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On 08/11/2019 at 09:57, kevhamster said:

Basically they've got the best benchmarking scores I've seen, suggesting they're very good! 

These computers have CPUs have what are advertised as super efficient CPUs. What I read this as is the base clock speed is kept low so they're more power efficient, but the clock speed gets increased automatically up to the turbo speed as required. 

So, whilst the clock speeds appear low, I would imagine these run FM nicely? 

Can I guarantee that? No. But the benchmarking sites work by getting users to get their computers to do certain tasks, the sites record how they perform in these tasks and that's where the scores come from. And the CPUs these machines use have the highest scores I've seen.

 

 

Thank you for all your help! Final question just wondering: while the Dell performed better in benchmarking and cpu would the surface laptop be more beneficial because it still did well but has a better graphics card? Will that lead to the most well rounded experience for football manager and the Sims?

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27 minutes ago, kevhamster said:

I'll be honest here, I don't know. 

The base clock speeds are low on these, however they actually have the best benchmarking scores I've seen out of all the ones I've looked at, including on single core performance suggesting that they should be fine. 

Out of the two Windows machines, the Dell scores best on the benchmarking sites. 

I won't comment on the Mac any further than I already have as I really know very little about them, so anything I say would be entirely guesswork. 

Thanks! So are you saying by looking at specs you'd think the clock speeds would be low, but they both outperform any other laptop you've seen?! Or what are you comparing them to? If that's the case, I'll just go with the prettier one. 

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1 hour ago, kevhamster said:

Could you provide links for the ones you're looking at?  That doesn't include full processor models so it's hard to gauge which is better - however what I would say is I imagine these are both including quite up-to-date i7 processors, so will more than likely be capable of running FM very well indeed.

In terms of Macs, I really can't comment as I know very little about them.  That said, all the Macbook Pro models I can see on the Apple store are 8th Gen i5 CPUs, not i7's, so I'm not sure which one you're looking at.  I would imagine these would also be more than adequate for FM.  And I wouldn't like to say whether you're better off with a Mac compared to Windows. 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/surface-laptop-3/8vfggh1r94tm?activetab=techspecs

Basically the highest specs for the 13.5 inch 

 

https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/new-xps-13-touch-laptop/spd/xps-13-7390-laptop/xn7390dpcrh

Not sure if this leads to the correct one, but i7, 16gb memory, 512 ssd

 

https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/13-inch-space-gray-256gb-2.4ghz-quad-core-processor-with-turbo-boost-up-to-4.1ghz?afid=p238%7Cskx5veegd-dm_mtid_1870765e38482_pcrid_389377272417_pgrid_13945976647_&cid=aos-us-kwgo-mac--slid---product-#

I can Configure the MacBook

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Which laptop should I buy to play FM20 with more leagues?

It's about time to replace my 4 year old Dell XPS 13. It currently runs Fm19/20 on about 2 stars with 30K players loaded (typically custom database w/ national rep and all England loaded). It's playable but I'm noticing 20 is running slower (maybe because it's beta?) I've also always wanted to load a ton of leagues and do a journeyman save, or just have a ton loaded but not playable for more realism. 3 stars or better for speed would be great. :)

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Here are the options I'm considering, Football Manager is probably the most intensive game I play on my laptop so I'm sticking with 13 inch options. (Current laptop has i7, 8 gb ram, 256 gb ssd, integrated graphics card)

Surface Laptop 3: Intel Ice Lake i7, 16 GB RAM, Iris Plus Graphics, 256 GB SSD. I hear CPU is more important than graphics for Football Manager, but will this still be good?  
Dell XPS 13: Intel Comet Lake i7 (6 cores so apparently super fast for the size??), Iris integrated graphics (100 higher than my current XPS), 16 GB RAM, 512 SSD  
Macbook Pro: i7, likely 16gb RAM, Iris Plus Graphics, 256 GB SSD. I've never owned a Macbook so this one is tempting since I own the rest of the Apple products. But feels very expensive for what it is so I'd love a Macbook Pro owner to chime in on game quality and how long the Macbook lasts :)