[The Mr Z]

(Original post by Oh my Ms. Coffey)
How bad is gaming on a laptop for long periods?

Laptops have much worse cooling systems, and semiconductors work worse at higher temperatures, so your laptop will heat up a lot (until it is capable of burning if you hold your hand against it for too long) and run slower than a desktop of the same specs would after an extended period playing.

The heating also causes long-term damage to the chips, so gaming for prolonged periods will cause your laptop to die a death faster than if you didn't game.

If it's an undemanding, older game of course you'll have no such problems, and there will be no measurable difference to a desktop and no measurable long-term damage.

Also, be careful not to rest it on a surface that burns easily and keep anything that you don't want getting hot away from the air vents.

[Oh my Ms. Coffey]

(Original post by The Mr Z)
Laptops have much worse cooling systems, and semiconductors work worse at higher temperatures, so your laptop will heat up a lot (until it is capable of burning if you hold your hand against it for too long) and run slower than a desktop of the same specs would after an extended period playing.

The heating also causes long-term damage to the chips, so gaming for prolonged periods will cause your laptop to die a death faster than if you didn't game.

If it's an undemanding, older game of course you'll have no such problems, and there will be no measurable difference to a desktop and no measurable long-term damage.

Also, be careful not to rest it on a surface that burns easily and keep anything that you don't want getting hot away from the air vents.

Its on a desk. Only WoW on ultra though, is it worth taking it off ultra settings?

[The Mr Z]

(Original post by Oh my Ms. Coffey)
Its on a desk. Only WoW on ultra though, is it worth taking it off ultra settings?

Wow isn't exactly the most demanding games in terms of graphics, I'm not sure how it is on cpu power, there's a lot of AI scripts and calculations to run.

Best to try it out and, after about half-an-hour's gameplay see how hot it's getting underneath, and how hot the air coming out of the vents is. If you're able to hold your hand there comfortably then you're probably ok.

[ifstatement]

My laptop's fps goes extremely low on my laptop while playing online games. Which is why I have a laptop cooler, it works like a charm and my FPS is always above 60 and my temperature for my GPU is always in the 60c on load. Without it though my FPS dips into the 20's when the heat kicks in.

[Oh my Ms. Coffey]

(Original post by The Mr Z)
Wow isn't exactly the most demanding games in terms of graphics, I'm not sure how it is on cpu power, there's a lot of AI scripts and calculations to run.

Best to try it out and, after about half-an-hour's gameplay see how hot it's getting underneath, and how hot the air coming out of the vents is. If you're able to hold your hand there comfortably then you're probably ok.

It plays the game at 100-240FPS on Ultra depending on where I'm at, its quite hot but not massively hot maybe a bit below a radiator.

[The Mr Z]

(Original post by Oh my Ms. Coffey)
It plays the game at 100-240FPS on Ultra depending on where I'm at, its quite hot but not massively hot maybe a bit below a radiator.

Yeah, that's fine, unless you have very hot radiators.

Probably best to check it after a few hours to make sure it's not getting too hot by then. If it does, if you can cap the FPS somehow that's probably easiest, you don't ever really need more than 60fps

[Dalimyr]

I can't help getting the feeling that Steam may be telling me porkies

[The Mr Z]

(Original post by Dalimyr)
I can't help getting the feeling that Steam may be telling me porkies

Yeah about that.

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[Xamanus]

Hi guys, been playing pc game since a while.. im looking to buy a gaming laptop for uni, Has anyone ever imported from USA? its far cheapers and far better specs for the price you pay. Does anyone know if there are any duties or VAT?

[cambo211]

(Original post by Xamanus)
Hi guys, been playing pc game since a while.. im looking to buy a gaming laptop for uni, Has anyone ever imported from USA? its far cheapers and far better specs for the price you pay. Does anyone know if there are any duties or VAT?

Why a laptop?

[Xamanus]

Asus G53-XR1

15.6" FHD 16:9 "Matte Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright LED Anti-Glare Screen w/ 95% NTSC Color Gamut (1920x1080
2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM, 2.0-2.8GHz, (32nm, 6MB L3 cache)
nVidia GeForce GTX 460M 1,536MB PCI-Express GDDR5 DX11
10GB - DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel Memory
750GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache Buffer
120GB OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS Sandforce Solid State Drive
4X Blu-Ray Reader + 8X DVDRW/CDRW Super Multi Combo Drive
120GB OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS Sandforce Solid State Drive

My opinion a monster - PRICE - Just around $1500

[mevidek]

Mass Effect 2 has amazing music. Can't wait for Mass Effect 3 and Red Orchestra 2... Not only will they be great games, they have soundtracks composed by the amazing Jack Wall.

[refref]

(Original post by Xamanus)
Asus G53-XR1

15.6" FHD 16:9 "Matte Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright LED Anti-Glare Screen w/ 95% NTSC Color Gamut (1920x1080
2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM, 2.0-2.8GHz, (32nm, 6MB L3 cache)
nVidia GeForce GTX 460M 1,536MB PCI-Express GDDR5 DX11
10GB - DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel Memory
750GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache Buffer
120GB OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS Sandforce Solid State Drive
4X Blu-Ray Reader + 8X DVDRW/CDRW Super Multi Combo Drive
120GB OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS Sandforce Solid State Drive

My opinion a monster - PRICE - Just around $1500

The graphics card could be better....

10gb is SO overkill at the moment.

[Psyk]

(Original post by refref)
The graphics card could be better....

10gb is SO overkill at the moment.

Also 10GB is kind of an unusual number. If the memory is dual channel, then how can you have matching modules to make up 10GB?

[Mo-Amin]

(Original post by mevidek)
Mass Effect 2 has amazing music. Can't wait for Mass Effect 3 and Red Orchestra 2... Not only will they be great games, they have soundtracks composed by the amazing Jack Wall.

I have his Jade Empire soundtrack, just great! =D

[The Mr Z]

(Original post by Psyk)
Also 10GB is kind of an unusual number. If the memory is dual channel, then how can you have matching modules to make up 10GB?

rounding up/down a bit?

[KeineHeldenMehr]

(Original post by refref)
The graphics card could be better....

10gb is SO overkill at the moment.

2 ssd's? gah, what are the benefits of that atm?

[refref]

(Original post by KeineHeldenMehr)
2 ssd's? gah, what are the benefits of that atm?

He probably put it in twice by mistake. More importantly, they wouldn't fit. I would swap the SSD with a much better gfx card.

And I would never buy a big gaming laptop anyway (unless I was super rich) as I would just use that money to buy a better desktop.

[Keckers]

That's a pretty small screen as well

[Psyk]

(Original post by The Mr Z)
rounding up/down a bit?

I'm used to thinking in powers of 2, so to me it seems really strange to round something to 10

(Original post by refref)
He probably put it in twice by mistake. More importantly, they wouldn't fit. I would swap the SSD with a much better gfx card.

Why wouldn't they fit? I agree it's pointless having two though. I guess you could RAID them, but I don't think many people really need hard disk access that fast.