September 12, 201510 yr I'm just looking for some information regarding laptops and FSX. I'm sorry if this is the wrong place for this topic. Due to my current situation I am looking at getting a laptop to play FSX on, I know this isn't ideal but neither is my situation. I have a desktop, (specs- i5-3570k @ 3.4ghz, 8gb RAM, nvidia gtx 760 2gb, windows 7 64bit) and I use PMDG-777-737/aerosoft/captainsim, Active Sky Next, REX 4, Pro-ATC, Ezdok and most often a payware airport at my departure and arrival airport. This desktop runs my flight sim exactly how I want it and I am wondering if there are any laptops out there that can run FSX smoothly like this. I am looking at spending no more than £800, I know that's not a great deal but hey, that's my budget. I have found this example, MSI GP72 2QE (Leopard Pro) (www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/m/p/1811136) and I was wondering of this would run the sim with all of my addons? Any help would be greatly appreciated! I am very good when it comes to knowledge about desktops however I have never had much experience with a laptop. Thabk you very much in advance! Andy
September 13, 201510 yr It would run well, but I doubt it would be exactly like the desktop. Honestly though that wouldn't be a terrible machine to try it with, with some tweaking it could probably be pretty darn good. The only big issue that could happen is heat. No matter what laptop you get, invest in a cooling pad. For your own good and the laptop's!
September 13, 201510 yr Commercial Member You already know it's not ideal, however that one ought to do it. I'm with Pooky (man, I'm going to go eat a bullet for having to type that... LOL), whatever cooling you go with, double it (only slightly exaggerating). Anyway, understanding it's not ideal, and that you don't want to spend twice that of a great desktop system, I'd say you'll be fine. Dave Hodges System Specs: I9-13900KF, NVIDIA 4070TI, Quest 3, Multiple Displays, Lots of TERRIFIC friends, 3 cats, and a wonderfully stubborn wife.
September 13, 201510 yr I can run fsx, P3D2.5 and XP10 on my base model Alienware 17r2 very well. Alienware also sell a Graphics amplifier so you can pug a desktop graphics card and monitor into your alienware laptop. I purchased the Graphics amplifier but I have to save for a card. I plan to install a GTX 980ti. Check this out.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cQfy-j1Ssw Pete Richards I've owned every version of flight simulator since Flight Simulator 3.0 in 1988. Windows 11 Pro loaded on a 4TB Gen5 Crucial T700 SSD, 4TB Samsung 990 Pro SSD, Ryzen 9 7950x3d, AS Rock X670e Taichi Motherboard, Gigabyte Gaming RTX 4090 OC 24GB, 64GB (2x32GB) Viper Venom DDR5-6000MT/s, MSI 32" MAG 321UPX QD-OLED 260hz 4K Gaming Monitor.
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