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[UPDATE] New Laptop Options ... Advice Needed 14 Apr 2014 02:09 #26492

I have choice of free laptops from university, Which one would give the best performance and frame rate for City Car driving?

Toshiba Tecra A-11J

Intel® Core™ i7-4600U vPro™ processor (2.10/3.30 Turbo GHz)
Windows® 7 Professional 64-bit (pre-installed) and Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit (on DVD)
4GB RAM (Expandable to 16gb)
128GB Solid State Drive
15.6” Full HD TFT non-reflective High Brightness eDP™ display with LED backlighting, 16:9 aspect ratio (1920 x 1080)
Steel grey metallic, magnesium chassis, matt black keyboard
Intel® HD Graphics 4400


Acer TravelMate P273-MG
Intel® Core i5-3230M Processor
Windows 7 Professional / Windows 8 Professional 64-Bit
4GB RAM (Expandable to 16gb)
500GB Hard Drive
17.3" Display
NVIDIA GeForce 710M Graphics

Lenovo ThinkPad W540 Laptop

Intel Core i7-4800MQ (4C/8T, 2.7GHz)
W8 Pro COA + W7 Pro Preload + W8 Pro RDVD
8GB RAM (Expandable to 32gb)
500GB Hard Drive
15.6" FHD (1920 x 1080) AG LED Backlight, Black
NVIDIA Quadro 2100M Graphics with 2GB GDDR5 Memory

Lenovo ThinkPad T440p

Intel Core i7-4800MQ (4C/8T, 2.7GHz)
W8 Pro COA + W7 Pro Preload + W8 Pro RDVD
8GB RAM (Expandable to 16gb)
500GB Hard Drive
15.6" FHD (1920 x 1080) AG LED Backlight, Black
NVIDIA Quadro 2100M Graphics with 2GB GDDR5 Memory

Thank you in advance



UPDATE


So My University computer store has changed supplier so the previous laptops are no longer available. The only worthwhile laptop is:


Apple MacBook Pro with 15in Retina Display

Intel Core i7 Processor (2GHz/3.20GHz)
Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks
8GB RAM
256GB Solid State Drive
15.4in Active Matrix TFT Colour LCD Retina Display
Intel Iris Pro Graphics
DDR3L SDRAM
Bluetooth 4.0
WiFi IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac

Would I be able to run CCD effectively through Bootcamp?

Thanks in advance
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Re: New Laptop Options ... Advice Needed 14 Apr 2014 02:52 #26495

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Lenovo ThinkPad T440p
Though from my experience with Lenovo computer's at school they seem to be a bit annoying. Though, the 2 Lenovo's are the best option, i have no idea what the difference is, the specs that you posted are the same. The Acer would be good but you would need to update the ram to about 6gb for pretty much all games to get good performance, including CCD.
Lenovo ThinkPad W540 Laptop

Intel Core i7-4800MQ (4C/8T, 2.7GHz)
W8 Pro COA + W7 Pro Preload + W8 Pro RDVD
8GB RAM (Expandable to 32gb)
500GB Hard Drive
15.6" FHD (1920 x 1080) AG LED Backlight, Black
NVIDIA Quadro 2100M Graphics with 2GB GDDR5 Memory

Lenovo ThinkPad T440p

Intel Core i7-4800MQ (4C/8T, 2.7GHz)
W8 Pro COA + W7 Pro Preload + W8 Pro RDVD
8GB RAM (Expandable to 16gb)
500GB Hard Drive
15.6" FHD (1920 x 1080) AG LED Backlight, Black
NVIDIA Quadro 2100M Graphics with 2GB GDDR5 Memory
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детские игрушки


AMD FX 6300 6-Core @ 3.5 Ghz
Nvidia Geforce GTX 750 Ti
16 GB DDR3 Ram
1 TB SSD
Logitech G25 and Logitech Driving Force GT
Windows 8.1
2 20 inch monitors (Buy me a third and i'll ship you a cookie expedited)
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Re: New Laptop Options ... Advice Needed 14 Apr 2014 03:39 #26499

Okay thank you very much for the advice :D
What is your opinion on the Toshiba?
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Re: New Laptop Options ... Advice Needed 14 Apr 2014 03:48 #26502

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My family has owned two Toshiba and one's hard drive failed and screen broke, and the other is very slow. Go with one that simdude said.
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Re: New Laptop Options ... Advice Needed 14 Apr 2014 04:00 #26505

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Zhane Simpson wrote:
Okay thank you very much for the advice :D
What is your opinion on the Toshiba?
Toshiba would be #4. I like my Toshiba but the specs on the one that you posted are not good enough for City Car Driving. The processor is ok but for the video card it depends. It's a good computer but like the Acer, you will need to update the ram. Check the list of games that will show on this link below and see if you find any games in particular that you might want to play. Since CCD is probably not the only game that you will be playing, there is a good list of games and fps on different settings for each game-
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AMD FX 6300 6-Core @ 3.5 Ghz
Nvidia Geforce GTX 750 Ti
16 GB DDR3 Ram
1 TB SSD
Logitech G25 and Logitech Driving Force GT
Windows 8.1
2 20 inch monitors (Buy me a third and i'll ship you a cookie expedited)
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Re: New Laptop Options ... Advice Needed 18 Apr 2014 00:52 #26870

Thank you for your advice, I'll definitely look into getting the acer :D
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Re: New Laptop Options ... Advice Needed 18 Apr 2014 03:37 #26879

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Why the Acer? Get one of the Lenovos.
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Re: New Laptop Options ... Advice Needed 19 Apr 2014 14:34 #26941

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This Guy... Retarted? Anyways get the Last Lenovo
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Re: New Laptop Options ... Advice Needed 19 Apr 2014 21:22 #26956

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Who said he was retarded?
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Re: New Laptop Options ... Advice Needed 13 May 2014 02:01 #28437

UPDATE


So My University computer store has changed supplier so the previous laptops are no longer available. The only worthwhile laptop is:


Apple MacBook Pro with 15in Retina Display

Intel Core i7 Processor (2GHz/3.20GHz)
Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks
8GB RAM
256GB Solid State Drive
15.4in Active Matrix TFT Colour LCD Retina Display
Intel Iris Pro Graphics
DDR3L SDRAM
Bluetooth 4.0
WiFi IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac

Would I be able to run CCD effectively through Bootcamp?

Thanks in advance
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