Questions about laptops

[adithyay328]

Hey guys! I have some general questions about laptops. Here we go: 

 

Q.1: What is the best manufacturer for laptops? Criteria: Highest quality, good warranties, good price to performance and ease of upgrade.

 

Q.2: What percent of laptops can have their gpus upgraded?

 

Q.3: How much time do laptops last before the performance of the laptop isn't good for games?

 

That's it for my questions. Thanks in advance for your help!

[gazabi]

adithyay328

 

Q.1 Most likely asus.

 
Q.2 less than %10, these laptops use MXM modules for their gpus.
 
Q.3 probably 3 or more years depending on how well you can handle lowering graphics settings for newer games.

[adithyay328]

Q.1 Most likely asus.

 

Q.2 less than %10, these laptops use MXM modules for their gpus.

 

Q.3 probably 3 or more years depending on how well you can handle lowering graphics settings for newer games.

Thanks so much!

[adithyay328]

adithyay328

 

Q.1 Most likely asus.

 

Q.2 less than %10, these laptops use MXM modules for their gpus.

 

Q.3 probably 3 or more years depending on how well you can handle lowering graphics settings for newer games.

What are MXM modules?

[ashtaroth]

Hey guys! I have some general questions about laptops. Here we go:

Q.1: What is the best manufacturer for laptops? Criteria: Highest quality, good warranties, good price to performance and ease of upgrade.

Q.2: What percent of laptops can have their gpus upgraded?

Q.3: How much time do laptops last before the performance of the laptop isn't good for games?

That's it for my questions. Thanks in advance for your help!

Q.1 thats pretty much subjective.

Q.2 dont know about percentage but laptops with MxM modules that are not soldered on the Mobo. Ei. Alienware (pre 2015), Sager/Clevo to name a few. Mostly the thick laptops. I dont know of any thin laptop that is upgradable.

Q.3 depends on usage and the game. Again pretty subjective.

[DarkEnergy]

1: Apple (not for ease of upgrade), Lenovo, Asus, some Dells.

2: Some. If soldered on mobo, it would require a mobo replacement if there is one with a better gpu. I think for some of them, if the gpu is integraded into the cpu, it might be possible to replace it if supported but isn't common.

3: If you keep the OS clean and running well, then it would depend on how advanced games get.

[gazabi]

What are MXM modules?

They are laptop equivalent to desktop graphics cards. They plug into special pci slots, and cooling for them is different for each laptop.

 

They look like this

 

[rtpb5642]

adithyay328

 

Q.1 Most likely asus.

 

Q.2 less than %10, these laptops use MXM modules for their gpus.

 

Q.3 probably 3 or more years depending on how well you can handle lowering graphics settings for newer games.

I agree, also MSI makes good laptops, if its a workstation laptop then a W series thinkpad is a good option, they are very well built but not meant for gaming.

[adithyay328]

They are laptop equivalent to desktop graphics cards. They plug into special pci slots, and cooling for them is different for each laptop.

 

They look like this

 

Thanks!