Gaming Laptops under 1000

Gaming Laptops under 1000

January 12, 2013 5:29 am 6 comments

Surely, the specs of laptops are more and more great, we can play many heavy video games on a professional gaming laptop smoothly now, and the price alawys under $2000, if you want to buy a affordable laptop, many gaming laptops under $1000 can satisfy our needs well, but you will want some specific features for your gaming, the first, a discrete graphics card is necessary, it’s helpful for making a nice looking game look great. currently,  upper mid-range GPU, like Nvidia GTX 660M,  mid-range GPU like 650M are widely used in gaming laptops around 1000, we can play some popular games like Diablo3, Mass Effect 3, Dirt 3 and Battlefield 3 with this graphic card well, even on ultra setting.

The second, a gaming laptop must have a power processor, the processor is the beating heart of a laptop. You’ll see the big difference in fast performance, minimum lag time and realistic in-game physics. In fact, a laptop around 1000 dollars always has a strong processor, and now, it always features the 3rd intel core i7 processor like i7-3610QM, which is enough for us to paly any heavy video gaming.

As long as you know exactly what a gaming laptop should have, it is easy to find the cheap gaming laptops. You can buy these PC from a lot of resources and maximize the value of your money. As it just was said, let’s look at some probable expectation for the brand of best gaming laptop under 1000 dollars.

Our Recommend: Lenovo IdeaPad Y580 Laptop

Lenovo IdeaPad Y580

Lenovo is one of my favorite brand, the laptops produced by lenovo always have high quality and the price is affordable, For gaming laptops under 1000 dollars, I belive Lenovo IdeaPad Y580 is the best!

Why choose Lenovo Y580 20994CU:

For a gaming laptop, the most improtant is its GPU, Y580 features NVIDIA GeForce GT660M with 2GB VRAM, if you has searched, you’ll find it’s the best graphic card for all gaming laptops below $1000. Plus, with the 3rd Generation Intel Core i7 3630QM Processor with Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.3 GHz, you can play most popular games smoothly.

Besides, I think 15.6 inch Full HD screen is the most suitable for a gaming laptop, more larger size will lead a bad mobility, and more smaller will lead a bad gaming experience, of course, it should according your needs. The Y580 also features a unique backlit keyboard for more better operating experience, you can connect to other HD devices with HDMI output, a 720p HD webcam will be helpful for chating  whih friend face to face.

And the Lenovo Y580 add a 16GB SSD, you can install frequently used softwares to this disk, you’ll get more quickly faster response when you using these software.

The following we list five most popular gaming laptops under $1000 in 2013, you will find one you you like:

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Rank #1 (Recommend) #2 #3 #4 #5
Models: Lenovo Y580 Lenovo Y580 59345715 Acer Aspire V3-771G-9809 ASUS N56VZ-DH71 Sony VAIO S SVS1512ACXS
Picture Lenovo IdeaPad Y580 20994CU laptop Lenovo IdeaPad Y580 20994CU laptop Acer Aspire V3-771G-9809 17.3-Inch Laptop (Black) ASUS N56VZ-DS71 gaming laptop Sony VAIO S Series SVS1512ACXS 15.5-Inch Laptop (Silver)
Size 15.6-Inch 15.6-Inch 17.3-Inch 15.6-Inch Full HD 15.5-Inch
Display Resolution 1920 x 1080 1366 x 768 1600 x 900 1920 x 1080 1920 x 1080
Processor Intel Core i7-3630QM(2.3GHz) Intel Core i7-3630QM(2.3GHz) Intel Core i7-3632QM(2.2GHz) Intel Core i7-3630QM(2.3GHz) Intel Core i7-3632QM(2.3GHz)
Hard driver 750GB 5400RPM
16GB SSD
750GB 5400RPM 1TB 5400RPM 1TB 5400RPM 750 GB 7200RPM
Ram 8GB DDR3 8GB DDR3 8GB DDR3 8GB DDR3 8GB DDR3
Graphic Card Nvidia GT 660M
(2G DDR3 VRAM)
Nvidia GT 660M
(2G DDR3 VRAM)
Nvidia GT 650M
(2G DDR3 VRAM)
Nvidia GT 635M Nvidia GT 640M LE
(2G DDR3 VRAM)
Operating System Windows 8 Windows 8 Windows 8 Windows 8 Windows 8
Input/Output Bluetooth 4.0
2 x USB 2.0 ports
2 x USB 3.0 ports
1 x HDMI port
Bluetooth 4.0
2 x USB 2.0 ports
2 x USB 3.0 ports
1 x HDMI port
Bluetooth 4.0
2 x USB 2.0 ports
2 x USB 3.0 ports
1 x HDMI port
Bluetooth 4.0
2 x USB 2.0 ports
2 x USB 3.0 ports
1 x HDMI port
Bluetooth 4.0
1 x USB 2.0 ports
2 x USB 3.0 ports
1 x HDMI port
Price $999.00 $895.00 $879 $899.99 $879.99
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NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE graphics with 1 GB of dedicated video RAM and Optimus technology for an excellent balance battery life and performance

Someone may be confused in Nvidia GT 660M, GT 650M and Radeon HD 7670M which is better? The following I will give you three graphics cards’ Benchmarking  comparison.

Benchmarking Comparison:

Benchmarks(AVG) GTX 630M GTX 660M Radeon HD 7670m
3DMark 11 – Performance GPU 1025.9 2320.6 1080.3
3DMark 05- Standard 1024×768 16559.6 21266.1 13932
PCMark (Gaming Score) 6982.8 13087.5 5635.6
Windows 7 Experience Index – graphics 6.5 7.2 6.5

Gaming Benchmarking Comparison:

Models GTX 630M GTX 660M Radeon HD 7670m
Diablo3 (2012) Low: 97 fps
Med: 62 fps
High: 46 fps
Low: 179.7 fps
Med: 99.9 fps
High: 96 fps
Low: 61.6 fps
Med: 53 fps
High: 36.2 fps
Mass Effect 3 (2012) Low: 53 fps
High: 40fps
ultra: 22 fps
Low: 59.7 fps
High: 60 fps
ultra: 53 fps
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Dirt Showdown (2012) Low: 88 fps
High: 67 fps
ultra: 50 fps
Low: 82 fps
High: 66 fps
ultra: 55 fps
Low: 67.1 fps
High: 53 fps
ultra: 36.2 fps
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Low: 46 fps
Med: 32 fps
High: 23 fps
Low: 75 fps
Med: 62 fps
High: 49 fps
Low: 48 fps
Med: 35 fps
High: 23 fps
Battlefield 3 (2011) Low: 39 fps
Med: 23 fps
High: 17 fps
Low: 74 fps
Med: 50 fps
High: 39 fps
Low: 36 fps
Med: 25 fps
High: 20 fps
Dirt 3 Low: 136 fps
Med: 69  fps
High: 44 fps
Low: 206.8 fps
Med: 141.6 fps
High: 97.5 fps
Low: 135 fps
Med: 50 fps
High: 42 fps

From the comparison, we can get these three graphic card performance ranking:

GTX 660M > GTX 650M > GTX 640M > Radeon HD 7670m

6 Comments

  • you failed gt != gtx

  • @ will b, this article came out 4 months ago the y580 has been discontinued, but a quick google revealed a few dealers still have some in stock. @ hadid, the y500 and the y580 are very different computers. the y500 is not even mentioned in this list.

  • Will B

    I can’t find the Lenovo Ideapad Y580 20994CU ANYWHERE when i look for it on the internet, neither can I find it on their website. Is it under 1000? Also, that benchmark makes no sense! Please help

  • Hadid

    but in the official websites of lenovo ideapad Y500 is above US$1000, even can reach US$1500!!!

  • Great Post thanks for sharing. I agree on what you had said in Gaming Laptops under 1000.

  • Notebook pc

    Great Post thanks for sharing.Gaming Laptops under 1000

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