Guild Wars 2

Hi,

I was wondering what is the best gaming laptop for playing GW2 for a budget in between 800$ and 1500$?

Thank you!

Some laptop for $300-400 then build a desktop with the rest

Looking @ Dell Alienware 15-r2 15.6" Intel Core i5-6300HQ 2.30GHz 16GB RAM 256GB SSD atm seems in your price range, you could go with less ram more ssd option

I would recommend 17’’ or more display for gaming.

What gw2 needs is a good cpu cooling

I’d check out https://laptopninja.io/finding-the-best-gaming-laptops-under-1000-dollars/

Asus ROG or MSI have my vote. Alienwear you are pretty much paying for the brand name and while Dell is a solid laptop I never found them really good for gaming. To many cooling issues.

Newegg.com is a great place to check out specs and builds

I have a Dell Alienware 15, GTX 970M, i7 processor.

I can’t stress it enough how happy I am with this laptop. I’ve paid 1400€ for it; I think you can get it a little cheaper in the US.

I could probably run Gw2 smoothly on Ultra, but you have to know, that any laptop will go ultra loud and ultra hot if you push it that far. They’re just not meant for insanity cause of the bad cooling.

I usually run the game at strong high settings, which I have tweaked to fit my own personal preferrence. I also have a 30 FPS limiter on, just because I don’t need any more and the laptop would just be wasting it’s power.

If you can by any chance get your hands on a Dell Alienware, for the love of God, do it.

Regards, IQ

What do you guys think about Lenovo Y700 15p?

Mederic.1720:

What do you guys think about Lenovo Y700 15p?

http://www.mobiletechreview.com/notebooks/Lenovo-IdeaPad-Y700.htm
Their reviews are usually pretty spot on if you want to know more about the Y700.

Mederic, I was in the exact same spot as you a year ago. I wanted a gaming laptop primarily for GW2 and also for my fairly extensive steam library of games. I spent weeks researching what was out there and at the end of the day ended up getting this.

ASUS ROG 17.3" GL771JM-DH71 Gaming Laptop w/ NVIDIA GeForce GTX860M 2GB GDDR5 and Optimus Technology, 1TB Hard Drive and 12GB RAM.

Paid $1,036 for it from Amazon. So one year later would I buy it again? Absolutely without reservation. The display is spectacular, it is so quiet you don’t even know it’s running, and I love the keyboard (backlighting is so nice). I’m sure the Leveno is a great product and I seriously considered it but all I can do is tell you about my experience. Oh, and it runs GW2 without breaking a sweat, not to mention everything else I’ve thrown at it.

Chris.8206:

Mederic, I was in the exact same spot as you a year ago. I wanted a gaming laptop primarily for GW2 and also for my fairly extensive steam library of games. I spent weeks researching what was out there and at the end of the day ended up getting this.

ASUS ROG 17.3" GL771JM-DH71 Gaming Laptop w/ NVIDIA GeForce GTX860M 2GB GDDR5 and Optimus Technology, 1TB Hard Drive and 12GB RAM.

Paid $1,036 for it from Amazon. So one year later would I buy it again? Absolutely without reservation. The display is spectacular, it is so quiet you don’t even know it’s running, and I love the keyboard (backlighting is so nice). I’m sure the Leveno is a great product and I seriously considered it but all I can do is tell you about my experience. Oh, and it runs GW2 without breaking a sweat, not to mention everything else I’ve thrown at it.

What do you have your settings at and what is your FPS usually? (considering getting a new laptop).