Will gs pro work with this laptop?

[Tpgolfer]

Have a net outside and a skytrack. No option to have a projector but still fancy playing some courses. As its outside a laptop makes far more sense than carting out a desktop

Will gspro run on any of thess. Seems to meet minimum specs. I won't be requiring 4k. It's literally only going to be used for this purpose, so want to spend the bare minimum

https://store.ee.co.uk/products/lenovo-loq-15--core-i5-13420h-16gb-512gb-rtx4050-82xv00c2uk-HDNT.html?catid=15066&src=3

https://www.johnlewis.com/lenovo-loq-15-gaming-laptop-intel-core-i7-processor-16gb-ram-rtx-4060-512gb-ssd-15-6-full-hd-storm-grey/p111615880

Thanks

[MongoOnlyPawn]

Either might work, but the laptop RTX 4060 GPU does not meet suggested minimum specs, looks like the performance might be about 80% of the specs of the RTX 3060ti, which is recommended minimum. Remember that laptop gpu's, even if they have the same "model number", don't have the performance of the desktop version, they cannot pull the same amount of power, therefore can't produce the same levels of performance. In addition, laptop gpu's run hot, really hot, so if you continually stress the gpu it's gonna fail earlier than one might want. Looks like you need to get something like the laptop 3080 Ti level to match performance levels of the 3060 Ti desktop. Even if you match specs, it's gonna run hot.

[Tpgolfer]

Unless things have changed, gspro states min is gtx 1070 and it'll work great on a 3060ti? Ie 3060 ti is well above min. I assume a 4060 isn't as good then?

Point taken about the laptop, althpugh a desktop isnt an option, and from what i can see a 3080ti laptop is far more expensive. I'm not that bothered about phenomenal graphics, I'll be viewing it on a 16 inch screen after all. All I require is it to run and not crash every 2 min

If it makes any difference, and im completely clueless about laptops so dont know if it does, temperature outdoors here in Scotland are not very warm if that will help prevent any overheating.

[MongoOnlyPawn]

You are correct about "minimum", I certainly was wrong by stating the recommended as minimum. For what it's worth, I would consider "recommended" to be minimum, my experience with graphics intensive games is that minimum means something that will run, at really low frame rates, lots of pauses & frequent crashing. Cooler environment temps will mean less heat, but it won't make a significant difference. It's still going to get pretty warm in the laptop. I've no experience with accessory coolers for laptops, might be something to look into.

[Tpgolfer]

Thanks. Is a 3060ti much better than a 4060?

I'm a bit wary of taking a gamble on a laptop that wont work for its only intended purpose. Is thwre a way to crank down the graphics quality in anyway to make it more likely to run?

[MongoOnlyPawn]

Here's a rough comparison of GPU's over 22 games, running @ 1920 x 1080. https://jarrods.tech/laptop-desktop-...cs-comparison/

From this link, a 4060 laptop is a bit less (10%+/-?) than a desktop 3060Ti: https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compar...m2040979vs4090

Here's a comparison of the 4060 desktop & the 4060 laptop: https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compar...m2040979vs4150

Here's a comparison of the 4050 laptop gpu (the i5 laptop) & the 4060 laptop gpu (the i7 laptop): https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compar...0979vsm2015629

There are a number of different resolutions & graphics quality levels you can run in GSPro, I wouldn't be surprised if you could get either to work if you ran something different than 1920x1080 and reduced the graphics level, and maybe being outdoors makes the graphics quality moot.

If you do some googling be a little careful about comments from a year or two or three prior, the graphics requirements have changed in GS Pro and so some of the reviews you're getting access to a couple of years ago are talking about cards that probably wouldn't run the current version. I'm not a graphics guy so I can't tell you that you couldn't find a way to make something work but I had a gaming laptop that I burnt up running gs pro and fsx play. Granted, FSX play a couple of years ago was a huge graphics pig and didn't work very well, I don't know if they've changed that and you're not using it so maybe it's not an issue. The laptop I had struggled to run GS Pro on a higher resolution driving a projector.

As I said, you can probably get either to work, I just wouldn't expect a whole lot from it and if you keep stressing it out from a heat standpoint it's probably gonna get tired real quickly.

[hamviper]

I program courses with a 2060 mobile. I can run 1080p Ultra on most current courses at better then 30 fps. I think at 1080p you will be fine with GSPro on the 4060. FSX may be a different challenge. Avoid any X050 series GPU they tend to be more of a trick then a actual gaming GPU.