Dell XPS 13, What settings should I use?

[EP977]

Hey everyone,

I am completely new to pc gaming and Day Z is the first computer game I've ever bough. I have a Dell XPS 13 with the following specs;

Dell XPS 13 9343
Intel Core i7-5500 CPU @ 2.40GHz
8GB of RAM
Intel HD Graphics 5500

I am having trouble figuring out what the optimal settings to play this game no my laptop are? I have tried searching on this forum but can't seem to find any info. Yes, I know this isn't a gaming laptop and I'm simply trying to do the best with what I have. I would love to buy a nice gaming laptop however since I'm a broke college student that is very hard to do. Regardless, if you guys could offer any advice on what the optimal settings are with what I have I would greatly appreciate it. I also have an old MacBook Pro which is bootcamped for Windows 8.1, I doubt that it can run better than my XPS but I'll include the specs just in case;

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
2.9GHZ Intel Core i7
8GB of RAM 1600 MHz
Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536MB

Thanks in advance

[Breitmacher]

both laptops dont have any real graphics card,

its called APU its cpu + gpu
both way to far below the specs,
before buying any hardware wait until you can efford a real pc.

if you wanna play it on this kind of hardware youll have to lower the scenecomplexity to like 150000

sceneComplexity=150000;
shadowZDistance=20;
viewDistance=1200;
preferredObjectViewDistance=1000;

[EP977]

Okay thanks for the info. Once I have enough money I definitely plan on building a PC or buying a laptop that can handle the game a lot better. Thanks again! Anyone else have any more tips?

[3rd party god]

good cpu but terrible graphics , youll just want to tweak any settigns that contains "extra detail" or gpu settings like texture detail and stuff but the scenecomplexity is well advised like what buddy said^

[EP977]

How do you guys think a Asus Zenbook UX303UB would do?

Specs:
Intel Core i7-6500U 2.5GHz (Turbo up to 3.1GHz). Skylake
12 GB of RAM
NVidia GT940M 2GB

I'm considering selling my Dell even though I love it because its so sleek and small. It seems that this Asus is just as sleek and only a little bit bigger. It also has the graphics card.

[EP977]

Bump

[Breitmacher]

yes the zenbook would run dayz, but ...

you will be still at the lower end on hardware and its still a notebook.
and dayz likes strong cpu so if you can efford anything above 3 ghz without turbomode,
that would help you with performance, maybe optimiziation will change it

[s T i L L]

get a gaming laptop for 2-3k $ and u should be fine with games. everything else is just not highend an u will be forced to reduce settings in upcomming games or in dayz

[EP977]

I would just like something that is very thin and sleek, most gaming laptops are just large and bulky.

[EP977]

Hey guys,
I just sold my dell so now I have cash in hand to be able to purchase another laptop. I am very interested in the Razer Blade Stealth with the Razer Core, any opinions on this computer?

[Breitmacher]

its a decent i5 3,4 ghz , but you cant overclock him like in a real pc
the good thing is you can attach it to the dockingstation and add a real ati R9 graphic card.

but its still a "crappy" laptop (8gb ram) and for 1999$ you could buy 2 real pc's or one really really good one.