College Laptop

[kazaran]

I tested on both desktop and laptop. I7 with the 650m 8gig ran it full at 720 and 1080p. All I can say.

It is important to keep your exhaust area clean. Blow it out on a regular bases. Many laptop have filter foam over intakes. You can open the case area that covers your memory, and hardrive slots, replace it, and the intake one which is usually held by a clip.

I am just going to say this. In higher end laptops (which hI prefer to call mobile desktops). Many use the HD4000+ and a Nvidia GT640,650,660m ect (want at 640 or higher). When running demanding games and it shifts to the NVidia gpu (make sure that game is in the profile list to use it) it will hog power. So be plugged in.

If using a laptop for school to game, invest in one that has decent specs. Don't have to go expensive and for name brands. I made that mistake, and watched a friends acer I7, 650m, with dual HArdrives (he popped in a solid state)... cream the hell out of my 1500.00 gaming one (which I took back). But expect to pay around 900.00

If yours supports dual drives, add a solid state drive. If using windows 7 or 8, let the Solid state drive be the caching drive (don't need the os on it unless yo uare goig nto use a 128gig or higher).

If a smaller SSD drive, use that drive as a secondary, set caching to it, and put the most played game on it. Most new LAptops have at least 8 gigs of ram anyway.