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| Thread ID: 135736 | 2013-12-06 00:30:00 | Decent laptop for gaming/design | Slankydudl (16687) | Press F1 |
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| 1361876 | 2013-12-07 03:21:00 | As a side note if you look into MSI stuff make sure to check out each specific model of laptop, some of them apparently only have one fan for the cpu and gpu and therefore end up running hot and being noisy. Most laptops do, unless you get one of the aforementioned 'gaming' ones which are designed properly. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1361877 | 2013-12-07 03:28:00 | I wouldnt say they are designed properly. A mate of mine spent 6k on a uge laptop that weighs 6kg and runs for about 2 hours... but I must admit it runs crysis quite nicely. Im still unable to find a laptop with atleast 1920x1080 resolution that falls within his price range of $1500. |
Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1361878 | 2013-12-07 03:47:00 | What are you talking about? The weight alone proves it was designed properly Gaming laptops are designed to have the latest and greatest hardware that can be fitted in a laptop along with ample cooling to make sure the thing doesn't cook itself, unlike cheap Acers with tiny little heatsinks and fans that run at something stupid like 20% speed at 95 degrees. Besides, they're not really designed for mobile use. You take them to a LAN party in your car and set them up on a table and use the power adapter to run from the mains. It's just more convenient than taking your desktop. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1361879 | 2013-12-07 04:30:00 | Weight can prove nothing more other then it has lots of stuff in it, doesnt directly correlate to good design. Anyways my friend is not looking for a gaming laptop, something that will play team fortress 2 at medium setting is seriously fine which basically any dedicated gpu will do. Preferably it needs to be of a max price of $1500 and have a 1920x1080. Also if your going to LAN partys you could just be a normal person and build a small rig that will be cheaper, cooler and faster. Or just take your full rig. In my opinion gaming laptops are kinda rubbish in terms of portability, price and design quality. |
Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1361880 | 2013-12-07 05:10:00 | Also if your going to LAN partys you could just be a normal person and build a small rig that will be cheaper, cooler and faster. Or just take your full rig. :+1: I did exactly that. I was looking to buy a laptop with reasonable specs that I could take to the LAN I attend monthly because I was tired of lugging my full tower case around, in the end I sold the old gaming beast and built a smaller one based on an ITX board as per my signature and then built an even smaller one as a 2nd machine - and all for less than 2k spent (plus the money I got for the old machine) and no gaming laptop could touch them - well ok the 2nd one is an i3 with a 650Ti boost so some high end gaming laptops that cost 3 times as much are probably better :groan: In any case a middle of the road laptop with a dedicated GPU will likely do what your friend is after, I doubt you'll find one with a 1080P display in that price range though. You could always suggest he adds a monitor and maybe keyboard and mouse later for use at home, portable is nice and all but sitting at a desk a laptop is not as good as full size peripherals. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1361881 | 2013-12-07 06:35:00 | Most laptops do, unless you get one of the aforementioned 'gaming' ones which are designed properly. Yeah, should have mentioned that the problem is with some specific 'gaming' laptops. Some of the cheaper but still 'gaming' laptops running cards like the 8970 have unfortunately been designed like a conventional laptop. I wouldnt say they are designed properly. A mate of mine spent 6k on a uge laptop that weighs 6kg and runs for about 2 hours... but I must admit it runs crysis quite nicely. Im still unable to find a laptop with atleast 1920x1080 resolution that falls within his price range of $1500. Only thing I could find in that price range was this: www.mightyape.co.nz I normally don't like recommending consumer level HP products because they tend to be unreliable and have in recent times had a high failure rate. Haven't heard anything about the new Envy laptops though. |
icow (15313) | ||
| 1361882 | 2013-12-07 08:53:00 | Weight can prove nothing more other then it has lots of stuff in it, doesnt directly correlate to good design. In most cases it does, the extra stuff usually being bigger and better heatsinks, more fans, sturdier chassis etc. On the other hand budget laptops sacrifice decent cooling for light weight, and they run far too hot as a result. Also if your going to LAN partys you could just be a normal person and build a small rig that will be cheaper, cooler and faster. Or just take your full rig. In my opinion gaming laptops are kinda rubbish in terms of portability, price and design quality. Never said using gaming laptops made sense. But ulraportability is not the target which is why the extra weight is irrelevant. As long as it folds up in one bag that's enough. Yeah, should have mentioned that the problem is with some specific 'gaming' laptops. Some of the cheaper but still 'gaming' laptops running cards like the 8970 have unfortunately been designed like a conventional laptop. I wouldn't call them proper gaming laptops if their only difference was to whack the fastest graphics card in they could find and not care about cooling or anything else. |
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