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MikeRox on 25 April 2015
Dr.Henry_Killinger said:

So I always game on a laptop, and I always run Skyrim with about 255+ mods, i know the max is 255, I use merged patches to bypass it, and my FPS was 20-30, and I was like its playable.

Then I got a new laptop, and was running the same Skyrim today, and I was like whoa.....

I check my performance monitor, and its 60, and I'm like Jesus this is

 

I mean its not the first time, I've played 60 fps, but damn Skyrim at 60 fps was literally a different game.


Hahah Skyrim was free on Steam this weekend (then £2.49 to buy) so I'm now an owner. But yeah, turns out my PC runs it 60fps rock solid and wow!

However, a bigger thing for me, DIRT 3 has been replaced with DIRT 3 Complete Edition. They've taken the Games for Windows Live nonsense out, added all the previously paid DLC in, and I now get a rock solid 60+fps (I say 60+ because the benchmark tool in the game said I was getting 300fps before, but you could clearly see fluctuations/missed frames) and it is a joy to behold!



RIP Dad 25/11/51 - 13/12/13. You will be missed but never forgotten.

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Mummelmann on 25 April 2015
Dr.Henry_Killinger said:
Mummelmann said:


Fair enough, what laptop do you have? Mine sucks at gaming, but it's a budget model Asus mainly for writing and media at work or on trips.

When I was searching for a new laptop, there was this sweet MSI with GForce GTX for Only 700-800 bucks, but Fry's electronics realized the deal was insanely good and discontinued it the day I ordered it :<

Instead, I got an HP Envy 17, everything aside from the integrated GPU and HDD are pretty sweet.


I considered an MSI laptop myself, they're probably the best in terms of hardware and the quality and warranties is great as well, but they're just so expensive and I already put a great deal of money into my desktop. I'm building a new one in a couple of months and it'll likely set me back about 2000$ or so.



torok on 25 April 2015
Shadow1980 said:

I've played games running at both 30fps and 60fps and I haven't noticed anything to convince me of the intrinsic superiority of 60fps. Some games look nice at 60fps (see most Nintendo games), but some look incredibly stilted at that high of a frame rate. For example, I had to bump TLoU Remastered down to 30fps because it didn't look right at 60, and Halo 3's cinematics in the MCC look really off kilter with the bumped up frame rate. Meanwhile, plenty look and play perfectly fine at 30fps, including every pre-MCC Halo game, Destiny, Far Cry 4, Infamous: Second Son, the Gears of War series, Alien: Isolation, BioShock & BioShock Infinite, TLoU, and Wind Waker HD (and these are just games on the shelf right next to me). I imagine if every game ran at 60fps, I'd get used to it, but I don't look at it as some sort of Holy Grail of Gaming like many do.


A lot of games lock the cutscenes at 30 fps, it looks way better. MK X is one: gameplay at 60fps, cutscenes at 30. You get smooth gameplay and don't get that soap opera effect in cutscenes.



Bet with jetforcejiminy: PS4 will pass the Wii lifetime numbers.

torok on 25 April 2015
Mummelmann said:


I considered an MSI laptop myself, they're probably the best in terms of hardware and the quality and warranties is great as well, but they're just so expensive and I already put a great deal of money into my desktop. I'm building a new one in a couple of months and it'll likely set me back about 2000$ or so.

The general low build quality of manufacturers is pushing me towards a MSI laptop. I don't plan to game on it, but I need a powerful CPU and a lot of RAM. The GPU is a welcome plus.

Of course, that's for my next buy. I will keep my current one for a good 2 years, config still is great.



Bet with jetforcejiminy: PS4 will pass the Wii lifetime numbers.