tmcws Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Thank you SO much! I think I'm leaning towards the Dell. They've been workhorses for me in the past, and I'm reading good things about their gaming laptops. I really appreciate all of the information! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
len_mullen Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 I'm still looking, so check back in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MommyRamblings Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Ark is no lightweight either... bought it last year for both kiddos without thinking to check the specs... made for a disappointing day after Christmas when they tried to play and their laptops wouldn’t run it. >_< Minimum Requirements: CPU: Intel Core i5-2400/AMD FX-8320 or betterCPU Speed: Inforam: 8 GBos: Windows 7/8.1/10 (64-bit versions)Video Card: NVIDIA GTX 670 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB or betterPixel Shader: 5.0Vertex Shader: 5.0Free Disk Space: 60 GBDedicated Video RAM: 2048 MB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
len_mullen Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 (edited) I believe the best value in a gaming laptop for Black Friday will be the Dell Gaming Laptop in the Microsoft ad... https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/dell-g3-15-gaming-laptop/8thnj2tttgfc/3c02?icid=hol_bf_r7_cp2_dellgamingG3_111018&activetab=pivot:overviewtab which will be $599.99 and has the following specs... • 15.6-inch Full HD display• Intel Core i5-8300H• 8GB memory/1TB HHD• VR-ready NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti graphics That discrete video card is an 'upper mainstream GPU'. Games from 2016 can be played in high settings an the Full HD resolution per... https://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-1050-Ti-Notebook.168400.0.html Scroll down through the reviews to see some game benchmarks. Note that it plays Warhammer well at medium settings and Ark well at low settings. Reviews and Questions Answered on Amazon (mind you, this has the better 1050 TI)... https://www.amazon.com/d/Traditional-Laptops/Dell-G3-Gaming-Laptop-G3579-5965BLK-PUS/B07C9J1PY6#customerReviews Im running ark on high setting and its going pretty smooth for me so I think you should be fine. Just reduce all non essentials to minimum as you would usually do when getting a new device. It easily runs fortnite and I have it on high settings. It's a pretty good laptop, I can play total war Warhammer on ultra setting, so it works pretty well for gaming. ive been able to run arc on high settings, never crashed and plays really smooth. Good night. Edited November 19, 2018 by len_mullen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meganfarwell Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 Can anyone recommend a laptop for programs like Photoshop/Lightroom? I have a cheapie right now and it gets bogged down very easily. Don't care too much about screen size, just want something that will open/run programs quickly. Preferably under $500?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
len_mullen Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 Can anyone recommend a laptop for programs like Photoshop/Lightroom? I have a cheapie right now and it gets bogged down very easily. Don't care too much about screen size, just want something that will open/run programs quickly. Preferably under $500?? https://www.staples.com/HP-Pavilion-15-cs0064st--15-6---Intel--Core--i7-8550U--8GB-DDR4-and-16-GB-Optane--1TB-SATA--Win-10-Home--15-CS0064ST-/product_24327021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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