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Confused Between ULV & Normal Laptop Processor, Plz Help!!!!

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rdkumthekar Original post #1
Jun 6, 2015 at 5:50 PM
I am buying a new laptop and I will be primarily using it for Multimedia and Gaming. I have narrowed down to two HP laptops and one Lenovo Laptop with great Configurations that fit in my budget of 52k. But after i read about ULV processors and how they Bottleneck GPUs, I am now Confused.
Please help me select the right one from these Three.

Lenovo Ideapad Z510 (59-405838) Notebook (4th Gen Ci5/ 6GB/ 1TB 8GB SSD/ Win8.1/ 2GB Graph) (Dark Chocolate)

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HP Pavilion 15-ab032TX (Notebook) (5th Gen Core i5/ 8GB/ 1TB/ Win8.1/ 2GB Graph) (M2W75PA)

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HP Pavilion 15-p077TX Notebook (4th Gen Ci5/ 8GB/ 1TB/ Win8.1/ 2GB Graph) (J6M42PA)

HP Pavilion 15-p077TX Notebook (4th Gen Ci5/ 8GB/ 1TB/ Win8.1/ 2GB Graph) (J6M42PA) Rs.46740 Price in India - Buy HP Pavilion 15-p077TX Notebook (4th Gen Ci5/ 8GB/ 1TB/ Win8.1/ 2GB Graph) (J6M42PA) Imprint SNow White Color With Texture Linear Pattern

Ok now so first one from HP has 5200U with FHD Screen, 8 GB RAM and 2 GB Nvidia GT940M
Third one has 4210U with HD Screen, 8 GB RAM and 2 GB Nvidia GT840M
and the one from Lenovo has 4200M with HD screen, 6 GB RAM and 2 GB Nvidia GT740M.

Now my question here is that will the ULV processors from Both HP laptops will bottleneck even with 940M and 840M?
Will I be able to play new Games like GTA V and COD:AW and further upcoming games?
This is really confusing.. please help me as I have to Buy a laptop in next Week.

P.S. - My friend has a Lenovo Z50-70 With 4200U and GT840M and he can get Playable framerates in New games on low settings.
SaiyanGoku
Jun 6, 2015 at 6:03 PM
Get the first one from HP. Z510 has been discontinued months ago. Don't be worried about bottlenecking. Both 840M and 940M are low end gpus.
R
Jun 6, 2015 at 6:29 PM
but by low end do you mean they wont be Good Enough for gaming??
SaiyanGoku
Jun 6, 2015 at 6:37 PM
but by low end do you mean they wont be Good Enough for gaming??

Good enough for recent games at low-med settings 768p resolution. Anything higher and they start crying.
tanmaymohan
Jun 7, 2015 at 4:13 PM
Good enough for recent games at low-med settings 768p resolution. Anything higher and they start crying.
You can run gta v on normal textures + high shadows on a Z510 though now the model has been discontinued. You will surely lag on low on this one on games such as dying light, far cry 4 etc. but it works well for less demanding games.

I think you should go with the latest hp one as mentioned by [MENTION=145143]SaiyanGoku[/MENTION]
R
Jun 7, 2015 at 6:49 PM
You can run gta v on normal textures + high shadows on a Z510 though now the model has been discontinued. You will surely lag on low on this one on games such as dying light, far cry 4 etc. but it works well for less demanding games.

I think you should go with the latest hp one as mentioned by [MENTION=145143]SaiyanGoku[/MENTION]

Just to be sure, has Lenovo launched any 5th Generation laptops with nvidia gt940m This year to compete with HP? I couldn't find any. Or are they going to update their discontinued Z510 with latest hardware?
mikael_schiffer
Jun 7, 2015 at 8:47 PM
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