Hey Everyone, I feel like this is a stupid question but i'll ask anyways, I'm planning to get a laptop for the sole purpose of playing renpy, unity, rpgm games. Being a complete novice when it comes to technology has me struggling on what to buy. Any advice on specs or recommendations on what to buy?
Laptop Recommendations!
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- Mar 28, 2019
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Your budget ?
It all begins from that question.
You don't really need an expensive laptop to run those you mentioned. These days integrated cards has advanced enough to run smoothly most of games.
It all begins from that question.
You don't really need an expensive laptop to run those you mentioned. These days integrated cards has advanced enough to run smoothly most of games.
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I use Acer Predator Helios 18, maybe a little priced, but it works like a charm
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Does it actually need to be a laptop?
You can get better for less money with a desktop, to the point that the money saved will more than cover a light-duty laptop or premium phone* to handle your mobile needs
*Fun experiment for people with the sort of USB-C hub with a HDMI output - connect your phone to a monitor, keyboard, and mouse.
You can get better for less money with a desktop, to the point that the money saved will more than cover a light-duty laptop or premium phone* to handle your mobile needs
*Fun experiment for people with the sort of USB-C hub with a HDMI output - connect your phone to a monitor, keyboard, and mouse.
it does not need to be a laptop really, i figured desktops would be more expensive
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The games on this site can nearly run on a calculator. So look to the lower end of your budget.
Specs for a laptop you want to look out for:
8GB of RAM (4 GB is still sold but if you open two tabs in your internet browser you run into performance issues).
512 GB SSD (256 is an option but it will mean you have to clean up your SSD more often. Options that include a SSD with a lower than 256 capacity should be ignored.)
Screen size of 15" or up (13" and 14" also means a small keyboard which is horrible to type on)
Even in a relatively expensive country in the relatively expensive EU you can pay €400 - €500 for a laptop that suits your needs.
Specs for a laptop you want to look out for:
8GB of RAM (4 GB is still sold but if you open two tabs in your internet browser you run into performance issues).
512 GB SSD (256 is an option but it will mean you have to clean up your SSD more often. Options that include a SSD with a lower than 256 capacity should be ignored.)
Screen size of 15" or up (13" and 14" also means a small keyboard which is horrible to type on)
Even in a relatively expensive country in the relatively expensive EU you can pay €400 - €500 for a laptop that suits your needs.
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Grow up! Be mature and buy what YOU think is best for You.
PS: Sounds harsh, but You will never get a satisfin' answer here
(too much Nerds).
In the end You have to go to the shop and buy what You want!
Try r´thw tech out, jump into it... If it sux, you can return that tech within your country's return policy.
Easy peasy.
PS: Sounds harsh, but You will never get a satisfin' answer here
(too much Nerds).In the end You have to go to the shop and buy what You want!
Try r´thw tech out, jump into it... If it sux, you can return that tech within your country's return policy.
Easy peasy.
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A good trick if you are not tech-savy and want to play games is to check the minimum requirements of the latest popular game, in this case Starfield:
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and use that as a base. The minimum requirements for that PC would be between 600-700 dollars range, so if you want to push it to 1k-ish, you could look into having more RAM or a slightly better GPU.I understand what you mean, thank you for your words of wisdom and like you said, worse comes to worse i'll just return itGrow up! Be mature and buy what YOU think is best for You.
PS: Sounds harsh, but You will never get a satisfin' answer here
In the end You have to go to the shop and buy what You want!
Try r´thw tech out, jump into it... If it sux, you can return that tech within your country's return policy.
Easy peasy.
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just as a note: I went with you only playing games on this site/using the internet/editing documents like word or excel. If you have other plans with your laptop/PC it might change the specs.
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all engines you provided can be done with a base level laptop with cheap specs, now if you added unreal engine to that list then i would suggest a much more buffed out spec, but you didnt include that so entry level laptops should be fine
So I ended up getting a MSI Computer GF63, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Graphics, 15.6" 8GB 256GB Intel Core i5-10300H X4 2.5GHz Win10, Black and it's great but the battery drains quite fast, not that I'm complaining. Thank you all for your advise seriously!
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