You'll be able to play the game on a £1000 laptop like the G751. If budget isn't a problem hey, get a £2000 laptop. If budget is a problem chose the components to get the best graphics card possible. You only need an i5 processor for example.
Horizons = New laptop required, please help with spec
- Thread starter stoney
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OK so with horizons beta announced yesterday I've only gone and done it! Just ordered a 17" optimus vii laptop (see full spec below) from PC Specialists....so excited, can't wait for this baby to come through the door, should arrive just in time!
Thanks to you all for your advice and input which was much appreciated even though it meant I've well and truly blown the original 750 budget by spending 940 pounds! That said, I do think that I have got myself quite a good deal for that spec.
Display - Optimus Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD IPS LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU) - Intel® Core™ i7 Quad Core Processor 6700HQ (2.6GHz, 3.5GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM) - 12GB Kingston SODIMM DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB, 1 x 4GB)
Graphics Card - NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960M - 2.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 12
Hard Disk - 750GB WD BLACK 2.5" WD7500BPKX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
SSD Drive - 256GB M.2 2280, SATA 6Gb/s (564MB/R, 400MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive - Ultra Slim 8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Integrated 6 in 1 Card Reader (SD /Mini SD/ SDHC / SDXC / MMC / RSMMC)
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card - Intel 2 Channel High Def. Audio + SoundBlaster™ Cinema 2
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® AC-3160 M.2 (433Mbps, 802.11AC) + BLUETOOTH
4 x USB 3.0 PORTS
6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (62.16WH)
BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Operating System - Windows 10 Home 64 Bit
Thanks to you all for your advice and input which was much appreciated even though it meant I've well and truly blown the original 750 budget by spending 940 pounds! That said, I do think that I have got myself quite a good deal for that spec.
Display - Optimus Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD IPS LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU) - Intel® Core™ i7 Quad Core Processor 6700HQ (2.6GHz, 3.5GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM) - 12GB Kingston SODIMM DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB, 1 x 4GB)
Graphics Card - NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960M - 2.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 12
Hard Disk - 750GB WD BLACK 2.5" WD7500BPKX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
SSD Drive - 256GB M.2 2280, SATA 6Gb/s (564MB/R, 400MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive - Ultra Slim 8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Integrated 6 in 1 Card Reader (SD /Mini SD/ SDHC / SDXC / MMC / RSMMC)
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card - Intel 2 Channel High Def. Audio + SoundBlaster™ Cinema 2
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® AC-3160 M.2 (433Mbps, 802.11AC) + BLUETOOTH
4 x USB 3.0 PORTS
6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (62.16WH)
BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Operating System - Windows 10 Home 64 Bit
Looks to be a very good system there, I do hope you enjoy seeing the universe of Elite Dangerous as so many of us have been seeing it. There's another thread around here somewhere, Granite Ant started it I believe, where graphics config options are discussed, you may want to check that out and see what you can change in the config file to really get the most of out the graphics, there's also SweetFX and some other graphics boosters you can add, complete with all kinds of suggestions from the community on making it just eye-meltingly gorgeous.
THE best way to play this game is in VR. Have you factored that in at all?
The GTX 960m won't push sufficient FPS to a Rift or Vive to make playing an experience that doesn't lead to sea-sickness.
Sure, it'll push enough frames to a 1080p screen with some settings turned down, but I believe a full-fat GTX970 will be the minimum hardware requirement.
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No VR for me yet I'm afraid
I've already stretched the budget to get that spec. This will have to do me for season 2 i think, however I do have the life time expansion pass so maybe another upgrade to include VR could be in order further down the line. No VR for me yet I'm afraid
I looked at the price of that laptop. I can only think you need a laptop for its portability. I just built a system for £726 excluding the dk2 (paid extra 275 for) but which includes windows and the game. Could have poss paid 80 to 100 less but got a bit impatient
I5 4690k
Msi Gtx 970 twin frozr
Msi z97 gaming mobo
8 gb gskill 2133 ram
Thrustmaster hotas
Xfx 650w psu 80+ gold
Cooler master hyper 103 cpu fan
Dvd player
250 gb hd
Backlit keyboard
LED optical mouse
Windows 7
elite dangerous
Already had a case and monitor, but these can be sourced cheaply off eBay 2nd hand. also involves self build but I did mine from a Web tutorial, fairly easy and saved I reckon about £200-250 maybe more.
Parts sourced from eBay, scan and maplins. Only the hotas and Dvd player were second hand.
That would put you in a good position to save up for Vr without changing pc. Dk2 should fall in price on ebay in new year.
One thing, I had sourced most of the parts before I discovered scans deals of the week. Could have saved more
Edit: just seen you bought it, well something to consider next time round, and the above spec will be even cheaper in 12 months
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I personaly think this laptop is waste of money, considering the limited memory and low end grapich card, 2gb Vram is kinda nothing.
If you need to buy a laptop becouse of space or whatever, I'd suggest to buy one with decent memory and GPU + the option to connect external grapichs card via... thunderbolt i guess... I think razor got sg like this and msi... but msi got some pritty good laptop.
If you got space for a monitor, then you can easily build a microatx or even itx computer for half the price. For 1600pounds you can easily build a monster in a very small box and buy a relativly good monitor.
Like
i7 4760K
16gb ram
gtx 980ti or Fury becouse of the space
2x 256gb ssd
850W platinum PSU
the micro atx or itx case
a compatible motherboard
I built a 2011 v3 5820K micro atx computer with 32gb ram and a 980gti for 1800pounds and it got watercooling
If you need to buy a laptop becouse of space or whatever, I'd suggest to buy one with decent memory and GPU + the option to connect external grapichs card via... thunderbolt i guess... I think razor got sg like this and msi... but msi got some pritty good laptop.
If you got space for a monitor, then you can easily build a microatx or even itx computer for half the price. For 1600pounds you can easily build a monster in a very small box and buy a relativly good monitor.
Like
i7 4760K
16gb ram
gtx 980ti or Fury becouse of the space
2x 256gb ssd
850W platinum PSU
the micro atx or itx case
a compatible motherboard
I built a 2011 v3 5820K micro atx computer with 32gb ram and a 980gti for 1800pounds and it got watercooling
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Here you go : http://www.techradar.com/news/mobil...-it-s-more-powerful-than-your-desktop-1306561
Asbestos underpants not included.
Asbestos underpants not included.
Rubbish. I have an i7 lappy with the gtx860m and am running everything maxed out and using the rift.
This laptop will be fine.
Laptop i7s are basically desktop i5s. I pretty sure it is the same number of cores between the two, and similar clock speed. If you are gaming on a laptop, an i7 is pretty much necessary. I remember playing games that were cpu bound on my laptop, even with an i7. Being on a desktop with an i7 now is quite nice, especially when people say you don't need more than an i5 for gaming, but then complain about how cpu intensive bots are in certain games. Some games just aren't well optimized with cpu, and some games can't be. I see having a high end cpu being just as important for gaming as a gpu. If you are on a budget, a cheaper one can definitely suffice for most situations, but if you have the money, it won't be wasted spending on something higher end.
But for mobile cpus, the performance most closely resembles the desktop model one step down. gpus aren't as significant, I think, but they tend to have much lower life expectancy. I remember my laptop could run every game maxed out at 1080p when it was new, but a couple years later it could barely run those same games maxed out at 720p, let alone newer games. The two main problems with laptops are firstly price, and secondly heat management. It just isn't possible to get good airflow through a laptop, and if you plan to do gaming on it, expect to be replacing it on something like a three or four year cycle. Though performance requirements are probably mellowing out, now that the new console generation is well on its way. So anything that can run new games can probably run anything that comes out in the next decade. Probably not maxed graphics, but any game in the near future should be playable at least.
How's your laptop with Horizon's OP? I need a new laptop too - my work laptop (which is pretty powerful and has a separate graphics card) no longer cuts it. Before anybody asks, it does need to be a laptop so I can sit on my sofa with the rest of the family. I like to spend time with them physically, even if mentally I'm flying around the stars
How did this laptop go?
Hi
How did this laptop go, if its good I might buy one myself. Any feedback would be great.
cheers
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Hi
How did this laptop go, if its good I might buy one myself. Any feedback would be great.
cheers
G.........