- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
Recommend a 'gaming' laptop.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 6:13 am
Posted on 4/28/17 at 6:13 am
Will use for Autodesk Revit software program, but I was told a gaming machine is a cheaper alternative to an engineering work station.
quote:
Operating System ...Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit: Enterprise, or Pro
CPU Type Single- or Multi-Core Intel® Pentium®, Xeon®, or i-Series processor or AMD® equivalent with SSE2 technology. Highest affordable CPU speed rating recommended. Autodesk Revit software products will use multiple cores for many tasks, using up to 16 cores for near-photorealistic rendering operations.
Memory 4 GB RAM Usually sufficient for a typical editing session for a single model up to approximately 100 MB on disk. This estimate is based on internal testing and customer reports. Individual models will vary in their use of computer resources and performance characteristics. Models created in previous versions of Revit software products may require more available memory for the one-time upgrade process.
Video Display 1280 x 1024 with true color Video Adapter Basic Graphics: Display adapter capable of 24-bit color Advanced Graphics: DirectX® 11 capable graphics card with Shader Model 3. A list of certified cards can be found on the Autodesk Certified Hardware page.
Disk Space 5 GB free disk space Media Download or installation from DVD9 or USB key
Pointing Device MS-Mouse or 3Dconnexion® compliant device
Browser Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 (or later) ConnectivitY...
This post was edited on 4/28/17 at 7:15 am
6
Posted on 4/28/17 at 7:57 am to Gaston
That honestly looks like any laptop will do
Posted on 4/28/17 at 8:17 am to Hu_Flung_Pu
Those are the minimums, I know though...I read it after I cut and pasted it and realized how basic the minimums are.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 8:46 am to Gaston
What if a "dad" were looking to possibly buy his son a nice gaming laptop? For actual gaming....What would a clueless dad look for?
Posted on 4/28/17 at 8:51 am to Boudreaux35
I'm not an expert on hardware but I'd go to the Gaming board for more help. Copy and paste the link I provided in my previous post and see how that fares. Usually you are looking at the graphics card for a gaming laptop/computer. You might need to look into getting a hybrid drive that has some SSD (Solid State Drive, quicker,non-mechanical,expensive) memory and a good bit of HDD (Standard Hard drive that is mechanical and spins, slower,cheap) memory.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 9:41 am to Gaston
Alienware laptops
or Razer
or Razer
Posted on 4/28/17 at 9:48 am to Gaston
I have a Toshiba Qosmio for gaming. It has an Nvidia Chipset for the video. It's older (Windows 7) but it played some of the higher end graphics intensive games when I used it for that.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 11:31 am to Boudreaux35
Posted on 4/28/17 at 11:45 am to Hu_Flung_Pu
Bought this:
MSI
I wanted a cool thin computer, but I need the number keypad and DVD writer and decent battery. Ugh, I searched every damn brand and this looked like the most powerful machine for the money. It's a pig though. Oh well.
MSI
I wanted a cool thin computer, but I need the number keypad and DVD writer and decent battery. Ugh, I searched every damn brand and this looked like the most powerful machine for the money. It's a pig though. Oh well.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 11:53 am to Gaston
If I had to buy one myself right now, I'd take a hard look at MSI.
LINK
I was browsing through a Best Buy recently and they had a couple models of MSI next to a couple by Alienware. From an aesthetic / construction standpoint (based on a very brief inspection), the MSI just felt better put together to me. Didn't feel cheap and junky the way many cheap laptops do. I haven't owned one, though, so don't know how well it will hold up over time; but it gave me a favorable impression. I think most of their gaming models have the somewhat gaudy keyboard backlighting (not sure if it turns off), but that wouldn't bother me personally. I'd still buy one if I were in the market right now (and I'm a non-gamer in my 40s). I also see a blurb about mobile workstations on the site I linked, and these look more traditional, but I'm not sure if they start upcharging for more business oriented looks when you can get better specs for the gamer ones.
As far as performance specs, I have no idea. I'm sure there are benchmarks on MSI vs Alienware vs Asus vs others... but I don't know what that would mean in real world performance with Autodesk. It looks like your specs are pretty forgiving (though I'm entirely unfamiliar with graphics specs (DirectX 11 & Shader Model 3).
Maybe you could look up a couple sites like the MSI link above... plus Alienware, Asus, etc. (and pretty much every maker Dell (Alienware), HP, Toshiba will have gaming lines if you're partial to a brand) then bounce your specs off their pre-sales team and let them throw some quotes at you.
LINK
I was browsing through a Best Buy recently and they had a couple models of MSI next to a couple by Alienware. From an aesthetic / construction standpoint (based on a very brief inspection), the MSI just felt better put together to me. Didn't feel cheap and junky the way many cheap laptops do. I haven't owned one, though, so don't know how well it will hold up over time; but it gave me a favorable impression. I think most of their gaming models have the somewhat gaudy keyboard backlighting (not sure if it turns off), but that wouldn't bother me personally. I'd still buy one if I were in the market right now (and I'm a non-gamer in my 40s). I also see a blurb about mobile workstations on the site I linked, and these look more traditional, but I'm not sure if they start upcharging for more business oriented looks when you can get better specs for the gamer ones.
As far as performance specs, I have no idea. I'm sure there are benchmarks on MSI vs Alienware vs Asus vs others... but I don't know what that would mean in real world performance with Autodesk. It looks like your specs are pretty forgiving (though I'm entirely unfamiliar with graphics specs (DirectX 11 & Shader Model 3).
Maybe you could look up a couple sites like the MSI link above... plus Alienware, Asus, etc. (and pretty much every maker Dell (Alienware), HP, Toshiba will have gaming lines if you're partial to a brand) then bounce your specs off their pre-sales team and let them throw some quotes at you.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 12:30 pm to Gaston
quote:
Bought this:
MSI
I wanted a cool thin computer, but I need the number keypad and DVD writer and decent battery. Ugh, I searched every damn brand and this looked like the most powerful machine for the money. It's a pig though. Oh well.
Ahh... you must've posted this just when I started typing out my last reply. I'd be curious to know your thoughts once you're able to get your hands on it, since it caught my eye as a laptop I'd consider for myself.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 1:02 pm to Gaston
I just got back from Costco and they had exactly what you're looking for. I'll post it for whoever else wants to look
Posted on 4/28/17 at 5:26 pm to Gaston
I hate that it didn't have a SSD though but you can upgrade that later
Posted on 4/28/17 at 6:09 pm to Gaston
Asus RoG
This post was edited on 4/28/17 at 6:10 pm
Page 1 of 1
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News