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Laptops and Wifi Combos

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Kr4ftw3rkub17_ESO
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Are there any preferable laptops/wifi combos anyone might recommend for smooth ESO gameplay? Budget anywhere from $800 - $1500.

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  • oterWitz
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    I don't have anything specific but make sure it has a discreet graphics card, then invest the rest of your budget into the cpu. And yes, as you posted, a laptop cooling pad is a very good idea as well.

    Laptops with these specs and especially ones marketed as "gaming laptops" tend to be very big and heavy, making them unwieldy as multi-purpose machines for school/work etc. Depending on your situation, I'd recommend splitting your budget between a small, portable laptop and a mid-range gaming rig. Speaking from personal experience, I started this game on a regular laptop and it was "okay" with low fps, bad graphics, and heating problems. When I finally did invest in a budget desktop for gaming, it made a world of difference with the added that I've been able to upgrade my hardware over the years, something nearly impossible to do for a laptop short buying a whole new one.
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  • Hanokihs
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    I have an old ASUS G752 from 2016 that still plays ESO and other games pretty well, even though the trackpad has gotten kinda glitchy (nothing a restart won't fix). Newer models from the brand/line should also play fine. Just compare your specs and see what each one has to offer for your price range.
    oterWitz wrote: »
    I don't have anything specific but make sure it has a discreet graphics card, then invest the rest of your budget into the cpu. And yes, as you posted, a laptop cooling pad is a very good idea as well.

    Laptops with these specs and especially ones marketed as "gaming laptops" tend to be very big and heavy, making them unwieldy as multi-purpose machines for school/work etc. Depending on your situation, I'd recommend splitting your budget between a small, portable laptop and a mid-range gaming rig. Speaking from personal experience, I started this game on a regular laptop and it was "okay" with low fps, bad graphics, and heating problems. When I finally did invest in a budget desktop for gaming, it made a world of difference with the added that I've been able to upgrade my hardware over the years, something nearly impossible to do for a laptop short buying a whole new one.

    But this is the real answer. I know you'd probably prefer a laptop, but a desktop is a better value and investment in literally every way except portability. Otherwise, kinda defeats the main purpose of playing on PC - you might as well start/start over on console.
    "I haven't really played much yet, but lemme tell you all about how the game should include X and be a lot more like Y!" - Half the posters on this forum.
    "I've been here for years, and lemme tell you all about how they should never change or evolve Z, because then the game would be ruined forever." - The other half of posters on this forum.
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  • bridgetrose
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    I also play on an Asus laptop. It's a ASUS - TUF Gaming FX705GM 17.3" Laptop - Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060. I have a glitch problem (it hangs for just a second and continues. More annoying than anything) but I believe it's not the computer it's my wireless connection. The cure for that will show up in the mail this Tues. If I'm wrong I'm going to be really unhappy but I don't think I am. I moved the laptop to another room so I'm sitting next to the wifi node and it glides, which is why I don't think it's the computer. We'll see.

    YMMV.
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  • perfiction
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    You can find fairly priced laptops with i5-10300H and GeForce 1650. It will be more than enough to play ESO in decent FPS, but I'd suggest undervolting your CPU to combat high temperatures which are the plague in mobile gaming.
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  • zvavi
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    Kr4ftw3rkub17_ESO wrote: »
    zvavi wrote: »
    ESO is really cpu heavy, I wouldn't recommend a laptop.

    I searched some past comments referring to playing ESO on laptops (all the way back to 2016) and they said it was doable but the graphic settings had to be tweaked down a bit. Heat was also a problem and so forth, and others saying they were running eso on their laptops fine but at a lower fps. I'm good with 30 fps if that's what I get. I figured by now with the upgraded WiFi6axe and todays better performing laptops it would be possible.

    I'm not a pvp'r and don't do trials that often so I figured - with less stress on the cpu - I could give it a go and see what happens.

    Thnx for the reply.

    I am also playing on laptop, it is just that for "smooth ESO experience" I would not recommend a laptop. If you are head strong about laptop, then as others said, strong CPU, ok GPU, external cooling system might be a nice addition. WiFi doesn't really matter as long as it is stable.
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  • bridgetrose
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    perfiction wrote: »
    You can find fairly priced laptops with i5-10300H and GeForce 1650. It will be more than enough to play ESO in decent FPS, but I'd suggest undervolting your CPU to combat high temperatures which are the plague in mobile gaming.

    I forgot to mention that between my laptop and my lap is a cooler with two fans. It plugs into the USB port on the laptop and runs all the time the laptop is on.
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  • Sahidom
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    zvavi wrote: »
    ESO is really cpu heavy, I wouldn't recommend a laptop.

    I play ESO on my laptop and it operates fine with the RTX dedicated graphic card. I also play on a 12 MB mobile data connection and don't experience significant lag in Cyrodiil, none in PVE gameplay.

    But I also agree where some "gaming" laptops don't stand up to their hype. I think it boils down to what system the user decides on.

    I also remember when the game launched the game didn't support multiple processors.

    Edited: So some people might have performance issues with more cores than the game is able to support.
    Edited by Sahidom on May 9, 2021 1:56PM
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  • majulook
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    I played for a four years on a 15.6 inch Lenovo Y510 (Intel i7-4700MQ Nvidia GT750M 2G 1TB 5400 RPM HDD 8 GB ram) I did have a 24 inch monitor attached and played in 1680x1050 which is a 16:10 ratio

    The game ran well enough to play all aspects of the game (PVP, PVE, Both normal and vet Trials).

    If your going to play on a lower end laptop / video card one thing you can do to vastly improve performance is to turn off the grass, and the water reflections. While the game will not look as pretty, but it will run at a higher fps. One good thing about turning off the grass is harvest able mats become real easy to see.
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  • Reaper_00
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    Gaming laptops have come a long way in recent years and aren't necessarily all big chunky machines anymore. Have a look at Asus ROG Zephyrus, Razer Blade or MSI Stealth series of gaming laptops. All of those should be more than powerful enough to run ESO.
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  • Starlight_Whisper
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    https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07RF1XD36?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

    Paided 350 and did easiest upgrades to make it gaming worthy. It's designed to be upgraded with ease.

    100 plus frames in house and 90 ish latency. 60 plus frames in popular cities. 30 to 40 in trials

    There's also upgraded model with higher processor and graphics card.

    Whatever you do make sure eso is on SSD. The difference is waiting 5 plus mins on load screens to seconds. Also esp strangely works better on bigger ssd. Lastly 5g is only way. Latency dropped from 250 - 300 to 90-99
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  • zvavi
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    ESO is really cpu heavy, I wouldn't recommend a laptop.
  • Kr4ftw3rkub17_ESO
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    zvavi wrote: »
    ESO is really cpu heavy, I wouldn't recommend a laptop.

    I searched some past comments referring to playing ESO on laptops (all the way back to 2016) and they said it was doable but the graphic settings had to be tweaked down a bit. Heat was also a problem and so forth, and others saying they were running eso on their laptops fine but at a lower fps. I'm good with 30 fps if that's what I get. I figured by now with the upgraded WiFi6axe and todays better performing laptops it would be possible.

    I'm not a pvp'r and don't do trials that often so I figured - with less stress on the cpu - I could give it a go and see what happens.

    Thnx for the reply.
  • Kr4ftw3rkub17_ESO
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    Thnx for all the help guys. With reference to your suggestions in keeping with a desktop instead of laptop.. I've been enjoying ESO on a desktop (high end) for years and am now going mobile (RV) and would enjoy playing ESO (and other games) while traveling (am now retired). This is the reason why I was enquiring about laptop/wifi combos. Thnx again...
  • Kr4ftw3rkub17_ESO
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    Reaper_00 wrote: »
    Gaming laptops have come a long way in recent years and aren't necessarily all big chunky machines anymore. Have a look at Asus ROG Zephyrus, Razer Blade or MSI Stealth series of gaming laptops. All of those should be more than powerful enough to run ESO.

    Yes, those are coincidently the ones I've been checking out. The Razor sure is expensive. Asus and MSI look really nice. I think I'll end up with either of those three (with WiFi6). Thnx...
  • Tommy_The_Gun
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    Kr4ftw3rkub17_ESO wrote: »
    Thnx for all the help guys. With reference to your suggestions in keeping with a desktop instead of laptop.. I've been enjoying ESO on a desktop (high end) for years and am now going mobile (RV) and would enjoy playing ESO (and other games) while traveling (am now retired). This is the reason why I was enquiring about laptop/wifi combos. Thnx again...

    Since you are going "full mobile" and your budget is $800 - $1500 then you may check "ASUS ROG Flow X13". Although it is a 13,4 inch all-ine one convertible laptop & tablet, it still has GTX 1650, 16 gig ram and quite good cpu (Ryzen 7 5800HS). But it has really important feature - it can be upgraded in the future with external GPU via special high-bandwidth port.

    Although I am not sure if 13 inch is good for gaming (but it seems to be very versatile & portable).

    Edit: I don't live in US, so I can not "Google" the exact price tag in US, but on asus website it seems to be around 1499$
    https://store.asus.com/us/item/202101AM090000008/flow-ROG-Flow-X13-Ultra-Slim-2-in-1-Gaming-Laptop,-13.4”-120Hz-Display,-GeForce-GTX-1650,-AMD-Ryzen-9-5900HS,-16GB-LPDDR4X,-1TB-PCIe-SSD,-Wi-Fi-6,-Windows-10,-GV301QH-DS96

    But for that cash you can probably buy a 15 inch device with better GPU anyway.
    Edited by Tommy_The_Gun on May 10, 2021 10:59AM
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