Gaming Laptop Recommendation?

[Yin]

Old school RTS player here. I’ve not had a PC for the past many years, as I work on a Mac and game on PS4.

With AOE4 and Iron Harvest released, and Company of Heroes 3 just around the corner, I’m finally ready to get back into RTS gaming on a PC.

Having been out of the loop for a while, I’m looking for suggestions as to what’s a good (and affordable) laptop to get that will be able to run AOE4 on max settings, as well as the other aforementioned games. I will only be playing RTS games on it, and will not be using it for work. A desktop isn’t an option for me as I don’t have the space.

Thanks in advance, can’t wait to get back into RTS.

[OddOwl]

I would recommend that you search for your answer on Youtube. I'm sure there are some good buyer guides there. Also if you don't need it right now wait for Black Friday.

[Soulreaver]

Every Laptop with a 30 series GPU should be fine.
You might also be able to find a used one with a 20 series GPU like a 2070 or better for cheaper.

CPU: atleast 6core/12threads
RAM: 16gb

https://www.youtube.com/c/JarrodsTech
This Youtuber tests a huge amount of Laptops.
I would recommend to search for a Laptop you like and that fits your budget and then watch Jarrods test of it.

As a Sidenote:
Gaming Laptop Generations more or less go with GPU Generations. So a test of a 2060 model of a brand will also apply to a 2070/2080 model. But the 3060 (newer) Laptop model might be different from the 2060 model.

Sry if it's confusing. I just try to make it short and hope you have some basic Hardware knowledge.

[Cablelag]

1080p gaming my 1070ti on my laptop does 60 just fine.
4k laptop gaming.. that's a diff story.

[DollarCR]

引用自 Yin：

Old school RTS player here. I’ve not had a PC for the past many years, as I work on a Mac and game on PS4.

With AOE4 and Iron Harvest released, and Company of Heroes 3 just around the corner, I’m finally ready to get back into RTS gaming on a PC.

Having been out of the loop for a while, I’m looking for suggestions as to what’s a good (and affordable) laptop to get that will be able to run AOE4 on max settings, as well as the other aforementioned games. I will only be playing RTS games on it, and will not be using it for work. A desktop isn’t an option for me as I don’t have the space.

Thanks in advance, can’t wait to get back into RTS.

I would recommend the RTX 2060, I play Age IV 70-80 fps at max settings, and no matter how demanding a game is usually none go below 60.

[Yin]

I’ve decided on the Dell G15 5515 Ryzen Edition. Love how it looks and affordability. Now I just need to decide on the configuration. There are low, mid, and high end configurations.

Would the low end be powerful enough to handle all RTS games on max settings? Or would I be better off investing a bit more into a higher end model?

I live in Hong Kong, so could probably also haggle down the price by $100-200 USD for each model.

Thanks for everyone’s help!

Low:
- $1,120 USD
- AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600H 6-core/12-thread Mobile Processor
- Windows 11 Home, English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
- NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3050 4GB GDDR6
- 16 GB, 2 x 8 GB, DDR4, 3200 MHz, dual-channel
- 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
- https://www.dell.com/en-hk/shop/laptops-and-ultrabooks/g15-5515/spd/g-series-15-5515-laptop/g5515-d1550r

Mid:
- $1,540 USD
- AMD Ryzen™ 7 5800H 8-core/16-thread Mobile Processor
- Windows 11 Home, English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
- NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3050 Ti 4GB GDDR6
- 16 GB, 2 x 8 GB, DDR4, 3200 MHz, dual-channel
- 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
- https://www.dell.com/en-hk/shop/laptops-and-ultrabooks/g15-ryzen-edition-gaming-laptop/spd/g-series-15-5515-laptop/g5515-da1750r

High:
- $1,670 USD
- AMD Ryzen™ 7 5800H 8-core/16-thread Mobile Processor
- Windows 11 Home, English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
- NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3060 6GB GDDR6
- 16 GB, 2 x 8 GB, DDR4, 3200 MHz, dual-channel
- 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
- https://www.dell.com/en-hk/shop/laptops-and-ultrabooks/g15-ryzen-edition-gaming-laptop/spd/g-series-15-5515-laptop/g5515-da1760r

[Bobbynuggz]

I am honestly really happy with my Helios 300. I havent encountered a game I had any issues running yet.
warzone had me drop a couple settings from max though, but that game is super heavy to begin with.

[Delta_Assault]

Iron Harvest sucks.

[Code1920]

引用自 Bobbynuggz：

I am honestly really happy with my Helios 300. I havent encountered a game I had any issues running yet.
warzone had me drop a couple settings from max though, but that game is super heavy to begin with.

The Helios 300 is a great gaming laptop for the price the one my friend got has a RTX 2060 (6GB Graphics) with an Intel i7-10750H (10th Gen, 6 Cores, 12 Threads) clock speed upto 5Ghz (about 4.9Ghz) 2.6Ghz Base and running in battery saver mode it goes all the way down to about 0.65 Ghz. it comes with 16 GB of system RAM and you can upgrade it upto 64GB.
The Helios 300 gaming laptop comes with an NVMe SSD but also has another NVMe SSD slot ready to use, and has another optional SATA3 2.5" drive bay with and adapter.

the model my friend got comes with a 1080p IPS level display with a refresh rate of 144 Hz, choose 60 or 144 in the windows display settings.

it also has a led light up keyboard.

and with 2060 RTX it does 4k 60Hz on max for a lot of stuff.

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that being said.
I recommand making yourself a budget first to see how much your looking at spending.
I got myself an MSI GP75-Leopard (2020 year) that has a 2070 RTX (8 GB Graphics) 16GB RAM (i upgraded the ram to 64 GB), 1080p Screen at 240Hz.

[Zycat]

Buy something with a battery charge limiter feature. I'm not sure what brand has it but some has a limiter so the battery only charges to 60%. Surface series has a "Kiosk" feature that limits battery to 50%.

Why? Because you'll be plugged in most of the time (you cannot game unplugged, it will limit your frame rate) and battery is most likely the first to die in a modern laptop...if you're concerned about longevity that is, so when you're not gaming with the laptop anymore you can use it portably for something else.

[Code1920]

引用自 Zycat：

Buy something with a battery charge limiter feature...

My MSI GP75 has that feature.