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My nephew is wanting a laptop for xmas/birthday to run FS19 and do his schoolwork on.
Budget is £500, whats best value for money?
Budget is £500, whats best value for money?
Which laptop to run FS19?
- Thread starter Rob Holmes
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I’ll be following this thread. My son wants exactly the same thing.
I phoned “my cheap laptop” today after seeing them get recommended on another thread on here recently but they don’t have anything with a good enough graphics card to run FS19.
Also, a lot of these so called gaming laptops don’t have a cd drive so how do you play games??
I phoned “my cheap laptop” today after seeing them get recommended on another thread on here recently but they don’t have anything with a good enough graphics card to run FS19.
Also, a lot of these so called gaming laptops don’t have a cd drive so how do you play games??
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Most modern games are by download, very few come as an actual CD now.
Stupot70
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Of course it’s your nephew wanting to play fs19 
Stupot70
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If you buy it on CD then yes you need a CD drive, however most commonly purchased i an a digital download.
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You can still get most games in cd form which obviously requires a cd drive, most pc games will now be bought online as a download, this is also the case for Xbox and Playstation consoles now as well, just download the game over the internet, saves loosing, scratching or breaking cd's.
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I dont think you will get a laptop suitable for gaming for £500, unless 2nd hand. Gaming laptops are quite expensive and soon out of date, issue with laptops and gaming is lack of heat dispersal so they get hot quickly affecting the performance of the machine. You would get a much better deal with a normal PC I would think though obviously less portable.
ollie989898
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Do not buy a laptop, any laptop, for £500 and expect it to play FS19.
You will need a desktop. A desktop PC does not have a battery or associated gubbinz on board and so you get more actual computing power for your money. It will need to be 64 bit and run windows 10. You will need a minimum of a GTX 650 graphics card, I would suggest you buy one with a Nvidia GTX 1050 graphics card or even better, Nvidia GTX 1060 graphics card (circa £250) to run the game.
You will need a minimum of 4GB of RAM, I would expect any gaming machine to have 8GB of RAM minimum today.
It will need to have an i3 2100T processor at the very least, an intel i3 8100 would be better.
You will need a half decent internet connection to be able to play the game online. If your connection is pants, you will experience lag and it will be pants.
If you buy a low spec PC today, dont expect it to be able to run later versions of Farming simulator that will emerge in the next couple of years. Also, farming simulator is actually a fairly modest game when it comes to performance requirements. If you buy a PC that just about manages to run FS19, don't be surprised to see it have real trouble with the next iteration of Call of Duty or Battefield 19 which are far more demanding.
CDs are old hat now. Most gaming is done via an online gaming portal or storefront, one is called Steam. Another is called Origin. You login to the company store front, click your purchase and the amount is deducted from your credit card. You then download the game via the internet and play it immediately.
It is worth signing up to Steam even if you can't play FS19, there are numerous free games to play and many are indie and quite low in system requirements.
You will need a desktop. A desktop PC does not have a battery or associated gubbinz on board and so you get more actual computing power for your money. It will need to be 64 bit and run windows 10. You will need a minimum of a GTX 650 graphics card, I would suggest you buy one with a Nvidia GTX 1050 graphics card or even better, Nvidia GTX 1060 graphics card (circa £250) to run the game.
You will need a minimum of 4GB of RAM, I would expect any gaming machine to have 8GB of RAM minimum today.
It will need to have an i3 2100T processor at the very least, an intel i3 8100 would be better.
You will need a half decent internet connection to be able to play the game online. If your connection is pants, you will experience lag and it will be pants.
If you buy a low spec PC today, dont expect it to be able to run later versions of Farming simulator that will emerge in the next couple of years. Also, farming simulator is actually a fairly modest game when it comes to performance requirements. If you buy a PC that just about manages to run FS19, don't be surprised to see it have real trouble with the next iteration of Call of Duty or Battefield 19 which are far more demanding.
CDs are old hat now. Most gaming is done via an online gaming portal or storefront, one is called Steam. Another is called Origin. You login to the company store front, click your purchase and the amount is deducted from your credit card. You then download the game via the internet and play it immediately.
It is worth signing up to Steam even if you can't play FS19, there are numerous free games to play and many are indie and quite low in system requirements.
ollie989898
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Overclockers sell a lot of PCs online.
A machine that would crunch FS19 and more besides is this:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...th-generation-3.6ghz-quad-core-fs-1c5-og.html
You can ring them for sales advice and state what games you intend to play and what software and they will advise you on what you need. A gaming laptop with the equivalent power to the above will not be cheap.
A machine that would crunch FS19 and more besides is this:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...th-generation-3.6ghz-quad-core-fs-1c5-og.html
You can ring them for sales advice and state what games you intend to play and what software and they will advise you on what you need. A gaming laptop with the equivalent power to the above will not be cheap.
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I've got a Lenovo Z50-75 and runs FS17fine (apart from being slightly cluncky) and it cost me £300
ollie989898
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There is running it and playing it, with settings that don't look like warmed up merde on toast.
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I can play it fine, but wouldn't want anything less.
It does get mighty warm though
It does get mighty warm though
This one seems half decent for the money
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07HPRXNYN/ref=psdc_429886031_t1_B07FLZ8T46
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07HPRXNYN/ref=psdc_429886031_t1_B07FLZ8T46
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@ollie989898 is absolutely correct. I would also add that if you go desktop you will get better value for money over a laptop with the same spec, more importantly you choose your own monitor and get a nice big one. Much much better for watching your virtual tractors.
I am a big fan of PC Specialist you can buy specific machines for your use, they are worth a call for advice.
https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/
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I am a big fan of PC Specialist you can buy specific machines for your use, they are worth a call for advice.
https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/
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I hoped after 16 posts I may have learned what FS19 was .... 
walesfarmer
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Slightly over budget and no CD drive (can buy an external one for £30) but best value for money I can find and with dedicated graphics card https://www.lenovo.com/gb/en/laptops/ideapad/700-series/Ideapad-720-15/p/81AG002TUK
Pheasant Surprise
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CD drive? Seriously it’s nearly 2019
Virtually all software is now downloaded via the internet.
Would any of it even fit on a CD any more?
Virtually all software is now downloaded via the internet.
Would any of it even fit on a CD any more?