Do I need an expensive gaming laptop to play wow?
My PC needs to be replaced so I wasn’t sure if I should go with a laptop at this point.
PC > Laptop any day of the week. You’d be better off buying upgrade replacement parts for your PC if you already have one.
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Pc is always better for gaming
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Go desktop unless you just have to have the portability of a laptop. You can always upgrade the desktop later. It’s a better investment.
I use a laptop for playing this. There is no clear cut answer as both can work just fine. This game is optimized best for high frequency single cores. Even though it has some multicore support, it’s not very good. My 4.1GHz 6-core CPU can range from 40-300 fps in this game.
Pc…most laptops r not even close to the specs needed for wow
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I think the whole notion that you need desktop to be a serious gamer is phasing out with how advanced laptops are getting. Without going to tippy top end of specs, you can get a very good laptop for a pretty decent budget. The MSI GS63 is a great example (i7 8700, 16gb ddr4 RAM, nvidia 1060 6gb GPU) for $1500, and you get the “go anywhere” convenience. Can run on 7 in 20man+ raids and play most other games on high-ultra at 60 fps.
I would like to get a desktop at some point again, but currently in school with a part time overnight job where I can take my laptop with me, laptop was 100% the move. I just use it as a tower and hook it up to a gaming monitor+mouse+keyboard and it serves as dual screen as well. Very nice setup for me; I could certainly have higher specs with a PC for a similar price range but this very cost efficient and convenient for me, and the performance is still superb.
My friend bought somewhat gaming laptop for 600ish has a mx940 in it and gets like 80 fps on lvlt 4
I have a beast of a gaming laptop but I paid a pretty penny for mine… I’m an over the road truck driver so have having desktop is really not an option…
I have an ASUS ROG 17.3
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Wrong! I play on a gaming laptop i can run all settings on ultra without problem. Just make sure you have a good cooling pad. I payed about 2000 for my laptop and have never regretted it. Plus i can take it with me if need be.
PC all day without question
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PC unless you are very mobile and build over buy.
I go laptop simply because I travel a lot for work and can easily take the game with me. There is definitely a performance penalty with a laptop. Laptops are inherently unsuited for gaming; along with the miniaturization of the components the cooling airflow is simply not as good through a laptop. Lack of airflow results in heating which causes the processors to reduce speed to maintain temperature within acceptable limits.
Go desktop unless you need the portability of a laptop. I get by with mine but even with a pretty good processor and graphics card my fps is usually pretty garbage.
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Yeah, I’m not sure where he got that information. Most laptops I’ve seen meet the recommended requirements. It all depends on what graphics mode you’re shooting for.
If you are willing to cut down on the object distance scale and disable some object detail, an Acer laptop with an Intel HD card will easily handle WoW, especially if you have around 8 GB RAM
I bought a nice i7 laptop for like 1200 bucks and it runs most games very smoothly.
I use both. I have a monster PC that crushes the game and is obviously my preferred platform but I travel a lot so I also play it on my rMBP and it plays very nicely there as well.
Lol my laptop has a gtx 1060 has 16gig of ram Plays wow on Max settings without a hitch
Depends on how much money you have relative to what needs to be replaced on your PC, what games you plan on playing, and do you want to play anywhere at anytime.
All you’ll need is a smartphone in a year or so
Go buy yourself a decent case and learn to build a desktop PC.
It isn’t a complicated as you think it may be. In the long run it will save you money. Because you will only have to replace parts over the long haul.
Laptops have much shorter life spans and normally can’t be upgraded to the extent a desktop can.