Laptop for Dragonflight?

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Ok, so supposedly the Acer Nitro 5 laptops are good, but they have like hundreds of variants and the specs indicated don’t help all that much.

What does “minimum requirement” mean realistically? That it barely runs the game with 10 FPS with the lowest settings and nothing else running in the background? And what is “recommended” exactly?

Anyway, I can find two variants on sale that I can afford:

Acer Nitro 5 - AN515-55-56F5 (the cheaper one)
Intel® Core™ i5-10300H Quad Core
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 4GB

Acer Nitro 5 - AN515-57-712Y (the more expensive one)
Intel® Core™ i7-11800H Processor (24M Cache, up to 4.60 GHz)
NVIDIA® GeForce™ RTX 3050Ti 4GB GDDR6

Does anyone know what I can expect from them regarding DF?

DF min/recommended specs supposedly:

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Usually its that it will run on a lowish resolution with lower settings.

I assume you will be playing at 1080p resolution on these laptops? The second laptop has a much better cpu and the gpu is stronger too which will make Dragonflight more comfortable to play, this will be important because Dragonflight is increasing the draw distance in the new zones. You should be comfortable with 60fps with decent settings (7) but don’t quote me on that. The 3050ti has shown some decent performance in shadowlands if videos on YouTube are anything to go by, unfortunately I’ve not seen too much with the 1650 on YouTube that wasn’t showing old zones which don’t have the same level of graphics quality or particle effects etc.

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Long story short - dont buy laptop for WoW gaming.

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I don’t really have another option since I have to move around a lot.

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It’s fine.

Get the 3050Ti one, generally xx60 and up is better, but xx50Ti is closer to it than xx50. 1650 is pretty old now. Both CPUs would most likely manage.

What’s the RAM? 16 gigs? Both have SSDs I suppose.

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16 gigs RAM and 512GB SSD for both.
The cheaper one would also have a 1TB HDD, but I assume the other one can be upgraded later on as well (?).

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Yeah, check if there’s a more detailed specification, you need to know the number and kind of slots for upgrades.

Never go for HDD, it’s a terrible experience and will be only worse in DF.

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I know the SSD is an absolute must these days. It’s that if there is ALSO an HDD for storing all my pics, videos and stuff, that’s useful.

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Ah I see, didn’t read that correctly.

Still, I’d go for the better gpu and rather get an external drive.

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I hate those laptop companies… My gaming laptop was good when I bought but after year I need to update my nvidea gpu driver.

Problem - from official nvidea site not a single driver is working. Only lenovo offical site had manufacturer drivers which they made during 2018. They havent made any new driver since then and all games evolved.

In short laptop gaming is scam.

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Wrong. You are still living in the 2000s where laptops were 4x worse then PCs for the same price?
The future is now old man.

Laptops now are better and faster then a PC for the price.
But don’t go for anything that ends with X050. Those are low end, lack power, will become obsolete in 2 years max.

Get any 2060, 3060 you can find on a big 17" screen and massive heat fans. Always go for the unlocked power GPUs. You should be set then.

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u can use the old HDD as outside removable hard-disk use it as backup storage for save keeping pics, videos game install files and so on then copy temperly over to SSD when needed …

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Maybe go for something different than acer ?

What your budget?
And whats your stand on used stuff? Could get something way better for less

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Make it year 2030 … Even with liquid cooling laptops gonna overheat and accumulate dust.

Any wise man make custom pc instead of laptop.

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Ok, also found one of these for a similar price range:
ASUS TUF GAMING F15 FX506 (FX506HC-HN1135W)

It has the same RTX 3050 GPU, and also Intel® Core™ i5-11400H for CPU, supposedly between the other two. Does that count as OK? Or just stick to the i7-11800H?

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What does it have to do with the topic, op wants a laptop, I’m sure they have a reason for it. End of story.

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I consider ASUS a better company overall but specifically the TUF series had some overheating issues, that’s why it’s pretty cheap. Tough call. I might bite the bullet and take the Nitro.

Also like I explained the Ti card is still a bit better.

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How about wanting to play the game everywhere and not being locked into a basement dungeon while playing? Exageration but you get the point?
Whats easier, play wow on a laptop if it overheats, or play wow while outside your bedroom/whatever room on a Classic PC?

IF THE laptop has good cooling, and you take care of it once every 6 months with cleaning and maintenance, it should serve you well.

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i pick the i7-11800H over i5-11400H

i7 has 8 core and i5 has only 6

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I have an ASUS ROG. The built quality is much superior to the TUF ones. It is very heavy tho, being close to 6-7 cm thick, lol, and 17", but it does have 4 massive fans, 2 on the back, 2 on the sides that blow some serious hot air. The GPU is also full powered, so its 115 Wats, same as the PC version. I can’t really find it any faults, except portability maybe.

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