Need help with Laptop choice

jc05442

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Jul 19, 2013
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So earlier after asking a question I determined that I need a new laptop for gaming. I know a desktop is much better but I have to have a laptop just because the travel and what not. I'm not very experienced with buying computers but after doing some searching on here and different websites I think there are some computers that might be decent for gaming. My budget is around 1200$ by the way. Also, the game I mainly play as of right now is Guild Wars 2 so I really need a laptop that can handle that at pretty high settings no problem.

Now, the first laptop I was looking at is:
MSI GX60 15.6" with AMD Quad-core A10-5750 with a AMD Radeon HD 7970M
8gb RAM
Microsoft Windows 8
If you need more information the link is: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/MSI---15.6%26%2334%3B-Laptop---8GB-Memory---750GB-Hard-Drive---Black/9176102.p?id=1218994551230&skuId=9176102#

The second laptop is an MSI but different processor and gpu:
MSI GE60 15.6'' with 4th gen intel core i7-4700MQ 2.4-3.2Ghz
8gb RAM
Nvidia GeForce GTX765M
Microsoft Windows 8
The link is: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/MSI+-+15.6%26%2334%3B+Laptop+-+8GB+Memory+-+750GB+Hard+Drive+-+Black/Red/1307432457.p?id=mp1307432457&skuId=1307432457


After looking at some videos of gameplay on similar laptops from msi they seem like they can handle most graphic settings on most games. I tried comparing the graphic cards on both of these and it seemed the Nvidia gtx765 out did the radeon 7970m. I don't really know much about the processors but I read some pretty good things about the intel. So if anyone can shed some light on which one of these laptops is better possibly and also whether or not it will be able to handle most gaming needs of today??

If there is any other laptops that really out do these for the same price feel free to list them too any help is great. Thanks!!
 

jc05442

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Jul 19, 2013
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That's one of the things I read about the amd processor thanks. I really was leaning more toward the Msi ge60 with the intel it has pretty good reviews and gpu has decent reviews on it also. It looks pretty good for a 1200$ laptop