I'm currently in the USA and I have decided to look into buying myself a gaming Laptop. I have found three reasonable price gaming Laptops but I don't know which one would be best. The last thing I want to do is buy the wrong one so I wanted to get my fellow simmers who probably have been through this opinion.
1. New HP 15.6" Touch NVIDIA 940MX i7-6500U 2.5GHz 12GB 1TB Win 10 Gaming Laptop
Item specifics
Condition:
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Operating System: Windows 10
Processor Type: Intel Core i7 6th Gen. MPN:
X0S45CD#ABA
Operating System Edition: Windows 10 Home Brand:
HP
Hardware Connectivity: HDMI, USB 2.0, USB 3.0 Screen Size: 15.6in.
Optical Drive:: DVD+RW/CD+RW Combo Drive Processor Speed: 2.5Ghz - 3.1Ghz
Color:
Silver
Memory: 12GB
Storage Type: HDD (Hard Disk Drive) Hard Drive Capacity: 1TB
2. 2016 NEW Signature Edition Lenovo 15.6" High-Performance Business and Gaming Laptop PC
Product Details:
Screen Size: 15.6 inches
Screen Resolution: 1366 x 768 (HD+)
Processor: 3.3 GHz AMD A Series
RAM: 16 GB SDRAM DDR3
Memory Speed: 1600 MHz
Hard Drive: 1 TB HDD 5400 rpm
Graphics Coprocessor: AMD Radeon R7
Chipset Brand: amd
Wireless Type: 802.11bgn, Bluetooth
Number of USB 2.0 Ports: 2
Average Battery Life (in hours): 5 hours
Brand Name: Lenovo
Series: Z50-75
Item model number: Lenovo Z50
Hardware Platform: PC
Operating System: Windows 10
Item Weight: 5.2 pounds
Product Dimensions: 15.1 x 10.4 x 1 inches
Item Dimensions L x W x H: 15.11 x 10.43 x 0.98 inches
Processor Brand: AMD
Processor Count: 4
Computer Memory Type: SDRAM
Hard Drive Interface: Serial ATA
Power Source: AC & Battery
Shipping Weight: 6.9 pounds
Date First Available: September 26, 2016
3. New-HP-15-6-034-TouchScreen-Laptop-i5-6200u-8GB-RAM-1TB-HDD-DVD-Bluetooth-Gaming-PC
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Brand:
HP
Screen Size: 15.6in. Product Line: Pavilion
Processor Type: Intel Core i5 6th Gen. Processor Speed: 2.30GHz
Graphics Processing Type: Integrated/On-Board Graphics Memory: 8GB
Storage Type: HDD (Hard Disk Drive) Hard Drive Capacity: 1TB
SSD Capacity: 1TB Type: Notebook/Laptop
Color:Gold
Model: 15-au30wm
Hardware Connectivity: HDMI, USB 2.0, USB 3.0 Operating System Edition: Home
Release Year: 2016 Operating System: Windows 10
Features: Built-in Webcam, Touchscreen MPN:
W2L55UA#ABA
UPC: Does not apply
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Newegg charges no tax outside CA TN and NJ.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834154369&cm_re=gtx_1050_laptop-_-34-154-369-_-Product
https://www.amazon.com/N855HJ-1920x1080-i7-7700HQ-Bluetooth-Warranty/dp/B01N4Q9C9J/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1502161280&sr=8-4&keywords=clevo+laptop
There has to be a better way but hopefully the recommended ones might already be within your reach.
On the graphics cards in particular, so you can see where some of our objections are coming from, Nvidia is fine but for a laptop it has to be a strong enough card to carry its weight with the game. That would be an 960M or higher within that series or 1050 or higher on the more recent one. The 940MX is a real gamble, many players will not be able to run the entire game on that, some will have more success with it. Its throughput rate just isn't high enough for a graphically intense game like TS3. Even if it can carry the entire game, we've seen that they age really badly.
AMD cards are also fine (I have one, it's older than all of these but strong enough), but not the R7. The graphics card needs to have stronger specs than those, that would be the higher end R9s and RXs in today's models.
The third one of the three listed doesn't even have a dedicated graphics card.
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@phoebebebe13 thanks for those suggestion and I'll definitely look into one of those. I was actually checking out an MSI gaming laptop.
It's also amazing what vendors can get away with, even retail stores -- anything can be called a "gaming" computer when it's really just not up to most such tasks.
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PS if you have a higher budget I can recommend more laptops. The cheapest your going to find to run this whole game at the moment is $800 and up.
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I agree on the vendors. They will advertise anything as gaming to get sale. It's all targeted at people who don't understand computer specs. Making unsuspecting people think they are getting an awesome gaming computer at a cheap price only to find out the computer can't run the games they want to play.
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The message about the card not being recognized will happen with any new card but it's not that important. In most cases, it doesn't cause problems and if it does, you can manually add the card yourself. Both igazor and I can help with that.
I too praise Newegg... I've been shopping there for 12 years.
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That laptop should run the whole game on high/ultra. Just post back if you need help setting up the game. Laptops do come with two video cards and you have to do a few things to get the game to accept the Nvidia card. Enjoy your new laptop.
This is an intel processor and Nvidia card https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883230168&cm_re=gtx_1050_ti_cyberpower-_-83-230-168-_-Product
This is an intel processor with AMD video card https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883230191&cm_re=cyberpower_amd_desktop-_-83-230-191-_-Product
This is an AMD processor with an Nvidia video card https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883230091&cm_re=cyberpower_amd_desktop-_-83-230-091-_-Product
All meet requirements to run the game. Newegg chargers no tax outside CA, TN and NJ
All the computers come with keyboard and mouse. If they don't list wifi you will need a usb wifi adapter. Most desktops do not come with wifi unless listed.
Do you also need a monitor? Amazon is cheaper for that. You can either buy a monitor with built in speakers or chose one without internal speakers and add external computer speakers
You can also hook up a tower to a flat screen TV if the resolution is 1080p. All you need is an HDMI cord. I have mine hooked up to the TV and use a wireless keyboard and mouse.