Clueless about Laptops

[Samick]

Hi,
A friend of mine wants to run Total War: Warhammer on a laptop, are there laptops beefy enough to run this and if so how much do they go for?

Warhammer specs below if it helps...

PC Minimum Specifications:


[Expected around 15-25 FPS on campaign map and in a 1v1, 20 units vs 20 units battle, default graphics preset set to “Low”]

•Operating System: Windows 7 64Bit

•Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 3.0Ghz

•RAM: 3GB*

•Hard Drive: 35 GB

•Video Card: (DirectX 11) AMD Radeon HD 5770 1024MB | NVIDIA GTS 450 1024MB | Intel HD4000 @720P



(*)PC integrated graphics chipsets require 4GB ram, e.g. Intel HD series





PC Recommended Specifications:



[Expected around 45-55 FPS on campaign map and in a 1v1, 20 units vs 20 units battle, default graphics preset set to “High”]

•Operating System: Windows 7/8.1/10 64Bit

•Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4570 3.20GHz

•RAM: 8 GB

•Hard Drive: 35 GB

•Video Card: (DirectX 11) AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB @1080P



PC 60fps+ Specifications:



[Expected 60 FPS+ on campaign map and in a 1v1, 20 units vs 20 units battle, default graphics preset set to “Ultra”]

•Operating System: Windows 7/8.1/10 64Bit

•Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-4790K 4.0 GHz

•RAM: 8 GB

•Hard Drive: 35 GB

•Video Card: (DirectX 11) AMD Fury X or Nvidia GTX 980 @1080P

 

[Scott]

Approx £600-£1900 depending on which side of the FPS he wants to end up on. All very doable with a laptop system though.

The £1900+ option will play just about anything at high quality as it has the GTX980 desktop GPU in it.

 

[Oussebon]

What kind of budget was your friend thinking of?