A Laptop to ESO with?

ContraTempo · May 2016

The_Outsider wrote: »

Well, consider the trigger pulled.
Turns out I'm a sucker for quality and specs even it they come at a price. BUT to my credit I didn't give in and get the sexy Razer Blade.
You guys helped me out a TON with all the info, cheers everyone!
http://www.amazon.com/XOTIC-Gigabyte-P34Wv5-SL1-i7-6700HQ-Computer/dp/B01BMTHQ8G?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=nav_timeline_asin

If it's not too late, get the option where XOTIC PC will "Redline" your operating system. That means they take out all the bloatwear, fix the insane and broken settings in the registry, take out the unnecessary junk in your startup, and generally slim down and bug fix your OS. I had this done and it was the best $50 I ever spent. My Windows has been solid as a rock and fast, fast, fast. You might also want to get a DVD with the redlined OS on it as backup.

EDIT: This service is now called OS Boost and costs $35

They will also redline your graphics if you want. That means they will overclock it for you to the fastest stable speed it can do. A nice service if you are not an overclocking expert yourself. Not nearly as important as the OS fix, but a nice performance boost.

ContraTempo · May 2016

IMO you dodged a bullet with the Razer. No insult to their product, but ANY ultra slim laptop that also tries for performance has serious heat issues. It's just physics. They use the same chips as the other manufacturers so they have to dissipate the same amount of heat but they have less room for air flow and heat sinks.

babedenny · May 2016

Rather than paying for bloatware removal, I'd just do a clean OS install. Then you know exactly what's on it. No guessing. That's what I did.

ContraTempo · May 2016

My laptop typically runs 50 to 60fps on live and lately I've been getting 60 to 100FPS on PTS. Yeah, seriously, 100FPS.

babedenny wrote: »

Rather than paying for bloatware removal, I'd just do a clean OS install. Then you know exactly what's on it. No guessing. That's what I did.

What that doesn't do is:

Locate and remove the unnecessary junk MS includes with their OS
Locate and remove or fix the broken registry settings
Remove unnecessary services and startup items
Find and install the various EOM drivers for that particular machine (Windows only comes with reference drivers)
Optimize settings for gaming

Can you do all that yourself? Sure, if you are tech savvy, know Windows in depth, and have a lot of time. For some people that is a fun challenge. For me, it's just an annoyance I will happily pay to avoid.

Correction: their service is now called OS Boost and costs $35

babedenny · May 2016

Yes, I did all of that myself. Probably a couple of hours for me. 20 year IT professional.

henrycupcakerwb17_ESO · May 2016

The_Outsider wrote: »

Well, consider the trigger pulled.
Turns out I'm a sucker for quality and specs even it they come at a price. BUT to my credit I didn't give in and get the sexy Razer Blade.
You guys helped me out a TON with all the info, cheers everyone!
http://www.amazon.com/XOTIC-Gigabyte-P34Wv5-SL1-i7-6700HQ-Computer/dp/B01BMTHQ8G?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=nav_timeline_asin

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IcyDeadPeople · May 2016

ContraTempo wrote: »

The_Outsider wrote: »

Well, consider the trigger pulled.
Turns out I'm a sucker for quality and specs even it they come at a price. BUT to my credit I didn't give in and get the sexy Razer Blade.
You guys helped me out a TON with all the info, cheers everyone!
http://www.amazon.com/XOTIC-Gigabyte-P34Wv5-SL1-i7-6700HQ-Computer/dp/B01BMTHQ8G?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=nav_timeline_asin

If it's not too late, get the option where XOTIC PC will "Redline" your operating system. That means they take out all the bloatwear, fix the insane and broken settings in the registry, take out the unnecessary junk in your startup, and generally slim down and bug fix your OS. I had this done and it was the best $50 I ever spent. My Windows has been solid as a rock and fast, fast, fast. You might also want to get a DVD with the redlined OS on it as backup.

EDIT: This service is now called OS Boost and costs $35

They will also redline your graphics if you want. That means they will overclock it for you to the fastest stable speed it can do. A nice service if you are not an overclocking expert yourself. Not nearly as important as the OS fix, but a nice performance boost.

I would get the thermal repaste if you're not inclined to do it yourself. Often the paste from the laptop manufacturer is lower quality and poorly applied.

profundidob16_ESO · May 2016

The_Outsider wrote: »

Well, consider the trigger pulled.
Turns out I'm a sucker for quality and specs even it they come at a price. BUT to my credit I didn't give in and get the sexy Razer Blade.
You guys helped me out a TON with all the info, cheers everyone!
http://www.amazon.com/XOTIC-Gigabyte-P34Wv5-SL1-i7-6700HQ-Computer/dp/B01BMTHQ8G?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=nav_timeline_asin

@The_Outsider

Not a bad choice at all except 1 huge mistake: 128GB for the SSD is really really really too small. The bare minimum for what you want to do is 256GB and nothing less. 512GB would be the comfort zone.

Don't believe me ? Let's talk again in 6months. The drive will show like 107GB usable in windows. Your OS and windows updates +pagefile alone will take up over 35GB of that space. After installing ESO until a playable state another 50 is gone. there will be no space to install the PTS or any other games like this unless you force the installation to go on the slower harddrive which defeats the whole point of getting an SSD. Before the end of the 6months you will regret your choice for the SSD my friend.

I just read this and don't know if it's too late but if you can CHANGE THE SSD for a bigger one. You will thank me bigtime in 6months

x5ofspadez · May 2016

I use my laptop when playing ESO on PC.

I can run at max settings at 60fps no issue.
asus gaming laptop, but i use it for pretty much everything else in my life as well.

17 inch screen
SSD/HDD combo
i7 quad core
nvidia GPU
all on windows 10

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/asus-asus-rog-gl752-17-3-gaming-laptop-grey-black-intel-core-i7-6700hq-1tb128gb-ssd-16gb-ram-win-10-gl752vw-bs71-cb/10409087.aspx?path=5d50ee238c1dbc69f273b7e6abaa54c3en02

Canadian link but should be able to find a very similar unit in the US or wherever you might be.
But the SSD is super nice to have on this game.

Azor_Ahaii · May 2016

You should have got a chromebook

kadar · May 2016

profundidob16_ESO wrote: »

The_Outsider wrote: »

Well, consider the trigger pulled.
Turns out I'm a sucker for quality and specs even it they come at a price. BUT to my credit I didn't give in and get the sexy Razer Blade.
You guys helped me out a TON with all the info, cheers everyone!
http://www.amazon.com/XOTIC-Gigabyte-P34Wv5-SL1-i7-6700HQ-Computer/dp/B01BMTHQ8G?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=nav_timeline_asin

@The_Outsider

Not a bad choice at all except 1 huge mistake: 128GB for the SSD is really really really too small. The bare minimum for what you want to do is 256GB and nothing less. 512GB would be the comfort zone.

Don't believe me ? Let's talk again in 6months. The drive will show like 107GB usable in windows. Your OS and windows updates +pagefile alone will take up over 35GB of that space. After installing ESO until a playable state another 50 is gone. there will be no space to install the PTS or any other games like this unless you force the installation to go on the slower harddrive which defeats the whole point of getting an SSD. Before the end of the 6months you will regret your choice for the SSD my friend.

I just read this and don't know if it's too late but if you can CHANGE THE SSD for a bigger one. You will thank me bigtime in 6months

Yup I feel ya. I probably should have just went with a bigger one from the get-go, but luckily this laptop seems to be easily upgradeable. I'll probably end up doing that before long xD

Nefas · May 2016

henrycupcakerwb17_ESO wrote: »

I strongly recommend you buy a MacBook Pro . Nicely sleek design . Great performance . And zenimax has done a great job on the OS X client

Lol