Steiner14 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 I'm considering getting a new laptop and i wanted to ask, who here has a laptop and is able to play with all details on and gets high frame rates? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pak40 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 My laptop is over a year old and it runs fine. CPU is an older core 2 duo, so any laptop with a modern i core should be fine. You'll need a good graphics engine, I have a Geforce GTX 260M in my laptop and CMBN runs smooth at the display's maximum 1440x900. Newer laptops with dedicated ATI or Nvidia engines in them should get the job done. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilcar1967 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 I have a Alienware m17x-2 with I-7 820 cpu and 5870 in crossfire. Runs the game at high detail with 1990 vs 1200 resolution. I do run it with shadows off You get get these at Dell outlet for not a bad price. Also take a look at ASUS and Sager/Clevo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steiner14 Posted August 18, 2011 Author Share Posted August 18, 2011 Thanks for the responses so far. @Hamilcar, "5870 in crossfire" - does that mean you have two cards in your laptop? :eek: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LemuelG Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Newer laptops with dedicated ATI or Nvidia engines in them should get the job done. This. It runs so good on my modest (i3, 4GB RAM, ATI Radeon 5470) laptop I haven't even installed it on my desktop yet! Activations and all that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majormauser2 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Mac Version of CMBN 2011 Macbook Pro 2.2ghz 8GB Ram ATI6750M Runs great at 1440x900 - eats through the battery in about 65 min 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilcar1967 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Yep two video cards and and a cool light up key board lol. You should go on notebookreview.com and go into the section tittled. What laptop should I buy Fill out a questionare with what you want it to do and how much you want to spend and you will get alot of good Ideas. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShiftZ Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 I'm currently using an Alienware M17x that I purchased in 2009. It's mostly stock with the exception of increased ram. The computer handles CMBN at max level with no problems. I am however upgrading to the M18x which I pretty much maxed out so it cost a lot of money. With computers these days you get what you pay for. Building your own laptop can be murder unless you really know your stuff and have a few trades under your belt. Good luck on your quest and expect to pay $2000.00 minimum for a quality laptop. Check out maingear dot com. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steiner14 Posted August 19, 2011 Author Share Posted August 19, 2011 Newer laptops with dedicated ATI or Nvidia engines in them should get the job done. Do you think the GTX-series is needed, or could a slower card be sufficient, too? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 It depends on your philosophy of how often you change machines. Laptops can't be upgraded easily, so I tend to assume I will hold onto a laptop a lot longer than a desktop. So, I'll spend extra to get a "closer to state of the art" laptop than my desktop - which is always a generation or two behind to get "best bang for the buck". But, of course the desktop can be upgraded a lot easier. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pak40 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Do you think the GTX-series is needed, or could a slower card be sufficient, too? I was getting about 20-21 fps with my card before the patch. And to be honest, you don't really want to go any lower into the teens, you'll start to notice screen lag. I haven't tested the fps since. Things seem smoother but I think that's because they improved the WSAD navigation controls. You can use this site a as a basic benchmark to compare cards. My GTX 260M is somewhere in the middle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steiner14 Posted August 19, 2011 Author Share Posted August 19, 2011 Your info is very appreciated, thanks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee_Vincent Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 I'm currently using an Alienware M17x that I purchased in 2009. It's mostly stock with the exception of increased ram. The computer handles CMBN at max level with no problems. I am however upgrading to the M18x which I pretty much maxed out so it cost a lot of money. With computers these days you get what you pay for. Building your own laptop can be murder unless you really know your stuff and have a few trades under your belt. Good luck on your quest and expect to pay $2000.00 minimum for a quality laptop. Check out maingear dot com. I just received a max-spec M18x (processor overclocked to 4GHz, 2xGTX580m vid cards in SLI (OK SLI doesn't seem to really do much in CMBN), 16GB RAM, 2x256GB SSD). I can say right now that, to my surprise, CMBN with a large scenario (on max video specs) is more demanding than pretty much any other game using the same video options, including latest-gen flight sims such as IL2 CoD and Rise of Flight (SLI doesn't do much for them either). It certainly seems to chew on the CPU very hard. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottie Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 interesting thread, just so happens my wife is looking for a new laptop for work and she is asking me to spec it up for her .... wouldn't be a bad thing if it "just" happened to be the perfect spec for CMBN 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkerner Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 interesting thread, just so happens my wife is looking for a new laptop for work and she is asking me to spec it up for her .... wouldn't be a bad thing if it "just" happened to be the perfect spec for CMBN That there is a thinkin' man! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShiftZ Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I just received a max-spec M18x (processor overclocked to 4GHz, 2xGTX580m vid cards in SLI (OK SLI doesn't seem to really do much in CMBN), 16GB RAM, 2x256GB SSD). I can say right now that, to my surprise, CMBN with a large scenario (on max video specs) is more demanding than pretty much any other game using the same video options, including latest-gen flight sims such as IL2 CoD and Rise of Flight (SLI doesn't do much for them either). It certainly seems to chew on the CPU very hard. My system is almost the same except only the one SSD and dual 2GB GDDR5 AMD HD 6990M instead of the NVIDIA cards. I've been using NVIDIA cards forever and decided to go with RADEON this time. What I find strange is the option differences between American and Canadian versions of the Alienware website. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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