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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
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EJK
United States1302 Posts
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GUNZx5
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Option 1: http://www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-i7559-763BLK-Full-HD-GeForce/dp/B015PYYDMQ/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1451354834&sr=1-4&keywords=gaming laptop -I5 6500 -GTX 960M 4gb -256 ssd (which is enough space for me). Option 2: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232848 -I7 4720 -GTX 960M 2gb Any input and reasoning as to why one would be better would be greatly appreciated! | ||
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
On December 29 2015 11:17 GUNZx5 wrote: So I am looking to buy one of these laptops. Both are very similar with slightly different specs and I am unsure which would be better. I'm looking to play starcraft/overwatch and probably other games and wondering which will give me the better performance. Option 1: http://www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-i7559-763BLK-Full-HD-GeForce/dp/B015PYYDMQ/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1451354834&sr=1-4&keywords=gaming laptop -I5 6500 -GTX 960M 4gb -256 ssd (which is enough space for me). Option 2: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232848 -I7 4720 -GTX 960M 2gb Any input and reasoning as to why one would be better would be greatly appreciated! well the SSD offers much better quality of life and responsiveness than an HDD does intel 6xxx is better than 4xxx in terms of single thread performance, which is what you want for starcraft based on hardware alone, i'd certainly go for dell's offering rather than asus's | ||
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z0rz
United States350 Posts
Should I: -Get a 1440p FreeSync monitor and see how my 7990 handles it, upgrade to Fury X if I need more horsepower -Just go all in with 980Ti and 1440p G-Sync monitor Obviously the second option will net the best performance, but is it worth the extra cost vs the first option? I can hold 100+ FPS on high/max settings on most games at 1080p, for reference. | ||
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Craton
United States17254 Posts
I can tell you that a single GTX 780 6GB runs Witcher 3 on ultra 1440p at ~30fps average and two in SLI ~60. If I did everything over again I'd go with 1080p instead of the 1440p I use. I can't really speak to FreeSync vs G-Sync, though. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20318 Posts
1440p is going to be about double the load of a 1080p. 1.78x more pixels, but actual FPS drop seems to be a bit less than that - so 1080p would run likely ~1.65x higher FPS. It varies depending on the architecture a bit I can tell you that a single GTX 780 6GB runs Witcher 3 on ultra 1440p at ~30fps average and two in SLI ~60. Yeah, but i gained 50fps with a single 980 by disabling hairworks @ launch - that game gave me like 40fps at ultra, 140fps at med-upper settings at launch lol (it was sub-60fps on 1080p on the fastest single GPU at launch with everything up because of the amount of very inefficient settings) I'd rather run 1080p w/ a 980ti IMO - to run higher is to turn down graphics, run lower framerates or take the awkwardness and latency penalties of multi-GPU. You also force yourself into a cycle of aggressive upgrades to stay on the cutting edge needed to run new games on 1440p + high graphics and FPS, unless you cut back on one or more of those things. | ||
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z0rz
United States350 Posts
My 7990 is still pretty strong at this res so maybe I should just get a 1080p FreeSync monitor? But then I'm locked into AMD GPUs...  | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20318 Posts
It's not that hard to find games that you can't max and run at super high framerates - you can even add 2-4x msaa etc if you have the horsepower. Crysis 3 at 1080p with no AA only runs at ~100fps on a stock 980ti and that game is coming on three years old. You don't need the power especially if you're turning down the settings that hurt performance a lot, but it is helpful. Single GPU is notably better latency than dual IMO just buy 2016 flagship. You can do 1440p either way but it will mean turning down a lot of settings to get that ~1.7x FPS hit back on the demanding games (the beauty of a setup like that is running less demanding/older games at full resolution and FPS) 7990 and 980ti are fairly similar perf if you judge by FPS alone. 980ti is just a bit higher, single GPU, lower power, maybe more OC headroom, double VRAM, better drivers etc - all around better, but not as great as taking a big upgrade in performance at the same time | ||
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Craton
United States17254 Posts
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Leeto
United States1320 Posts
i5-2500k ASUS P8P67 motherboard GTX 705 Ti 16GB (4x4GB) G-skill ripjaws ram 250GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD 2TB WD Green 1TB Toshiba HD 500GB WD Black 550W Antec modular PSU Cooler Master Hyper 212+ cpu cooler generic dvd drive NZXT Lexa S case I'm selling it to a friend, so there is some flexibility in the pricing. Is $500-600 a good ballpark? It still runs great and can run sc2 easily, which is the heaviest thing he'll be using it for. Thanks! | ||
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XenOmega
Canada2822 Posts
Is this a good purchase as in I should take the bite? (I need to replace my laptop eventually ; but not replacing it now wouldn't kill me) | ||
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Craton
United States17254 Posts
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Roguelike
4 Posts
Ill play on low and propably stream : CPU : Intel I5 750 GPU : GeForce GTX 650 MOBO: ASUS P7H55-M Should i change something? I have a tight budget, and i only have the gpu from this Now i play on CPU : AMD PHENOM II X4 945 MOBO: GIGABYTE 770T-UD3P | ||
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Craton
United States17254 Posts
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Roguelike
4 Posts
GAAAAH I FORGOT IT That TL is not only for sc2 Sry. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20318 Posts
the GPU should be fine for low, but low end old gen and not great for raising graphics or other games. I don't think you should upgrade from one ~7 year old CPU to another ~7 year old CPU. If you're looking for low budget, you could get used sandy bridge or something like a haswell/skylake pentium. | ||
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Roguelike
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Daye911
United States12 Posts
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mantequilla
Turkey779 Posts
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