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    Acer Aspire E5 able to play Grand Theft Auto 5?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by TorcyEdmund, May 1, 2016.

  1. TorcyEdmund

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    4gb of ram
    Intel HD graphics
    Intel core i5
    HDD 500gb

    Would be able to play Grand Theft Auto 5? And if yes, on which settings? (low, medium, high ?)
     
    TorcyEdmund, May 1, 2016
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    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    Umgh mega low maybe? This thing will be useless when it comes to playing GTA.. Honestly, get something better.

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    Which would you recommend me? With a budget around 700$?
     
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    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    Save a bit more, honestly 700 won't get you much.. I would suggest upping it to 900-1200 to get something decent.. Might as well wait a bit as new GPUs should be out later this year which should be big upgrades..

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    Kevin Egregious

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    You need a minimum of a GTX 960M to play GTAV decently. The Dell Inspiron is your best bet.

    The machine in the OP won't even run the options menu.
     
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    ok thank you for the answers, it seems a good choice. But I need plenty of internal memory and it has just 256gb. I'll need minimum 500gb.
     
    TorcyEdmund, May 2, 2016
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    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    You can put an SSD or another HDD in it.. I wouldn't be worried.. Get the 960M config and upgrade with whatever you need later..

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    Don't know, if I have to pay 800$ with a 500$ budgetI would prefer that it would have at least 500gb of memory...
     
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    sasuke256 Notebook Deity

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    It's an SSD which gives you instant boot times, perfect system reactivity, no more HDD light staying on while the system waits for the drive to read data..
    You can get a 1Tb internal HDD for 70$ max and put it inside and enjoy a correct machine for a correct price.
     
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    What about the upgrade of the Aspire? With nvidia geforce 940m and 8gb of ram?
     
    TorcyEdmund, May 3, 2016
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    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You have already been told (a couple times actually) that the minimum GPU to get for decent performance is a GTX 960M. Save your money until you can get a system so equipped.


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    saturnotaku, May 3, 2016
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    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    @TorcyEdmund It's probably not a good time to buy a notebook. New series of nVidia GPUs is around the corner and those should offer a considerable bump in performance. With that you might be able to play GTA V with a less than average GPU ( something a grade below whatever replaces 960M), or if you save up some more you will be able to buy whatever replaces 960M.

    To sum it up - if you want/need to buy now - nothing less than 960M will do (not ifs, ands, or buts). Preferably wait till new cards are released when you will get more fps for your money.
     
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    Ok, thanks man!
     
    TorcyEdmund, May 3, 2016
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