Can the laptop run steam games like Skyrim smoothly?
1424840
It will not run on steam. You must use your battery or electricity from a 110V outlet. Trying to use steam will.void the warranty, and likely make one hell of a mess.
1424841
No. Could not even run borderlands on lowest settings with no textures, shadows, etc.
438770
I am sure you probably can, but I would definitely recommend comparing the specs requirements of the game to the specs of the laptop.
492201
This PC is pretty good overall, and can run Skyrim at medium settings when Overclocked. (GPU+CPU). I recommend buying a new CPU (Amd fx 6300) and a better gpu (something along the lines of the Radeon R9 280) if you want to run on higher settings. Overall this PC is good for the price, and can handle around 30fps.
190999
Yes, but not at 100% graphics settings. I tried TF2 and it ran perfectly at 100% detail, but that's not a power-hungry game. I also tried GS Global Conflict, and it ran well at 75% settings. For more recent, powerful games, I'm assuming they'll run well at about 50%. That sounds bad, but the games are still great at 50%. I'd go with this, and when your budget allows, upgrade the GPU. For another comparison, I've done some video editing with this, and blows my 6GB dual-core laptop away. A 15-minute HD video takes more than 20-minutes to output on the laptop, and about 4 minutes with this PC. Not bad at all.
302968
It most likely performs well with games that don't require too much video RAM. But intense games that use or depend on the the video GPU would run sluggish. Try to look for a laptop with at least an i5 (dual core) or i7 (quad) processor. As well with dedicated video RAM (GPU) w/at least 1GIG.
1955706
Yes! It's a standard laptop. I wouldn't recommend it being used for graphically intensive programs, but it can run pretty much anything.
1736202
Haven't really done it myself but you shouldn't have any issues, that is in my opinion the big advantage a desktop has over the laptops, anyway i've played many next gen games and haven't got any performance issue so far
207127
It handled Skyrim on ultra high settings just fine for me. Not sure with mods but I imagine it would be able to.
2232472
I can't speak to Steam Games, but my experience with this laptop has been fraught with problems. Unresponsive and or manic clicker, freezing in the middle of games or writing, skipping when writing a letter,etc. My computer techie didn't want to deal with it because it was too complicated, so I bought a new computer.
1975932
It will run pretty well. There's a video on youtube with someone running it with only 1GB of RAM and it's fine.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AykH-zUcPJw
1299105
You should be able to. I can play counter strike global offensive and left 4 dead 2 easily. You won't be playing maxed out graphics. But it is a budget laptop.
1482450
It runs remarkably well: if it means anything, I can run Skyrim on 'medium-high' settings with little to no overheating.
408952
I wouldn't recommend it - this is not really a gaming laptop. If you can get it to run, you'll have to set all the settings down.
575661
Most games rely mainly on processor power and seeing that this laptop has an AMD 2.7 GHz it should run most modern games at high (maybe not extreme) settings. Not to mention the turbo boost which activates automatically when needed. 4 GB of ram is the average amount needed to run most games today so it should be fine, however I personally recommend upgrading it to 8 GB when you get it. You can do this yourself or bring it to a computer shop.
1545119
Not so far. But keep it in mind: This is not an game laptop, when you buy it you are buying fast boot and ultra portability like no other laptop can offer considering price and features. If you want a gamer or high performance laptop, choose another Asus laptop with dedicated video card and more RAM(ate least 8gb). Anyway I run heavy software as Sony Vegas in this ultrabook and have not faced any problem.
1505964
Last machine I ran it on was a win7 republic of gamers laptop. It had to run in compatability mode, but I was able to play it (with minimal hicups, but some graphical degradation) I was using a beefy spec rig though, your mileage may vary. I havent tested it on windows 8/8.1
422072
dont know about skyrim but star wars the old republic runs pretty smoothly on medium settings.