tofuwater 2016 年 1 月 12 日 上午 8:03
Recommended Laptop for Multiboxing 20+ WoW Accounts?
Title says it all: I'm looking for a laptop that can at least run 20 instances of World of Warcraft.

When I say "run", I mean:
- 19 of those WoW's will be capped at 8FPS, the 20th run smoothly at 30 FPS
- all instances of WoW will run at the lowest possible graphical settings

If this matters: I am playing on a private server which is set at the WotLK expansion. I assume the graphical settings of the newest WoW Expansion consume more resources than WotLK does.

Not looking for Alienware recommendations, don't see the brand value worth buying.
Not looking for desktop recommendations, I own one at home but will not be at home for an extended period of time (college).

Thanks!
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The Muppet Surgery Special 2016 年 1 月 12 日 上午 8:07 
Wait, wut?

20+? How big is the "+"?

You can run THREE monitors from a single laptop (built in panel + HDMI + VGA) even on a GTX660M so any more recent GPU will handle many screens no problem.

You want cores, and ram, 16Gib/32Gib (32GiB by the sounds of it :) ). If you go ASUS, get the memory upgrade on purchase, because they have the DIMM slots under the keyboard AND in a trapdoor underneath, so it requires a partial teardown to upgrade under the keyboard slots. If the vendor has to upgrade that, he will not like you, they hate opening up ASUS laptops to upgrade. I got that reaction myself, when I asked for max ram on purchase, then I had to upgrade my PCIE wifi module, now I know why they don't like to upgrade ASUS :)

ASUS generally are rock solid (terrible to maintain/modify/upgrade though now).

Why not consider TWO cheaper laptops and use Synergy to Software KVM them?

Seriously? Are you being paid to play WoW?
最後修改者:The Muppet Surgery Special; 2016 年 1 月 12 日 上午 8:30
oldwrld 2016 年 1 月 12 日 上午 8:19 
ASUS gamer republic look only for their most expensive. MSI has a decent set of gaming laptops and Sager is on the low side but make decent laptops.

Id go with Asus gamer Republics currently most expensive strongest gpu packing laptop but remember a laptop is a laptop its not designed to perform workstation tasks like a desktop even workstation laptops from panasonic have their limits of performance.

20 instances you require a desktop plain and simple as well a decent network adpator to intake all the data (lets just say your ethernet port will fail under the strain). The reason you want a desktop also for this purpose is both RAM and of course a more powerful cpu to handle all the instances without instablities because laptop RAM is not desktop RAM its not designed to handle heavy loads for hours.

If you still want a laptop (that will only last maybe a year under the strain) go with the Asus republic GS60

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152940

its a pretty penny but it will handle quite a bit but your workstation task will maybe give you 2 years out of that laptop presuming you're talking 24/7 work
最後修改者:oldwrld; 2016 年 1 月 12 日 上午 8:23
oldwrld 2016 年 1 月 12 日 上午 8:30 
引用自 Bad-Motha
ASUS ROG, MSI, Gigabyte are quite decent gaming laptops:

http://www.xoticpc.com/custom-gaming-laptops-notebooks-gaming-laptops-ct-118-96-98.html#!/limit=100&no_cache=true&price=925.30%2C4999.00

Good choices but OP still needs a desktop for said workstation task.
The Muppet Surgery Special 2016 年 1 月 12 日 上午 8:31 
引用自 Bad-Motha
ASUS ROG, MSI, Gigabyte are quite decent gaming laptops:

http://www.xoticpc.com/custom-gaming-laptops-notebooks-gaming-laptops-ct-118-96-98.html#!/limit=100&no_cache=true&price=925.30%2C4999.00

Good choices but OP still needs a desktop for said workstation task.

Or.. 20 mini SoC boards (UP Atom SoC) :)
最後修改者:The Muppet Surgery Special; 2016 年 1 月 12 日 上午 8:31
oldwrld 2016 年 1 月 12 日 上午 8:31 

Good choices but OP still needs a desktop for said workstation task.

Or.. 20 mini SoC boards (UP Atom SoC) :)

Oh you sly devil you. :ss13ok:
Bad 💀 Motha 2016 年 1 月 12 日 上午 8:37 
Not sure what OP means by "19 out of 20 would be capped @ 8 FPS"
Hmm well only a single game window can be active at any given time, so the rest would just be idle anyways.
oldwrld 2016 年 1 月 12 日 上午 8:40 
引用自 Bad-Motha
Not sure what OP means by "19 out of 20 would be capped @ 8 FPS"
Hmm well only a single game window can be active at any given time, so the rest would just be idle anyways.

Hes going to run 20 virtual machine instances of WoW particullary a private server hence why i said a workstation desktop is better for this purpose. OP literally wants something only a desktop level of power can provide.

Laptop in theory can do the task but only for a year or two at most.
最後修改者:oldwrld; 2016 年 1 月 12 日 上午 8:41
The Muppet Surgery Special 2016 年 1 月 12 日 上午 8:48 
引用自 Bad-Motha
Not sure what OP means by "19 out of 20 would be capped @ 8 FPS"
Hmm well only a single game window can be active at any given time, so the rest would just be idle anyways.

Hes going to run 20 virtual machine instances of WoW particullary a private server hence why i said a workstation desktop is better for this purpose. OP literally wants something only a desktop level of power can provide.

Laptop in theory can do the task but only for a year or two at most.

Why just a year or two? Anyway, gurarantees are for two years here, minimum. You can request a new one once you burn that one out :) Which, may not be a bad idea :) Free upgrade every two years. Sounds a plan.
最後修改者:The Muppet Surgery Special; 2016 年 1 月 12 日 上午 8:48
oldwrld 2016 年 1 月 12 日 上午 8:50 

Hes going to run 20 virtual machine instances of WoW particullary a private server hence why i said a workstation desktop is better for this purpose. OP literally wants something only a desktop level of power can provide.

Laptop in theory can do the task but only for a year or two at most.

Why just a year or two? Anyway, gurarantees are for two years here, minimum. You can request a new one once you burn that one out :) Which, may not be a bad idea :) Free upgrade every two years. Sounds a plan.

Because the task hes asking is going to kill said laptop in about a year or two depending on how nice the laptop cooling system is which it wont be good enough for 20 instances of WoW in the long run.

A decent desktop with a GTX 980 would have no trouble handling 20 instances especially if paired with 32GB of RAM and a decent I5 or I7 or FX 8350 if money is tight.

最後修改者:oldwrld; 2016 年 1 月 12 日 上午 8:51
The Muppet Surgery Special 2016 年 1 月 12 日 上午 8:51 

Why just a year or two? Anyway, gurarantees are for two years here, minimum. You can request a new one once you burn that one out :) Which, may not be a bad idea :) Free upgrade every two years. Sounds a plan.

Because the task hes asking is going to kill said laptop in about a year or two depending on how nice the laptop cooling system is which it wont be good enough for 20 instances of WoW in the long run.

A decent desktop with a GTX 980 would have no trouble handling 20 instances especially if paired with 32GB of RAM

Windows quanta thread scheduling puts the foreground thread at a quanta priority boost, you can then reduce the other non-foreground threads to below normal, that is, if the WoW game engine does not do that already for inactive instances.

You can also bind threads affinity to specific cores.

So what if the laptops die, I have had GPU's die, then revived them in the oven :) Anyway, he can get a new one under warranty, warranties in the EU are TWO YEARS by law, not only that, it should be fit for the purpose negociated at the point of sale AND last a reasonable amount of time (more than two years) at fit for purpose tasks.

Easy.
最後修改者:The Muppet Surgery Special; 2016 年 1 月 12 日 上午 8:54
oldwrld 2016 年 1 月 12 日 上午 8:54 

Because the task hes asking is going to kill said laptop in about a year or two depending on how nice the laptop cooling system is which it wont be good enough for 20 instances of WoW in the long run.

A decent desktop with a GTX 980 would have no trouble handling 20 instances especially if paired with 32GB of RAM

Windows quanta thread scheduling puts the foreground thread at a quanta priority boost, you can then reduce the other non-foreground threads to below normal, that is, if the WoW game engine does not do that already for inactive instances.

You can also bind threads affinity to specific cores.

True that would benfit the laptop but a mobile card is still not designed to run that much graphical intensity that is 20 instances on medium or low. The trouble is gonna be V-ram and of course the card itself.

A simple 970m will do the job for a year but it will sooner or later fail due to the heat its constantly put under. Its why a desktop is crucial when you perform workstation tasks such as the OP is requesting.

Even a normal GTX 970 will do the job without issues but the RAM and his CPU will be his biggest hinderance as mobile cpus are not even close to their desktop counterparts at standing up to intensive heat.
最後修改者:oldwrld; 2016 年 1 月 12 日 上午 8:55
The Muppet Surgery Special 2016 年 1 月 12 日 上午 8:55 

Windows quanta thread scheduling puts the foreground thread at a quanta priority boost, you can then reduce the other non-foreground threads to below normal, that is, if the WoW game engine does not do that already for inactive instances.

You can also bind threads affinity to specific cores.

True that would benfit the laptop but a mobile card is still not designed to run that much graphical intensity that is 20 instances on medium or low. The trouble is gonna be V-ram and of course the card itself.

A simple 970m will do the job for a year but it will sooner or later fail due to the heat its constantly put under.

So get a new one under warranty when it fails, return it to the vendor. (see updated reply).

Usually it will fail on the balls between the GPU die and the package. Reball a new GPU onto the board.
最後修改者:The Muppet Surgery Special; 2016 年 1 月 12 日 上午 8:56
oldwrld 2016 年 1 月 12 日 上午 8:56 

True that would benfit the laptop but a mobile card is still not designed to run that much graphical intensity that is 20 instances on medium or low. The trouble is gonna be V-ram and of course the card itself.

A simple 970m will do the job for a year but it will sooner or later fail due to the heat its constantly put under.

So get a new one under warranty when it fails, return it to the vendor. (see updated reply).

the vendor would know he was doing workstation tasks when they inspect it. The lack of paste present plus the actual gpu having a little black on it will basically gurantee no refund or replacement when he returns it.

Asus had this problem a few years back gamers would overclock the crap out of the ROG line and then try and return it after the gpus have failed within the warranty but their stressing of it violates the warranty in the same way running 20 instances on it will, theyre both workstation like tasks which go beyond "Home user" warranties
最後修改者:oldwrld; 2016 年 1 月 12 日 上午 8:57
The Muppet Surgery Special 2016 年 1 月 12 日 上午 8:57 

So get a new one under warranty when it fails, return it to the vendor. (see updated reply).

the vendor would know he was doing workstation tasks when they inspect it. The lack of paste present plus the actual gpu having a little black on it will basically gurantee no refund or replacement.

You DO NOT paste a laptop, you PAD a laptop (due to movement). The vendor will simply return it to their importer, who then ships it back to the OEM. That is the process in the EU.

I have had a GPU fail on a Asus, I fixed it myself, works a charm now running Linux :)
最後修改者:The Muppet Surgery Special; 2016 年 1 月 12 日 上午 8:58
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