"more than capable" is a gross overestimate. Sub-30 FPS can barely be considered playable (esp. in games requiring high reaction speed, ex. online shooters). Even 45 (avg.) can be quite noticeable if it fluctuates a lot.

And before someone mentions that console versions run at 30 FPS - yes, console versions run at a steady 720p@30 and are optimized to consistently deliver that frame rate, which is pretty much the bare minimum for first-person shooters. PC versions are usually not and the frame rate will more often drop below that value.

It boils down to what you consider playable. I usually notice anything below 45-50 and would probably rage quit at 30, though I rarely play online shooters. YMMV.

Just don't expect any eye candy.

tl;dr
It'll [i]probably[/b] be able to run most new games (2013) at minimum settings, some might be unplayable due to low FPS. I expect 2014 games to have significantly higher requirements when the industry turns towards PS4 and Xbone hardware; your laptop most likely won't cut it.

Laptops generally can't replace desktop PCs for gaming purposes.

Thank you, I respect your answer. Definitely informative.

As I said, your info helped me a lot and that is all I pretty much need. Its good to know that I can play these games, but who knows these benchmarks might differ from when I actually try them.

Thank you though, at least now I have an idea of what I am dealing with. None the less I love this laptop so everything should be fine.

Sorry for the shitty advice, i didnt know what that model of i5 was.

Apparently, as he said Ultra Low CPU, I did my research and several benchmarks showed positive results. I don't know where he gets all his info, but it is informative, but I did my own research, and I found the i5 processor that I have isn't actually that bad.

Like Intelus said, the specs are not that good, not bad, but not great. The cpu is of a lower speed/ spec which isn't bad, but there are far better mobile processors on the market. It's also only a dual core, and since most newer games are taking advantage of multiple cores, its already behind.

The gpu is also not that good either, its about as powerful as a gts 250. While it can play modern games it will most likely struggle even harder when the 2014, XBOne, PS4 multi platform games start to come out. You can play BF3 but it will most likely be on pretty low settings just like Intelus said. Even though its a fairly new computer its about as powerful as a computer from 2009/2010.

This is probably a little late, but:
everything seems decent for running games, but it might not be powerful enough to run BF3 on high graphics; even if you lower the graphics, the game might have framerate issues.

I should also mention that some games just weren't meant to be played on a laptop. I had BF:BC2 on my laptop, and the framerate was like 2 fps (Not joking).
It wasn't that my laptop wasn't powerful enough, but my processor would just barely work with games like that.

Do a little bit of research (if it isn't too late) and see if the laptop you're eying up can run games running on the frostbite engine.


The specs on that laptop seem like it should run games like DOTA 2 on decent graphics - might heat up a little, but I think it should play it.