Is my new laptop good enough for moderate to high level gaming?

[Euphoria14]

the2real4mafol said:

Euphoria14 said:

the2real4mafol said:

Euphoria14 said:

the2real4mafol said:
Yeah it should be good enough, otherwise Dell are misleading. But, do you recommend this? I'm not sure if i want one or not. What's the battery life like on it? Do the fans get loud while gaming? Does it feel bulky?

Unfortunatetly yes, the fan can get quite loud. 

The battery lasts ~4-5 hours most of the time too. Not sure if that is good or not.

 

As for bulky, yeah, the thing weighs in at around 6-6.5 lbs. However, it does feel quality and has a nice rubber textured finish to it.

 

I like it, but of course a desktop at equal price would blow it away.

4 to 5 hours is good for a laptop unfortunately, but this sounds good. I already have a decent desktop (i bought it last year) but i'm going to university in 6 months so i want a powerful laptop for when i'm away to play minecraft and maybe some other games on and to also do work on. It was either the Alienware M14x or the Macbook Pro for me, but i feel the M14X is somewhat better in value for money.

I'll be honest with you. I was (And still somewhat am) on the fence about returning it and swapping it for the MSI GX60. That laptop retails for $100 more than the M14X R2 and has a much beefier GPU. However, the CPU seems to be a big time bottleneck on it so i'm still undecided. Not to mention due to Windows 8 it is no longer compatible with the MSI Afterburner... (I sure have learned a lot in the last 2 days, lol)

Make no mistake about it though. The M14X R2 has a much better build quality and the keyboard is incredible. Not because it is lit, but because it feels phenomenal.

I am leaning towards sticking with the M14X R2 and upping to 8GB RAM. The duo of a strong CPU and top tier GPU (for a laptop) make it very well rounded, even if a bit pricey. I got it on sale, but the retail price for it is ~$1,100.

I'll consider it then, it does sound good

If it means anything, let me tell you this.

I was just playing Farcry 3 on my M14XR2 and with all setting on High, PostFX  on Low (Not needed to be honest. Don't see much difference, even when on high.) and MSAA off (I whitelisted the game in NVIDIA Control Panel to run at 8x FXAA), the game looks fantastic and runs anywhere between 45-60fps. I am sure, if you want ~30fps on average, you could no doubt run this game on Ultra or Very High settings with PostFX and MSAA off. Both of which aren't REALLY needed.

The game looks phenominal on this machine. Also worth mentioning, the keyboard is great.