I've recently got a HP laptop and I've had it for about half a year now almost. Here are the specs:
AMD Radeon(TM) HD 6620G
AMD A8-3520M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics (4 CPUs), ~1.6GHz
6144MB RAM
Quad Core Dual Graphics
My Mainboard is a Hewlett-Packard 3567 21.3A
That's about all I could find, not quite the gaming laptop is it?
What I posted for though is if there is any way I could boost up my FPS in any games, I've tried programs like Game Booster, updating my bios, updating my graphics driver, using AMD Overdrive which really hasn't done anything.
I get about 25 - 30 FPS on Saints Row The Third
-30 FPS on Minecraft on lowest settings
100+ FPS on Counter-Strike: Source
Under or Over 50 FPS on Garry's Mod depending on which map I'm on etc
I just want to see if there is any way I could boost my laptop up to a bit more FPS on Minecraft or Saints Row The Third and stuff like that.
And also is it worth it selling this laptop and buy a desktop for about £400 and still be able to play games like CSS and TF2 at a reliable and stable FPS?
Here are some pictures as well just in case you need them:
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The whole laptop.
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Bottom right corner of the laptop.
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Top right corner of keyboard saying 'HP Pavilion G Series'
You're running intergrated graphics... A desktop would be better.
Sorry, I'm not good with laptops or computers as are other people so if I was to get the same graphics driver as this one now on a desktop would it make any difference?
no
That's the best you'll be getting out of an AMD APU
Any ideas of desktops under £400 decent for gaming? Prefered games are Minecraft, Counter-Strike: Source, Team Fortress 2 and maybe, just maybe Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
But obviously if a computer can play Counter-Strike: Source then it can possibly play Garry's Mod and Team Fortress 2 so that could narrow it down.
£400 is plenty to build a PC that would at least double the FPS you're getting with your laptop.
[QUOTE=Amiga OS;39009345]If you were to cheap out a bit on the processor, (Phenom II 965) you could buy a beefier graphics card too.[/QUOTE]
A G850 Sandy Bridge is $80 and performs relatively equal in games to the Phenom II 955 which is $95. I'd say that and a cheap H61 motherboard paired with an HD 7850 would be an excellent budget gaming setup.
Thanks for the help guys! I'll get back to you if I do anything with all your help :dance:
But how will I get arounds building my own PC, is it simple as going on YouTube and finding a tutorial of it, is it something multi-person or is it something pretty simple because I heard that you can mess up the whole thing if you place something in the wrong place?
Newegg and TekSyndicate (I think that's the name) have really helpful videos on YouTube, just watch those and you'll be fine.
The only two upgrades you could perform on that laptop would be to get a slightly better APU for $180
[url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMD-A8-3550MX-AM3550HLX43GX-Mobile-APU-CPU-Processor-Socket-FS1-722pin-2-0Ghz-4M-/140738845152?pt=CPUs&hash=item20c4b059e0[/url]
It would be +400MHz faster and have support for DDR3-1600, which would be the second upgrade for increased CPU/GPU bandwidth.
It would be extremely expensive for almost no gain in performance, it's not worth it to upgrade the laptop.
[QUOTE=xMerkzAd;39021653]Thanks for the help guys! I'll get back to you if I do anything with all your help :dance:
But how will I get arounds building my own PC, is it simple as going on YouTube and finding a tutorial of it, is it something multi-person or is it something pretty simple because I heard that you can mess up the whole thing if you place something in the wrong place?[/QUOTE]
You can't put things in the wrong spot, if something is only supposed to go in one spot, then the connector will be different to everything else. Just follow the many tutorial videos / guides online and it's like building with expensive Lego
Haha, Okay I'll use tutorials but not quite sure if to build one yet though, low on money but I really want a good computer. Might sell this laptop but since it used to be my dads he says that this wouldn't even sell for £150.
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