[James Falconer]

Ok - excuse the newb-ness of this thread, but hoping I can get some solid feedback from the community here.

Picked up a Dell XPS recently and seeing as I'm back on Windows again (full disclosure I use both Mac and PC!), wanted to know what is good to keep in mind in terms of gaming on laptops, desktops, etc these days.

Are there any particular graphic cards you'd recommend? Any areas in particular I should beef up? Basically I just need a solid system 'mostly' for business, but I like me some good gaming from time to time.

Any help/feedback is appreciated!

[Josiah23]

I use both Mac and PC myself! Now... Are you doing the gaming and business work on the XPS or a desktop PC? Noting that you're limited when it comes to upgrading on a laptop.

[James Falconer]

Both on the XPS (perhaps sadly). Would love a gaming laptop or a custom built rig :)

[Josiah23]

Do you know the current specs on ye ol' Dell laptop? Lol. Or the model number/ full name of the system would do just fine.

6-8 GB Ram should do just fine for most games (depending on your games of course, but you should be fine with 6-8GB)

For better boot time and program loading then I would go with a SSD
Samsung, Kingston, Crucial, Intel, Patriot, etc will do fine but can get costly depending on storage capacity.

Graphics Card and CPU wise, it isn't possible to upgrade the GPU or CPU on laptops... well non that I know of, I might get surprised one day.

[James Falconer]

@Josiah23 - yarp - this is what I have: Dell XPS 13 High Performance Laptops | Dell Canada

[Josiah23]

I'm now jealous lol, that's the laptop I wanted or at least very similar... If I'm not mistaken, you should be set and should be pretty good with those specs for both gaming and work.

[James Falconer]

Excellent then. I think I just get a tad jealous of some of these gaming laptops that I see. They're beasts!