rocketeer55 Posted June 18, 2011 Hey guys. I found this great deal when I was looking around at laptops. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152264 It seems pretty legit, is there something that I am missing? Can the GT540M game well on its 1336 x 768 screen? I think it is fairly new, that's why there are no reviews yet (or a few by the time you might read this). Maybe my mom will get this for me (that is if she is in a good mood and can't think straight ) for a graduation present. Or are there better laptops in this price range (or cheaper )? I am mainly looking at 15-16" screens, so I can move it about when I need to. Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Waco Posted June 18, 2011 What are you planning on doing with it? It's a fairly bog-standard laptop at a decent price. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bishop245 Posted June 18, 2011 I was looking at some of the msi laptops at office depot a few weeks ago and the guy who worked there said they get alot of returns on the msi laptops because things are not plugged in to the mobo and other things like that you would think MSI would have better quality control than that but alas it isnt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rocketeer55 Posted June 18, 2011 Probably for my homework and occasional gaming (Minecraft). I will use my main rig for the real gaming. I never would have though that MSI would have low quality stuff, does MSI have good technical support in case something does go wrong? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MandoPatriot Posted June 18, 2011 It looks like a decent laptop, but I would try and stay away from any laptops with the Nvidia cards at the moment. They all come with a thing called Optimus that does more harm than good. Half the time it won't switch from the IGP to the GPU when you need it. And there is no way to force change it, and no way to turn off Optimus. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rocketeer55 Posted June 18, 2011 It looks like a decent laptop, but I would try and stay away from any laptops with the Nvidia cards at the moment. They all come with a thing called Optimus that does more harm than good. Half the time it won't switch from the IGP to the GPU when you need it. And there is no way to force change it, and no way to turn off Optimus. Interesting, good to know. Do you have one yourself or how do you know? And about the MSI build quality thing, watch this and skip to 15:00 So nvm about this laptop... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MandoPatriot Posted June 18, 2011 Interesting, good to know. Do you have one yourself or how do you know? And about the MSI build quality thing, watch this and skip to 15:00 So nvm about this laptop... No, don't have a laptop with it, was just reading lots of reviews. Seems like more people had issues than people that didn't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spectrascope Posted June 19, 2011 three better options acer $649 toshiba $769 lenovo $799 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IVIYTH0S Posted June 19, 2011 (edited) The Acer seems to be the best bang for your buck in that gathering but the Lenovo has the best GPU, the toshiba has the worst and is priced higher than the Acer. This Lenovo has an even better GPU for $50 less: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834246003 Edited June 19, 2011 by IVIYTH0S Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MandoPatriot Posted June 20, 2011 Yea, the one IVITH0S listed is the best out of the bunch for gaming. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
