Watch Dogs on a GT 750M

[colec18]

I have been holding off on preordering Watch Dogs because I'm not sure if the 2GB GT 750M in my current laptop will be enough to run the game at a playable FPS at decent settings. I know CPU and RAM won't be a problem I have 8GB of 1600mhz ram and an i7 3630QM @ 3.4GHz.

[Cacao]

It'll probably run it, you'll likely need to turn down settings quite a bit to get playable FPS though.

[Scionyde]

Apparently you can get decent framerates on stuff like BF4 and Titanfall on low/medium settings, but that would involve dropping the resolution a bit too. So if you use that as an approximation, I think you could make it work, but it might not be super enjoyable or anything.

 

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-750M.90245.0.html

[snoopy6489]

Yea i would say it would run fine.

[MrYuriy]

I would personally get a new card.. Part of the appeal of Watch Dogs is how good it looks.. And you'll be missing out on this. Kind of like you playing on a video game console.

But, at low/maybe medium settings, you still won't get the best frame rates, but it'll at least be playable.

Not to mention, you'll probably want to upgrade the card in the near future anyways. If not Watch Dogs, then another game this year will probably have you wanting to switch anyways. I say do it now & get it over with.

So really, that's the only 2 scenarios. So it's up to you to decide which fate shall be yours!

[AMICLG]

I would personally get a new card.. Part of the appeal of Watch Dogs is how good it looks.. And you'll be missing out on this. Kind of like you playing on a video game console.

But, at low/maybe medium settings, you still won't get the best frame rates, but it'll at least be playable.

Not to mention, you'll probably want to upgrade the card in the near future anyways. If not Watch Dogs, then another game this year will probably have you wanting to switch anyways. I say do it now & get it over with.

So really, that's the only 2 scenarios. So it's up to you to decide which fate shall be yours!

It's a 750m not a 750.

[Scionyde]

I would personally get a new card.. Part of the appeal of Watch Dogs is how good it looks.. And you'll be missing out on this. Kind of like you playing on a video game console.

But, at low/maybe medium settings, you still won't get the best frame rates, but it'll at least be playable.

Not to mention, you'll probably want to upgrade the card in the near future anyways. If not Watch Dogs, then another game this year will probably have you wanting to switch anyways. I say do it now & get it over with.

So really, that's the only 2 scenarios. So it's up to you to decide which fate shall be yours!

 

Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure that GPU is soldered onto the mobo of his laptop.

[James.]

I would personally get a new card.. Part of the appeal of Watch Dogs is how good it looks.. And you'll be missing out on this. Kind of like you playing on a video game console.

But, at low/maybe medium settings, you still won't get the best frame rates, but it'll at least be playable.

Not to mention, you'll probably want to upgrade the card in the near future anyways. If not Watch Dogs, then another game this year will probably have you wanting to switch anyways. I say do it now & get it over with.

So really, that's the only 2 scenarios. So it's up to you to decide which fate shall be yours!

 

Considering that the 750m is a laptop gpu, it might be a little difficult for him to get a new card. Regardless, it still should be able to run fine on lower settings.

 

Edit: Guess other people said the same thing in the time it took me to post this, sorry for repeating it.

[MrYuriy]

It's a 750m not a 750.

 

 

Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure that GPU is soldered onto the mobo of his laptop.

 

Ohhh, I totally missed that! Wow.

I'm so sorry..! Please ignore what I said in my post. I read too quickly and missed that silly little game-changing "M".

 

Well, either way, as I mentioned - under low/medium settings it'll run Watch Dogs IMO.

[Guest]

I have been holding off on preordering Watch Dogs because I'm not sure if the 2GB GT 750M in my current laptop will be enough to run the game at a playable FPS at decent settings. I know CPU and RAM won't be a problem I have 8GB of 1600mhz ram and an i7 3630QM @ 3.4GHz.

It should be fine. Watch_Dogs' main development platform was PC, so it *HOPEFULLY* is well-optimized. Turn down some settings, and you should be good to go. Nearly any game can be played on that card, if the settings are tweaked enough.

[colec18]

I would personally get a new card.. Part of the appeal of Watch Dogs is how good it looks.. And you'll be missing out on this. Kind of like you playing on a video game console.

But, at low/maybe medium settings, you still won't get the best frame rates, but it'll at least be playable.

Not to mention, you'll probably want to upgrade the card in the near future anyways. If not Watch Dogs, then another game this year will probably have you wanting to switch anyways. I say do it now & get it over with.

So really, that's the only 2 scenarios. So it's up to you to decide which fate shall be yours!

Yeah I'm going to build a new PC after my summer job in July, hopefully with a GTX 780 or 770. I'll probably just wait until then to purchase Watch Dogs,

[AMICLG]

Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure that GPU is soldered onto the mobo of his laptop.

The 750m likely is because of it's lower power but there might be an MXM version as MSI likes to use that form factor.

[colec18]

The 750m likely is because of it's lower power but there might be an MXM version as MSI likes to use that form factor.

I don't think so I'm using a Lenovo laptop, but it does have the ultrabay that I might add an extra GPU to.

[AMICLG]

I don't think so I'm using a Lenovo laptop, but it does have the ultrabay that I might add an extra GPU to.

Lenovo usually solders in the GPUs but I'm pretty sure the ultrabay sled takes an MXM GPU and with Nvidia optimus you can chose what GPU you want to use.

EDIT: You can by this and SLI if it fits. http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Ultrabay-Removable-Graphics-IdeaPad/dp/B00JBFYET8/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1398394035&sr=1-1-fkmr1&keywords=lenovo+GTX+750m+ultrabay

[colec18]

Lenovo usually solders in the GPUs but I'm pretty sure the ultrabay sled takes an MXM GPU and with Nvidia optimus you can chose what GPU you want to use.

EDIT: You can by this and SLI if it fits. http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Ultrabay-Removable-Graphics-IdeaPad/dp/B00JBFYET8/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1398394035&sr=1-1-fkmr1&keywords=lenovo+GTX+750m+ultrabay

Damn those cards are expensive, I'm probably just going to save for a while and build a better system.