new computer brands

looking at asus and lenovo.

considering acer.

don't want dell.

any thoughts on the better of these ?

thanks in advance for any help.

Is this going to be a laptop?
Will it be for games other than casual games?
If so, what is the most demanding game you want to run on it?
And what is your price range?

whoops - sorry for not enough info.

desktop ,i don't do casual games , so adventure games.

can't answer the third question/

around 400.

does that help ?

Examples of demanding games:
Sherlock Holmes: Devil's Daughter
Obduction
Syberia 3
most recent fully 3D games

Examples of games that aren't demanding:
Kathy Rain
Lifestream
Milkmaid of the Milky Way
Carol Reed
Barrow Hill
games that run using DOSBox or ScummVM
pretty much any casual

You're going to have to spend more than $400 if you want to play everything.

i don't want to play everything - just wanting to know about these

brands and which is better.

i heard samsung was excellent ,but they're out of my range.

Cannot go by brand alone. Need to know what they have in them. As soon as you jump from on-board-graphics to a separate video card (which you would want to do), you jump to a bigger power supply and a whole host of up graded parts, hence a price jump. Check out the brands and see what they offer. One thing you do not want are whats called proprietary parts. For example a HP that only takes a HP power supply.

thanks for the additional shopping info.

unfortunately i'm so limited financially this is gonna be a tough one.

what would i be looking at price range if i use syberia 3 as the basic

starting point for price and model ?

This is the cheapest semi-powerful computer I could find. You would have to ask Jenny100 how Win-10 and the video card with this computer would work with Syberia-3.
( http://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberpowerpc...p?skuId=4300916 )
This just happens to be a Cyberpower because that's what came up when I selected the low-to-high option, but this is probably where the price would be.

Going by the system requirements listed for Syberia 3 at Steam, the Radeon R5 230 in the Best Buy computer will not meet the requirements.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/464340/

If you read reviews at Best Buy, the user reviews say the R5 230 is good for "entry-level" gaming but you may want to add a different video card. I don't see what power supply it has.

I was using this as an example for price so I think she can figure between $500-$600.

I know it was just an example of where to start from, but I wasn't sure niteowl07 realized that.

It will definitely cost more than $500 for a computer that will play all (or even most) current and upcoming adventure games.

A lot depends on the video card, and as you said, a jump in price between a computer that supports a "gaming" video card and one that can only play games with low requirements.

Draclvr put together some suggestions back in January
http://www.gameboomers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/1093262/2

and i do appreciate where you're coming from.

i'm probably more interested in replaying some of the older games than

trying too keep up with the upcoming stuff. partly eyesight and arthritis,

and mostly cost.

like i said , this is going to be tricky ,but at least a ballpark of 500$

is not so far off from my original amount.

i will keep the video card info in mind.

thanks for now - off to newegg to see what's available there.

Just curious as to what type of computer you have now? Is it very old? Is it not too Old that it can be upgraded? The reason I ask is, if your present computer is not too old, sometimes an upgrade can give your present computer new life and it would fit in within the Budget your are looking at.

it's too old , yes. i already checked that , thank you though.

no worries , something may go on sale that will be perfect -

not doing this today , so i can go for a little bit longer.

I've been out of town for a week again, so just saw this. As Geo said, the brand is not the thing to look at. For those of us who like our games, it's all about the video card and the rest of the hardware to go with it.

If you can start "stuffing a sock" as my grandma used to say, I don't see you getting something that will play games like Syberia 3 for less that about $650 - $700.

Syberia-3? I don't know what I was thinking. I was putting Syberia-3 in the same era as 1&2.

Not quite! It hasn't even been released yet!

well ,that's out then - guess i'll be doing replays !