ACER/ ASUS Laptop

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spo321

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i am looking for a laptop that can play my mmor games. i dont want to purchase a HP or Dell are the acer, and ASUS line laptops decent product and worth the money. any help would be welcomed.
 
Great call staying away from HP and Dell :P

It really depends on your budget. I'm not too keen on the current Asus laptops until you get to their upper range. Some of their lower/middle line machines are very cheaply made and include things such as non-removable system RAM (BIIIIG no no).

I've been personally looking into the Acer Aspire TimelineX 4830T. The one I'm planning on getting has the i3 and uses it's graphics, but there is a similar model with an i5 and Nvidia GT540.
 
The higher end Asus laptops seems to be great.

Acer seems to be a brand to avoid on the forums here. I know the 2 medium range Acers I had failed fairly quickly (GPU failure and Motherboard fried). Higher models might be better, but personally I would avoid them.
 
From what I understand, the brands to consider in the laptop world are:

Alienware(if you can afford it!)
Asus
Lenovo
Samsung

and sometimes MSI and Toshiba.
 
wolfeking said:
I know the 2 medium range Acers I had failed fairly quickly (GPU failure and Motherboard fried). Higher models might be better, but personally I would avoid them.
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I don't beleive in having dedicated GPUs in any computer as they do tend to overheat and cause problems later on...

As for Acer in general, yes, their standard models are absolute crap. However, if you step up to the TimelineX series, it's a WHOLE different ballgame. I don't know how the longevity will be, but my initial reaction is...well astonishment :eek:
 
the GPU was not dedicated. It was a GT540m that was soldered to the motherboard. It was not an overheat issue either. The dang thing shorted out (it has black marks coming from the Chip onto the motherboard).

And my Precision seems to run great with a FX2500m (somewhere near a 7950m GTX). Runs around 50* at 100% load (MW3 on high). It might depend on the design more too. I would never again downgrade to a consumer line laptop (made that decision after getting a Latitude D630).
 
That is still considered dedicated. It's a dedicated chip (not shared with the chipset) and has its own memory. As for shorting though, I would really like to see the remains. Given how low power these things are, it'd have to be one heck of a failure on the board.

I was actually very close to getting a Lenovo T420/420s but I couldn't justify the cost difference. Besides, any system can have its lemons and such. I have seen Precisions with failing GPUs.... I actually think it might have been an M90 as well :rolleyes:
 
exactly on the every brand has its lemons.

I will see if I still have the board here and get a pic of it if I can. I don't right off hand know where it is though. But I am almost sure I still have it.
 
ACER akin to KIA

I just bought an ASUS and have been very happy with it.

Acer on the other hand, I have known too many people have them and have problems with them. Then, when they tried to get things fixed under the warranty, they couldn't.

To me, and Acer is like a Kia whereas an ASUS is like a Toyota. Don't confuse the two just because their names sound alike.


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pcbs12 said:
... To me, and Acer is like a Kia whereas an ASUS is like a Toyota. Don't confuse the two just because their names sound alike. ...
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This is funny to me since the worst car I have ever owned was a 1984 Toyota Camry and one of the best I've ever owned is a 2001 Kia Rio (based on reliability and how many times it needed to be towed or put in the shop). I hated the Camry so much that the last time it left me stranded by the side of the highway I refused to fix it again and gave it away. Still have the Rio, in the 12 years we've owned it, it has only been in the shop once (other than for oil changes and regular maintenance).
 
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