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| DG.Zeya United States. June 12 2012 08:41. Posts 39 | Profile # |
Hello Starcraft Community,
I am about to buy a new laptop for college, and although I'm going to be doing work on it, I also want to be able to play Starcraft 2 on low graphics settings (I prefer low, dunno why) at a decent fps.
So my purpose in this thread is to 1) Check that the laptop I am looking at can run SC2 and 2) Ask if any other laptops (from a list I've been looking at) would also be able to run Starcraft 2, at a cheaper price.
This is the laptop I'm looking at at the moment is the HP Pavilion dv6t-7000
: http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-Pavilion/A3F49AV?HP-Pavilion-dv6t-7000-Quad-Edition-Entertainment-Notebook-PC
It has, basically, 8 GB RAM upgradeable but is probably enough), 1 TB Hard Drive, Quad-Core 3rd-Gen Intel i7 2.3 GHz (upgradeable to higher GHz), and its graphics card is a Nvidia GeForce 630M with 1GB GDDR3 Memory. Would this be able to run Starcraft 2 smoothly?
Here is a link to a list of similar HP Pavilion dv6-series laptops. Some run on an AMD processor, and I'm not sure if that is better for Starcraft 2 or not. In fact, I'm not even very knowledgeable at all about AMD vs Intel processors: http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/search-SimpleOfferSearch?PageSize=15&search=&SearchTerm=pavilion+dv6
One that has caught my eye (because they look as if they could run Starcraft 2, and are cheaper) is the HP Pavilion dv6-6c40us (AMD processor, Quad-core, 2.5 GHz).
Any help at all would be appreciated!
Thanks very much,
DG.ZeyaLast edit: 2012-06-12 08:41:44 |
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| Kuraii Canada. June 12 2012 08:43. Posts 18 | Profile # |
| And why didn't you post this on the tech support forum? |
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| GinDo June 12 2012 08:47. Posts 2927 | Profile Blog # | |
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 OzkanTheFlip United States. June 12 2012 08:48. Posts 246 | Profile Blog # |
| probs not the right place for this thread bro |
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| GMarshal United States. June 12 2012 10:13. Posts 20826 | Profile Blog # | |
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| phar United States. June 12 2012 10:17. Posts 567 | Profile # |
| If your requirements are just low with not-very-high resolution, you can do with like a i5-3xxxm with hd4000 integrated graphics. You really don't need quad core, and you really don't need a dedicated gpu. Last edit: 2012-06-12 10:18:04 |
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| LJ June 12 2012 12:35. Posts 203 | Profile # |
| You definitly want a dedicated GPU especially if you are spending that amount of cash, the Gt630 is fairy decent but not decent enough to belong in a $900 laptop |
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| DG.Zeya United States. June 12 2012 12:42. Posts 39 | Profile # |
And why didn't you post this on the tech support forum?
probs not the right place for this thread bro
Sorry, sorry, new to TL and well I just picked the wrong thing D:
moved
Thanks very much!
As for the laptop advice- this isn't going to be a purely starcraft 2 laptop, I'm gonna be running lots of other things on it, so while I'll check out Asus, I'd rather not buy a purely gaming oriented laptop.
LJ, were you referring to the graphics card there? It will let me upgrade it to a "650M" with 2GB memory I think, is that any better, or not really?
In general guys, I'm pretty stupid when it comes to computers, so I do appreciate the help!
DG.Zeya
Edit: also, by the sounds of it (if I stick with hp) I might as well just spend a little less cash and get a slightly less powerful computer, something with I dunno, less hard drive space, less ram, maybe i5 intel processor, whatever, for cheaper. Last edit: 2012-06-12 12:43:52 |
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| CAPSLOCKLOL United States. June 12 2012 13:26. Posts 121 | Profile Blog # |
| I'm buying a laptop for college at the moment too and pretty much have the exact same requirements as you (low looks so much better than ultra for some reason). Anyways, when I made my thread on TL a few people recommended Sager and this reseller of Sager laptops, powernotebooks.com. Their prices seem to be really good and I've only heard good things about Sager laptops. Here's the model I think would fit perfectly with what you want for just a little above $700 http://www.powernotebooks.com/configure.php?special=1246 |
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| Alryk United States. June 12 2012 14:57. Posts 2229 | Profile Blog # |
Stay away from both AMD and HP. AMD makes bad processors in general compared to Intel, and HP has really bad build quality and support from my experience, and online consensus. (Others might disagree, but the dv series kinda sucks).
Do you want an ultrabook? And did you mention a budget? Ultrabooks can be a bit expensive, but fully capable of SC2 as long as you get one with a decent GPU (some of them are coming with 620M which will smoke low graphics). They're also fairly attractive, which you might like going to college. And thin = better/easier to carry.
Essentially, get a computer that is either an i5-2xxxm/3xxxm that comes with ANY nvidia graphics (GT610M or better, although 620 might be nice.), and 4gb ram, and check back on us with the price.
Imo, stay away from HP. If you want something gamer oriented that isn't flashy, here is a good place to start. You can't really distinguish it from a normal comp, but it's built for gaming, and you have a pretty wide budget. Otherwise, Lenovo and Asus should sell midrange computers with decent graphics cards, and you should soon be able to get ultrabooks with dedicated GPUs from basically anywhere soon.
Supposedly, avoid Acer as well. |
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| DG.Zeya United States. June 13 2012 00:36. Posts 39 | Profile # |
On June 12 2012 14:57 Alryk wrote:
Stay away from both AMD and HP. AMD makes bad processors in general compared to Intel, and HP has really bad build quality and support from my experience, and online consensus. (Others might disagree, but the dv series kinda sucks).
Do you want an ultrabook? And did you mention a budget? Ultrabooks can be a bit expensive, but fully capable of SC2 as long as you get one with a decent GPU (some of them are coming with 620M which will smoke low graphics). They're also fairly attractive, which you might like going to college. And thin = better/easier to carry.
Essentially, get a computer that is either an i5-2xxxm/3xxxm that comes with ANY nvidia graphics (GT610M or better, although 620 might be nice.), and 4gb ram, and check back on us with the price.
Imo, stay away from HP. If you want something gamer oriented that isn't flashy, here is a good place to start. You can't really distinguish it from a normal comp, but it's built for gaming, and you have a pretty wide budget. Otherwise, Lenovo and Asus should sell midrange computers with decent graphics cards, and you should soon be able to get ultrabooks with dedicated GPUs from basically anywhere soon.
Supposedly, avoid Acer as well.
Hi,
Thanks for the input; this seems pretty helpful. I've heard from many sources to stay away from AMD, so I'm definitely be getting an Intel-based laptop...as for the laptop (and its brand), well I guess that's where things get tricky.
I'm sort of ok with the idea of an ultrabook, but most seem to have HUGE screens, which is something I'm not fond of (15.6" or smaller is ideal). As for budget, I'm trying to stay under 1000 (since that's the scholarship I got from my school xD). It does seem that almost everywhere sells ultrabooks at this point (including HP, but because you're not the first one I've heard to stay away from them, I might not get a laptop of theirs- and their ultrabooks are pretty crappy)... I checked out Asus, and while it looks like they might have some decent computers, their site design is just damn awful, there's a billion and one models and no easy way to look at the specs on each without clicking on them. Are there any that you've heard of that are good, so I can avoid clicking through every freaking model? I'll check out Lenovo as well, though.
Another thing to note is I'm actually switching from Mac to PC. I'm pretty ambidextrous with both, but I thought I would just mention it. |
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| Caryc Germany. June 13 2012 00:41. Posts 325 | Profile # |
im buying a MSI GE60 i5 soon and i thought it has quite good speccs for the price(759 €).
unfortunately i couldnt google a us site =O
15.6" MSI, 1920x1080 FULL HD
Intel® Core™ i5-3210M Dual Core
4GB (DDR3)
500GB
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M <---! (its the better version of it afaik)
edit : 5400 rpm hdd
only found one laptop cheaper with a 650m which is an acer v3 (but has heat problems ive heard)Last edit: 2012-06-13 00:47:05 |
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| Sovano United States. June 13 2012 01:58. Posts 1264 | Profile # |
On June 13 2012 00:41 Caryc wrote:
im buying a MSI GE60 i5 soon and i thought it has quite good speccs for the price(759 €).
unfortunately i couldnt google a us site =O
15.6" MSI, 1920x1080 FULL HD
Intel® Core™ i5-3210M Dual Core
4GB (DDR3)
500GB
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M <---! (its the better version of it afaik)
edit : 5400 rpm hdd
only found one laptop cheaper with a 650m which is an acer v3 (but has heat problems ive heard)
Ugh I just cringe everytime I see a 5400 RPM HDD. 7200 RPM sometimes doesn't even satisfy me. But it sounds like those specs should be okay.Last edit: 2012-06-13 01:59:45 |
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| DG.Zeya United States. June 13 2012 04:00. Posts 39 | Profile # |
Is 5400 RPM actually slow? I was under the impression that that was decent...
In other news, TIL I learned it's damned near impossible to find a NON-GAMING (personal, ultrabook, or otherwise) laptop with some sort of decent Nvidia GT card. Pretty frustrating. I mean most decent laptops these days have the standard: i5 processor, or something of the like, 4GB RAM (or higher), and a lot of hard drive space, and you can get a nice ultrabook with that...but no good graphics. Still looking >.<
Edit: Two more questions:
1) The system requirements list for Starcraft two, found here http://us.battle.net/support/en/article/starcraft-ii-system-requirements, lists a DVD drive as necessary. Is this REALLY necessary? Because I've never used dvd drive (although it is there) on my desktop. I simply downloaded the game client from battle.net and because I bought the account from someone else, I just signed in. So much question is, do I need to buy a laptop with a DVD drive, or can I escape that option?
2) In the NVIDIA GeForce GT 6xxm series, what is the lowest that could run Starcraft 2 well on Low grapics? Could a 610m work, or is that too low?Last edit: 2012-06-13 04:07:02 |
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| amd098 Korea (North). June 13 2012 06:03. Posts 1190 | Profile Blog # |
i have a laptop from last gen, the lenovo y570
its got an i7 2670, gf 555m and 8gb of ram
runs sc2 smoothly on a mix of high/ultra, and d3 on high/med shadows
i paid $750 shipped for it, and its served me well |
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| DG.Zeya United States. June 13 2012 09:56. Posts 39 | Profile # |
I found a decent Lenovo laptop, I think- it's processor, RAM, and hard drive space are fine, and it's decently cheap (~$800) but I'm worried about the graphics card and the resolution. The graphics cards is AMD Radeon HD6470M 1GB, and the resolution is 16 , 1366x768. Link for the curious: http://www.lenovo.com/products/us/laptop/ideapad/u-series/u400/
Is this a possibility, or no?Last edit: 2012-06-13 10:38:28 |
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| Jaso United States. June 13 2012 10:16. Posts 1505 | Profile Blog # |
| Laptops in the Lenovo Y series will give you a better graphics card than a HD6470M, but they won't be as slim or portable as the U400. |
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| DG.Zeya United States. June 13 2012 10:39. Posts 39 | Profile # |
On June 13 2012 10:16 Jaso wrote:
Laptops in the Lenovo Y series will give you a better graphics card than a HD6470M, but they won't be as slim or portable as the U400.
I looked at that series- those computers sure have power, but they're big, ugly, and clunky. Could I get by on starcraft 2 low settings a decent fps with the HD6490M (on the U400)?
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| LJ June 13 2012 11:35. Posts 203 | Profile # |
The 6490M is a fair bit weaker than the 630M for example but it would starcraft on low (have you seen what starcraft 2 looks like on low?) Any laptop with a dedicated graphics card will run starcraft on low at 720p and I think 6490M is the current lowest spec graphics card there is which you could find in a laptop less than $500 I would guess.
You could probably get a really high spec laptop made by Clevo for about the $900 you mentioned from one of the custom places |
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| JollYRoGeR Sweden. June 13 2012 18:17. Posts 291 | Profile Blog # |
| I'm looking to buy a new computer for work that can run SC2 as well. The usual brands that are optimized for my type of work(MD on an entreprenaur company) are the likes of Lenovo, Siemens, Dell, etc.. Atm I have a Lenovo T520 with 8gb ram, 150gb SSD, Intel i7 and NVIDIA NVS 4200M. It boggles my mind that I can't run SC2 on it. Does anyone know why or what computer I should aim for. |
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