Recent content by Jicnon

Thanks for both of your responses. I am strongly leaning towards the Aspire V17 at this point. It has better graphics, a bigger screen, and more storage. The only things keeping me considering the N550JK are the aluminum body, AC wireless, very slightly better cooling, and better battery life.

Thanks for your insight. I am mostly curious as to whether the extra performance offered by the 860m over the 850m will be very noticeable in my gaming. It would aslo be nice to be able to hold it in my lap during non-gaming sessions (i.e. surfing the internet or taking notes) but heat doesnt...

So I am currently looking for a laptop that can be used for gaming as well as watching movies, TV shows, and everyday use. I use my laptop for a lot of things and have narrowed it down to the three laptops in the title the Acer Aspire V17 Nitro Black, the Asus N550JK-DB74T, and the Asus...

I upgraded to windows 8.1 (Pro 64-bit)and noticed that catalyst control center was giving me similar errors to other people online, AMD and their terrible drivers have given me issues three times now, so I decided to try and re-install it. Now, after uninstalling it, Catalyst Install manager...