GTX 860M of GT 840M

[Lau]

Should a GT 840M be enough for cities skyline or is a GTX 860m required? It's a huge difference in prize so I need your help :p

[grapplehoeker]

check it yourself...
http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=20635&game=Cities:%20Skylines

[Weeping-pirate</JAG\>]

Price/performance ratio on all nvidia models everything under a X60 is not worth buying, doesnt matter if its a 200-900 series. have been applying that rule for nearly 10 years, saved a lot of money tbh.

860M deffo =)

[grapplehoeker]

Originally posted by Weeping-Pirate:

Price/performance ratio on all nvidia models everything under a X60 is not worth buying, doesnt matter if its a 200-900 series. have been applying that rule for nearly 10 years, saved a lot of money tbh.

860M deffo =)

When I spent about $200 for my GTX560Ti four years ago, I was looking for the best performance for my money and it certainly has proved itself. It has also proven to be one of the most reliable gpu's I've ever owned.
It was money well spent in this case imo ;)

[Lau]

Can I also remove my AMD graphics card and put a nvidia into my laptop? :/

[MarkJohnson]

Typically you can't upgrade your laptop's graphics at all. generally speaking.

but as laptops go, they have low powered parts for exstending battery life, which means low performance. I'd recommend 860m or better. If you like mods and adding new buildings with a large map, you'll need 16GB ram. otherwise 8GB for base game.

Remember, laptops are for mobility/business, if you want to game with a laptop it will not be cheap. Over a $1,000 typically.

[Lau]

Originally posted by rmjohnson144:

Typically you can't upgrade your laptop's graphics at all. generally speaking.

but as laptops go, they have low powered parts for exstending battery life, which means low performance. I'd recommend 860m or better. If you like mods and adding new buildings with a large map, you'll need 16GB ram. otherwise 8GB for base game.

Remember, laptops are for mobility/business, if you want to game with a laptop it will not be cheap. Over a $1,000 typically.

Yeah I know i'm still a student so it's not an easy decision. :) But can you give me some good recommendations about good price/quality gaming laptops? just brief! thanks :)

[AZNMamba]

I'm running the game with a 860M right now and I can't play at x3 or x2 speed at 120k population. There's no lag, but when I change the speed, nothing happens. It may be my processor too though i7 4710

Weird thing is, NVIDIA Experience tells me I should put all my settings on low for C:S... but I play fine on very high

What's your budget.. to make laptops worth it for some gaming, you need to spend over $1,000... otherwise just buy a cheap laptop for work and build a desktop. Lenovo, MSI, adn Gigabyte have great mid range decent priced laptops. I have an ASUS, it's not bad, but I think Gigabyte would be better. I have owned the Y50 as well, but I couldn't stand the screen.

[MarkJohnson]

Originally posted by Laurens:

Yeah I know i'm still a student so it's not an easy decision. :) But can you give me some good recommendations about good price/quality gaming laptops? just brief! thanks :)

I highly recommend Asus by far. They have the best BIOS and overclocking features. Usually Asus will force turbo boost 24/7 to get best performance. Default is boost only comes on at light load, and slows down under heavy load.

Just pick a model and Google it for gaming performance and see if they quote forced turbo boost or something.

Originally posted by AZNMamba24:

I'm running the game with a 860M right now and I can't play at x3 or x2 speed at 120k population. There's no lag, but when I change the speed, nothing happens. It may be my processor too though i7 4710

Game not changing speed is the lag. Stutter will come soon.

Weird thing is, NVIDIA Experience tells me I should put all my settings on low for C:S... but I play fine on very high

You should listen. You'll get your game speed back.

What's your budget.. to make laptops worth it for some gaming, you need to spend over $1,000... otherwise just buy a cheap laptop for work and build a desktop. Lenovo, MSI, adn Gigabyte have great mid range decent priced laptops. I have an ASUS, it's not bad, but I think Gigabyte would be better. I have owned the Y50 as well, but I couldn't stand the screen.

These are all good choices as well. I like Lenovo (They bought out the IBM PC division). They have reliable systems. Gigabyte is on the fence. They lack in support and features and quality. But when they work, they are good. If they don't work right support is a PAI. Same with Asus, horrible tech support. But excellent quality control. Asus keeps things updated more regularly than anyone.

If you only need this for gaming, just get the best processor and graphics you can afford and 16gb RAM.

[AZNMamba]

Originally posted by rmjohnson144:

You should listen. You'll get your game speed back.

I have and didn't see any difference in performance. Still couldn't change speed. I do feel though that this save game is bugged though so I'm going to make a new city and see how it performs.

Overall, if you're not used to great monitors and also aren't picky about it, the Lenovo Y50 is an excellent mid-spec budget laptop. It's speakers alone was AMAZING and it stayed relatively cool although I only owned it for 1 week. Try finding one with 4GB of VRAM, but if you'r eok with forking over $300 extra for the top tier mobile GPU 970m and 980m, look at Gigabyte and MSI

[kelmenwong]

if u can't afford or reluctant to pay more, just buy whatever u are comfortable with.

u don't need a rocket engine gpu to play this game. just tune down stuffs ingame to enjoy it.

[MarkJohnson]

I seen this refurbished Lenovo Y50 with 4gb GTX 860M and 16GB RAM for $820USD.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834318913&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Gaming+Laptops-_-N82E16834318913&gclid=CKyPo4PYxcUCFZSCfgodyZ8ALA&gclsrc=aw.ds

[Gorloj]

my 300$ laptop can run that game on max with decent framerate ;)