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Hyperschooldropout

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Hi, so I've been having a fun time with E:D on my Mac. Specs below. 30 FPS with everything on low or off, and FPS cap on 30 FPS to minimize FPS spikes. It's playable, but God help me if I get interdicted by any of you. The thing is that it's 5 years old, and may be nearing it's end of life span soon. So should I try to hang on to my Mac, and buy a better laptop later, or sell it now and buy a gaming laptop? Note, I pretty much need a laptop, no room for a desktop. I've been looking at the Asus ROG g571, in the $1,500 range. Anyone have any insight on this machine, and if I should get it now or wait? Thanks in advance.
 

Dirkki

Dirkki
I play with:

ASUS Intel Core i7, 2.2GHz
4GB RAM
GeForce 610M 2GB

The game runs quite smoothly. Just on the station entrance it gets a bit choppy, but otherwise no problems.
 

Hyperschooldropout

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Lol. Well, with the new 900's, it seems like they are getting pretty good, somewhere near desktop performance.

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Really? What settings do you have it set to?
 

Inodoro Pereyra

Inodoro Pereyra
Dull Shooter said:
Hi, so I've been having a fun time with E:D on my Mac. Specs below. 30 FPS with everything on low or off, and FPS cap on 30 FPS to minimize FPS spikes. It's playable, but God help me if I get interdicted by any of you. The thing is that it's 5 years old, and may be nearing it's end of life span soon. So should I try to hang on to my Mac, and buy a better laptop later, or sell it now and buy a gaming laptop? Note, I pretty much need a laptop, no room for a desktop. I've been looking at the Asus ROG g571, in the $1,500 range. Anyone have any insight on this machine, and if I should get it now or wait? Thanks in advance.
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A friend in my office has the 2014 Asus ROG, and she's very well impressed, (she don't play Elite, but other games).
I suppose that the one with Nvidia GTX970 will be very good for at least 3 yr... (ASUS ROG G751JT); the JY version with GTX980 is too much expensive now (2.4Kusd).
The most important part in the laptop is the Graphic Card; as the game uses it extensively (it burn the graphic card in my old portable workstation in a month...(Nvidia Quadro 1Gb)), so look for the best you can... and keep the fans as clean as you can!
Regards
 
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Globusdiablo

Globusdiablo
Asus Rog with gtx970m or higher and you are in gaming heaven. :) The Asus Rog's have the best cooling solutions. Excellent build quality and value for money.
 

Globusdiablo

Globusdiablo
figola said:
Mmmm not sure on build quality.
Or maybe I mean quality control.
Read the asus forums.
Got the JY
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I know. But you know as well as I, that you don't hear as much (if anything) from those without problems.

Based on my personal experience, Asus Rog's are the best thing out there at any given price point. Sorry if you're having issues with yours. I hope you're getting decent customer support?
 

figola

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Globusdiablo said:
I know. But you know as well as I, that you don't hear as much (if anything) from those without problems.

Based on my personal experience, Asus Rog's are the best thing out there at any given price point. Sorry if you're having issues with yours. I hope you're getting decent customer support?
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Agreed
I went in knowing possible problems out of box and was fine with it.
Just passing lil caution on.
 

x6tus

x6tus
Just get yourself an external Thunderbolt II Graphics card unit and continue to use your Mac! I'm getting 60-100 fps on my MacBook Pro and a 2nd hand GTX 770 card. Expecting more when E-D goes OSX native.
 

Hyperschooldropout

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x6tus said:
Just get yourself an external Thunderbolt II Graphics card unit and continue to use your Mac! I'm getting 60-100 fps on my MacBook Pro and a 2nd hand GTX 770 card. Expecting more when E-D goes OSX native.
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Yeah, but the problem is that those cost around 500$ minimum.

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Globusdiablo said:
Asus Rog with gtx970m or higher and you are in gaming heaven. :) The Asus Rog's have the best cooling solutions. Excellent build quality and value for money.
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I doubt you've had it long enough to really test it, but do you have any idea of the durability?

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Onane said:
A friend in my office has the 2014 Asus ROG, and she's very well impressed, (she don't play Elite, but other games).
I suppose that the one with Nvidia GTX970 will be very good for at least 3 yr... (ASUS ROG G751JT); the JY version with GTX980 is too much expensive now (2.4Kusd).
The most important part in the laptop is the Graphic Card; as the game uses it extensively (it burn the graphic card in my old portable workstation in a month...(Nvidia Quadro 1Gb)), so look for the best you can... and keep the fans as clean as you can!
Regards
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Should I reopen my MBP, and try to clean the fans? When I installed the 8gb ram, it looked a little dusty.
 

SlackR

Banned
SlackR
Until I got a few gaming rigs I was running ED on max settings using a laptop with a 780m in it. The 980m is insanely more powerful so I'd go for that personally if you need a laptop.
 

Paramed

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Dull Shooter said:
I've been looking at the Asus ROG g571, in the $1,500 range. Anyone have any insight on this machine, and if I should get it now or wait?
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Well ED runs great on my gaming laptop thats two years old - and that with maxed details (gtx 660m, i7, just had to cut back at aa/supersampling). But: in my opinion the Rog-laptops are great devices but overpriced. You get the same loadout for less money elsewhere, or a little bit weaker hardware for under 1000$.
So as long as you aren't going to play AC:U with very high details you won't need the super strong but super heavy asus notebook - save yourself money for more games! ;)
 

Globusdiablo

Globusdiablo
Dull Shooter said:
....I doubt you've had it long enough to really test it, but do you have any idea of the durability?....
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It was a general comment regarding the Asus Rog series, and the Nvidia mobile graphics cards. I've had quite a few different makes of gaming laptops through the years (desktop now for increased power and the ability to upgrade). My son has an Asus Rog atm with the gtx780m (equivalent to gtx970m more or less). It has run flawlessly for almost 2 years now.

If I had to buy a gaming laptop again I wouldn't hesitate to buy an Asus Rog. I would look to buy it somewhere I could expect decent costumer service if something should arise though. :)

Reading reviews of the Asus Rogs and Nvidia graphics cards supports my inclination.
 
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Fitzbattleaxe

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I'm using a 5 year old Asus g51, and it's still holding together fine. Only problem I've ever had with it is that the audio jack broke after a year, but they replaced it under warranty and it's been fine ever since.
 

Hyperschooldropout

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Globusdiablo said:
It was a general comment regarding the Asus Rog series, and the Nvidia mobile graphics cards. I've had quite a few different makes of gaming laptops through the years (desktop now for increased power and the ability to upgrade). My son has an Asus Rog atm with the gtx780m (equivalent to gtx970m more or less). It has run flawlessly for almost 2 years now.

If I had to buy a gaming laptop again I wouldn't hesitate to buy an Asus Rog. I would look to buy it somewhere I could expect decent costumer service if something should arise though. :)

Reading reviews of the Asus Rogs and Nvidia graphics cards supports my inclination.
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Yeah, I've been reading a lot of reviews and posts on the ROG. Other than some issues within the first few weeks of purchase, they seem to have been excellent.
And really? The 780m is about the same as the 970? If so, should I try to back off on the graphics card, maybe get a lower one?
 
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