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ORIGINAL: Joseignacio

Hello.

I know laptops are weaker in components than the same price desktops but I take my computer to many places and I want a laptop for playing...

Ok, my laptop i s getting older and is having some problems with some 3D games, so I am giving it to my mom, whose needs aren't a really new one, as you can imagine.

I have been thinking of buying another Dell, like this one laptop because Dell lets you configure how you like it and I know (by experience too) that the real bottleneck in a standard laptop (and sometimes in desktops) for a gamer is the Graphics Card, so I would only need to buy a standard one with a potent GC.

1 - I would appreciate any recommendation of a good but not too expensive GC to include in the set.

2 - Since it looks probable I will be to NY by September, I wonder if because of taxes' matters and the known "lower prices" because of the competence for the tourists' business it would be better to buy a gamers computer in NY, taking advantage too of the temporary weakness of $ against €.

What do you think?

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ORIGINAL: Joseignacio

Thanks.

I dont have problems to run MWIF even in my older laptop. Thanks for your input anyway, I will keep it in mind. What I was more worried aboud was about other games, like 3D graphics games (Heroes of Might and Magic VI or Age of Wonders III) who need stronger GC. And the future ones to come.

Any more insights?

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ORIGINAL: Joseignacio

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1033713-REG/asus_republic_of_gamers_g750jm_ds71.html

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ORIGINAL: Numdydar

Not as much as you might think. I read a review and it topped out at about 80db under full load. Most of the time it was around 60db which was when running the majority of the  tests.

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ORIGINAL: AxelNL

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ORIGINAL: Numdydar

Not as much as you might think. I read a review and it topped out at about 80db under full load. Most of the time it was around 60db which was when running the majority of the  tests.

60db is not bad for such a monster, although still noisy as it is comparable to background music. 80db is standing 15 meters from a passing freight train.
see http://airportnoiselaw.org/dblevels.html

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ORIGINAL: Boschy

Look up the MSI Ghost GS60 2PC. i7, 16Gb, 2 x SSD, nVidia GTX G860m and all in 1.9 kg.

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ORIGINAL: Zorachus99

The most important thing to any laptop purchase is the screen IMHO.

I would get as many pixels as you can afford. MWIF will eat every single one very thirstily. My laptop has 1920x1200 resolution. My desktop has 2560x1600.

As far as graphics card goes, I think a toaster could run this game. No insult intended. No 3d Acceleration required. [:D]

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ORIGINAL: Joseignacio

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ORIGINAL: AxelNL

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ORIGINAL: Numdydar

Not as much as you might think. I read a review and it topped out at about 80db under full load. Most of the time it was around 60db which was when running the majority of the  tests.

60db is not bad for such a monster, although still noisy as it is comparable to background music. 80db is standing 15 meters from a passing freight train.
see http://airportnoiselaw.org/dblevels.html

I don't know about sound measures, so ... are you serious? Almost like having a train 15 meters away? [X(]

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ORIGINAL: Joseignacio

Ufff. I cannot stand a vaccum cleaner in the room while playing. Not to speak of not hearing the sounds of the game.

I saw this one recently:

http://www.dominiovirtual.es/portatil-asus-n76vmt5030v-equipo-espanol-windows-home-premium-bluray-p-46191.html

Although the text is in Spanish there is few to translate, it's all specifications...

Intel® Core™ i7-3610QM Processor (6M Cache, up to 3.30 GHz)
DDR3 de 8 GB
SATA de 1TB
NVidia GT630M

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ORIGINAL: AxelNL

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ORIGINAL: Joseignacio

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ORIGINAL: AxelNL

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ORIGINAL: Numdydar

Not as much as you might think. I read a review and it topped out at about 80db under full load. Most of the time it was around 60db which was when running the majority of the� tests.

60db is not bad for such a monster, although still noisy as it is comparable to background music. 80db is standing 15 meters from a passing freight train.
see http://airportnoiselaw.org/dblevels.html

I don't know about sound measures, so ... are you serious? Almost like having a train 15 meters away? [X(]

Sound is subjective, but 80db is very loud - more noise than vacuum cleaning. I myself like a silent running PC. which still have lots of power. But than you come into the realm of self-built desktops in order not to let the budget go sky-high. e.g. there are cooling fans in the market which make much less noise than standard fans, being larger than normal, spinning slower and use magnets and oil instead of normal sleeve bearing which will start to wear down and make more noise over time.