Guild Wars 2

Would this laptop work for guild wars? Thanks. Fiance wants to play going to buy her a laptop today. looking to spend around £200 via gumtree in newcastle (feel free to look and recommend one)

Specification:
- 15.6 inches screen
- 500 GB Hard Disk
- Intel Core i5 2.5 GHz processor
- 4GB RAM
- DVD R/W
- HDMI port
- Built in Webcam
- All-in-1 Memory card slot
- Built-in WiFi
- USB 2.0 ports
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit

Link – http://www.gumtree.com/p/laptops/samsung-np300e5a-15.6-laptop-core-i5-2.5ghz-500gb-4gb-ram-dvd-r-w-webcam-hdmi-win.-7/1081599922

As I can see, this laptop has got integrated GPU and it is not “strong” enough to handle GW2.

Try to find something with i3/i5 (depends on generation) and dedicated GPU at least GT540M.

Remember to read some tests on the Internet about the laptop You’re gonna choose, most of them have overheating problem

I’ve been playing on i3-3120M and GT 645M and it was kinda ok on medium settings and with laptop’s resolution (1376×768).

Got a I5 6gb ram with a geforce gt 525m in the end for £260.

you can play in integrated gpus especially at lower resolutions. Just not that one, as the 3 generation old sandy bridge mobiles chips have only hd3000 igpus.

Ivy bridges HD4000 is probabaly the minimum to get playable frame rates. The Haswell 4400 and 4600s can get 40ish fps with medium settings at 768p and while 5100/5200 iris and iris pros can get around 60fps on medium at 900p

A friend of mine played GW2 on a Dell laptop with an i7 2720QM, 8 GB and a GT 525M. Put it on auto detect and then turn off shadows and reflections. It should give you around 40 fps in most areas excluding wvw of course. PVP I could see that laptop doing well enough for light competition. But yeah general PVE content should be fine. Also resolution 1366×768.