This discount is available to those on a £1 month's Which? trial, but not current members. [Thanks to Mottman for the correction.] (Link is here and on the checkout page.) Took me all of 3 mins to sign up, and hey, maybe it'll even be useful! The page is a bit sparse on specs, but it has an FHD 15.6-inch IPS screen as well. Please see the Argos page here for some Q&A with people from the Medion team.
I know, I know, no SSD, only DDR3, but hey, it's under £500! Looks to be retailing anywhere from £580 to £650 and upwards elsewhere. Used Laptops Direct in the past and had no problems.
Have a look here for a comprehensive test (if it translates for you). Hope you find this deal useful :smiley:
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BigOrkWaaagh
11 Jan 171#1
Wow, that's an excellent price.
Musicrab
11 Jan 171#2
CPU is OK, its FHD but no SSD. So the question is - for the computer geeks - is the Nvidia GTX 950M any good?
BigOrkWaaagh to Musicrab
11 Jan 17#3
Very much in the realm of 'OK' I would say. I think you'll be looking at medium settings at 30fps for most games. I mean, it's £500. It's not going to blow the roof off, but at the same time nothing will be outright unplayable.
nw104hh to Musicrab
11 Jan 17#4
CPU is not a killer, it's ultra low voltage range. 950M is good for less demanding games.
Then you haven't been keeping up with the latest laptops have you. I can play all last gen games maxed out and many current gen games too. Only GTA V and Rise of Tomb Raider I have to use a couple of settings as high rather than ultra :stuck_out_tongue:
Saying that though I was pretty happy with my 750m (admittedly it was GDDR5). It played all the Batman games, Mortal Kombat games and the like with nice graphics and a decent frame rate.
dijital to xdaminis
12 Jan 17#28
The latest mobile 10 series (1050m, 1060m, 1070m) are only about 5% slower than the desktop versions.
aaron1uk to xdaminis
12 Jan 17#33
My MSI GS60 begs to differ will play anything I through at it for hours on end and it's nearing it's 2nd birthday now.
Musicrab
11 Jan 17#7
Optical drive looks standard so first thing I'd do is buy an SSD (cheapest/smallest would do for me) and a SATA caddy to replace optical drive (**check depth of optical drive first; could be 9.5mm or 12.7mm**)
Then put Windows 10 on the SSD (either clean install it or image the existing C: drive) swap drives and put the original drive in caddy.
xdaminis
11 Jan 17#8
If anyone purchased this, they have more money than sense.:confused:
Joe90_guy
11 Jan 172#10
Any laptop that gives you a 950m for less than £500 must be good. Heat added.
ActionHank
11 Jan 171#11
You're talking nonsense there mate. If you look at the benchmarks gtx950m can run battlefield 1 or overwatch at 30fps with ultra settings on 1080p! Not everyone has £300 for top of the range gpu or £1000+ on a decent gaming laptop. I would rather buy this then not have anything or attempted to play games with integrated graphics.
Joe90_guy
11 Jan 172#12
Totally agree. I'm quite happily playing GTA V at 1080p on my 850m laptop.
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I know, I know, no SSD, only DDR3, but hey, it's under £500! Looks to be retailing anywhere from £580 to £650 and upwards elsewhere. Used Laptops Direct in the past and had no problems.
Have a look here for a comprehensive test (if it translates for you). Hope you find this deal useful :smiley:
1.05% QUIDCO
- thevman2k3
All comments (54)
TL;DR yes and no, if the game is demanding, no, if it is CS:GO, Overwatch a MOBA, you might be ok.
I always think the words "gaming" and "laptop" should not be used in the same sentence.:stuck_out_tongue:
https://www.cnet.com/products/acer-predator-21x/preview/
https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/predator-21x-series
:smiley:
Saying that though I was pretty happy with my 750m (admittedly it was GDDR5). It played all the Batman games, Mortal Kombat games and the like with nice graphics and a decent frame rate.
Then put Windows 10 on the SSD (either clean install it or image the existing C: drive) swap drives and put the original drive in caddy.