1050ti & 1060 in a laptop for ESO

VvardeFellow

I've narrowed my list of laptops for purchase, with ESO being pretty much the only gaming I will do. I asked for imput in a previous post, and thank you for all who provided very valuable information. That said, the price range of laptops pretty much has 1050TI and 1060 as GPU's, and Intel 8750H for CPU's.

So, I'd very much like to hear from anyone who plays ESO on a laptop with 1050TI and 1060 GPU's, and in particular anyone who plays ESO on a newer (late 2017, 2018) Razer, which can have a MX150, or a 1060, and an Intel 8565U.

Thanks.

oibam

Pascal is end of product cycle. Wait a few months and go 1070.

VvardeFellow

oibam wrote: »

Pascal is end of product cycle. Wait a few months and go 1070.

It may very well be EOL, but even if they started coming in by March 2019, it would be too late for my window of purchase. I'm not after the latest battle faux royale, just ESO.

Vapirko

You probably won’t be playing on ultra but you’ll be fine. For decent performance probably something like high textures and sub sampling, low shdows, water reflections off, decent view distance like 50-60, default particle settings, some or all special effects depending on situation. Bloom, sunlight rays and grass are all doable. Some user setting tweaks should help too. They’re floating around.

Casowen

The performance benefit of the next generation nvidia isnt likely to be very high as seen in previous generations, so if that means saving money, then I would say go for either the 1050ti or 1060. What laptop are you eyeing?

Il3rotherhood

I just bought a laptop with 1050ti and runs great on high settings. 40fps in highly populated cities and up to 80 fps when you are alone in Alik'r... Didnt try cyrodiil yet tho

Leocaran

Il3rotherhood wrote: »

a laptop with 1050ti and runs great on high settings. 40fps in highly populated cities and up to 80 fps when you are alone in Alik'r... Didnt try cyrodiil yet tho

More or less the same.
Only the game has huge FPS dips (like to 12-17 fps) sometimes in some places, and I don't understand what causes that (not after loading and not connected to lags).

Lord_Eomer

VvardeFellow wrote: »

I've narrowed my list of laptops for purchase, with ESO being pretty much the only gaming I will do. I asked for imput in a previous post, and thank you for all who provided very valuable information. That said, the price range of laptops pretty much has 1050TI and 1060 as GPU's, and Intel 8750H for CPU's.

So, I'd very much like to hear from anyone who plays ESO on a laptop with 1050TI and 1060 GPU's, and in particular anyone who plays ESO on a newer (late 2017, 2018) Razer, which can have a MX150, or a 1060, and an Intel 8565U.

Thanks.

Go with 1050Ti, its one of best and ESO runs great on it.

blacksabsub17_ESO

Sorry OP.....Razer? You can do so much better. Check out Sager or one of the re-sellers. Xoticpc, LPC Digital etc... or even a DEll G7. Razer brand is garbage.

P.s. Always buy the best gpu you can afford at the time of purchase.

AlienatedGoat

VvardeFellow wrote: »

I've narrowed my list of laptops for purchase, with ESO being pretty much the only gaming I will do. I asked for imput in a previous post, and thank you for all who provided very valuable information. That said, the price range of laptops pretty much has 1050TI and 1060 as GPU's, and Intel 8750H for CPU's.

So, I'd very much like to hear from anyone who plays ESO on a laptop with 1050TI and 1060 GPU's, and in particular anyone who plays ESO on a newer (late 2017, 2018) Razer, which can have a MX150, or a 1060, and an Intel 8565U.

Thanks.

GPU matters very little in ESO as the game isn't that graphically demanding - the majority of work is done on your CPU, on a single thread (yes "multithread support" exists, but it is incredibly unoptimized - most work is still on a single thread). 1060 is more than enough GPU for ESO, so I'd try getting as good a CPU as you can since you want this to be a dedicated ESO laptop. This will minimize your CPU single thread bottleneck, and future-proof you a little down the road for the game. I'd advise at least an i7 8850H if you're aiming for ultra-high settings. Stay away from U-series, they're not good gaming CPUs.

Saucy_Jack

I run a GTX 1070 in my Sager lappy; works great, albeit a little hot. Cooling pad keeps my important bits from frying.

playsforfun

i got a 1050ti 4gb with i5 7300q processor laptop and it runs the game fine on high settings no issues even in pvp it's ok

LeagueTroll

You can spend $2500 to get a 5kg laptop with actual desktop cpu, or you can spend the same money get a 2kg razor with low tdp cpu and garbage cooling for the gpu.

Btw eso coding is very potato cpu usage very high gpu do very little. Low tdp cpu is pure garbage, plain and simple.

VvardeFellow

Vapirko wrote: »

You probably won’t be playing on ultra but you’ll be fine. For decent performance probably something like high textures and sub sampling, low shdows, water reflections off, decent view distance like 50-60, default particle settings, some or all special effects depending on situation. Bloom, sunlight rays and grass are all doable. Some user setting tweaks should help too. They’re floating around.

Thanks, that's similar stuff I did with this desktop Rx570 Ryzen 1700.

VvardeFellow

Casowen wrote: »

The performance benefit of the next generation nvidia isnt likely to be very high as seen in previous generations, so if that means saving money, then I would say go for either the 1050ti or 1060. What laptop are you eyeing?

Razer 15", Lenovo Legion 530. Lenovo X1 extreme. Different configs the low would be $1200 something, high $1800.

VvardeFellow

Il3rotherhood wrote: »

I just bought a laptop with 1050ti and runs great on high settings. 40fps in highly populated cities and up to 80 fps when you are alone in Alik'r... Didnt try cyrodiil yet tho

Excellent, I was hoping for that.

VvardeFellow

blacksabsub17_ESO wrote: »

Sorry OP.....Razer? You can do so much better. Check out Sager or one of the re-sellers. Xoticpc, LPC Digital etc... or even a DEll G7. Razer brand is garbage.

P.s. Always buy the best gpu you can afford at the time of purchase.

Well, perhaps you could explain why it's "garbage". I have been checking out Xoticpc, and there are possibilities, but asthetically, i'm not going the race-car look, which is mostly what I see. I'm narrowing to slim and trim. But thank you.

Yes, I would also always buy the best GPU I could afford. CPU doesn't seem to be an issue. For the most part 8750H seems to be the default or upgrade option on most systems.

VvardeFellow

AlienatedGoat wrote: »

VvardeFellow wrote: »

I've narrowed my list of laptops for purchase, with ESO being pretty much the only gaming I will do. I asked for imput in a previous post, and thank you for all who provided very valuable information. That said, the price range of laptops pretty much has 1050TI and 1060 as GPU's, and Intel 8750H for CPU's.

So, I'd very much like to hear from anyone who plays ESO on a laptop with 1050TI and 1060 GPU's, and in particular anyone who plays ESO on a newer (late 2017, 2018) Razer, which can have a MX150, or a 1060, and an Intel 8565U.

Thanks.

GPU matters very little in ESO as the game isn't that graphically demanding - the majority of work is done on your CPU, on a single thread (yes "multithread support" exists, but it is incredibly unoptimized - most work is still on a single thread). 1060 is more than enough GPU for ESO, so I'd try getting as good a CPU as you can since you want this to be a dedicated ESO laptop. This will minimize your CPU single thread bottleneck, and future-proof you a little down the road for the game. I'd advise at least an i7 8850H if you're aiming for ultra-high settings. Stay away from U-series, they're not good gaming CPUs.

Thanks. That's at least the second time I've had a warning on the U series. I haven't seen but maybe one system that had even the option for over an 8750H , at least in my $ range.

VvardeFellow

playsforfun wrote: »

i got a 1050ti 4gb with i5 7300q processor laptop and it runs the game fine on high settings no issues even in pvp it's ok

Some variance, but I'm hearing good about the 1050ti, enough to soothe some nagging worries. Thanks.

Valrien

Don't get a Razer. Their sleek bodies may look good but overheat way too easily unless you have the fans blasting like a wind-turbine. They're good laptops for general use, but they're basically more powerful Macbooks that run on Windows

I personally have an ASUS ROG GU501GM from Best Buy and I love it. It's got a 1060, i7 8th gen processor, and 16 GB RAM at a fraction of the cost of a comparable razor (1200 dollars on sale for me, full price is 1500

I've also done a bit of research on graphics cards and found the difference between those two is negligible with the 1050Ti coming slightly behind the 1060

Bluestat

I personally am running the game on an asus laptop with a 1060 with 6gb vram, 16 ram and an i7 7700hq. Every setting maxed except for water reflections and most of the time my fps is in the 70-80 range in cities such as mournhold. Can dip into the 40s at dolmens like alik'r. Never had any lag issues in cyrodiil nor BGs. I do use a cooling pad because boy the laptop gets hot.

VvardeFellow

Valrien wrote: »

Don't get a Razer. Their sleek bodies may look good but overheat way too easily unless you have the fans blasting like a wind-turbine. They're good laptops for general use, but they're basically more powerful Macbooks that run on Windows

I personally have an ASUS ROG GU501GM from Best Buy and I love it. It's got a 1060, i7 8th gen processor, and 16 GB RAM at a fraction of the cost of a comparable razor (1200 dollars on sale for me, full price is 1500

I've also done a bit of research on graphics cards and found the difference between those two is negligible with the 1050Ti coming slightly behind the 1060

Thanks. I'm pretty set on slim/trim, and that is a nice rig.

VvardeFellow

Bluestat wrote: »

I personally am running the game on an asus laptop with a 1060 with 6gb vram, 16 ram and an i7 7700hq. Every setting maxed except for water reflections and most of the time my fps is in the 70-80 range in cities such as mournhold. Can dip into the 40s at dolmens like alik'r. Never had any lag issues in cyrodiil nor BGs. I do use a cooling pad because boy the laptop gets hot.

Excellent. I'm worrying less about CPU and GPU the more feedback I get. It's pretty much price point and slim/trim now.

pikapp515_ESO

I built my computer around ESO five or so years ago and hem and haw'ed over specs with the help of an incredibly good tech gal. My 770 GPU is still running ESO at top performance, mainly because of the i7 CPU. ESO is CPU hungry. That's the biggest bottleneck. Whatever you get, get an i7. That will be more valuable than your GPU for ESO. I do recommend the 70 version of your graphics card though.

VvardeFellow

pikapp515_ESO wrote: »

I built my computer around ESO five or so years ago and hem and haw'ed over specs with the help of an incredibly good tech gal. My 770 GPU is still running ESO at top performance, mainly because of the i7 CPU. ESO is CPU hungry. That's the biggest bottleneck. Whatever you get, get an i7. That will be more valuable than your GPU for ESO. I do recommend the 70 version of your graphics card though.

Nearly all the 'tops in the price range I'm looking at have i7. Most have either an 8300H, or at least upgrade-able to an 8750H. Beyond those two I think I saw one 8850H, and maybe one lower than the 8300H. Thank you for sharing.

Taunky

I play on Max Settings with a 1050ti & i5-4670k and get a consistent 60-80 FPS.

Valrien

VvardeFellow wrote: »

Bluestat wrote: »

I personally am running the game on an asus laptop with a 1060 with 6gb vram, 16 ram and an i7 7700hq. Every setting maxed except for water reflections and most of the time my fps is in the 70-80 range in cities such as mournhold. Can dip into the 40s at dolmens like alik'r. Never had any lag issues in cyrodiil nor BGs. I do use a cooling pad because boy the laptop gets hot.

Excellent. I'm worrying less about CPU and GPU the more feedback I get. It's pretty much price point and slim/trim now.

The ASUS I just recommended is very slim by gaming laptop standards, but has plenty of ventilation present. I would give it 11/10 rating personally

Synnastix

I tried an MSI laptop w/ 1060 and ran out of CPU before GPU on max hd settings. I think a 1050ti would probably do fine as I don’t think I ever hit 100% on the GPU.

ArchangelIsraphel

VvardeFellow wrote: »

Casowen wrote: »

The performance benefit of the next generation nvidia isnt likely to be very high as seen in previous generations, so if that means saving money, then I would say go for either the 1050ti or 1060. What laptop are you eyeing?

Razer 15", Lenovo Legion 530. Lenovo X1 extreme. Different configs the low would be $1200 something, high $1800.

I can personally vouch for the Lenovo Legion series of laptops. I have a Lenovo Legion Y520 with a 1050ti card that is now a year old as of this month, and it still runs the way I did when I bought it, which is excellent. ESO runs great on high settings and I can even push it to run more complex games like Assassins Creed Origins/Odyssey. Lenovo laptops also tend to have a very solid build and hold up well- the color range on the monitors are great too.

I actually don't recommend Asus. Asus is nice, I've had two in my time as a gamer and they performed well. But my Lenovo Legion seems to stay cooler, which is good for the GPU. I don't notice any degradation in performance the way I did with my two Asus laptops in spite of maintaining them as well as possible. The internal construction of Asus laptops tends to lend itself to developing coolant issues over time, and I've had to go in there and fix them.

Ohtimbar

All things being equal, get as much gpu as you can unless you plan to upgrade again very soon. The 1050 is a noticeable step down and won't age well.

Ragnarock41

Both gpus will run the game at ultra-high 60+ fps when the game allows it. Just make sure your new laptop has good cooling. 10xx series dont make too much heat(compared to older 900 series especially) so you can just buy a vacuum laptop cooler (yes, thats a thing) for the cpu heat.