Need help choosing a laptop (To play WF)

[GinKenshin]

Hi Tenno,

 

 

I need help deciding between which of these laptops I should buy, to do university work and to play Warframe

These are my choices so far: (sorry for the poor picture quality) 

 

https://imgur.com/dF9CmQt

 

https://imgur.com/Q5eDhDU

 

https://imgur.com/wPSjuu4

 

https://imgur.com/emmTfbq

 

https://imgur.com/YUS8819

 

these are all good for university work purposes (I think), I just wanna know which one is the best for gaming as well (mainly Warframe of course) 

 

thank you very much! 

 

 

 

[artemisfortune]

In my experience, no laptop is good for gaming, even the ones built for gaming. If you're forcing me to pick though, all of them suck. 4GB of DDR4 ram is not enough.

[PookieNumnums]

yeah, spend that money and build a desktop man seriously

 

[ngrazer]

Not a diplomaed expert in notebooks but oh well:

1. Kinda ok if you are planning to play Warframe only.

2. Games? With Intel HD Graphics?..

3. 920m -> no

4. Better than the 1st one but still... 

5. 920m -> no

I don't know your budget but basically for more or less comfort gaming (in whole, not just Warframe) you'll need 970m (or higher) or 1050Ti (or higher) with 4+ Gb of VRAM and preferably 8+ Gb of RAM.

[Dumfing]

I'd recommend this one: https://imgur.com/emmTfbq purely because of its superior GPU, if you want to upgrade the RAM, you can buy another stick in the future (recommended)

[Ambiroa]

I agree on the 4th, the GPU and the ability to double the ram make it the best choice.

[MillbrookWest]

45 minutes ago, GinKenshin said:

https://imgur.com/emmTfbq

This one has the best legs, but i'd wager it's got the biggest price tag to match it.

4GB RAM is too little though, and you'd need to fork out for extra DIMMs. If the laptop comes with spare slots, you can just buy two more matching dimms, if not, you are going to be burning money away having that 4GB taken out and sitting on a shelf, as the new dimms will take their slots.

2GB VRAM is also too little - at least by today's standard for 1080p gaming.

But, if you aren't expecting to be blown away, it's the best bet.

Personally, buy one of the cheaper laptops for University work, preferably one of the lighter ones (pro tip!), at 2.5KG the one above if damned heavy! I used one of the earlier Surface models for my Uni work, and it worked just fine. In your spare time, do some odd jobs (your university will usually have something floating about too!) and save up for a better performing PC (they will all be better than the laptop listed!) 

EDIT:
Any work done for the Uni also looks good on your CV (two birds one stone), implies you have initiative...just don't tell them it was all for a gaming PC ;)

Edited September 16, 2017 by MillbrookWest

[GinKenshin]

1 hour ago, JSharpie said:

In my experience, no laptop is good for gaming, even the ones built for gaming. If you're forcing me to pick though, all of them suck. 4GB of DDR4 ram is not enough.

Totally agree with you, but I'm an international student with basically no place to call home so laptop is the only choice xD 

[artemisfortune]

18 minutes ago, GinKenshin said:

Totally agree with you, but I'm an international student with basically no place to call home so laptop is the only choice xD 

There are ways to build a portable desktop. It'll be cheaper than buying one of these laptops, and be more powerful.

[xXDeadsinxX]

Buying your own parts and building it is the best option to do for gaming. Laptops aren't the best for gaming, a desktop is.