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Laptop help for LoL and Uni

Zaalon·9/26/2016, 1:03:47 AM·1 votes·679 views

Hey guys, I want a laptop to use for uni and LoL. I'm not good at judging tech so I was hoping you guys could help me out. This is the laptop I was gifted for uni, I think it looks good, but i was hoping to find some professional(or just better) opinions. I always play on the lowest settings, so anything is a upgrade really. The old specs of my current system is as follows( from what it says on the comp, the current was a desktop a friend threw out, so I asked for it(dont judge me I'm poor) :

Windows 10 Home AMD Athlon II X2 255 3GB DDR3 500GB Hard drive NVIDIA GeForce 9200

The new one is as follows( copy pasted from the site) : Display: 13.3 in (337.82 mm) Full HD LED touchscreen (1920 x 1080), 10-finger multi-touch support

Processor: Intel Core i7-6500U 2.50 with Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.10 GHz Memory: 8GB DDR3L 1600 MHz Hard drive size: 256GB SSD Operating system: Windows 10 Home, 64-bit PC type: 2 in 1 Optical drive: None Media drive: SD card reader Audio: Waves MaxxAudio Video: Intel HD Graphics 520 with shared graphics memory Ports: 3 USB 3.0 (1 PowerShare) • HDMI • Headphone output/Microphone input combo Battery: 3-cell 43WHr* Camera: Integrated webcam Wireless: 802.11ac/a/b/g/n (Miracast enabled) Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4.0 Dimensions: 13.00 x 8.74 x 0.75 in (330.00 x 222.00 x 19.00 mm) Weight: 3.44 lbs (1.56 kg) Color: Silver Other: Model number: Inspiron 13 i7359-8408SLV • Keyboard: English • Includes stylus with integrated holder • Precision touchpad • Backlit keyboard • TPM 2.0 • Keyboard travel: 1.3 mm • Touchpad dimensions: 105 x 65 mm • Security lock slot

All i really want is a good/bad. If you don't wanna go full detail you don't have to. Thank you for your help in advance. :D Here is a link to the website of the laptop. Ignore the price as it was already bought.

5 Comments

MagicFlyingLlama9/26/2016, 1:10:59 AM3 votes

The intel HD is going to be really shitty for anything except league, but it cant possibly be worse than the 10(?) year old GPU in the old one.

Seriously, what the hell did that thing even use to get 3GB of ram? three 1GB sticks and an empty slot?

You are basically looking at a 400% increase in free RAM for running programs (windows 10 would use about 40% of 3GB), which is going to result in massive increases in speed all around, even with the new computer having no GPU and sharing RAM with graphics.

There are way better laptops in the price range (that i would assume it is in by the specs), but it is fine for LoL, writing, mathematical/art/design programs, ect.

RogueWill9/27/2016, 3:05:36 AM2 votes

that laptop will be able to run league on max spec with decent framerate (60). I woudl advice settings on medium so you get 100+ framerate, it will be better than min spec anyway. Besides league...it will have trouble running most games, you probably could run Smite and other games alike but most game will b have to be set on low if you have any chance of playing them.

If you are studying engineering or any graphic science you will also run into problems since that PC will struggle to run the CAD and Picture Edition Software, it will run them but expect slow as hell performance and probably overheating. If you are studying anything else it will suffice.

If you truly only plan to use it for league and uni (not more games) more than the GPU you should be looking at the quality of life changes, like a HD screen display, a good wifi and Ethernet card and probably a good set of speakers or at least a decent sound card. Pretty much any computer made on 2010+ will run league on mid spec with decent framerate so you shouldn't worry about it too much.