I'm working on building a low-priced mini-pc for the sole purpose to play
Star Citizen. The Iris pro 5200 on paper meets and exceeds (barely) the
minimum requirements for the game. Do you believe running a 4th gen i5
2.7ghz will render enough power to run Star Citizen @ 30FPS minimum?
+casey360360 Looking on NewEgg you could go Core i3-6100, Gigabyte GA-H110M-A, EVGA GeForce GTX 950 and a Rosewill mATX case & PSU for $400. That's probably the sort of build I'd look at.
+m neau I don't see where you're putting worthwhile input here, nor do I see where I ever asked for your direct opinion. I had a simple question for someone who has verifiable expertise. He's answered questions famously. You on the other hand? ... Not much can be said. thanks for your input, but it's not needed.
+Brue Computing I actually found a bare bone system that's minus RAM and a SSD for $400. I've got everything needed to toss it together. An i5 and Iris pro 5200, price for performance that's cheaper than anything else I've run across. I can also pick up an A8 richland system for $150 (doing so for the 3 office computers I need) but the performance is no where near the Iris.
+casey360360 None of the Iris Pro based chips are particularly cheap, so you could probably look at a Core i3 + GTX 950 for barely any more than an Iris Pro 6200 based processor.
+casey360360 I haven't tested Star Citizen on anything, so I can't really say. Personally if building a rig solely for gaming though I'd recommend sacrificing some size and making sure you have a good graphics card in there - GTX 950 or higher if it were me.
+Anthony Ricci its expensive because of the dock that comes with it. the dock has a dedicated graphics card, not sure what card though. i think it's a 970.
+acanez85 I'd rather be a nerd than a peasants,but I'm neither.
Intel Iris Pro 5200 Gaming - Fallout 4 - Retina MacBook Pro 15
//www.UltrabookGaming.com Testing Fallout 4 running on Intel Iris Pro 5200 graphics on an Intel Core i7-4860HQ processor, in a Clevo laptop. The game ...
+Alexander Bobrikovich If you check the description the video was actually taken using a Windows laptop with near identical specifications to the base model Retina MacBook Pro 15 from late 2013, which did not feature the NVIDIA graphics.
Looks like shit: textures lacking detail, lots of stutter, screen tearing,
lack of ambient occlusion, lack of proper anti-aliasing, blocky shadows,
lots of flickering and shimmering, etc. Face it, Macs suck for gaming.
+Amex if you think the ti is still 5 the fastest you are def wrong take care my friend, seems like you are stuck with literals and in your own world. seems like unless your running the number one card your running crap according to you. even at 50th fastest card according to you...and according to what are clearly synthetic benchmarks, you still think that's not good enough to enjoy gaming? even with 50th fastest its still faster than the ps4/Xbox one apu and will be able to enjoy majority of games at 1080p. it's getting comical how stubborn you are.
+Theo D You're comparing a 780 ti (the world's 5th fastest graphics card according to videocardbenchmark(dot)net with a score of 8.974) with a 780m (ranked 55 with a score of 4,108) and then you wonder why people like me can't be bothered to response with "well worded and resourceful answers" (your words)... too funny.
+Amex 780m is stronger than the M395x, so my point is if a M395x can do that, I'm sure a 780M is more than capable of doing 60 fps. They aren't silly claims, it's merely facts of hardware performance... lol I mean 780 will perform the same on a mac system and a windows system...and considering Bootcamp can run on Mac I see absolutely 0 logical reason why you would say that Macs cannot be good gaming machines?I mean even the Desktop grade 780 Ti tends to do sub 60 fps...Many cards do. so I don't understand how this is MAC is crappy for gaming situation instead of Video card related.So really it's a hardware restriction not a company restriction lol. You have be an idiot to think that a M395x running 1080p at 39-60 fps is considered bad for a game that even makes the 780 ti drop to 40s....Seriously read how stupid your comments are, why are you arguing a company rather than the hardware behind it?
+Theo D Why should I start an argument with someone who claims "a 780M is more than capable to do Fallout 4 60 fps at 1080p" , while showing a video with a M395x (different processor), a video that claims "1080p ULTRA 39fps to 60fps" (that's not a constant 60fps) and a video that also refuses to show the actual settings and frame rates so that we know that he's telling the truth. If you want to start an argument, then at least back up your silly claims with indisputable(!) facts.
+Theo D Macs suck for gaming, it's just a fact. Mind you, I'm talking about high end gaming and not about running Fallout 4 at low settings with low resolution and at 30 frames/sec. I don't understand why you even argue with me about that, because it's a well known fact.
+Amex You do know, especially when it comes to PC gaming, the market forces players to pay ridiculous amount of money to make the game run on max? or sometimes even high or medium?Lack of optimization in gaming is the prob, also macs can game fine, you just need one with an external graphics card.Clearly any laptop for internal only does mild gaming. At this rate your comment means even PCs suck at gaming, if they have internal graphics only
I am looking to get a new macbook. I am thinking to get the 13 inch for
portabilty and to have it on my lap. But does the 15 inch feel comfortable
when in on your life. How is it like to have the 15 inch.
Pricing is so different... This thing is 1999$ in the USA, in Germany it's
2249€ which equals 2,667.46$. In the end you pay 668$ more in Germany! Keep
in mind this is only the baseline model. The highest end model is 3599€
~4,268.64$