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Laptop For Final Fantasy 14 (Single Player games too)?

I know they haven't revealed a release date, let alone the system requirements. However I've never gone laptop shopping before and I was wondering what would be a good one for when it comes out. In the mean time I'll most likely use it for single player games like Dragon Age Origins or Mass Effect. The main purpose of it is for college, however in my downtime I do enjoy playing video games casually.

My price range is around $800-1,200. I've been trying to compare the game's requirements to what the laptop has, but there's so much to look at such as graphics cards, ghz, etc. I'm afraid I might miss one detail and then realize I can't play a game smoothly. I understand playing PC games are better/cheaper for a Desktop, however in that sense I would rather just pay for one good laptop then spend a lot on a Desktop AND a laptop too.

Any websites, helpful advice, or linking laptops would be great. I'll appreciate any help you guys can give this student.
  • 6 months ago
burntprimate by burntpri...
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Usually anything that goes beyond the game's video card requirement will also go beyond the rest of the requirements, as the video card is usually the most expensive part in a laptop (And thus the company will get the rest up to speed first, if you wanna look at it like that)
Any $1,000 laptop should, in a moral world, get you decent gaming (No anti-aliasing, or anything like that), but to compare I've got an ~$800 HP DV-6 model that does me quite well.
Things you'll look for to get the best value:
A LOWER resolution -- Laptops aren't designed for super high resolutions when playing games. Something around 1360x768 is prolly ideal.
Something ABOVE a Radeon 4650 -- This is one of the most common cards in a laptop from what I've seen, and plays decently at 1360x768, but if you can go higher, do it.

Again, the main one is the video card, since most games only need 2GB to play smooth and very few games will ever max out a processor noticably.

Don't go by the "Recommended" specs on the box of a game. Crysis suggested GPUs that were available a couple of years ago, but we're just now getting past the point of playing it. Just food for thought.

Source(s):

Experience, built several computers.
  • 6 months ago
Asker's Rating:
5 out of 5
Asker's Comment:
Very insightful. I appreciate it!
Dude, you have to join my linkshell when it comes out! Red Mage 4evah!!!

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