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Old 2012-01-24, 04:05 AM   [Ignore Me] #4
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Re: Why you shouldn't plan on playing PlanetSide 2 on a laptop


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I totally agree with you that the most cost effective way to truly enjoy today's AAA PC games is on the desktop.

I personal have ditched the laptop entirely and just have a decent smart phone and a nice desktop at home and a workstation at work.


Originally Posted by Ailos View Post

My recommendation here is to lean towards nVidia cards simply because they tend to be less power-hungry (and will consequently dissipate less heat, which will create less potential for cooling issues with this type of a rig). Plus, at this price range, there really is no graphical performance difference between the two cards (ATI cards tend to fare slightly better on the lower end market).

My recommendation is a GeForce GTX 570: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130593
Listed on newegg for $340. This card will give you flawless performance even in full 1920x1080 HD. This card is also the highest card you should even consider buying due to power concerns and space concerns - you are unlikely to have the space to fit any heat sinks necessary to keep anything more beastly in a quiet enough shape.
While i agree the GTX570 and HD6970 are about the performance at low AA 1080x1920 (at higher res/AA the 6970 pulls away in performance) and price (newegg has atm $305 for 6970 $310 for 570) the ATI card is by a small margin the more power efficient

bit-tech
system Idle: HD6970 141W vs GTX 570 150W
system Load: HD6970 306W vs GTX 570 330W

guru3d HD6970 GTX 570
system Idle: HD6970 174W vs GTX 570 181W
system Load: HD6970 361W vs GTX 570 369W
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