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Mokshay K-g
Nov 3, 2015, 03:32 PM
Information about my laptop:
Window 8.1
Processor: Intel core i5 4210u @ 1.70GHZ with turbo boost up to 2.7 GBZ.
Nvidia GeForce 840m with 2GB dedicated VRAM.
8 GB DDR3 L MEMORY
1000 GB HDD.
How good is my laptop for gaming?

Curlyben
Nov 3, 2015, 03:48 PM
Yeah, it'll play games fine.

CravenMorhead
Nov 4, 2015, 08:06 AM
Being a laptop it isn't going to be as good as a desktop because of what it needs to have and do to be a compact portable machine. What are these things? The cooling system is going to throttle back the processor a bit, only give you the horsepower when you need it. Everything is going to be geared towards low consumption while maintaining a semblance of performance. You might not get as much as you think you should from it though.

It will game. It won't be as good as a $5K+ gaming rig, but it will work.

smoothy
Nov 4, 2015, 10:40 AM
Anything will run Solitaire... it all depends on WHAT games you intend to run and expect what sort of frame rates and at what resolutions.

I can think of many situations that this isn't enough... and quite a few that it is.

The question as asked....is way too broad. Almost like asking "I have a kitchen....can I make anything I want in it."