Buying laptop for the game

[76561199367295198]

Hi guys! I bought the game in late October 2022 but on my current laptop it can’t be ran ( Acer Aspire 3 ). Probably in September I’ll get a new laptop for school and I want one that will run the game. Keep in mind that my budget is very tight only $625. The laptops that caught my eye were MacBook Pro 2019 16 gb ram & 256 rom, Dell Precision 7520 32 gb ram & 512 gb rom and Dell Precision 5510 32 gb ram and 512 gb rom.
MacBook Pro 2019 - Intel Core i5-8279U 2.40 GHz (6 MB); Intel Iris Plus Graphics
Dell Precision 7520 - Intel Core i7-6820HQ 2.70 GHz (8 MB); NVIDIA Quadro M1200
Dell Precision 5510 - Intel Core i7-6820HQ 2.70 GHz (8 MB); Intel HD Graphics
NVIDIA Quadro M1000M
What to choose? Any suggestions?

[Intellection]

Do not buy the 2019 MacBook Pros, they are obsolete.

For this game to run well you should have at least 16 Gbytes of RAM and 32 Gbytes would be better.

[MarkJohnson]

Also, you need a dedicated graphics card that has its own memory.

Intel Iris or HD type graphics won't cut it. They have no memory and need to use your computers resources to run the graphics.

At $625 your options will be very limited.

For CPUs the U series (i5-8279U) are ultra low powered and won't be very good. The H series are much better.

You should look at this type of laptop. I had one and it ran the game fine with a 32GB RAN update, that you can get at a later date. They usually come with 16GB RAM.

Also, laptops run hot, which means the laptop will slow down under load. Mine ran very well with the turbo mode turned off. It ran much slower, but smoothly. Turbo makes it overheat, so it has to slow itself down, then it ramps up speed as it cools down, and this constant fast/slow all of the time makes games run badly.

But at this price range, you will have few option if you want to play this game to its full potential (no workshop is advised).

I found this only model that fit the bill. it is a little more than your budget still. Maybe by Fall they will come down a little more in price?
https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-Display-i7-9750H-i7590-7865BLK-PUS/dp/B087YX5N62/ref=sr_1_5?qid=1682179030&refinements=p_36%3A2421888011%2Cp_n_feature_four_browse-bin%3A2289792011%2Cp_n_graphics_type_browse-bin%3A14292273011%2Cp_n_feature_twenty_browse-bin%3A76501071011&rnid=76501006011&s=pc&sr=1-5

[76561199367295198]

Originally posted by MarkJohnson:

Also, you need a dedicated graphics card that has its own memory.

Intel Iris or HD type graphics won't cut it. They have no memory and need to use your computers resources to run the graphics.

At $625 your options will be very limited.

For CPUs the U series (i5-8279U) are ultra low powered and won't be very good. The H series are much better.

You should look at this type of laptop. I had one and it ran the game fine with a 32GB RAN update, that you can get at a later date. They usually come with 16GB RAM.

Also, laptops run hot, which means the laptop will slow down under load. Mine ran very well with the turbo mode turned off. It ran much slower, but smoothly. Turbo makes it overheat, so it has to slow itself down, then it ramps up speed as it cools down, and this constant fast/slow all of the time makes games run badly.

But at this price range, you will have few option if you want to play this game to its full potential (no workshop is advised).

I found this only model that fit the bill. it is a little more than your budget still. Maybe by Fall they will come down a little more in price?
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I appreciate your comment by the laptop you suggest me is $1900 and that’s like five monthly salaries in my country. If you can suggest something else that is $625 and max $700. Thanks for the helpful comment! :)

[DD]

NEVER buy a computer to play any game.
Always buy the fastest most powerful system you can afford. You can never have too much speed or too much memory. No matter what you plan to use it for. Gaming, school, work. just surfing for xxx. All the same. Get the most powerful processor and the most memory and the fastest transfer rates that your money can buy.

YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MUCH ! ! !

[MarkJohnson]

Originally posted by Bizcochito8:

Originally posted by MarkJohnson:

Also, you need a dedicated graphics card that has its own memory.

Intel Iris or HD type graphics won't cut it. They have no memory and need to use your computers resources to run the graphics.

At $625 your options will be very limited.

For CPUs the U series (i5-8279U) are ultra low powered and won't be very good. The H series are much better.

You should look at this type of laptop. I had one and it ran the game fine with a 32GB RAN update, that you can get at a later date. They usually come with 16GB RAM.

Also, laptops run hot, which means the laptop will slow down under load. Mine ran very well with the turbo mode turned off. It ran much slower, but smoothly. Turbo makes it overheat, so it has to slow itself down, then it ramps up speed as it cools down, and this constant fast/slow all of the time makes games run badly.

But at this price range, you will have few option if you want to play this game to its full potential (no workshop is advised).

I found this only model that fit the bill. it is a little more than your budget still. Maybe by Fall they will come down a little more in price?
https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-Display-i7-9750H-i7590-7865BLK-PUS/dp/B087YX5N62/ref=sr_1_5?qid=1682179030&refinements=p_36%3A2421888011%2Cp_n_feature_four_browse-bin%3A2289792011%2Cp_n_graphics_type_browse-bin%3A14292273011%2Cp_n_feature_twenty_browse-bin%3A76501071011&rnid=76501006011&s=pc&sr=1-5

I appreciate your comment by the laptop you suggest me is $1900 and that’s like five monthly salaries in my country. If you can suggest something else that is $625 and max $700. Thanks for the helpful comment! :)

The one I listed was $680.00 USD. What currency do you use?

[Thagarr]

The laptop you have now should run the game just fine, this game is 8 years old! If your having issues running the game, I would suggest reformatting and starting from scratch. Upgrades should be much more affordable, more memory or a fast SSD would be a much better way to spend your money. If your looking at playing Cities Skylines 2, you will definitely need a new laptop!

Stay away from Dell anything, they are simply disposable crap and a waste of money! Buy a Lenovo, the Thinkbook series are very affordable. We don't know exactly what the system requirements for Cities Skylines 2 are yet, so you might want to hold off a bit till they announce them.

[GaijinRuskiHacker]

honest tip .... PCs are usually cheaper ,but if u move around - then at least save for better rig

Rather Invest 300 more into rig that will keep up with requirements for 3-4 years then buy for 700 now just to enjoy it for 1 maybe 2 years tops

[Tsubame ⭐]

The second choice would be the best one.

[76561199367295198]

Originally posted by Thagarr:

The laptop you have now should run the game just fine, this game is 8 years old! If your having issues running the game, I would suggest reformatting and starting from scratch. Upgrades should be much more affordable, more memory or a fast SSD would be a much better way to spend your money. If your looking at playing Cities Skylines 2, you will definitely need a new laptop!

Stay away from Dell anything, they are simply disposable crap and a waste of money! Buy a Lenovo, the Thinkbook series are very affordable. We don't know exactly what the system requirements for Cities Skylines 2 are yet, so you might want to hold off a bit till they announce them.

The laptop I’m using is crap. I have Acer Aspire 3 A315-23 with the weakest video card and processor.
Here are the details about it:
Ryzen 3 3250U - processor
8 GB RAM, 512 GB ROM
AMD Radeon Graphics - video card
It’s extremely slow and weak.
I’ll probably go with Dell 7520 because I have no other choice. I hope that the game will work. All the laptops that I listed in my post are SECOND HAND, because I’m broke. Can you give a few laptops around my budget and do you think that Dell 7520 will be able to run it. I probably will play the base game and my 2 DLCs (airports and university/college)
. Thanks for the comment! :)

[MarkJohnson]

Yeah, the 7520 is definitely the best option by far. It does have a dedicated GPU. but I see no mention of its VRAM. But it should handle the base game of 9-tiles well. But the 32GB of RAM should do well for you. Most of the game should fit into RAM. as long as you stay away from the workshop.

You also forgot to mention the currency you are paying this with. I posted a $680 rig already and you said it showed you a price of $1,900. That is 3 times the listed price.

[Thagarr]

Originally posted by Bizcochito8:

The laptop I’m using is crap. I have Acer Aspire 3 A315-23 with the weakest video card and processor.
Here are the details about it:
Ryzen 3 3250U - processor
8 GB RAM, 512 GB ROM
AMD Radeon Graphics - video card
It’s extremely slow and weak.
I’ll probably go with Dell 7520 because I have no other choice. I hope that the game will work. All the laptops that I listed in my post are SECOND HAND, because I’m broke. Can you give a few laptops around my budget and do you think that Dell 7520 will be able to run it. I probably will play the base game and my 2 DLCs (airports and university/college)
. Thanks for the comment! :)

Thanks for posting the complete specs, that certainly helps. I originally played this game back in 2015 on a way outdated desktop system that I had originally built in 2008. It had an AMD Phenom II, 8 gig of ram and a Saphire 5870 with 1 gig of ram running Windows 7. The vanilla game ran just fine. The CPU and graphics on that laptop are not the issue. Windows 10 and that platter hard drive are your main problems.

That laptop will take an NVME or a regular SSD, that upgrade would make a huge difference in performance. You wont be playing modern day AAA tittles on it, but it will handle Vanilla Cities Skylines just fine. You will have to setup a big swapfile though. I would also suggest dumping Windows and switching to Linux, you would get better performance out of that system and a lot less spyware!