Guild Wars 2

I am looking at getting a laptop to play GW2 on but the one i got did not work well at all a bunch of lag. So i am looking at getting the following.

Model
BrandlenovoModelG580 (59344054)Part#59344054

General
ColorGlossy Brown IMROperating SystemWindows 8CPU TypeIntel Core i5-3210M 2.5GHzScreen15.6"Memory Size4GB DDR3Hard Disk500GBOptical DriveDVD±R/RWGraphics CardIntel HD Graphics 4000Video MemoryShared memoryCommunicationLAN and WLANDimensions14.8″ × 9.65″ × 1.35″Weight5.73 lbs

CPU
CPU TypeIntel Core i5CPU Speed3210M(2.50GHz)CPU Support3MB L3 Cache
Max Turbo Frequency 3.1 GHz

Display
Screen Size15.6"Wide Screen SupportYesResolution1366 x 768LCD FeaturesLED backlight, 200 nits, 16:9 aspect ratio

Operating Systems
Operating SystemWindows 8

Graphics
GPU/VPUIntel HD Graphics 4000Video MemoryShared system memoryGraphic TypeIntegrated Card

Hard Drive
HDD500GBHDD RPM5400rpm

Memory
Memory4GBMemory SpeedDDR3 1600Memory Spec4GB x 1Memory Type204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMMMemory Slot (Total)2Max Memory Supported8GB

I would say a combination of low and medium..until Haswell comes out Intel doesn’t have anything on discrete graphics lol

Medium? Forget about it. More likely “ultra low details” and even then it will be like:
“Looks good. Wait, second frame is coming up. Yes, looks still good.”

You need at LEAST an Nvidia GPU from the 5. or 6. generation (5xx, 6xx) and second digit either 7 or 8. For AMD GPUs its the same, but either 7xxx or 8xxx and second digit either 8 or 9.

Everything below that (especially integrated GPUs) don’t come even close to the requirements.

Medium at max, more likely a mixture of low and medium. U’ll be using the onboard video chip which is intergrated with the CPU. its not really meant for gaming to be honest.

For GW2 set to High (not max), u would need atleast a 670m GPU, and to ‘reduce’ CPU bottlenecking u would want atleast a 3630QM CPU or higher.

Both of which substantialy increase the cost of the laptop.

Exterminans.9723:

Medium? Forget about it. More likely “ultra low details” and even then it will be like:
“Looks good. Wait, second frame is coming up. Yes, looks still good.”

You need at LEAST an Nvidia GPU from the 5. or 6. generation (5xx, 6xx) and second digit either 7 or 8. For AMD GPUs its the same, but either 7xxx or 8xxx and second digit either 8 or 9.

Everything below that (especially integrated GPUs) don’t come even close to the requirements.

Agreed! I am running 30 FPS with my setup. Unless you have a lot of money to spend on a laptop stay away from them for gaming. They just are not worth the price you pay to play graphical games. You are better off with a desktop with a independent graphics cards, not an onboard graphics card.