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Reddit mentions of MSI VR Ready GT62VR Dominator Pro-005 15.6" G-SYNC Hardcore Gaming Laptop GTX 1070 i7-6700HQ 32GB 256GB M.2 SATA + 1TB Windows 10
Sentiment score: 4
Reddit mentions: 7
We found 7 Reddit mentions of MSI VR Ready GT62VR Dominator Pro-005 15.6" G-SYNC Hardcore Gaming Laptop GTX 1070 i7-6700HQ 32GB 256GB M.2 SATA + 1TB Windows 10. Here are the top ones.
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Display: 15.6" Full HD Non Reflection 1920x1080 | Operating System: Windows 10Processor: Intel Core i7-6700HQ Quad Core Processor (2.6-3.5GHz)Graphics Card: NVIDIA's Latest GeForce GTX 1070 8G GDDR5RAM: 32GB (16GB x2) DDR4 2400MHz | Hard Drive: 256GB M.2 SATA SSD + 1TB (7200rpm)Special features: VR READY | G-Sync | Steel Series Full-Color Backlight Keyboard w/ Anti-Ghost Key + Silver Lining | Killer Gaming Network E2400 | Metal Build
Specs:
| Color | Black |
| Height | 1.56 Inches |
| Length | 15.35 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Size | 15.6- inch |
| Weight | 6.48 Pounds |
| Width | 10.47 Inches |
>Good laptop to run GW2?
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>I'm thinking of getting a laptop to run gw2. Any idea what video card I should be using? How much ram, speed of CPU, and storage space the laptop should have?
Been playing Guild Wars 2 on laptops for nearly 5 years now, I got you. You don't need much space (~40GB free for GW2 is plenty), and you don't need much RAM (game only seems to use around 3GB of RAM anyway). But I'm going to assume you're not ONLY using this for Guild Wars 2. I'm going to assume you want a laptop that can actually not be crappy when you decide to try something else.
Note: If it doesn't have an SSD (solid state drive), you're going to want to buy one and install it anyway. They're definitely worth the investment, the time it saves you loading or waiting for updates alone is tremendous. You might as well buy one with an SSD installed, to save yourself the hassle, but it's totally your call. Larger laptops have a second bay for a hard drive too, or you can replace the DVD bay (if any) with a hard drive or SSD by using an adapter that fits to the optical disc bay. Or just use an external hard drive for backups, or some kind of cloud service... or use nothing but the SSD, if you don't plan on having sensitive data saved locally on the laptop.
since the latest refresh was crazy nice (Nvidia 1080 would be best).
Note: I'm not an Nvidia/Intel fanboy, and I know the benchmark sites above are user-submitted (definitely not perfect). However, Guild Wars 2 generally seems to be a lot less buggy on Intel CPUs and Nvidia GPUs. I'm sure AMD's alternatives are working fine for many people, so they're worth considering to save some money. I just wouldn't want to risk it personally, especially with that much money on the line. I advise against getting anything from AMD for GW2 if you can help it. Also, I've never owned an Nvidia card that failed, and I've never owned an AMD card that didn't fail. So I am biased, but for good reason.
Now, since you haven't given a pricepoint, or a size limit, I'll just start from the top:
$9000
$6000
$4700
$3700
$3100
$2650
$2400
$1900
$1800
$1650
$1580
Be sure to note the screen size (usually 15" or 17") and resolution (usually 4K vs 1080p), if those things matter to you. Guild Wars 2 does not scale nicely for 4K screens, so the user interface will be very small unless you use an external monitor or lower your laptop's resolution. It's honestly a huge waste to get a 4K laptop if you can't stand the tiny UI for Guild Wars 2, and need to lower it to 1920x1080 anyway. And sometimes you can save some cash by choosing a 1080p option instead of the 4K model, so keep that in mind. Also, some have 2x GPU... needless to say, you don't need two high-end GPUs for playing Guild Wars 2.
If money is no object, and you don't need to actually move it much, get one of the $3000+ models. If you were hoping for something closer to $1000-2000, or something that isn't super heavy and huge, my recommendation is to get a laptop with a 1070 GPU. The difference in price is much, much larger than the difference in performance. If you were hoping for something at $1000 or less, go hunt down a laptop with a 980m and high-grade quad core i7 on ebay. Since Guild Wars 2 is going to mostly bottleneck on the processor anyway, you can get a sub-$1000 laptop that performs perfectly this way. People are practically giving away the 980m gaming laptops now that the 1080 is out (it was a pretty big performance bump this refresh, the 1080 was around 20-50% better across various benchmarks). Or you could go for an AMD model... you'll probably have time to decide if you like the way it performs within the return period anyway. However, make sure you get a good 3-4 year warranty, as you'll probably need it.
If I had that budget, I'd start my search with an Alienware 17 laptop. It's a pure gaming laptop and people have said you can get a GTX 1080 in it. There's also the graphics amplifier that you can get a few years down the road when the 1080 doesn't cut it anymore. For a few hundred dollars more, you can buy the amplifier and any desktop GPU and plug it into your laptop for even better performance.
Otherwise, like you said, check out Sager's laptops, MSi GT73VR, or even EVGA's own laptop.
Those are all 17 inch laptops. If you want a smaller, and lighter laptop, check out the Alienware 15, Asus ROG Strix GL502VS, MSI GT62VR, or an Acer Predator 15 laptop.
There's also System76's Oryx Pro if you want to try Linux instead of Windows.
https://m.newegg.com/products/N82E16834154744?ignorebbr=true&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-Mobile&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-Mobile-_-pla-_-Gaming+Laptops-_-N82E16834154744&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxoLOmvCX2wIVA1YMCh0Y9QgBEAQYBCABEgLvLfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
https://www.amazon.com/MSI-GT62VR-Dominator-Pro-005-i7-6700HQ/dp/B01IO9YI4M/ref=br_lf_m_n7x6ydo7fmzj8ou_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&s=pc
Again, it is above average, but it won't be the best for photo editing and design work because of lower sRGB color space, slightly better option but more expensive would be the MSI VR Ready GT62VR while still maintaining the same gaming performance with the 1070 GPU
Cheapest option, though reviews say it has bad built quality
The other one I'd recommend, almost 2k dollars
These are just examples, but a good guideline. At the 2k price point, you'll be looking for a laptop with a GTX 1070. Feel free to look for more, such as on Newegg (they have really good search algorithms, though I'd rather buy from safer places like Amazon)
Though of course, in the end, the best solution is spending around $1600 of your budget to get a very good gaming PC with a GTX 1080, while spending the rest on a laptop. You can game on your PC while the laptop can be used for the portable work.
Thanks for the suggestion! I've been looking at that one the most but can you tell me your opinion on this one?
https://www.amazon.com/MSI-GT62VR-Dominator-Pro-087-i7-6700HQ/dp/B01LWZI08T/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1478505077&sr=8-2&keywords=gt62vr+gtx+1070
And why is it 300$ cheaper than this?
https://www.amazon.com/MSI-GT62VR-Dominator-Pro-005-i7-6700HQ/dp/B01IO9YI4M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1478505077&sr=8-1&keywords=gt62vr+gtx+1070
Thanks!
Why only alienware and razer? Something like https://www.amazon.com/MSI-GT62VR-Dominator-Pro-005-i7-6700HQ/dp/B01IO9YI4M/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1487231843&sr=1-3&keywords=1070+laptop in theory outclasses both of those.. for a lower price