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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Dadtallica on August 02, 2023, 09:05:44 PM
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Thanks to all of you that participated in the previous thread. We got a decent deal and I’m getting a new ride out of it! https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,407754.0.html (https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,407754.0.html)
Sorry for the big pics. :old: Here is what I have now… an HP Envy laptop
(https://i.imgur.com/U10jAe1.jpg)
Here is what I will have now. I have sticks to also update this one to 64gb memory.
(https://i.imgur.com/id4EuKh.jpg)
Can anyone give me a ideawhat kind of difference I should expect? Or where my best improvements will be? My monitor is a 55” 4K TV. I will also now to be able to use a Rift S I have and will probably get a newer VR. I also have a PSVR I might be able to use. Looking forward to something bette than my home office laptop lol.
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So you're getting your son's old desktop to replace your laptop?
It's hard to tell what you will actually see since there's no info about the video cards but for what I could find out about your laptop the graphics of it aren't especially gaming oriented. Here's some pondering based on the information you've given:
The desktop has a better CPU and lots of RAM so they don't create a bottleneck. As you said you've upped the video card I suppose that part will also be an improvement to the laptop. One very important thing is that the desktop has much better cooling so there will not be a huge performance hit when the components start to heat up.
That said, remember what I said about resolutions and speed in the previous thread. The laptop is 1080p if my searches found the correct models. Your 4k TV will work as a monitor but it has a quadruple amount of pixels to draw so the load is four times that of the laptop. The desktop is not four times better! There's a workaround, though: Simply set the game to run at 1920x1080 and you'll see an improvement to your laptop. Similarly, the Rift S has a higher resolution and also a faster refresh rate which combined double the load compared to the screen of the laptop. The PSVR are even faster so the load is roughly three-fold. So both the 4K TV and the VR you have may end up giving you a worse gaming experience if you run them at their max specs.
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Thanks for the notes. To be honest I actually have no issues with how it runs on the laptop. I’m just hoping for maybe a little crisper picture hopefully. I have no idea what the onboard graphics are for the HP.
I only use the big tv because I am old and it’s easier to shoot little planes lol. I would downsize if I had a better display.
I’ve never even used VR so I am not sure what to expect but everyone says it’s the only way to go!
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Apologies if this was already answered in the previous thread, but did you previously play on the 4K TV with the laptop hooked up to it? If so, I assume it was downsized to 1080p as I can't imagine that laptop running any game in 4K.
As Bizman said - hard to say without vid card info but I have to imagine it will be better. Not entirely sure whatever card is in the Alienware can handle 4K either There's a chance it has a 2080 but also a chance of a lesser card. Best way to find that is by looking in Device Manager.
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Oh goodness sorry I didn’t realize it didn’t show the card for the R7. It’s an RTX 2060.
Lol and no the lapper was not putting out 4K. I will check what it’s exact card is.
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If you are sitting desk length from a 50" 4k tv.... it will not look all that crisp. I am an old fart too and was on a 55".