Gaming Tablet

jpehanley

Member
Hello,

I was wondering if anyone could provide any advice on purchasing a gaming tablet?

My partner's little brother is big into gaming, although at the moment he's only allowed gaming tablets due to him being 8 years old.

He plays games like Minecraft, Roblox, etc.... animated kind of games.

Anyways he's seen this game called "FNaf World Simulator" which seems to only run on Windows OS so can't play it on the Samsung tablet.

We've seen this Windows Tablet (provided attached hardware specification) my only concern is the minimum requirements for the game might he too high for the tablet itself?

These are the specs:
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/requirements/fnaf-world/13060/amp

The budget were willing to spend is between £180-250. Any advice or recommendation would be appreciated.

Thanks!
 

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Oussebon

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As PC Specialist build and sell custom PCs and laptops, users aren't able to advise on competitors' hardware.

In terms of thew game's system requirements, I think they basically mean it will run on anything that wasn't built in the cretaceous period as long as it runs Windows.

Although we can't give sales advice on other shops' hardware, since PCS don't really compete in the tablet space I'll take the liberty of saying that I bought a Lynx tablet around last Christmas. Got it home, Windows updated, the wireless card stopped working, getting access to drivers off the company's website was a joke, and didn't fix the problem. And some of the keys stopped working in pretty short order. So that went back.
I was also looking for a cheap laptop (£300 or less) for myself around the same time. One model of a brand like Lynx had a faulty touchpad iirc, so that went back too. I considered buying a different model with similar specs from a very major brand, but read a review (professional, not a customer review) that mentioned one of the function keys had started coming loose very soon. I saw one in a shop, tried it out, and one of the F keys was loose on that too...

I'm sure millions of these things (really cheap tablets and laptops) are sold every year and most are fine, just be aware that quality can be hit and miss at best.

We did get a tablet at £350 in the end, but it was on sale and usually cost £550 (as in, that's actually what it normally cost, not just a made up number so they could claim it was on sale). And I gave up looking at £300 laptops and bought one for £650 in the end.

Something else to bear in mind is that you're buying a ~£250 PC with very limited hardware capability that you can't upgrade, more or less just for one game. It may make more sense to invest a bit more now in a Windows PC of a kind where you can upgrade the hardware in the future e.g. adding a graphics card, SSD, more RAM, etc. Because the chances are you'll end up having to buy one anyway in due course.
 

Oussebon

Multiverse Poster
For instance:

Case
PCS GENESIS G1B CASE + SD CARD READER
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G Quad Core CPU with Vega Graphics (3.5GHz-3.7GHz/6MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME A320M-K: Micro-ATX, AM4, USB 3.0, 6GB/s
Memory (RAM)
4GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (1 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
INTEGRATED GRAPHICS ACCELERATOR (GPU)
1[SUP]st[/SUP] Hard Disk
120GB ADATA SU650 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (520MB/R, 320MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 450W VS SERIES™ VS-450 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 11 to 13 working days
Quantity
1

Price £410.00 including VAT and delivery

Unique URL to re-configure : https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-home-office/sSZDX!Yw8g/

The motherboard would support substantial upgrades, including very likely AMD's Ryzen 2 CPUs out next year.
You could add more storage and RAM obviously.
The case and rest of the system would support a range of future graphics cards.

The Ryzen 3 2200G is a much more powerful processor, and the onboard graphics are also more powerful and could actually allow some modern games to be run. For instance, Civiliization 6 or Rocket League:

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https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/amd-ryzen-3-2200g-review/
https://techreport.com/review/33235/amd-ryzen-3-2200g-and-ryzen-5-2400g-processors-reviewed/6

You can actually run Civ 6 at medium settings at 1080p. Whereas you can forget about running it possibly at all on Intel integrated graphics. I couldn't even get Warlock Master of the Arcane to play nicely on my Intel i5 8250U with UHD620 graphics.

NB, the graphics in a Cherry Trail Atom CPU will be much weaker than HD630 - with around half the frequency and half the execution units: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-HD-Graphics-Cherry-Trail-Benchmarks.140902.0.html so an Atom wouldn't perform close to the HD630 benches above.

It's a lot more expensive and doesn't include a monitor (though TVs can be used as monitors via HDMI). But I put it there as something to think about.
 
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jpehanley

Member
Hi Oussebon,

First of all, I appreciate the detailed response and I would also like to apologise for looking for advice on other vendor's hardware.

The reason I posted here is that I was hoping the outcome was negative so I can look for advice on purchasing a mediocre gaming PC for him which is modular and has the flexibility to be upgraded with a better GPU, RAM, and Storage, etc... so thanks for the additional information Its really appreciated!

I need to run it past my partner regarding the specification since it's just a bit on the higher end on the allocated budget (max she wanted to spend was £400 if necessary) but maybe after your sound advice she might be convinced ;)

Out of interest what about a mediocre gaming laptop for around £400? Do you have any advice? I was looking at the following: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/ultraNoteV-15/ - but upgrading the CPU to the Quad-Core Intel Pentium Processor.

Thanks
 

Oussebon

Multiverse Poster
That Ultranote will still only have Intel HD graphics, and no scope for upgrading the CPU or the graphics card in the future, so doesn't leave you much better off than with a tablet. it's not a gaming laptop in any sense, though it is good for office work.

The cheapest laptop PCS have with any form of dedicated graphics is the Cosmos 15.6" with the MX150 starting from £630 (with only 4gb RAM and a 120gb SSD). And the MX150 is only about as powerful as the graphics on the R3 2200G in the desktop above.

Buying a gaming laptop with anything less than a GTX 1050 ti is very bad value if you look at performance per £. For instance a Vyper 15.6" with a GTX 1050 ti, 8gb RAM, and a 256gb PCIe SSD is £760. The 1050 ti is about 150% more powerful than the MX150. So for £130 more (~20%) price increase there would be twice the storage, faster storage, twice the RAM, and over twice the graphics performance.

I'm not saying you should buy a Vyper for £760 - I'm saying that it would probably be better to buy nothing than to buy a cheap laptop that goes obsolete far too soon but that still cost you hundreds of quid.

In all honestly there's no such thing as an ultra-cheap gaming laptop.

For the kind of budget you're looking at for gaming, the best value for money is probably a console - and I did check to see that FNaF game was supported on xbox but it didn't seem to be. So the next best thing is a desktop, perhaps along the lines above, that can at least be gradually upgraded and offers more performance per £ than laptops in that price range. i.e. even with a 1080p monitor for, say, £70 the £410 spec above is still £160 cheaper than a Cosmos while sporting the same ballpark of performance.

If there were a larger budget I would suggest some further amendments to improve value/upgrade options. For instance the Game Max Falcon case, a 256gb SX6000 SSD, etc. But if the spec above was the absolute upper limit it'd still do a lot better than a tablet and cost you a lot less for gaming in the long run - because you'd need to replace the tablet anyway for any more advanced gaming.
 
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