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Notebook buying advice: How to find a notebook for videos, CAD and more
by Jan Johannsen
Notebook buying advice: How to find a gaming notebook
10.8.2020
Translation: machine translated
If you not only want to have your gaming PC in your home, but also want to be able to take it with you, there is no way around a gaming laptop. I'll go with you in search of a suitable laptop.
Our notebook buying guides are all about finding the right laptop for you. I give you basic tips and assessments for different areas of application and show you some examples of notebooks. My aim is to use filters so that you only have to decide between a small selection of devices in the end.
What you won't find here is an assessment of individual laptop models or recommendations for different equipment variants. The notebook market is too fast-moving for that and I refer you to the individual tests from our editorial team.
Gaming notebooks: a gamer's paradise to go
Almost every notebook manufacturer has its own gaming series on sale, but if you don't care about the typical gaming design and colourful LED lighting, you can also find models among conventional laptops that you can use for gaming.
Apple is doing a lot to ensure that there are more games for its Macs. But the selection of big titles still can't keep up with Windows. This makes the operating system the first criterion for your gaming notebook. Sufficient performance is also essential. You shouldn't be satisfied with less than 16 gigabytes of RAM for your games.
"G-Sync" or "FreeSync" are widely used for gaming monitors, but are a rarity for gaming laptops. With these technologies, Nvida and AMD ensure that the monitor adapts its refresh rate to the connected PC. As a result, the image should stutter less and the response time should be even faster.
Since the games with their constantly improving graphics are not getting any smaller, you need a lot of storage space. This would be cheaper with a conventional hard drive, but an SSD has a positive effect on loading times. However, the storage should not be less than 500 gigabytes; at least 1000 gigabytes (also known as a terabyte) is even better if you want to install more than three or four games at the same time and possibly save other files as well.
If I enter the above specifications into our filters, these are the five most popular models at the moment.
Jan Johannsen
Senior Editor
Jan.Johannsen@galaxus.deWhen I was but a young student, I'd sit in my friend's living room with all my classmates and play on his SuperNES. Since then I've had the opportunity to test out all the newest technology for you. I've done reviews at Curved, Computer Bild and Netzwelt, and have now arrived at Galaxus.de.
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