Acer Laptop

[ccowan2126]

Anyone have an opinion as to whether this laptop would run the latest Trainz version very well?

[h=1]2021 Acer Nitro 5 AN515 15.6" FHD 144Hz IPS Premium Gaming Laptop, Intel Quad-Core i5-10300H, 16GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, NVIDIA RTX 3050, Backlit KB, Windows 10 + W[/h]


Hard Drive: 512GB PCIe SSD

Memory: 16GB DDR4 SDRAM 3200 MHz

Optical Drive: No

Display: 15.6" Full HD Widescreen LED-backlit IPS Display with 1920 x 1080 Resolution, 144Hz Refresh Rate and 80% Screen-to-body/16:9 Aspect Ratio

Screen Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Processor: 10th Gen Intel Core i5-10300H Processor (Quad-Core, 2.5 GHz Up to 4.5GHz, 8MB Cache)

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB GDDR6

Operating system: Windows 10 Home 64-bit

 

[johnwhelan]

https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu_list.php

scores 9,100 3D benchmark. Normally 10,000 is considered reasonable so a tiny little bit light in my estimation. Having said that pick the right content such as Middleton for laptops and you can run on Intel Integrated graphics 3D score 350.

Cheerio John

 

[ccowan2126]

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• Do you think this one is much better, John?

[h=1]ASUS TUF Gaming F17 Laptop 17.3" FHD 144Hz[/h]

• 16GB RAM | 512GB SSD
• Equipped With The Powerful and Fast 11th Gen Intel 6-Core i5-11260H (Max Boost Clock Up to 4.4GHz, 12MB Intel Smart Cache, 12 Threads)
• 17.3" FHD (1920 x 1080) 144Hz Refresh Rate IPS Display, Dedicated NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti 4GB GDDR6 and Integrated Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel Processors
• 1x HDMI, 1x USB-C with DisplayPort, 3x USB-A 3.2, 1x Headphone/Microphone Combo Jack, 1x RJ-45 Ethernet
• Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit), 720p HD Webcam, Full-size Black RGB Backlit Keyboard,Wi-Fi 6(802.11ax) and Bluetooth 5.2 【HDMI Cable】

 

[johnwhelan]

• Do you think this one is much better, John?

ASUS TUF Gaming F17 Laptop 17.3" FHD 144Hz

• 16GB RAM | 512GB SSD
• Equipped With The Powerful and Fast 11th Gen Intel 6-Core i5-11260H (Max Boost Clock Up to 4.4GHz, 12MB Intel Smart Cache, 12 Threads)
• 17.3" FHD (1920 x 1080) 144Hz Refresh Rate IPS Display, Dedicated NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti 4GB GDDR6 and Integrated Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel Processors
• 1x HDMI, 1x USB-C with DisplayPort, 3x USB-A 3.2, 1x Headphone/Microphone Combo Jack, 1x RJ-45 Ethernet
• Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit), 720p HD Webcam, Full-size Black RGB Backlit Keyboard,Wi-Fi 6(802.11ax) and Bluetooth 5.2 【HDMI Cable】

Same video card so same basic performance. Personally I prefer ASUS to ACER.

For comparison

https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/del...top/spd/g-series-15-5511-laptop/gn5511seeznxh

The RTX 3060 scores 12,361

One the desktop side Dell has an RTX 3060 ti which scores 19,667 price is $1,849.99 this evening but note the difference in performance. You'll need a monitor but it is far more expandable than a laptop.

Cheerio John

 

[johnwhelan]

One thing to bear in mind is will it run Windows 11.

Win 11 has specific CPU requirements and specific hardware requirements for booting. None of my current machines meet them by the way. However you can expect the latest and greatest GPU drivers will be written for Win 11 so I suggest you buy something that will run it. It specifically needs a [FONT=&quot]TPM 2.0 chip and

[FONT=&quot]UEFI, Secure Boot capable besides other things.

Cheerio John
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[tdstead]

From me the higher routes use too much GPU with all the new thing they have added in TRS19 lighting, clutter ect. was causing my Acer Predator Helios 300 to overheat when running on Bellaraine route at 30mph not sure if its upgrade the 500 with a RTX2070 in it would be any better but I just brought the computer below.

tom