On Sat, Sep 05, 2015 at 11:13:58AM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: > Bestbuy has them too, with a dock. Also refurb.io > <http://forums.redflagdeals.com/refurb-io-labour-day-clearance-select-desktop-computers-laptops-1805521/> > <http://forums.redflagdeals.com/ca-refurb-io-lenovo-thinkpad-t420-i5-2nd-gen-4gb-300gb-hd-win-7-pro-261-a-1805549/> > Note: these different sources have units with different generations of > Intel processors, and I seem to recollect that that matters for GPU > power. > > But I don't really think that these are great for the price > considering that they are used. It depends on how much you value the > ThinkPad attributes (good keyboard, repairable, very well-built, > heavy). > > These use the CPU chip's built-in GPU. Although Intel's GPU has been > getting better, it was fairly poor for gaming in older generations. > Someone who knows more about Minecraft performance would perhaps know > if these GPUs are good enough. Or use google > <http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Hardware_performance> > > I would *guess* that current Intel i-series processors would have a > good enough GPU for Minecraft. I would also guess that the GPU part > of any recent AMD APU is good for Minecraft (APU is what AMD calls > their CPU + GPU chips). But beware: low-end AMD CPUs are very slow by > today's standards (and they go by a lot of different names). This is > cheap but I think that it isn't quite good enough: > <http://www.nmicrovip.ca/asus-amd-a4-5000-6gb-ram-750gb-hdd-15-6-1366x768-dvdrw-windows-8-bilingual-kb-x552ea-sh41-cb-refurbished/> > A4 series are probably too weak.
I would not think minecraft is heavy on the graphics either. -- Len Sorensen --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
