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    Laptop advise for UDK play/development

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by gdseas, May 9, 2012.

  1. gdseas

    gdseas Newbie

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    Hello,
    I am in a bit of a bind shopping for a laptop and need advise. I have to
    buy a laptop for customer presentations and also be able to do some
    development while on the road.

    If I had to buy a desktop, I would not even ask but for laptops I am clueless!

    Looking at the options below, would you please help me by ranking the different laptops? Unfortunately, time is an issue so I *can't* configure one, I have to buy off the shelf...

    Option A: Asus ROG, i7 at 2.3GHZ, 12 GB RAM, Video: GT 670M
    Option B: Dell XPS, i7 at 2.2GHz, 8 GB RAM, Video: GT 525M
    Option C: Asus R500VM, i7 at 2.3GHz, 8 GB RAM, Video: GT 630M
    Option D: Asus X535D, i5 at 2.5GHz, 8 GB RAM, Video: GT 610M


    Thank you for your help!!!!!
    Gregory
     
    gdseas, May 9, 2012
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  2. rschauby

    rschauby Superfluously Redundant

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    If you're buying off the shelf then get A.

    B,C,D are all low end.
     
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    gdseas Newbie

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    ....I take it you base this to the graphics card?
     
    gdseas, May 9, 2012
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  4. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    you might be able to get playable performance out of some unreal engine GAMES with a low end graphics card, but you're not going to get anywhere with the development kit without something at least moderately powerful. The 670m is a reasonable choice. The rest are basically non-options.
     
    masterchef341, May 10, 2012
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