Which laptop to buy for aoe3

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Which laptop to buy for aoe3

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I have a desktop and a work laptop for all other purposes, but I am thinking of buying a laptop merely for aoe3, since I don't like the big screen on my desktop/ have to share it with my girlfriend.

So bearing in mind that I would pretty much only use it for aoe3, what do you think would be the best bang for my buck out of all laptops that are currently on the market?

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You are looking for a laptop to play a 15 year old game. Just take the cheapest you can find with a mediocre graphics board and an acceptable display. You can easily use a 5 year old second-hand laptop.
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honestly just buy whatever is available in second-hand market
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My previous laptop was an asus and it seemed to work quite well. Now I have an acer and it feels pretty shit overall. But like people said, you don't need a great laptop to play aoe3
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if sharing a bigger screen on the table with gf is a concern i think it would be a wiser investment to get a bigger better table and another monitor so that you can both be highly productive simultaneously
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Kaiserklein wrote:My previous laptop was an asus and it seemed to work quite well. Now I have an acer and it feels pretty shit overall. But like people said, you don't need a great laptop to play aoe3
from asus to acer is huge downgrade usually. my friend had 2 acer laptops broken in ~2,5 years.
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harcha wrote:if sharing a bigger screen on the table with gf is a concern i think it would be a wiser investment to get a bigger better table and another monitor so that you can both be highly productive simultaneously
Simultaneously with the same desktop?
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Kaiserklein wrote:My previous laptop was an asus and it seemed to work quite well. Now I have an acer and it feels pretty shit overall. But like people said, you don't need a great laptop to play aoe3
Good to know, any preference for screen size?
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The real question is: which laptop to buy for Minesweeper?!?!
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And do I need a separate video card, or would any intel graphics suffice?
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intel unfortunately is still not enough for this game, suggest you get one with dedicated graphics. perhaps vega 3 is an option???
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If you want to buy a computer just for aoe3, I would honestly suggest a desktop. You get like twice the specs for your money. My 2012 desktop for example still works great nowadays. Especially the processor still holds up. It's also way easier to maintain or change components for a desktop.
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RefluxSemantic wrote:If you want to buy a computer just for aoe3, I would honestly suggest a desktop. You get like twice the specs for your money. My 2012 desktop for example still works great nowadays. Especially the processor still holds up. It's also way easier to maintain or change components for a desktop.

Thanks for the reply, but I have nowhere to elegantly store a second desktop at this time so I will stick with a laptop. My main concern is whether it should have a separate video card.
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Although the game would theoretically run just fine on integrated graphics, integrated graphics were barely a thing in 2005 when the game was released, and so it sometimes doesn't work very well with them - shaders sometimes don't render correctly, especially on the higher graphics settings. I think this is especially a problem with Intel, as Intel was not really in the graphics game at the time. AMD integrated graphics may be a bit more compatible.
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I wouldn't buy a laptop second hand at all these days. It's probably got a lot of dust accumulated on the inside.
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kami_ryu wrote:I wouldn't buy a laptop second hand at all these days. It's probably got a lot of dust accumulated on the inside.
Agreed I would not buy a used laptop. I assume someone who's buying a computer purely to play aoe3 is relatively affluent, you can just get a low end gaming laptop in the 600$ish range that will last and play aoe3 just fine. Something like this I guess.

https://www.newegg.com/p/1TS-000D-076W2 ... A0SAM70543
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gibson wrote:
kami_ryu wrote:I wouldn't buy a laptop second hand at all these days. It's probably got a lot of dust accumulated on the inside.
Agreed I would not buy a used laptop. I assume someone who's buying a computer purely to play aoe3 is relatively affluent, you can just get a low end gaming laptop in the 600$ish range that will last and play aoe3 just fine. Something like this I guess.

https://www.newegg.com/p/1TS-000D-076W2 ... A0SAM70543
Also if you buy them from companies that resell used devices? Or are you referring to individuals.
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AoE3DE is coming next year, so take that into account if you wanna play it.
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manwithoutname wrote:
gibson wrote:
kami_ryu wrote:I wouldn't buy a laptop second hand at all these days. It's probably got a lot of dust accumulated on the inside.
Agreed I would not buy a used laptop. I assume someone who's buying a computer purely to play aoe3 is relatively affluent, you can just get a low end gaming laptop in the 600$ish range that will last and play aoe3 just fine. Something like this I guess.

https://www.newegg.com/p/1TS-000D-076W2 ... A0SAM70543
Also if you buy them from companies that resell used devices? Or are you referring to individuals.
Personally I wouldn't buy a referb computer. However it just depends on your financial situation. You will probably be better off buying a refurb from like newegg than a used one.
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Do you want the laptop to be able to play AEO3D, AOE4 or just AOE3?
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Superfly47 wrote:Do you want the laptop to be able to play AEO3D, AOE4 or just AOE3?
Good point, I may want to play 4 as well so maybe I'll consider a new gaming laptop after all.

No idea what aoe3d is though, google tells me it is a definite version, but I don't know what that entails.
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manwithoutname wrote:No idea what aoe3d is though, google tells me it is a definite version, but I don't know what that entails.
No one really knows yet, but there's a remaster of AoE3 almost surely coming next year.
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For Aoe3 purpusos only, I would by this one. The specs dont really matter, but I think a big screen is important for rts games.
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