Advice for a new laptop.

[nicollsju69]

Hi community, currently playing on a MacBook pro, but its getting way too old, so looking at getting a new laptop going away from Apple to Windows. I would like to know if the one i am looking at would be okay as i really have no idea. Its a Lenovo 17Inch with Win 11 pro, Intel core 13th Gen U300 5x 4.40ghz,16Gb DDR4 Ram, 512 Gb SSD, Intel UHD Graphics DirectX 12. The MacBook only just about plays Omori and I wanted to play Bad Parenting, but the Mac is too old to even download it now, so maybe someone on the community could let me know if this Laptop would be okay, I know there is better Laptop's out there but money is a factor for me.

[Zef]

Advice for what? Gaming?

Yeah forget it with Intel UHD graphics besides 10 year old games and indie titles.

Either get one with a proper AMD APU, or a discrete GPU.

[BurakZG]

If your MacBook is doing good with office work, then you might consider SteamDeck for games.

The problem with laptops is, office laptops are not suitable for gaming, gaming laptops are not good for office work.

[Χάρης]

What is your budget?

Początkowo opublikowane przez Zef:

Advice for what? Gaming?

Yeah forget it with Intel UHD graphics besides 10 year old games and indie titles.

Either get one with a proper AMD APU, or a discrete GPU.

An APU or a dedicated GPU are better for sure, but gaming with Intel's integrated GPU's is also possible if you don't mind playing on lower settings/ low resolution. But it's better to have more than 16GB RAM.

[Electric Cupcake]

A decent laptop for gaming is a big luxury.

Currently, the Framework 16 is the best laptop I've ever owned. Aside from being repairable and modular, the replaceable battery is probably the most important aspect.

Good hardware remains reusable for a very long time, especially with a light linux distro, but a battery starts getting weak after only 5-7 years or so of use. Above all else, avoid laptop makers who seal the battery and make you muck around with heat gun and pry tools to get at. Sager Clevo is a good choice, but costs a pretty penny.

[ChickenBalls]

another MacBook
except more expensive
because you don't deserve a gaming laptop

Początkowo opublikowane przez Electric Cupcake:

A decent laptop for gaming is a big luxury.

https://prices.appleinsider.com/macbook-pro-14-inch-m3-pro-m3-max

at least you get a decent to good GPU with a $2-3k gaming laptop

[andreasaspenberg575]

omori uses direct x 9, which will not work on 12th generation intel or newer. i would recommend an amd cpu, as those have better backwards compatibility. possibly something with a good cpu with integrated gpu, if you will want to use integrated gpu. if you want more power you should go for one with a dedicated gpu.

[_I_]

Początkowo opublikowane przez andreasaspenberg575:

omori uses direct x 9, which will not work on 12th generation intel or newer. i would recommend an amd cpu, as those have better backwards compatibility. possibly something with a good cpu with integrated gpu, if you will want to use integrated gpu. if you want more power you should go for one with a dedicated gpu.

quit saying that
that was only for the intel arc and xe dedicated gpus, the igpus still support dx9 with hardware
and the arc and xe use driver software to convert dx9 to dx12 instructions

[A&A]

AMD APU or just pair with a CPU and a dedicated GPU.
Problem solved.

Now, when it comes to these Intel iGPUs, they are part of the Xe family, but with the LP-Xe architecture. So how different are they from others? I don't know Intel doesn't seem to know what they are selling. And even so, they still run DirectX9…

https://community.intel.com/t5/Graphics/DirectX-9-on-11th-Gen-Processors-Xe-LP-Native-or-Emulated/td-p/1456994

WTF Intel

[Χάρης]

Macbooks don't have good compatibility for gaming compared to a standard laptop.

Also, If you want it to last make sure it has at least an RTX xx70's series or above (or the AMD equivalent) and no more than 1080p native. You don't wanna go above 1080p on the laptop since it will already run hot and loud at 1080p on somes games.

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

$90 will get you a laptop similar to mine
it will play tekken 7, most pre 2019 games on low settings,

the issue is win 11 will need to bypass tpm but win 10 will run fine

but for about $700-800 you can get pretty modern walmart acer nitro gaming laptop

https://www.ebay.com/itm/335609997209?_skw=2500u&itmmeta=01JADY0RGHJR6MVJYXQY1PKPC3&hash=item4e23ea2799:g:LSMAAOSwaWxm2yKe&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAAwHoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKnHY0XmpadqgQfOZdYOj5oBnWzCD0lCowsTcmET6OPu8jfLd4tb%2B%2B47qFYrx%2BN%2BJRf4leLBPiRV%2BLBNYamJlIM9O4x1VjjQtLVNlq5rSqkpX86fJmUR%2Fh8YeyVyEuznIfGmG5%2B3XbTxHXtbNIp25Z147hDQvFt5fR0AO1rohAPN8muWIhrzmnv5hzk2JyTIFHs--ntFi1QdTT%2BmtsQcFvfNVfChfxSU2Si8nFd%2BeMuDZw%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR66Ig77TZA

depends on how cheap you want to go but the $80 laptop will probably do everything you want for very cheap

[D. Flame]

If you just play casual games, then something with a NVIDIA 3050 or 4050 will be more than enough.

If you want to play modern games, then do not get anything less than something with a 4060 or better in it.

If money is a factor then wait and buy one on sale closer to Christmas, or look into buying a Steam Deck instead. Macs also cost way more for less gaming performance, so avoid those as well.