jessde Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 I see a number of members using laptops and would like some advice on buying one as well. I would like to be able to use my 27" monitor 2560x1440 as well when at home. I thought that a good gaming laptop would be the way to go but have heard that the video cards are not as good for 3D modeling . Not tech savvy sooo..... Would like to stay in $1000- 1200 range if possible . Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 A lot of laptops have cards that are just fine, just try to stay with NVidia, they work well with Chief. Try some ASUS laptops, they will have what you need but others will work too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcaffee Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 http://www.amazon.com/GL551JW-DS74-15-6-Inch-Gaming-Laptop-GTX960M/dp/B00T7XRGGC/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1428101880&sr=1-2&keywords=asus+rog It is a gaming laptop that will readily support your home monitor. (Use miniDisplayPort for best results) jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_Emery Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 In my experience, you pay a good 40-50% premium (in dollars) for the equivalent performance from a laptop over a desktop... up to a point. Say roughly up to around 6 on a performance scale of 1 to 10 as to what is out there in computing hardware . Once you get to 7 and up on the performance scale, especially when delving into the high end GPU and overclocked CPU hardware end of things, there simply is no equivalent in the laptop arena. High end hardware/performance produces heat, lots of it. A laptop simply can't shed it fast enough, hence there is this self imposed performance boundary that laptops simply can't get past.That said a good Sager or Alienware laptop will be good enough for me. I figure that I can spend a lot on the laptop if I'm not buying a desktop too. The Dell Alienware laptops are good because they don't skimp on the power supply.The new chips require less power, and produce less heat than earlier processors, so the power supply and heat dissipation issues are less; and they will use the integrated GPU (saving power, and heat) until the discreet GPU is required. The GPU still produces a lot of heat when rendering, and 3 gigs on a mobile GTX card is not even close to the same 3 gigs on on a GTX desktop system; but seem to be adequate for my needs.I'm looking for convenience, and adequate power; not bragging rights. I'm running a 50" 4K monitor via HDMI, And a 30" monitor via displayport adapted to dual link DVI with no problems on my laptop.__________________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenL-sdd Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 I use a 17" asus ROG. Mine did not come with a solid state drive. I was very disappointed until I put one in. Great machine now. Be sure to get an ssd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessde Posted April 5, 2015 Author Share Posted April 5, 2015 good advice .Thanks everyone. I feel better prepared to make some decisions now. Wish I could afford a PC as well as mine are out of date , but I spend more time away from home and office now so a laptop is a real consideration. It sounds as if at this time ,although a laptop may do the job, it won't compete with a desktop,so I just need to consider the trade offs. Thanks for everyone taking their time to help me out with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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