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You need a high end laptop that's sure. With a powerful CPU and a very good GPU. Once I ran FSX on a Sony Vaio high end laptop and could hold 20 locked FPS. P3D v2 is more demanding for the GPU so look for a laptop with a good nVidia GPU.

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I have FSX installed on my Retina MacBook Pro late 2013 (i7 2.6 GHz, 16 GB RAM, GTX M750 2GB vRAM) It runs the sim ok so should P3D2 but i wouldnt expect wonders on that machine even it is pretty powerfull. When FSX is runnning it is getting pretty hot. I tried to install P3D2 on it but couldnt run due to my license already in use on my dsktop. Maybe i get a dev license to try it out. 

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I have an Asus G74SX, I7 2670QM 2.2ghz with an Nvidia 560m GTX 3GB card....this machine is now 2 years old....but runs fsx great! and i get about 25 fps on P3D V2 with sliders on normal.....runs P3D V2 well......i get fluid motion and no stutters...with FTX GLOBAL and Vector installed

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I run FSX on a 3 years old ASUS laptop with an i3-CPU (2x2.2 Ghz) and Intel onbord graphic solution. Well: It works! And even better than what I have expected it to work. It is very smooth for me. I have normally around 15-20 fps. In demanding areas (like big cities) they rarely drop down below 10.

 

It is all about keeping the settings reasonable I would say. I installed FTX Global and Vector and Pilot's mesh and bought myself a xBox360 controler for "on the road". I stay away from add-on airplaines and keep the rsolution low.

 

P3D2, however, is a different beast (I assume). Much more demanding on the GPU so I would not even try it on my laptop.

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Thanks for the feedback so far!  I'm sure the latest $3600 MSI or ASUS gaming laptops would have no problem, but knowing that some of the older ones can do so will save me quite a bit of money!

You might want to look into a micro desktop these things are super small but can fit the latest I7 4770k and GTX titan

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Sorry I got in late on this but I currently own an Alienware M14 (second gen w/Haswell), 16gb RAM, i-7 4900mq and an nvidia GTX-765 w/2gb.  This system runs FSX perfectly fine as well as P3D v2.  Of course, I have tweaked and adjusted both (FSX has the DX10 fixer installed as well).

 

This laptop gives me my cake and I can eat it too.  She may not be a screaming machine, but it has what I need to achieve a pleasant flying experience.

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Origin EON-17SLX - Under the hood: Intel Core i7 7700K at 4.2GHz (Base) 4.6GHz (overclock), nVidia GeForce GTX-1080 Pascal w/8gb vram, 32gb (2x16) Crucial 2400mhz RAM, 3840 x 2160 17.3" IPS w/G-SYNC, Samsung 950 EVO 256GB PCIe m.2 SSD (Primary), Samsung 850 EVO 500gb M.2 (Sim Drive), MS Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit

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