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We need to know if your laptop already has a vid card inside it. If it does, then we just need to enable it.


/e It will look like this.... ASUS X556UQ-NH71 ..it may be on the back of the laptop. ASUS is the make and those numbers and letters are the model number.

This post was edited by Ghot on Nov 21 2017 04:08am

Ok, you don't already have a vid card.

Best advice is save up and get a laptop that does. The external GPU enclosures, are pretty much a waste of money. You need to use AC wall power when you use it and they are fairly big.
With a $600 budget you could almost get a laptop with internal vid card...say $1000 would do it.


/e Like these, for example...

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834154733

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834154734

This post was edited by Ghot on Nov 21 2017 04:14am

Unfortunately you don't have a discrete graphics card. However depending on what you want to play, you could do fine on integrated graphics, especially at that resolution. I played d3 and league on a 720p laptop with a 2000 series intel i5 for a whole year.


Still this.

could i just build me a desktop tower for 1k budget? id like to build one for myself. i just dont know where to start.

i wanna be able to upgrade everything i can to high tier, just need a starter for now...

Yeah you can...or you could just get a laptop that suits your needs...either way.

im thinking about going for a desktop route with 1k budget

what laptop would you recommend?

Now we're getting somewhere, we will be back in a few mins with builds.

What kind of games do you mostly play?