• I need help selecting a laptop.
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First off, I currently have a 13" Macbook Pro, but I'm looking at getting a computer where I can game this time around. (ARMA 2 runs at 15-20fps here :( which is pretty decent considering it's ARMA II but still.) I'd prefer a laptop immensely, I will probably have ~1,500$ any suggestions? [editline]6th September 2011[/editline] Just for clarification, I'm asking because for the life of me I can not understand what the numbering or all the shit they list on video card specifications actually lines up with. Not a 'lol I dunno what to do choose one for me plz". [editline]6th September 2011[/editline] Oops, wrong section could a mod move to PC building?
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230099[/url] best bet
Woah, judging from youtube that can play GTA IV at 1080 maxed at 15-40.... that's insanity, and for the same price I payed for my current lappy.
[QUOTE=Jawalt;32147595]First off, I currently have a 13" Macbook Pro, but I'm looking at getting a computer where I can game this time around. (ARMA 2 runs at 15-20fps here :( which is pretty decent considering it's ARMA II but still.) I'd prefer a laptop immensely, I will probably have ~1,500$ any suggestions? [editline]6th September 2011[/editline] Just for clarification, I'm asking because for the life of me I can not understand what the numbering or all the shit they list on video card specifications actually lines up with. Not a 'lol I dunno what to do choose one for me plz". [editline]6th September 2011[/editline] Oops, wrong section could a mod move to PC building?[/QUOTE] Who not buy a 800$ PC and a 400 $ laptop? A 800$ PC will outperform a 1500$ Laptop. [QUOTE=JohnFisher89;32148376][url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230099[/url] best bet[/QUOTE] This is a nice laptop.
My parents are split, and dragging a tower back and forth every week is not fun.
I would invest in an SSD if you can afford it for that laptop
Unless he really doesn't have a lot of games, that would be kind of stupid imo
[QUOTE=Jawalt;32148815]My parents are split, and dragging a tower back and forth every week is not fun.[/QUOTE] i do it whenever i go to a friends house. it's not difficult at all. considering it would save you about a THOUSAND DOLLARS and you'd get 4x better performance, it's incredibly stupid to just buy a laptop that can't play games [editline]7th September 2011[/editline] ok found that laptop response. FUCKING READ IT ok so here's the lowdown: everyone ,and i mean EVERYONE, wants a laptop. even if it's an incredibly rash and bad decision everyone gets fucking laptops. they're cool. and portable. it's like the fucking media has rammed it into your skull that desktops are for poor people and nerds so laptops are superior, and so tons of people buy them. it's really bad when people are greatly in need of the processing power of a desktop (im getting a new laptop for my first pc separate from the family computer i need one that can play games!!!!) and they get a laptop for the same price as a good gaming pc but sacrifice ALL of the processing power in the price tag for laptop 'portability.' so they play new games on medium/high and get burns on their thighs and then a year later they can't play the newest game at all because the mobility card sucks. people that aren't nerds don't regret buying laptops because they use them for facebook and youtube and don't care that the battery/heat is shit because they leave it plugged in all the time, and lower-end laptops are about on-par with desktops in the same ultralow price range anyways. not to mention gaming/high performance laptops are incredibly expensive and the pricing doesn't scale well at all. instead of blowing $1800 on a laptop, buy an $800 gaming rig and a $1000 laptop. A $1k laptop not centered around performance will weigh like two pounds and have a ridiculous battery and amazing build quality (have you ever used a macbook air? ye macs w/e but jesus fucking christ if there's one laptop i'd buy it's that one), and a $800 gaming rig will play everything on max/high. a $1800 gaming laptop will have a shit battery and shit build quality and shit performance and and it'll weigh 10 pounds and you won't be able to upgrade any of it in 4 years and it'll sound like a jet engine and run at about 80 degrees C. i made the mistake (twice), my friends have, laptops are secondary computers. everyone regrets buying them as a primary computer. don't buy a brand new laptop for gaming, you will never use the portability except for like 3-4 isolated occasions, and "playing games on the couch" is not one of those.
[quote] A $1k laptop not centered around performance will weigh like two pounds and have a ridiculous battery and amazing build quality (have you ever used a macbook air? ye macs w/e but jesus fucking christ if there's one laptop i'd buy it's that one)[/quote] five hours of wireless internet sure is ridiculous
Get an Acer.
[QUOTE=EpicPokingStick;32162861]Get an Acer.[/QUOTE] Dont do this, they are never geared towards gaming, use crappy parts and are known to be one of the worst brands in terms of reliability and service.
[QUOTE=Wilford Brimley;32162680]five hours of wireless internet sure is ridiculous[/QUOTE] it's ridiculous compared to the 45 minute battery you're going to get with a 'gaming' laptop [editline]8th September 2011[/editline] performance laptops are terrible because performance means heat, and you can't have a good heatsink in something that small. so the entire laptop has to be engineered to withstand heat and built stronger to compensate and so it ends up heavy and large and it still has a shit battery and kills your sperm
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