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You can spend anywhere from a few $100 to a few $1000 on a laptop, so that makes a big difference.
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You can spend anywhere from a few $100 to a few $1000 on a laptop, so that makes a big difference.
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Personally I have a soft-spot for AMD-based laptops. They have better power efficiency and better bang for buck with integrated graphics, and also have a proper bundled GPU driver on Linux (although, it's not necessarily as good quality as Nvidia, YMMV).
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Personally I have a soft-spot for AMD-based laptops. They have better power efficiency and better bang for buck with integrated graphics, and also have a proper bundled GPU driver on Linux (although, it's not necessarily as good quality as Nvidia, YMMV).
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NOTE: I'm NOT running on Linux currently, I've found in general it's just that little bit too much extra hassle on laptops. I can recommend WSL if you can deal with Windows/Linux mix.
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NOTE: I'm NOT running on Linux currently, I've found in general it's just that little bit too much extra hassle on laptops. I can recommend WSL if you can deal with Windows/Linux mix.
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I switched to my internal GPU, AMD 780M, and did a couple of tests running a 10v10 replay. Figures from the start of the game, so they will only get worse.
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I switched to my internal GPU, AMD 780M, and did a couple of tests running a 10v10 replay. Figures from the start of the game, so they will only get worse.
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- 1080p resolution, high settings - 20fps
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- 1080p resolution, high settings - 20fps
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- 1080p resolution, medium settings - 45fps
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- 1080p resolution, medium settings - 45fps
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- 1080p resolution, low settings - 100fps
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- 1080p resolution, low settings - 100fps
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- 4K resolution, high settings - 10fps
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- 4K resolution, high settings - 10fps
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If
it's
in
your
range,
something
like
https://www.
dell.
com/en-uk/shop/laptops-2-in-1-pcs/new-inspiron-16-laptop/spd/inspiron-16-5645-laptop/cn56403sc
might
be
alright.
£700
here
in
the
UK
for
an
AMD
8840U,
I'm
confident
it
has
enough
in
the
CPU:
I
have
7940HS,
which
is
a
little
faster
than
the
8840U,
but
as
you
see
it
can
push
100fps
at
least.
For
the
GPU
it
packs
a
760M
which
I
believe
is
about
2/3
of
the
780M,
so
you
talking
about
peaking
at
30fps
with
1080p/medium
and
it
will
drop
off
as
the
amount
onscreen
increases.
You
might
find
you
have
to
reduce
the
resolution
and/or
graphics
settings
from
that
to
sustain
a
decent
frame
rate.
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If
it's
in
your
range,
something
like
https://www.
dell.
com/en-uk/shop/laptops-2-in-1-pcs/new-inspiron-16-laptop/spd/inspiron-16-5645-laptop/cn56403sc
might
be
alright.
£700
here
in
the
UK
for
an
AMD
8840U,
I'm
confident
it
has
enough
in
the
CPU:
I
have
7940HS,
which
is
a
little
faster
than
the
8840U,
but
as
you
see
it
can
push
100fps
at
least.
For
the
iGPU
the
8840U
packs
a
760M
which
I
believe
is
about
2/3
of
the
780M,
so
you
talking
about
peaking
at
30fps
with
1080p/medium
and
it
will
drop
off
as
the
amount
onscreen
increases.
You
might
find
you
have
to
reduce
the
resolution
and/or
graphics
settings
from
that
to
sustain
a
decent
frame
rate.
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If you want to push 4K at high settings then you're talking about needing a top-end Nvidia mobile GPU - interestingly this does seem to have improved recently, it seems in 4K/high I can stay comfortably above 30fps on a 4070, whereas it used to be sketchier.
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If you want to push 4K at high settings then you're talking about needing a top-end Nvidia mobile GPU - interestingly this does seem to have improved recently, it seems in 4K/high I can stay comfortably above 30fps on a 4070, whereas it used to be sketchier.
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My daughter spilled liquid on my laptop.