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If you're interested in gaming laptops, here are some crucial factors to consider during the selection process.
1. What should gamers keep in mind when buying a gaming laptop?
To avoid ending up with a laptop that doesn't meet your expectations, Game8 has compiled a list of things to consider when choosing a gaming laptop.
1. Display
Understanding laptop screen types is essential. Larger screens don't necessarily mean higher image quality. Image quality is determined by the screen resolution.
Similarly, the screen size does not necessarily determine whether a laptop is larger or smaller. Not every laptop with a 15.6-inch screen is larger than one with a 14-inch screen. The size of your laptop also depends on how the manufacturer designs the product with varying thickness of bezels.
For gaming laptops, a piece of advice for gamers is to choose products with a screen size of 15.6 inches or larger and a full HD resolution. It ensures clear and detailed image display, as the full HD resolution is sufficient for the gaming experience. The laptop's configuration may not be as powerful as a PC in the same price range to handle excessively high screen resolutions.
2. Keyboard
Personally, the author does not endorse using standard keyboards of laptop series for gaming. Firstly, the key travel is too short due to their design, and secondly, the key layout is sometimes non-standard.
Therefore, the first piece of advice is to buy a separate gaming keyboard for a better experience. If you still prefer using a laptop keyboard, choose one with LED backlighting and all necessary keys and functions. Fortunately, nowadays, most manufacturers like MSI or ROG include these features in their gaming laptops.
3. Configuration
One undeniable fact is, due to its convenience, gaming laptops have had to sacrifice quite a few things, with the most noticeable being the configuration. In the same price range, the power of gaming laptops cannot match up to desktop PCs.
This implies that you will need to pay more attention to the internal components. Remember that replacing or updating the configuration for a laptop is quite challenging, so it's highly likely that you'll be stuck with that configuration for the next few years.
For RAM and SSD, it's quite simple, as current gaming laptops all support easy replacement of these two components. Nowadays, SSD and RAM have become additional choices for customers from various manufacturing brands.
However, the CPU and GPU combo is different; they are difficult to replace and often have lower performance compared to their PC counterparts due to various issues such as size, heat dissipation, etc. So, if possible, choose a gaming laptop with the highest possible CPU and GPU configuration.
4. Purpose
Certainly, as a gamer, buying a gaming laptop is clearly for playing games. However, gaming itself is divided into different corresponding levels.
For casual gamers diving into titles like League of Legends, Dota 2, or CS:GO, you can significantly cut down on laptop expenses. However, if you're eyeing smooth gameplay for titles like Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2, Destiny, be prepared to allocate at least 25 million VND for your gaming machine.
Identify the system requirements of the games you aspire to play and seek out a laptop that meets those specifications. If possible, opt for a higher configuration, given the rapid pace of game development. You wouldn't want your laptop to become obsolete in the near future, would you?
