I am planning of getting an Alienware (still thinking if 13,15 or 17) laptop, does anyone know how it runs?
Please post the specifications of the computer so that it's possible to give relevent information. As a basic check, have a look at the recommended requirements on this website and compare to your computer.
Well... seeing how all three of them stack up to my current laptop... Mid 2010 MacBook Pro Mac OS (10.12) and Windows 10 Pro Intel Core2Duo 2.4GHz (dual core) 16 GB of RAM 1033MHz 1TB SSD drive (6GB/s but capped at 3GB/s because of SATAII) NVidia 320M 256MB GRAM (the major bottleneck here) On lowest settings I can get up to 60FPS on flat map using the Pigeon, about 30 using the D-Series, and about 20 using the T-Series. On Utah I get only around 10-15 FPS... doesn't matter the vehicle as long as there are less than 2. So with the specs that are in those laptops... I would bet they wouldn't have much trouble. Beware though... someone is gonna come through here screaming about overpriced Alienware computers... I won't. I think they are pretty nice (says the guy with a mac... I know... sue me)
ALienware 13 OLED: CPU 2.5-GHz Intel Core i7-6500U processor Operating System Windows 10 Home RAM 8GB Hard Drive Size 512GB Hard Drive Type SSD Drive Display Size 13.3 Native Resolution 2560 x 1440 Optical Drive None Optical Drive Speed n/a Graphics Card Nvidia GeForce GTX 965M GPU Video Memory 4GB Wi-Fi 802.11ac Wi-Fi Model Killer Wireless-n/a/ac 1535 Wireless Network Adapter Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.1 Touchpad Size 4.27 x 2.67 inches Ports (excluding USB) HDMI Ports (excluding USB) Headphone Ports (excluding USB) Microphone Ports (excluding USB) Mini DisplayPort Ports (excluding USB) Proprietary Ports (excluding USB) Gigabit Ethernet USB Ports 3 Size 12.9 x 9.3 x 1.04~1.1 inches Weight 4.5 pounds Alienware 15: CPU 2.6-GHz Intel Core i7-6700HQ processor Operating System Windows 10 Home RAM 16GB RAM Upgradable to 32GB Hard Drive Size 256GB Hard Drive Type PCIe SSD Secondary Hard Drive Size 1TB Secondary Hard Drive Speed 7200 Secondary Hard Drive Type SATA Hard Drive Display Size 15.6 Native Resolution 1920x1080 Optical Drive None Optical Drive Speed n/a Graphics Card Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M/Intel HD Graphics 530 GPU Video Memory 3GB Wi-Fi 802.11ac Wi-Fi Model Killer Wireless-n/a/ac 1535 Wireless Network Adapter Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.1 Touchpad Size 3.8 x 2.1 inches Ports (excluding USB) Microphone Ports (excluding USB) Headset Ports (excluding USB) HDMI Ports (excluding USB) USB Type-C Ports (excluding USB) Gigabit Ethernet Ports (excluding USB) USB 3.0 Ports (excluding USB) Proprietary Ports (excluding USB) Noble Lock USB Ports 4 Card Slots 3-1 card reader Warranty/Support 1-year premium support Size 15.2 x 10.6 x 0.9~1.3 inches Weight 7.1 pounds ALienware 17: CPU 2.7-GHz Intel Core i7-6820HK Operating System Windows 10 RAM 16GB Hard Drive Size 16GB Hard Drive Type SSD Secondary Hard Drive Size 1TB Secondary Hard Drive Speed 7,200 Secondary Hard Drive Type HDD Display Size 17.3 Native Resolution 3840 x 2160 Optical Drive Speed n/a Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M with 8GB GDDR5 Video Memory 8GB Wi-Fi 802.11ac Wi-Fi Model Killer 1535 802.11ac 2x2 WiFi and Bluetooth 4.1 Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.1 Touchpad Size 3.75 x 2.75 Ports (excluding USB) Headphone Ports (excluding USB) Microphone Ports (excluding USB) Thunderbolt 3 Ports (excluding USB) USB 3.0 Ports (excluding USB) Ethernet Ports (excluding USB) HDMI 2.0 USB Ports 4 Card Slots SD memory reader Warranty/Support one-year premium support Size 16.93 x 11.49 x 1.35-inches Weight 8.33 pounds
First off, Alienware are just overpriced Dell computers that are shockingly badly made (as in worse than their "standard" form counterparts). Try and find something with comparable specs from another brand and you will be getting a much better deal. As for actually running beamng it will do alright, the game never runs amazing and laptops are pretty limited compared to even mid range desktops but it should do high settings at 30fps+ with a couple of cars but don't expect more than that considering its only a dual core CPU.
