Would you game on a gaming laptop?

francky · 19 Oct 2012 at 13:20

So what we can take from all this, is the succcess and rise of the gaming laptop can directly be attributed to moaning women, who dictate what their men should do and where they should be sitting

My Desktop is in my lounge, so my Mrs doesnt mind me gaming while she watches all her rubbish TV programs.

Zero Pope · 19 Oct 2012 at 13:22

I used to game on a laptop, but made the change to a desktop once I'd moved in with the missus.

iv-tecman · 19 Oct 2012 at 13:25

francky said:
So what we can take from all this, is the succcess and rise of the gaming laptop can directly be attributed to moaning women, who dictate what their men should do and where they should be sitting

My Desktop is in my lounge, so my Mrs doesnt mind me gaming while she watches all her rubbish TV programs.

lol well for me that is most certainly correct... I'd not even dare ask to put a desktop in the living room.. lol I would need to work out a way to pack it away when finished - I'd need some type of toy box, like when I child has to put their toys away when finished lol ..

francky · 19 Oct 2012 at 13:31

iv-tecman said:
lol well for me that is most certainly correct... I'd not even dare ask to put a desktop in the living room.. lol I would need to work out a way to pack it away when finished - I'd need some type of toy box, like when I child has to put their toys away when finished lol ..

You should look into a customer built Prodigy Build...they are so small and give you the power of a desktop.

It would be like a console, but with PC Power and customisation

Pabl0 · 19 Oct 2012 at 13:55

I game on a laptop with a i7 and 7970m and it's great. Playing games whilst downloading films etc and then once I'm done close the lid pop it in the bag and carry wherever.

A desktop would be nice but at the moment there's not a need to have both, a laptop that has as much power as a lot of desktops suits me perfect.

Defy Belief · 19 Oct 2012 at 14:00

It would have to be bought for me to use it.

Desktop only to be fair, with things like phones practically being portable pc's, if you're not gaming on your pc then your phone can do browsing and other tasks if needed to elsewhere in the house.

Plus the fact that they are really overpriced and you can't change many of the internal components.

Kosmiche · 19 Oct 2012 at 14:11

I definetely wouldn't mind gaming on a laptop, its just when I consider how much cheaper it is to build a decent desktop pc and how a laptop cannot be fully upgraded is when common sense comes in and tells me a desktop pc simply makes more economical sense.

arknor · 19 Oct 2012 at 14:20

I would but i would need
laptop > hdmi cable
xbox wireless controller for pc.

wireless keyboard+ wireless mouse.

noway would i sit on an actual laptop gaming

PapaLazaru · 19 Oct 2012 at 14:24

I would but only if I was able to plug in a normal mouse and keyboard and it was on a normal sized desk with a normal chair.

caz32 · 19 Oct 2012 at 14:27

Kosmiche · 19 Oct 2012 at 14:28

PapaLazaru said:
I would but only if I was able to plug in a normal mouse and keyboard and it was on a normal sized desk with a normal chair.

You already can...

Just need a laptop with 2 usb ports.

4T5 · 19 Oct 2012 at 14:30

iv-tecman said:
Would you game on a gaming laptop?

If I had nowt else to play my PC games on then Yes but I'd have to have it hooked up to a decent screen, KB & mouse.

PapaLazaru · 19 Oct 2012 at 14:30

Eames said:
You already can...

Just need a laptop with 2 usb ports.

Indeed, but only if I had to. Because I would only use one on a desk it kind of makes them redundant to me. Money better spent on a mini itx if space was at a premium.

IIDeathCubeKII · 19 Oct 2012 at 14:45

My friend bought a laptop (around £800), we play dayz pretty much every other night. It runs that and ARMA 2 fine but Kerbal Space Program runs very slow, around 10 fps.

I love my desktop so I'd never trade it for a laptop, but I would like one on the side for journeys and such.

Guru · 19 Oct 2012 at 14:47

bushmins said:
I did for several years. Setup my laptop on a home made 'easy chair' table built from the base and gas height adjuster from a swivel chair. Laptop is still going strong even now its 3 years old (and was first being manufactured 5 years ago), and can handle all new games, albit not at the highest settings (ever since Witcher 2 raised the graphic requirement bar). They are not upgradable and like most pc users i like to have max settings so i went back to desktop with a 6870 and i3, which is playing everything i throw at it.

So laptops are good but only for a few years. To play games you need to fork out over a grand.

If you adjust the gas height adjuster to a lower setting does it run better?

HarryPainful · 19 Oct 2012 at 14:48

I use a m17x now, sat on my couch, small table to one side for my mouse, happy days.

And upgradable later on if I feel the need to.

iv-tecman · 19 Oct 2012 at 14:49

IIDeathCubeKII said:
My friend bought a laptop (around £800), we play dayz pretty much every other night. It runs that and ARMA 2 fine but Kerbal Space Program runs very slow, around 10 fps.

I love my desktop so I'd never trade it for a laptop, but I would like one on the side for journeys and such.

That is the problem with laptops, I’ve found some games run just fine but I had a bit of a nightmare with Metro 2033, that’s one game where I do wish I had a desktop. Well, actually still got a desktop but don’t use it… Metro 2033 ran much better with the desktop 5870 I was gaming with before I moved over to a laptop. The Studio cried when trying to play Metro 2033, Samsung faired a little better..

thedinks · 19 Oct 2012 at 14:51

If i didnt have my laptop i wouldnt have been able to game. We did live in a small cottage so having a desktop wasnt an option. Even though weve now moved into a much bigger house i still use a laptop and have recently just bought a new one. I game mostly in the dinning room while my wife bakes in the kitchen. I love my laptop it weighs a tonne looks nice and runs everything at max, and i can also trot around the house and hook it up to the tv and play a game from the comfort of the couch.

Also my wife hates clutter especially cables. One power cable and brick and im good to go.

Judgeneo · 19 Oct 2012 at 14:54

I like gaming using my own mouse, gaming keyboard, on my monitors.

I personally can't stand laptop screen positions, and hate that if you hit the keyboard too hard the laptop moves, and sometimes your hands get in the way of what you are trying to see on-screen.
So to counter this I would have to plug in a gaming mouse, an external keyboard and probably a separate screen. Considering the only space I have in the house to do this in on my desk, I may as well just use my desktop.

iv-tecman · 19 Oct 2012 at 14:56

thedinks said:
If i didnt have my laptop i wouldnt have been able to game. We did live in a small cottage so having a desktop wasnt an option. Even though weve now moved into a much bigger house i still use a laptop and have recently just bought a new one. I game mostly in the dinning room while my wife bakes in the kitchen. I love my laptop it weighs a tonne looks nice and runs everything at max, and i can also trot around the house and hook it up to the tv and play a game from the comfort of the couch.

Also my wife hates clutter especially cables. One power cable and brick and im good to go.

Yes, you've got a very good laptop... that is actually a very nice laptop if its the one in your sig..

I'm thinking of updating to a 680M, got around £1500 so I'd need to sell the Samsung 700G first, I'm with you. without my laptop I'd have prety much stopped PC gaming as without it I'd have not been able to continue..

Heck, I reckon I've kept the Studio just so its a reminder that even modest hardware saved my hobby from the evil eye of doom from the missus.. lol