Recommend a New Laptop For Online Poker
Hi, its me again. Didn't want to post in the older thread of mine because it got cluttered so want to make it as simple as possible and ask questions as simple as possible.
Current Laptop
Old Dell XPS 15 9550
i5-6300hq
1tb nvme ssd... upgraded from 250gb ssd a while back
32gb ram... upgraded from 8gb a while back.
84whr battery
intel hd 530 graphics
nvidia geforce gtx 960m
Laptop is connected to 2 external monitors... 32' 4k monitor and 24' 1920x1200 monitor. I use usb-c to display port cable to connect from laptop to the 32' 4k monitor. I use a hdmi to dvi-d cable to connect from laptop to the 24' 1920x1200 monitor.
I used HEM3 and starscaption/888caption/partycaption. I play on stars/888/party. I mix at both 2 sites at a time, such as stars/888 or 888/party. Or just play one site only.
I encounter ton of lag if having over xx amount of tables on stars due to aurora which I know lot of people also encounter. On 888, the issue is worst because the moment a 9th table opens, freezes and you got to close client and reopen it. Someone else on that 888 thread told me that also happens to them and its an issue with 888 software and it has nothing to do with the computer so nothing will fix that. But with stars, I have to assume its because of my old graphics card which is why I'm having lot of these issues?
But when not playing online, my computer doesn't have much issues. Now my chrome tabs do lag sometimes but it isn't that bad. So if I didn't play online, I would not consider getting a new laptop. A few years ago, I had upgraded the parts as oppose to buy new laptop... such as bigger ssd, 32gb ram and new battery etc.
Another thing I want to add is I actually have 2 dell powerbanks... these are for extra battery in case there is power outage or things like that. So I wouldn't want to get a laptop that has poor battery and don't have any powerbank for it. I do play plugged in 100% of the time with the 2 external monitors... but I don't want an issue where power outage, then I only got an hour or 2 left on my laptop before it goes out.
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Hello,
I'm debating on ordering this computer for online poker 6-8 tables plus hud, its $519 plus shipping and tax wondering if it meets all the requirements for solid poker gaming laptop or am I over spending and can even get something cheaper with I5 or older Ryzen?
Hello,
I'm debating on ordering this computer for online poker 6-8 tables plus hud, its $519 plus shipping and tax wondering if it meets all the requirements for solid poker gaming laptop or am I over spending and can even get something cheaper with I5 or older Ryzen?
That looks like a very high-quality option. You could also get a cheaper one.
good god... online poker is web based as doesnt require much capability. it doesnt tax the system in any way.
get a surface or 'pad' of some kind and call it a day... even something used that is striped down and stream lined for poker.
if you're planning on using for other things then an i5 is good.