Laptop

**Phyrelight** · 10-12-12, 01:23 PM

You will get far superior video performance results with a desktop build in that price range.

**SovietDooM** · 10-12-12, 01:24 PM

Always gonna get hella more performance for less money on a desktop over medium grade laptop for a few hundred more. If you want medium BF3 with the ability to play where anywhere, your looking at around 750 to 900. If you want to invest in a destkop that will be able to play BF3 on ultra and have a several years of future games running high specs but you can't play in different places simply, looking at 600 to 800 for a desktop.

If you want to burn money go high end desktop, if your afraid you money wants to kill you and need to get rid of it all, go high end laptop.

**SovietDooM** · 10-12-12, 01:26 PM

You can compare the laptop GPU to my desktops card considering the rigs are around the same price.

**HeavyG** · 10-13-12, 07:26 AM

Civil, do you already have a laptop? If so, keep that one running for school (do a reformat if necessary).

Being a gamer, you would be much happier on the desktop. I have never been able to buy a "gaming laptop" that met my expectations in actual performance.

**CivilWars** · 10-13-12, 11:19 AM

Ok, I think I may have confused the conversation a bit, so let me clarify.

This is not for me personally, but for my son for his B-day. I have both a desktop and laptop that work fine. He currently has my old desktop, core 2 duo, 8800GT, blah, blah, blah. He wants a new computer that will play BF3 and some other games as well. So, my question is should I gut the desktop he has, and rebuild it with new components, or just buy him a laptop that can be used for gaming, but also for schoolwork and such?

**SuperBadAce** · 10-13-12, 02:52 PM

I have a Dell XPS 15 inch. i5 processor, 6 gb memory, NVIDIA GT 540m. Runs BF3 no problems. Paid $900.00 a year and a half ago.

**ninja|oaklandr** · 10-13-12, 03:48 PM

Use this civil: Computer Games on Laptop Graphic Cards - Notebookcheck.net Tech

I had the same debate earlier this year. I decided to build a system because of the limitations of the mobile cards. When I was looking the difference even in mid performance was way more than $100-$200 difference.

**HeavyG** · 10-13-12, 05:38 PM

Thanks for clarifying, Civil. I still stand by the desktop if he wants to run games (for a decent while). A lappy would be able to play games, but could become obsolete much sooner.

**SovietDooM** · 10-13-12, 09:11 PM

Okay let me end this here, this community can't handle another civil war. No new computer.

**triggerhappy2005** · 10-15-12, 08:29 AM

I just bought a Sager NP9150. The specs are:

Intel Core i7-3720QM

16gb ram

Nvidia 680m GPU

Intel 520 SSD 240gb

15'.6" 95% color gamut LED screen

It runs BF3 70-100fps at 1920x1080

I sold my desktop system as this runs everything as fast and it's portable and the best part is that it doesn't look like a spaceship. It's the best computer purchase I've ever made.