Mine is just a light gaming setup
I use a Razer Mouse and nothing more.
I use a Razer Mouse and nothing more.
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Lenovo Thinkpad X1E (gen 1), Razer Core X chroma (with a RTX 2060 Super) and a LG ultrawide. Overall I was surprised at how fast the thinkpad's 1050-ti was - my expectations were rock bottom I guess, but the Razer Core X with the RTX Super blows the doors off
It’s good to see that your Razer Core X has enough power to drive that Super card! Which Ray-Traced games do you find yourself coming back to?
tbh, I think the state of ray traced games is fairly immature and I'm enjoying the raw power the 2060 super is providing. Benchmarks as this pegged only about 10 to 15% slower then the 2070 super but the price is significantly less.
Gears 5 and Rise of the Tomb Raider struggled with my laptops 1050-ti, and now I can play them easily on high (or even ultra) with good frame rates
Figure I would jump in here. This is my downsized setup.
Henge Docks. I picked mine up from eBay. Here is their website. To my knowledge, all the newer ones are made of aluminum and finished the same as the MacBooks, mine just happens to be old.
Update* Removed henge dock and went back to Mac mini. Ran LG ultra wide display for a bit, but had issues with Shadow, so I dusted off this old Samsung. I was even able to add my LED's to utilize the clear plastic chin.
Whilst you can game on Mac I eventually switched back to PC, I prefer not to be limited and be able to max out the graphics on games like WoW. To be honest I prefer that setup, I know when I am using my Mac its head down and work
I use Shadow so I can max out Ghost Recon Breakpoint and not worry about it while gaming on my 2011 mini.
My MBP is a solid choice for everything BUT gaming for which the Mac is obscenely over priced and inadequate. I much prefer the MacOS, but it just does not have what it takes to compete with PC gaming.Whilst you can game on Mac I eventually switched back to PC, I prefer not to be limited and be able to max out the graphics on games like WoW. To be honest I prefer that setup, I know when I am using my Mac its head down and work
I chose a balanced approach, for 95% of what I do, coding, server management, and the usual daily tasks, I have the 2019 MBP, i5, 16GB Ram, 256GB SSD. Works great with two monitors and I have portability with all the power I need for those tasks.
Then I have a PC for gaming. i7, 16GB Ram, 1TB NVMe, RTX2070S and so on.
The cost is less than what I would have paid for a suitably specced Apple product capable of it all.
My current setup as it is most of the time, then I just switch keyboard and mouse when I want to use the PC.
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bezel-less displays mounted on the wall :looking so good!
the only reason pushing me to upgrade my setup