I will be traveling quite a bit, and unfortunately can't take my desktop/sim system along.

 

Has anyone had good experiences with P3Dv2 on a laptop?  If so, would you share your laptop model and/or specs here?

 

Thanks!

 

-Gavin

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.

Spirit

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. 

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

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!

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.

Thanks for all the info guys!  In the end, I went with an ASUS G750JH.  After I get P3Dv2 (and everything else) installed and playing nice, I'll post a review of my experience.

 

Gavin

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

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.