lordhedgwich Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 I dont really no much about laptops what is the minimum graphics card i would need to play CM on a laptop? would a intel 4400 be ok? I was thinking about picking up a cheap laptop just for CM 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 No, those Intel cards suck for CM. My new notebook at work has a 5000 and it will play CM but so poorly. The text drawing is a mess and the performance is poor.My last notebook was good because it had an additional NVidia card that I could use for gaming. I just had to configure it to be used when playing CM. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thewood1 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 I used to have an HP and a lenovo that had AMD A10 CPUs and radoen graphics. Bot cost about $400 two years ago. They played CM decently. I had the graphics on improved or faster on most of the games with only some of the usual stuttering on large maps. I am not sure that config is still available, but am sure something similar replced it. The lenovo used to be at both Best Buy and Staples.I would prefer the HP over the Lenovos due to heat issues with Lenovos. It still played well, but got very hot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thewood1 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 (edited) Here is the equivalent HP http://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-pavilion-15-6-laptop-amd-a10-series-6gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-natural-silver/4563800.p?id=1219768909965&skuId=4563800The lenovo equivalent:http://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-ideapad-500-15-6-laptop-amd-a10-series-8gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-black/4578000.p?id=1219775847283&skuId=4578000The lenovo is cheaper, but I bet the HP is cooled better. I got periodic heat throttling on the lenovo, but only on really heavy and long game sessions.btw, the listed CPU speed is 1.8GHz...Mine ran at around 2.4GHz without throttling. You can check CPUbenchmarking.com for some CPU comparisons. Edited January 23, 2016 by Thewood1 Added info 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
db_zero Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 (edited) I have a MSI Gaming G series I got a year ago. Do a search and see what they currently have and what fits your budget. Mine has the built in intel graphic processor that sucks and a NVidia graphics processor that works fine. One mine you have to set the Nvidia graphics to run otherwise the built in Intel runs to save battery.What you may or may not be able to get depends on your budget. What are you looking to spend. If its under $400 it may be hard to find something suitable. $600-800 should be doable. Edited January 23, 2016 by db_zero 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraze Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 (edited) What's your budget?You can safely go for any laptop that has intel i3 CPU (since the game is not multicore and is very MHz per core dependent) and some kind of NVidia GPU, perfect if it has GTX in its name. Do not go for AMD (game uses OpenGL and AMD is REALLY bad with driver support for that API when we are talking GPUs and AMD's CPUs are... well... s***)I have ASUS N56JR (it was $1000 ~1.5 years ago though), it has i7 4700HQ (does 3.2 GHz) and GTX760M, it handles CM games quite fine. I bet something cheaper will do too. Edited January 23, 2016 by kraze 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thewood1 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 You won't find a good MSI gaming laptop for under $900. My son just bought one and the cheapest was about $900. My MSI was $1100 and was not close to top of the line. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordhedgwich Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 hmm Yeah i was thinking around 350-400 is what i was willing to spend I might just wait for a good sale on newegg sometimes i see decent laptops go on the shell shocker sales 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thewood1 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Its best to wait until inventory starts a forced turn cycle. That is when you see all the discontinued models getting 25%-30% off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thewood1 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 In fact, the bestbuy HP link just now went to not available. That is the risk of waiting for sales. The model you want might not be available. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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