Guild Wars 2

I currently have a laptop which is just old and crappy and I am planning now to buy a new one.

I would like to play GW without any performance issues.

I read somewhere that the GPU is more important than the CPU? (I’m not sure anymore, maybe it was the other way around)

Any support would be greatly appreciated.

look at this link https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/support/Minimum-System-Requirements-Clarification/first#post6675879

these are the new minimum system specs . when buying your new lap top this will help you to get the most best gaming for using a lap top .

should you get a custom made desktop tho I will say you have some more better upgrades choices in hardware and so forth . giving the price of hardware today versus laptops . . but if you use a lap top for work and such I would get one of them from alien ware at best as I had dell and hp laptops and was more happy when I got back to a desktop again but that is just me . hope this helps and good luck

@ Gaellus:

In the case of GW2, a CPU is more important than the GPU. Since you said you want to run the game without performance issues I will assume you plan on getting a beefy system.

If you’re going for a gaming laptop try to invest money in one with an “HQ” CPU, these CPU’s have 4 cores and will help a lot in this game and the laptop will serve you longer in general.

At the same time you might want avoid any laptops with a “U” CPU. These are all 2 core processors and while the game will play fine with reduced settings, it is not optimal. For example, Don’t let yourself be fooled by an i7-7500U CPU, it may have i7 in the name but it’s still a dual core.

The most common Quad Core laptop cpu’s are: i5-6300HQ, i7-6700HQ, i5-7300HQ and i7-7700HQ. These are the ones you should look for.

As for the GPU: Avoid laptops with a GTX 960M, avoid them, I repeat: avoid them. They are not bad but a similarly priced laptop with a GTX 1050 (non Ti) is a better choice and there’s plenty of models with those.

Should your budget not be very high, then in that case disregard the above and an i7-7500U CPU paired with a GTX 950M / 960M will also do, but don’t expect to crank the game on high settings or have good frame rate in large groups.

I hope this helps :-)