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[Badmojo15]

Hello everyone I was just wondering if this game would run well on The aravge laptop what laptop whould you recommend that I get for this game?

[Badmojo15]

Hello everyone I was just wondering if this game would run well on The aravge laptop what laptop whould you recommend that I get for this game?
For it to run Smoothly.

[Dataman]

eehhh.. you should use edit feature...

if yours can run crysis 2, I assume it's fine to run MWO

[Naduk]

crysis2 is a good starting point however using the same engine is where any similarity's end
simplest way to look at it is you want the best specs you can get

if you can run battlefield 3,witcher2 or any other highly taxing game in high or better you will be more than ready for MWO
if you cant run crysis2 ..... start saving lots and lots of money

this website is a good place to compare your rig to what other games are demanding (needs java)
quite helpful when you dont want to just go buy games to stress test your machine

with every new feature that requires an advanced video effect (Google and learn about "shaders" if your in the dark here)
that the developers add, it will push up the minimum system requirements, especially if they deem said effect to be vital to game play
(this could be something like a specific heat effect on your screen if you fire a ppc) as it may break the game balance if players are allowed to turn this visual feature off, it becomes enforced and the system specs rise along with it

most of the time individual features are handled by the engine as is, but with any game not specifically in the same category as the game the engine was designed for (crysis is a FPS, MWO is a mech sim) you need to add more and more things to achieve all the effects you desire

so while crysis2 is a good solid base to compare your Rig too, MWO is likely going to have higher requirements

[Mason Grimm]

Moving to HARDWARE

[Vulpesveritas]

Badmojo15, on 29 March 2012 - 10:32 PM, said:

Hello everyone I was just wondering if this game would run well on The aravge laptop what laptop whould you recommend that I get for this game?
For it to run Smoothly.

By an "average" laptop i am assuming in the $400-750 range?
In which case you'll want an AMD A8 APU in your Laptop.
http://www.newegg.co...ue=394%3A266748
A step down is an A6 APU.

[Catamount]

I wouldn't want to run on anything less than an A8.

Trinity should be too any time now, shouldn't it? The "average" laptop isn't going to run games, period, since the average laptop is running a mediocre processor and integrated Intel graphics, but it's certainly possible to get a laptop at "average price" that'll do sort of okay.


OP, is there some particular reason as to why you need a laptop? That's usually the first question to ask anyone buying one for gaming. A desktop will net you far better performance for the price.

[Dataman]

Catamount, on 30 March 2012 - 09:36 AM, said:

I wouldn't want to run on anything less than an A8.

Trinity should be too any time now, shouldn't it? The "average" laptop isn't going to run games, period, since the average laptop is running a mediocre processor and integrated Intel graphics, but it's certainly possible to get a laptop at "average price" that'll do sort of okay.


OP, is there some particular reason as to why you need a laptop? That's usually the first question to ask anyone buying one for gaming. A desktop will net you far better performance for the price.

maybe he needs laptop for mobility, work, and some occasional gaming...

and like Catamount said, average laptop (even a bit higher) won't run game as smooth as $1000-1100 PC.

but if you insist on laptop, I recommend Asus G53SX (around $1400-1500)

Edited by Dataman, 30 March 2012 - 10:41 AM.

[Vulpesveritas]

Catamount, on 30 March 2012 - 09:36 AM, said:

I wouldn't want to run on anything less than an A8.

Trinity should be too any time now, shouldn't it? The "average" laptop isn't going to run games, period, since the average laptop is running a mediocre processor and integrated Intel graphics, but it's certainly possible to get a laptop at "average price" that'll do sort of okay.


OP, is there some particular reason as to why you need a laptop? That's usually the first question to ask anyone buying one for gaming. A desktop will net you far better performance for the price.

I'm not sure of laptop APUs, which I believe are slated for late US Q1 2012 (which means May-June) and that the desktop FM2 motherboards won't drop till June, and the desktop processors in July for Trinity. I believe that ULV APUs come out in late summer / early fall. Just basing it by what I've read.

Anyhow, yeah for the same cost you can build / buy a better desktop if you already have a monitor and a mouse/KB if you're sub $600. At $~700 your best bet is going to be a desktop.

Though it partially depends on your budget.
Sub-$1000 for a laptop, for the most part your best bet now is an AMD A8, after trinity comes out an AMD A10. Over $1000 you have some more gaming options that will be better, such as that Asus model.

[Chiyeko Kuramochi]

You can get lucky with laptops sometimes, I did 2.5 years ago with mine, (700 euro) it was very good compared to the rest and even a year later I could get the same performance I had for the same price So if you are on a budget and need a laptop, do your research sometimes there are some gems hidden around. Just be aware, that unlike a desktop the lifespan of a laptop is a lot shorter and without solid ways to improve it.

[Catamount]

My friend in the UK payed like 500-550 pounds or so for a pretty solid gaming laptop. I don't recall the exact GPU, but it was something equivalent to my mobile 5730 within the 6000 series, so it was pretty decent for the price.

We still need to make sure that's really what the OP wants though

[Victor Morson]

My girlfriend recently picked up a laptop that runs Crysis 2 at an acceptable frame rate after researching it - and doing major research into purchasing it from many different vendors, this isn't some random grab at Alienware or something - and it cost nearly $1,500.

You could get one that would run the Crysis 2 at a subpar frame rate for about $1,000.

Of course, this is just the engine. MWO might keep the graphics as such that a $1,000 laptop could run the game very well. Unlike the first Crysis, Crysis 2 was optimized for consoles* and it's engine is considerably better. We'll have to see.

* Thank God for the console generations lasting so long. It's resulted in some really optimized engines from what we saw some years back, as nobody would ever make an engine that's not console-friendly. There's a reason a 4 year old computer can run BF3 at 50FPS. It's made PC gaming viable again without the processor arms race.

[Charles Martel]

My laptop runs Crysis2 and MWLL fine. Not at insane-o-max settings but good enough to ooooh and ahhhhhh over the visuals.

ASUS G74SX

That said, if you MUST have a laptop, look into the video performance of models you're considering. A regular $400 Wally World Special isn't going to cut it.

Edited by Charles Martel, 09 April 2012 - 01:24 AM.