Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 13"

[nickfisher47]

Hello all

I tried to search for this answer, but I'm not tech savvy enough to decipher the results.

I just got this computer for work - can it handle TGC2019?

Thanks!

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/surface-laptop-3/8VFGGH1R94TM?activetab=techspecs&s_kwcid=AL!4249!10!79577265768050!79577495846090&OCID=AID2100151_SEM_c9816703c35f13f6440e07121a52f6c1:G:sACT=SlimPowerful&ef_id=c9816703c35f13f6440e07121a52f6c1:G:s&s_kwcid=AL!4249!10!79577265768050!79577495846090&ACT=&KWT=&msclkid=c9816703c35f13f6440e07121a52f6c1

[SkeetShooter]

no it will not

[nyb72]

Unfortunately, I would say no. If you had the 15" version with the Radeon GPU (graphics) card, maybe it could have run, but it would likely be underpowered. The 13" has no GPU that you would need to run this.

If you're really motivated to run it on a laptop, you need to get a laptop that was designed for gaming. Specifically, the graphics capability of the laptop should include a "discrete GPU" like an NVIDIA RTX 2060 (or 2070,2080, 30XX... higher number the better). The GPU (graphics processing unit) is a separate chip that offloads the demands of intense graphics computations from the main CPU. You need it for something like TGC2019.

[nickfisher47]

Thanks nyb72 - truth is I did get a gaming laptop that's working great, but the only way I could pull off getting it was to promise to share with my wife when she needs it as well. I was hoping to relieve myself of sharing the laptop and just use my work one, but your explanation as to why it doesn't work makes sense. Appreciate the feedback.

[jasonreg]

So your wife does not like her brand new 13" Microsoft Surface Laptop? For her exclusive use? Wink-wink-nudge-nudge? Just sayin.....

[3on3putt]

Lol that was my thought too. Let her use the work one. Keep the golf one for yourself!

[nyb72]

Just to add, now that new gaming laptops for 2021 have been introduced at virtual CES, there should be good deals to be found on last year's models. Some gaming laptops that have an NVIDIA RTX that begin with RTX 20XX should suffice. I've run E6 on a laptop with RTX 2060, I suspect TGC2019 would run okay.