T430 GRAND THEFT AUTO 5 ???

[QuestionMan]

HI,Im looking to buy a t430 for some office work,but i want to play games on it as well,so i was wondering if it can run GTA V (IF YES THEN WHAT FPS AND SETTINGS)..It would be very helpful if YOU responded to me.I found a variant with an: i5 3-RD GEN 3.3 GHZ INTEL HD 4000 AND 8 GB RAM...
THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!!

[kfzhu1229]

For Intel HD Graphics, nope.
For the variant that comes with Nvidia NVS 5400M, yes it works, at least that's under my T530i with that graphics and a 2nd gen i5 instead of a 3rd gen one and under the resolution of 1366x768.
As for the settings, I think it was medium settings because higher settings require more than 1GB of VRAM

[QuestionMan]

kfzhu1229 Thank you very much for your reply.. but does anyone have experience with INTEL HD Graphics because that is the only variant that i could find on my budget...

[kony]

You can use eGPU, I played ie. The Witcher 3 on almost max settings with it on T430:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=116820

[kfzhu1229]

If you do that you will spend the budget more than enough to buy the one with 5400M. Also consider its larger sibling T530 if there is a cheaper one

[QuestionMan]

Ok kfzu Thank you again i will look for the t540..Thank you for your help everyone...
ill tell you if i can find it tommorow..

[kfzhu1229]

You will be fine with T420/520-T440/540. T550 and T560 loses lots of tp elements

[QuestionMan]

Thank you kfzhu1229 i think i will buy the t430 because i couldnt find the 540(i found some but they had also HD4000)..So...Thank you all

[kfzhu1229]

If you buy the Intel HD version just don't think about games without turning it into a desktop