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    Q430 - Gaming

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by jphlips, Jul 25, 2010.

  1. jphlips

    jphlips Notebook Enthusiast

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    This laptop caught my eye, wondering if anyone plays/played WoW on this and has any insight to share?? I'd be playing a lot of old games, perhaps some WoW and then dedicating my life to Diablo 3 whenever that comes along. Any owners out there that think this would be a bad route to take?
     
    jphlips, Jul 25, 2010
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    Samsung often provide different GPUs in different versions of the same notebook. If you know which GPU would be supplied in the version you are considering then you can get a good indication of the GPU performance by looking at the mobile graphics performance table at notebookcheck.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Jul 26, 2010
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    nanohead Notebook Guru

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    I was looking at the Q430 also, but the GPU is pretty weak (Geforce 310). If they put a 330 or 335 in it, I would buy it in a heartbeat.
     
    nanohead, Jul 28, 2010
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