Hi
Hoping to get a reply from Kev the superstar. Old laptop is https://kelaptop.com/en/lenovo-ideapad-3-14ada05-81w0001dpg , bought in 2020 and has become SUPER slow last month or so. Really like the look of the 2 above you linked in the 700-750 budget range: https://www.box.co.uk/NBCB15716-2-Horizon-Skyline-Intel-Core-i7-16GB-RAM-5_4319482.html and https://www.currys.co.uk/products/msi-katana-gf66-15.6-gaming-laptop-intel-core-i5-rtx-3050-1-tb-ssd-10246642.html . I also found this as a perhaps cheaper alternative https://www.currys.co.uk/products/asus-vivobook-15-x1500ea-15.6-laptop-intel-core-i7-512-gb-ssd-black-10240153.html .
Firstly if we talk about processing speed on FM, which is very important to me (hate when I press continue and it takes like 30+ seconds before its back, its too short a time to divert my attention to something else, but long enough to make waiting really boring). In a hypothetical test where you loaded up 10 leagues and simmed til Jan, am I right to assume all 3 would be super noticeably faster than my current laptop was at its peak? how do the other 3 compare against each other? I only really play fm and id say overall the speed at which fm processes from day to day is my biggest concern, however the other game I would play is probably old school runescape haha but when you turn on the hd plugin and set render distance to max, it can be much more demanding than you think, and when doing hard content, fps is fairly important which is why the one you linked with better graphics has my interest piqued also. How much higher, say at absolute maximum i was willing to spend an extra £100, is there anything out there with the processing capability of the Horizon but the graphics of the msi? If thats put of the question then I will probably use your comparison between those 3 and pick one of those.
Thank you
Hi again, https://www.box.co.uk/NBCBAP15735T-3-Chillblast-Apollo-Intel-Core-i7-16GB-RAM_4403975.html could this be the answer to best of both worlds? Im no expert at all, but it seem to me to have the exact same processing capability of the Horizon, and a substantially better graphics card, whereas compared to the MSI, it has a substantially better CPU, but the graphics card is marginally worse? So overall it beats the horizon, and vs the msi it has a win on cpu front and a slight loss on the graphical front making it the best overall? Thanks