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Post by johneames on Nov 18, 2017 8:11:34 GMT
HI, I'm currently running a macbook pro 2010 i5 bootcamp windows 7 and needless to say it's very underpowered for this game especially when it is coming to later stage of the game. Frequent crashes cause me to reconsider a new laptop. However I'm torned between the MSI GX60 and the Lenovo Y500. I run my civ 5 games on 1920x1080 when i'm out of my house and run my civ 5 games on 2650x1600 on my Dell U3011 when I'm at home. I see the 7970m seems to meet my resolution needs but the i7-3630QM seems to meet my cpu need. I'm just afraid the game starts to lag too much in late game with the GX60 but on the other hand the Y500 can't handle the high resolution at the start of the game. Any advise? Please help. Thanks! I didn't find the right solution from the Internet. References: forums.2k.com/showthread.php?239551-MSI-GX60-vs-Lenovo-Y500-which-is-better-for-best-Civilization-5-big-map-game business consultancy services |
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Post by mslo79 on Nov 22, 2017 7:25:09 GMT
If you play modern games DO NOT buy a laptop as a desktop gets you more power for less $$$ and bigger screen (and not to mention can be upgraded etc)! ; that's simply a fact. the only advantage a laptop has over a desktop is portability.
in terms of general Windows based PC's... any decent i5 CPU along with a decent graphics card should be able to comfortably play modern games at 1080p(1920x1080). also, get at least 8GB of system RAM to and i would avoid getting video cards with less than 4GB of VRAM if you want to play it safe for 1080p gaming. also, get a PC with Windows 10 since it supports DirectX12 as with Windows 7 your stuck on DirectX11. at the moment that DirectX12 stuff is not a huge deal but it's the future and Windows 7 only has a bit over 2 years of support left for it as Microsoft stops supporting Windows 7 in Jan 2020.
that's some good quick advice if your going to be playing modern games on a computer.
I build my computers (i have not bought a pre-built PC since 2001), but even if you don't, getting a desktop is always going to be better than a laptop for gaming (hell, i just like desktops better because i don't care much about portability).
p.s. i have a Geforce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB graphics card, which i put into my PC back in July 2017, and it's solid for 1080p gaming and is powered from the motherboards PCI-E slot (which means it's 75watts MAX power draw) and does not need additional power connectors like many of the higher up graphics cards have. basically for a graphics card in the $150 range or less it's the best you can get (at least it was back in July and i imagine things are still pretty much the same now) as i would say any higher (i.e. 1060 cards on up(basically i would consider the 1060 the low end of the high end graphics cards from NVIDIA)) and your getting into the high end graphics cards but the costs shoot up quite a bit. basically the 1050 Ti 4GB is a solid bang-for-the-buck graphics card as if your sticking to 1080p, like i am, then i doubt you will complain about it when paired with a good CPU. i have a i3-2120 CPU (which is 2nd generation (i think 8th generation are the newest CPU's from Intel)) which i had since May 2012 even though it was released in Feb 2011. my CPU is underpowered but it's passable for me as, at this point in time, it's simply not worth upgrading my computer any further as for what it costs to upgrade my CPU (probably around $100 between CPU/heatsink) i am better off putting that towards a whole new system build because while it would be nice to get a i5 CPU in my current system it's simply not worth it given i can only use 3rd generation (Ivy Bridge) CPU's at the newest. if i could get a i5 CPU and heatsink for $30-50 range (for my current motherboard) it 'might' be worth it but that's not going to happen which means i am just going to use my current system for as long as i can as i figure i can squeeze at least another year or two out of it and by then ill be able to get even faster CPU's etc when i do build another PC for a nice cheap-ish price with a solid boost to overall system performance.
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