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Offline Eagler

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What's a good laptop to play AH on these days
« on: February 15, 2025, 02:03:48 PM »
Any suggestions for laptop specs to play AH with via monitor?

Is it possible to use a VR headset with a laptop?

Thanks for any info!

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Re: What's a good laptop to play AH on these days
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2025, 11:04:57 PM »
Any suggestions for laptop specs to play AH with via monitor?

Is it possible to use a VR headset with a laptop?

Thanks for any info!

Eagler

This will be an interesting thread to watch as Leisure and myself have Shanghai'd an old player back into the game and he needs a windows machine along with all the other stuff to get going again. A laptop along with a decent monitor might just be the ticket. I worry about keeping a laptop cool however but I have a feeling cooling has improved greatly since the last time I used a Windows laptop years ago.
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Re: What's a good laptop to play AH on these days
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2025, 11:35:28 PM »
Finetime played on a couple laptops he got off of Ebay for cheap.

Brooks builds some cheap desktops, $650 and run AH at 60 fps no problem.

Running the game isnt an issue if your just looking to play, VR on the other hand can set you back a bit.

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Re: What's a good laptop to play AH on these days
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2025, 08:03:49 AM »
Does a laptop have the video connections to run vr?

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Re: What's a good laptop to play AH on these days
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2025, 08:19:02 AM »
Does a laptop have the video connections to run vr?


A fair question, I'd like to know, too.  There are all manner of adapters which will connect with USB and/or C ports.  I don't know if VR hardware can run through an adapter, or whether that would slow it down or cause some other mischief.

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Re: What's a good laptop to play AH on these days
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2025, 03:56:30 PM »
Sager is still tops for gaming laptops.
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Re: What's a good laptop to play AH on these days
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2025, 11:14:09 AM »
Does a laptop have the video connections to run vr?

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Not sure which VR headset you're asking about but I've played on a laptop with my quest 2. All you need to do is plug it in to a USB port with the link cable if you're not using the wireless.

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Re: What's a good laptop to play AH on these days
« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2025, 11:34:25 AM »
Both my vive pro and crystal light use usb and video connections

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Re: What's a good laptop to play AH on these days
« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2025, 07:20:25 AM »
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Re: What's a good laptop to play AH on these days
« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2025, 07:40:37 AM »
Last acer laptop I bought barely had the processing or video power to run any game, so I personally wont recommend an acer unless you are just using it to surf the web or check email.
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Re: What's a good laptop to play AH on these days
« Reply #10 on: March 01, 2025, 08:40:50 AM »
Can't name any brands but based on the gaming laptop comparison reviews I've read you can't trust the numbers. First, a well known fact is that the laptop GPU's aren't as powerful as their desktop counterparts. Second, and this is the biggest issue, without proper testing it's impossible to tell which laptop performs best even if all the components are similar. Some may start strong but after a while of tough action they slow down to a crawl due to inefficient cooling. Some may seem slower but maintain their speed for hours. Even physical size doesn't directly tell about the efficiency of cooling.A laptop with a weaker CPU can outperform many equipped with a more powerful one. The reason may be in better airflow or potentially also well optimized bios settings.

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Re: What's a good laptop to play AH on these days
« Reply #11 on: March 01, 2025, 10:04:10 AM »
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2623508/snag-this-beloved-rtx-4060-gaming-laptop-for-just-625-while-you-can.html

Would this laptop push AH in vr?

Is Acer a decent brand these days?

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I would bet that this would run AH3 in VR with a Quest 2 based on having done it with a laptop that had a 3060 and a less powerful CPU. The main question would be if it has the ports you need to connect your VR if that was your plan. Something to keep in mind is that the laptop version of a GPU is usually not as powerful as it's desktop counterpart, however this one appears to be close.

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-RTX-4060-Laptop-vs-Nvidia-RTX-4060/m2040979vs4150

My laptop 3060 was significantly less then the desktop version.

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-RTX-3060-Laptop-vs-Nvidia-RTX-3060/m1452971vs4105

If I was looking for a laptop to run AH3 with a Quest 2 I would buy this laptop.

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Re: What's a good laptop to play AH on these days
« Reply #12 on: March 04, 2025, 07:01:58 AM »
Does the cpu matter? AMD or Intel?

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Re: What's a good laptop to play AH on these days
« Reply #13 on: March 04, 2025, 09:06:36 AM »
Not too much.

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Re: What's a good laptop to play AH on these days
« Reply #14 on: March 04, 2025, 01:19:31 PM »
Last acer laptop I bought barely had the processing or video power to run any game, so I personally wont recommend an acer unless you are just using it to surf the web or check email.
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