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Laptop vs. Desktop: Gamers Perspective
metro.:
--- Quote from: logos on January 17, 2012, 03:19:58 AM ---Semnae, your question belongs here instead
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I'm glad I'm not the only one.
/upgradeability.
kureshii:
Desktops have been, and still are, the cheaper and more powerful option for gamers who don't need portability. If you're looking for game portability, you're looking for something else. 5.1 sound systems, gaming peripherals, multi-screen gaming setups, large-screen gaming—none of these are portable, and while they do not define the gaming experience, they enhance it. If you intend to enjoy the use one of more of these, you might as well get a desktop for gaming.
Games with 3D graphics are starting to appear on on tablets and larger-screen smartphones as well; are you going to declare that the next step for "serious PC gamers" to move on to?
--- Quote from: Semnae on January 17, 2012, 02:48:23 AM ---In reality, if I wanted to see a significant increase in performance in my desktop, I would have to replace my CPU.
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I do believe you misspelled “GPU” quite badly there. PCI-e has been the de-facto interface of graphics cards for many years now. A Core 2 Duo/Quad is still great for gaming. Re-examine your assumptions. For instance,
--- Quote from: Semnae on January 17, 2012, 02:48:23 AM ---I've never owned a laptop, but from what I can tell, you are pretty much exchanging the ability to upgrade you computer hardware for portability.
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Weak inference. The typically larger form factor of PCs also have greater cooling capacity, enabling you to run that kind of graphics hardware that is needed for multi-screen setups, or high-resolution gaming. Not many mobile graphics chips have that kind of render capability.
This is in addition to other advantages that PCs enjoy beyond upgradeability, such as easy parts replacement. Good luck replacing that laptop GPU when it conks out on you.
AceHigh:
Hardware aside, the comfort for gaming is lacking in laptops. The screen starts where the keyboard ends, the keyboard is smaller in size, the screen is small, there are tons of things that make laptop a wrong kind of computer for gaming.
Dr. Hellno:
--- Quote from: Semnae on January 17, 2012, 02:48:23 AM ---I can still play almost all new games on a desktop I built several years ago on the highest settings.
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Well, "almost" is a key word here. If you want to be able to play *everything* at high settings, that's going to take a recent desktop.
More to the point, you say highest settings, but I really doubt that's true. Are you maxing out anisotropic filtering? That sh*t COSTS, performance-wise. Are you displaying at 2560x1600? Because 1080 really isn't much to look at once you've played games at 1600. Some games are going to need Vsync to be playable, and that can cut your frame rate in half under the right (I should say wrong) circumstances, so it's nice to have a monster PC that can handle it.
Portability is of course a virtue in and of itself, but no laptop will provide the same quality gaming experience as a high-end desktop.
xShadow:
There are too many ways in which a laptop is inferior. Not least of them is how upgradable it is (that is, hardly at all, in all honesty). There's also the issue of how much you can customize the package, and, since it's impossible to build yourself (without undue trouble)... which means you're forced to buy premades.
Now, how many gamers do you know want to overspend on hardware?
Probably none.
Not to mention less cooling due to smaller size.
The only thing I really like Laptops for is LAN parties. Every few Fridays I go over and play some stuff with some guys over in another set of dorms, so it's useful for that.... but other than that I would prefer a desktop in every single way.
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