Your Laptop Specs For playing ESO

VvardeFellow

I'll be moving to using a laptop a great deal of the time, from a desktop, and moving oceanic (fiber optic). I'm in the 2-4 months range of buying a 15" (don't want a 17 or 13) laptop, in the $2k USD or lower range, the thinnest and lightest for the buck. I have been doing the research, but I need to know from ESO players with laptops:
*your specs for CPU GPU, memory, 60 or 144 refresh, and what settings in game (high, medium) you get for xyz frame rate.

I'll be playing ESO 99.5% of my gaming time (except for the brownouts) so knowing what other people have and are experiencing would really help.

Thank you.

Hixtory

VvardeFellow wrote: »

I'll be moving to using a laptop a great deal of the time, from a desktop, and moving oceanic (fiber optic). I'm in the 2-4 months range of buying a 15" (don't want a 17 or 13) laptop, in the $2k USD or lower range, the thinnest and lightest for the buck. I have been doing the research, but I need to know from ESO players with laptops:
*your specs for CPU GPU, memory, 60 or 144 refresh, and what settings in game (high, medium) you get for xyz frame rate.

I'll be playing ESO 99.5% of my gaming time (except for the brownouts) so knowing what other people have and are experiencing would really help.

Thank you.

I ply on laptop, Acer Helios Predator 300, is a good machine, and I usually run at 60-70 fps open world and in trials 25-40, but I beleve is more on zos.

The price is way loer than your 2k but there are more powerfull in the same line

VvardeFellow

Thank you for your information.

lucky_Sage

I have a Asus something they don't make this model anymore it's 4 years old which I will be getting a new laptop soon.becuase my fans are going out and it is starting to slowing get problems like refusing to update and other hardware things
And has a
I7 Intel core
850m GeForce
8gb ram
I play on high setting and only do bgs and I run 60fps for the most part some days are better than others.i don't do trails and I live in the country where high speed internet is 25megs so can't handle AvA

FlyingSwan

I primarily play on my desktop but I do have a laptop for when I travel and now and then I run ESO on it:

Dell XPS15
4k screen but I do run games at 1080, no point using 4k for gaming on a 15" screen
It's Core i7
16GB RAM
M2
GPU is GTX1050

Runs ESO at over 60fps, can't remember refresh rate.

Laptop was about £2000. It's primarily a work tool but when I travel I get bored and like to play some games on it.

Vapirko

Asus ROG Strix. 16gb Ram, 250 SSD (ESO is on here) 1TB HD, GeForce 1070, CPU is something like 2.8Ghz with turbo charge up to 3.5 or something like that. Performs quite well. I don’t play on ultra jsut becuse I don’t care. You can have it on high setting, shadows on medium, good view distance and particles and all special effects and still get 40-60 FPS in most situation. I think it cost like 1300 when it came out so you should be able to get something way nicer.

humpalicous

Intel i5 4th gen
8 gb ram
GTX 960 4 gb
Win 10

Works perfectly on highest settings, doesn't need to be flashy

lientier

I have an acer predator G5-793 16GB RAM with a Geforce GTX 1060 and play ESO on highest settings, my FPS is overland 40-60. I have a ton of addons, which I think increase the loading screens significantly. Its a huge and heavy laptop though (and you want a smaller one so this wont help you).
Before I had a (in comparison) lighter and slimmer laptop - although I also liked the bigger screen, but well a nice metal case gives you some extra weight.. .
I had a Lenovo y50-70 also with 16gb RAM Nvidia GTX 860. The price must be quite a bit below your range. It worked fine as well with Eso on highest settings. Biggest drawback on that one was it didnt have an internal HDD, and not a very huge SSD (and I didnt want to clutter the SSD with my ton of photoshopstuff/images etc).

Latios

Dell inspiron gaming 7567.

GTX 1050TI
I7 7700HQ
16 GB RAM
1080P @60 hz

I play with custom settings, something between high to ultra and I keep 60 fps most of the time. Only places they drop are Large scale cyro battles and trials, but never below 30.

smtdbplus

MSI 65 Stealth, 1060, 60-80 in Rawl.

Thin and excellent keyboard, no complain.

But upgrading the memory or ssd is very messy.

karthrag_inak

Sager NP9877 :
I7-8700k @ 3.7GHz
17" 1440 120Hz
GTX 1080
16 GB
2x M.2 drives totaling 1.5 TB, 2x SSDs totaling 3 TB.

Everything maxed, no complaints. What a time to be alive

All but one of the HDs I added, the rest is stock, and it cost around US$2800, iirc. So a bit higher than your budget, but Sager/clevo's are imo the best bang for your buck, and their lower-level models are equally as good - they are Clevos, which is the company that makes many of the top laptops for other brands (they used to make Alienware laptops). I've purchased 2 top of the line laptops from lpc-digital.com (Sager/Clevo reseller) over the past 7 years, and they both have been fantastic.

IcyDeadPeople

I played on laptop for few years before putting together my first DIY desktop.

Keep in mind ESO is a lot more demanding on CPU than other games, especially large Cyrodiil PVP battles. Even with highest end desktop in large battles you will find frame rate dropping sometimes. If you will not participate in PVP at all, you can get by with a bit weaker specs, but I suggest the following as bare minimum:

• Make sure to get laptop with full 45W quad or hex core CPU (processor model # ending in H, HK or HQ such as i7-7920HQ, i5-8300H etc) and avoid the low voltage battery saver 15W ULV processors (model # ends in U or M or contain Y, for example i5-7Y54, i7-7500U etc). There are also some higher end AMD laptop processors these days, but I'm not familiar with the product lines
• 8GB+ RAM (or laptop with capacity for you to upgrade the RAM yourself to at least 8GB)
• GPU 1050Ti or better minimum for most games 1080p. You can find quite a few with 1060 well under $1k, and there are some pretty nice Asus and Clevo laptops with 1070 around $1300-1400. 1060 will deliver 60fps in PVE and empty areas of Cyrodiil, but not large battles. If your budget is 2k, you should be able to find one with 1080, or get 1070 laptop and use the rest of your budget for extras like 1TB SSD etc. Try to avoid laptops with the "Max-Q" version of 1070 or 1080. The Max-Q is throttled with performance about 10-15% below regular laptop 1070 and 1080 cards.

New Nvidia Turing RTX 20xx laptops are launching within the next few months, so if you can wait a while, you will find Pascal laptops price dropping fast.

Here are a few with 1070 (non Max-Q):

• https://www.xoticpc.com/custom-gaming-laptops-notebooks-gaming-laptops-ct-118-96-98.html#!/graphicscard=161&no_cache=true&p=clear
• https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100157995 601206490&IsNodeId=1&Description=laptop gtx 1070&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=36

And if you shop around a bit, you can usually find deal under 2k for laptop with 1080 (non Max-Q):

• https://www.microcenter.com/product/505981/gt63-titan-052-156-gaming-laptop-computer---black
• https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100157995 601206491&IsNodeId=1&Description=laptop gtx 1080&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=36

EDIT: you mentioned you want thin and light form factor. Keep in mind this kind of raises the price for comparable performance, but you can definitely find some relatively thin laptops with GTX 1070 (non Max-Q) about 1" (25.4 mm) thickness form factor and under 5 lbs (2.17kg). If you want to go any thinner than that you will probably need to drop down to something with the 1070 Max Q version like Asus Zepherus which is about same weight but thinner chassis 0.62" (15.7 mm) , still under $2k

UnseenCat

Asus Zephyrus M with a GTX 1060. Plenty fast for ESO and many other games. 1060 GPU is economical and just fine for driving the laptop's screen or a reasonable 2K monitor on ultra settings in ESO. (I have a custom, overclocked desktop with a 1080 for gaming on a much bigger screen.)

Ciovala

Asus Zephyrus M. GM501GS

1. 8750H
2. GTX 1070
3. 32 GB RAM
4. 2 x 512 SSD
5. 1080p GSync Display

Averages 60 FPS I think, all settings maxed (in Rawl’kha). Not an optimised engine. My desktop is beefier and has a 1080 and is also averaging like 60 at 3440x1440.

fred4

I play with a desktop and Thinkpad travel keyboard on my lap, in the living room. This means both of my hands rest in a fixed position, with my left middle finger on the 'E' key, and my right one on the pointing stick, while the other fingers can stretch to other keys. A lot of other keys. I could not imagine using a trackpad and, since I like having the keyboard or laptop on my lap, an external mouse would be out too. The one and only laptop I would consider is a Thinkpad X1 Extreme, a thin and light 15" business (but arguably hybrid) machine. I have not actually bought one yet. The specs would be:

i7-8750H (hex core, 4.1GHz turbo)
16GB RAM
GTX 1050 Ti (MaxQ)
FHD IPS matte screen

VvardeFellow

lucky_Sage wrote: »

I have a Asus something they don't make this model anymore it's 4 years old which I will be getting a new laptop soon.becuase my fans are going out and it is starting to slowing get problems like refusing to update and other hardware things
And has a
I7 Intel core
850m GeForce
8gb ram
I play on high setting and only do bgs and I run 60fps for the most part some days are better than others.i don't do trails and I live in the country where high speed internet is 25megs so can't handle AvA

Thanks, that helps also.

VvardeFellow

FlyingSwan wrote: »

I primarily play on my desktop but I do have a laptop for when I travel and now and then I run ESO on it:

Dell XPS15
4k screen but I do run games at 1080, no point using 4k for gaming on a 15" screen
It's Core i7
16GB RAM
M2
GPU is GTX1050

Runs ESO at over 60fps, can't remember refresh rate.

Laptop was about £2000. It's primarily a work tool but when I travel I get bored and like to play some games on it.

Thank you.

VvardeFellow

Vapirko wrote: »

Asus ROG Strix. 16gb Ram, 250 SSD (ESO is on here) 1TB HD, GeForce 1070, CPU is something like 2.8Ghz with turbo charge up to 3.5 or something like that. Performs quite well. I don’t play on ultra jsut becuse I don’t care. You can have it on high setting, shadows on medium, good view distance and particles and all special effects and still get 40-60 FPS in most situation. I think it cost like 1300 when it came out so you should be able to get something way nicer.

Thank you.

VvardeFellow

humpalicous wrote: »

Intel i5 4th gen
8 gb ram
GTX 960 4 gb
Win 10

Works perfectly on highest settings, doesn't need to be flashy

Thanks, great information. Good to see some positive on a lower end system.

VvardeFellow

lientier wrote: »

I have an acer predator G5-793 16GB RAM with a Geforce GTX 1060 and play ESO on highest settings, my FPS is overland 40-60. I have a ton of addons, which I think increase the loading screens significantly. Its a huge and heavy laptop though (and you want a smaller one so this wont help you).
Before I had a (in comparison) lighter and slimmer laptop - although I also liked the bigger screen, but well a nice metal case gives you some extra weight.. .
I had a Lenovo y50-70 also with 16gb RAM Nvidia GTX 860. The price must be quite a bit below your range. It worked fine as well with Eso on highest settings. Biggest drawback on that one was it didnt have an internal HDD, and not a very huge SSD (and I didnt want to clutter the SSD with my ton of photoshopstuff/images etc).

Thanks. I'm not stuck on a price, it's pretty much cpu, gpu, weight, size, and 144mhz if possible.

VvardeFellow

Latios wrote: »

Dell inspiron gaming 7567.

GTX 1050TI
I7 7700HQ
16 GB RAM
1080P @60 hz

I play with custom settings, something between high to ultra and I keep 60 fps most of the time. Only places they drop are Large scale cyro battles and trials, but never below 30.

Thank you. Nice to know the fiddling helps. I was worried a 1060ti was underpowered, wrote it off.

VvardeFellow

karthrag_inak wrote: »

Sager NP9877 :
I7-8700k @ 3.7GHz
17" 1440 120Hz
GTX 1080
16 GB
2x M.2 drives totaling 1.5 TB, 2x SSDs totaling 3 TB.

Everything maxed, no complaints. What a time to be alive

All but one of the HDs I added, the rest is stock, and it cost around US$2800, iirc. So a bit higher than your budget, but Sager/clevo's are imo the best bang for your buck, and their lower-level models are equally as good - they are Clevos, which is the company that makes many of the top laptops for other brands (they used to make Alienware laptops). I've purchased 2 top of the line laptops from lpc-digital.com (Sager/Clevo reseller) over the past 7 years, and they both have been fantastic.

Thanks. Yeah, that would get me scalped by she who must be obeyed, but what a nice system.

VvardeFellow

fred4 wrote: »

I play with a desktop and Thinkpad travel keyboard on my lap, in the living room. This means both of my hands rest in a fixed position, with my left middle finger on the 'E' key, and my right one on the pointing stick, while the other fingers can stretch to other keys. A lot of other keys. I could not imagine using a trackpad and, since I like having the keyboard or laptop on my lap, an external mouse would be out too. The one and only laptop I would consider is a Thinkpad X1 Extreme, a thin and light 15" business (but arguably hybrid) machine. I have not actually bought one yet. The specs would be:

i7-8750H (hex core, 4.1GHz turbo)
16GB RAM
GTX 1050 Ti (MaxQ)
FHD IPS matte screen

That's a nice system. I had missed it because searching the Lenovo site I always went to Legion line, thinking after brief perusal that thinkpads all had shared gpu. Thank you.

VvardeFellow

IcyDeadPeople wrote: »

I played on laptop for few years before putting together my first DIY desktop.

Keep in mind ESO is a lot more demanding on CPU than other games, especially large Cyrodiil PVP battles. Even with highest end desktop in large battles you will find frame rate dropping sometimes. If you will not participate in PVP at all, you can get by with a bit weaker specs, but I suggest the following as bare minimum:

• Make sure to get laptop with full 45W quad or hex core CPU (processor model # ending in H, HK or HQ such as i7-7920HQ, i5-8300H etc) and avoid the low voltage battery saver 15W ULV processors (model # ends in U or M or contain Y, for example i5-7Y54, i7-7500U etc). There are also some higher end AMD laptop processors these days, but I'm not familiar with the product lines
• 8GB+ RAM (or laptop with capacity for you to upgrade the RAM yourself to at least 8GB)
• GPU 1050Ti or better minimum for most games 1080p. You can find quite a few with 1060 well under $1k, and there are some pretty nice Asus and Clevo laptops with 1070 around $1300-1400. 1060 will deliver 60fps in PVE and empty areas of Cyrodiil, but not large battles. If your budget is 2k, you should be able to find one with 1080, or get 1070 laptop and use the rest of your budget for extras like 1TB SSD etc. Try to avoid laptops with the "Max-Q" version of 1070 or 1080. The Max-Q is throttled with performance about 10-15% below regular laptop 1070 and 1080 cards.

New Nvidia Turing RTX 20xx laptops are launching within the next few months, so if you can wait a while, you will find Pascal laptops price dropping fast.

Here are a few with 1070 (non Max-Q):

• https://www.xoticpc.com/custom-gaming-laptops-notebooks-gaming-laptops-ct-118-96-98.html#!/graphicscard=161&no_cache=true&p=clear
• https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100157995 601206490&IsNodeId=1&Description=laptop gtx 1070&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=36

And if you shop around a bit, you can usually find deal under 2k for laptop with 1080 (non Max-Q):

• https://www.microcenter.com/product/505981/gt63-titan-052-156-gaming-laptop-computer---black
• https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100157995 601206491&IsNodeId=1&Description=laptop gtx 1080&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=36

EDIT: you mentioned you want thin and light form factor. Keep in mind this kind of raises the price for comparable performance, but you can definitely find some relatively thin laptops with GTX 1070 (non Max-Q) about 1" (25.4 mm) thickness form factor and under 5 lbs (2.17kg). If you want to go any thinner than that you will probably need to drop down to something with the 1070 Max Q version like Asus Zepherus which is about same weight but thinner chassis 0.62" (15.7 mm) , still under $2k

Thanks for the links and information. I had picked up on the CPU suffixes but not all the GPU ones, so that helped. Unless I was forced to, and can't imagine how that would happen, I'm going with 16 RAM. I hadn't considered a 1050TI, I thought they were under powered. The thin and light is a top 3 criteria thing, unless, again, I'm forced not to go there. I love the systems many folks have shared, but frankly I'll sacrifice if I have to to get away from the flashy, lighted, weird angle design. For example I have an older I5 Lenovo YOGA and I love it. However, it's below even minimum specs, but I really like the Legion Y530, but even the top specs available of.

VvardeFellow

Has anyone had or have a Eluktronics laptop? I see them popping up in some review searches.

Bubbastic

MSI GT72S 6QE DOMINATOR PRO G 4K
i7 Skylake
32 Gb DDR4
Geforce 980M 8 Gb DDR5
SSD M2 512 Gb

https://www.msi.com/Laptop/GT72S-6QE-DOMINATOR-PRO-G/Specification

MinnesotaKid

Sager NP8157
GTX 1070
32 gig RAM
I7-7700K

$1800

Review

IdesofMarch2

I'm moving to a laptop too, I still have my Xbox one for ESO but can't anytime on it.
I haven't gotten it yet but and it's not as expensive at all like these others but it's an Acer Nitro 5
Intel Core I5 8300H 2.30GHz Quad Core 4 GeForce GTX 1050 ti GDDR5 dedicated memory 1920/1080 screen resolution
256gb SSD. This also has the capability to add another 8gb of storage.

I'm curious because this is the only game that will be played on this laptop, will ESO run well on this?
Its not cheap it lists at 900

IcyDeadPeople

IdesofMarch2 wrote: »

I'm moving to a laptop too, I still have my Xbox one for ESO but can't anytime on it.
I haven't gotten it yet but and it's not as expensive at all like these others but it's an Acer Nitro 5
Intel Core I5 8300H 2.30GHz Quad Core 4 GeForce GTX 1050 ti GDDR5 dedicated memory 1920/1080 screen resolution
256gb SSD. This also has the capability to add another 8gb of storage.

I'm curious because this is the only game that will be played on this laptop, will ESO run well on this?
Its not cheap it lists at 900

It will run but IMO $900 is a bit overpriced for 1050Ti laptop, hopefully you can find one with 1060 around this price. Especially if you can wait a couple months all pascal laptops will go on sale after next gen nvidia laptops launch.

VvardeFellow wrote: »

Has anyone had or have a Eluktronics laptop? I see them popping up in some review searches.

It's Clevo reseller. Look for Clevo with the same model number and you will find various resellers to compare prices.

IdesofMarch2

I should have said it was 799 on sale I was looking for a budget laptop that wasn’t over 1k. So it will be fine for ESO?

MrGarlic

I run the game on one of these;

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/NBKACN715002/Acer-Aspire-A717-72G-798U-GTX1060-Deluxe-Gaming-La

Geforce 1060 6Gig graphics memory.
16 Gigs ram

Ignore the price. Everything in New Zealand is more expensive than anywhere on Earth. I'm sure it would be much cheaper anywhere.

The game runs fine on it, FPS 80-100

Here's proof: