Good afternoon.
Please advise on a laptop that would be comfortable for playing Heroes of Might and Magic V.
The integrated graphics card cannot handle the game (I tested it on a suitable laptop), so I need to choose a laptop with a dedicated graphics card. I researched laptop graphics cards and compiled a rating of the most common graphics cards (in descending order of performance): GeForce 540M (DX11), HD 5650 (DX11), HD 5470 (DX11), HD 545v, GeForce 310M.
You can find a comparison of the performance of mobile graphics cards based on tests of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 545v, AMD Radeon HD 6370M, Mobility Radeon HD 5470, nVidia GeForce 310M, 540M, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 (DX11) here:
http://retera.ru/compare/tests/gpu.html?preview=Y2lkPTEyNjIsMTI4MywxNDE3LDI0NzMsMzIyMywzMjQx
and here:
http://i-on.ru/LabArticle/8232/ProductID1_15992/ThemeID1_11914/
The laptop will be used mainly at home, so battery life is not a priority.
The budget is 20-21 thousand rubles.
Here is the list of options I have compiled:
1) 15.6" ACER Aspire AS5742ZG-P624G50Mikk Intel Pentium Dual-Core P6200, dual-core 2.13GHz, 4GB, 500GB, nVidia GeForce GT 540M — 1024mb, DVD-RW, 6 cell, Windows 7 Home Basic - 21,000 rubles.
2) 15.6" HP Pavilion dv6-3121er Intel Pentium Dual-Core P6100, dual-core 2GHz, 3GB, 250GB, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 — 1024mb, DVD-RW, BT, Windows 7 Home Basic - 21,000 rubles.
3) 15.6" SAMSUNG NP-R540-JT02 Intel Core i3 380M, dual-core 2.53GHz, 3GB, 500GB, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 — 512mb, DVD-RW, BT, 6 cell, Windows 7 Home Basic, brown - 20,600 rubles.
4) 15.6" ACER eMachines eME730G-332G32Miks Intel Core i3 330M, dual-core 2.13GHz, 2GB, 320GB, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 — 512mb, DVD-RW, Windows 7 Home Basic - 18,250 rubles.
5) 15.6" HP G62-b21ER Intel Pentium Dual-Core P6100 2GHz, 3GB, 250GB, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 — 512mb, DVD-RW, BT, 6 cell, Windows 7 Home Basic - 18,380 rubles.
6) Gigabyte Laptop Q1585N 15"6 (1366x768) i5-460M 2.8G, NVGeForce GT335M1GB, RAM 2GB, HDD 320GB, DVD-Supermulti, DOS, 6-cell battery, wi-fi B/G
Two questions:
1) Is a graphics card with the performance level of GT540M/HD5650 necessary? Or will a smooth gameplay experience (without lag) be possible with HD5470? Because choosing HD5470 will allow me to get a Core i3 380M instead of a Pentium Dual-Core P6200.
2) Please review/advise on the list of options