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    Default Laptop for gaming

    I am not looking to buy one immediately but just planning and want to know what would be the approximate expenses getting one.

    Not looking for a high-end laptop which can run everything on highest and will be able to run for any game produced in the following years.

    Since I am playing SC2, HoN, Dota2 and LoL 90% of the time I am looking for a laptop which would be able to run these games on highest settings(that would exclude shadows which hog a lot of resources and which I don't care about anyway + anti-aliasing(or w/e you call it) on 16x, maximum 4x, and nothing past trilinear filtering, maybe anistropic 2x or 4x but nothing extreme, not so picky on graphics and I don't notice the changes past those points anyway which is a waste of resources), maximum resolution naturally and 60fps at all time, fps really matters to me a lot and I've gotten to the point where I can see very clearly when the game runs at 50 or 60 fps. I hope I am making some sense here :3

    I am mainly looking for a price point because I have no idea how much this would cost me atm. I suppose SC2 or Dota2 would be the milestones since they are the most resource intense games. Like 4v4 monobattles in SC2 when the huge cluster****s happen, would be lovely to have 60fps instead of the laptop dying or simply starting to lag out.


    I realize I've made quite a decent amount of similar topics here in the past over the years but technology is developing and I was just day dreaming at that time. Now I actually have the means and resources to acquire a new computer. Hence the more specific details too.

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    To be honest, you're asking for something that high-end desktops are even struggling with.

    Get an i7 with a GTX680M/HD7970M. It'd set you back at least 1250EUR if you know where to look.


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    That so? Well I had no idea what to expect to begin with. How about medium settings instead of high? Does it change the average pricetag?

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    All depends on what happened with the consoles during those couple of years and how far engine development went. It's still safe to say that 3 to 4 year about right sounds for medium settings with gaming desktops.

    What I wrote in my previous post will get you that or close to. You'll most likely have a better PC or new laptop by than.
    quick edit: that's talking about single-card systems. SLI/CF can and probably will last a bit longer on higher settings.


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    Looks like I need to look into monthly payment plans then. Although I can't seem to find any in Dutch internet shops.

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    This might be of help.


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