Need help to find laptop for PA.

Jup last driver update that was available for my AMD firepro m4000 laptop was at the start of january with Catalyst 13.9....

lol I dont even remember them last time I bothered to update my drivers XD, lol I know I should sometiem.

I use an Asus. Does the job fine. N56V

I use a Acer Aspire V3 Series 17.3" with a Geforce 650M, 8 GiB RAM and an Intel i7 processor for just under CAD1000. It runs PA great on Uber settings. I'm very happy with the performance of the laptop itself.

(I initially bought it because they were the only company to offer a refund for Windows, but after I bought it, it turned out they expected me to pay CAD50 shipping costs to get the CAD70 refund. Those bastards! But the laptop itself is good though.)

isn't there any way in the world you could convice him he might as well throw money into a fire?

PA on desktop, or it'll be a slideshow.

Well, that was a tad overly dramatic.
Sometimes you just need a laptop instead of a desktop. There are plenty of reasons for that (frequent travel, limited living space, presentations, etc., etc.). A laptop can run PA just fine as you can see from the posts above. Even on Uber settings.

Anyway, the cousin needs to pick two from these three options: price, performance or weight. And it sounds like the choice is for price and performance, so the laptop will be on the heavy side. That's the same choice I made with my laptop. It's somewhat on the heavy side. Also, make sure it has enough RAM in there. PA requires oodles. I would say you need 8 GiB to play comfortably.

It wouldn't be tatsu if it wasn't

I know some laptops are worth it. he's probably is imagining playing at better settings than lowest on all. and he could do that for 1000$.

you know as well as I do that any 1000$ laptop won't really cut it for PA.

I'm running PA on Uber settings on my sub-$1000 laptop. It all runs very smoothly. I don't even need the "Include deferred KO" mod. I don't exactly know the fps I'm getting, but I've never noticed it being choppy.

Maybe your $1000 laptop is four years old?

Linux version less affected by UI lag. Possible because we have 64-bit Coherent or might be because Chrome just optimized better for our platform. After all every x86 Chromebook is using Intel graphics with same drivers stack.

Put your money where your mouth is, or buy more toilet paper.

I play at high settings on a laptop available off Amazon for $900. Perfectly acceptable frame rate.

chill dude, sure do whatever.

I think you are the one who must chill out, or at least stop spouting nonsense.

sure ok

I too recommend desktop. A cheap one can play PA compared to an laptop a few hundred dollars more, and an expensive one can play PA seamlessly with browsers open on the side.

Get a good desktop, then buy an average laptop, and stream all your games from your desktop to your laptop. There! High-quality gaming on average-quality computers!

Look.

If someone says "Hey, I need a cheap and strong structure that is waterproof", you don't say to them "hey, I can get you a cheap and strong structure that isn't waterproof".

Meet the specified brief guys. Meet the specified brief.

Jeeze. PC master race...

LAPTOP SUGGESTION:
My roommate and I did some shopping for gaming laptops that were reasonably priced and our final decision was a computer in the Lenovo Y-510 Series: http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/y-series/y510p/?tt=ufadfw

Right now, Lenovo IS THE best deal out there when it comes to price and hardware. The link above will take you to a price comparison page for their Y-510 Series. They have a $819 model that my roommate can play crysis 3 on. However, if you want to really have some "gusto" in your machine, look at their Dual-Graphics card model (59405667), which is $1200.

I hope this helps!

Tell your cousin not to waste money on a laptop. He will be way better off building a $1000 desktop pc.
The difference in performance and quality will be massive.

A desktop does not have a portable power supply, and a tablet does not have processing power.

I'm at uni. There is a reason laptops are the most popular computers you see around campus, and it sure as heck is not because of ignorance.

lol dude, it runs fine on my 3 (nearly 4)-year old $1000 laptop.

The reason i advise to get a desktop has nothing to do with the actual performance but with:

-Money for performance. An equivalent desktop is simply more powerful for the same money
-Size/weight. You are going to be hauling a quite heavy laptop around. I take mine daily with me and it makes me look forward to the moment i can put it down.

That being said, it hugely depends on what other things you need it for. My laptop beats any school computer at any task. Which is useful if you're running Finite Element Analysis on a 1-million (or more) DOF structure and want to be done before you need a coffee refill.