Laptop - For GZDoom modding and playing

[Hidden Hands]

Basically I need to know what is the minimum requirements for a smooth experience. Buying a new laptop right now help please. Basically:

HD SPACE
Ram
Etc.

What should I have minimum for a smooth experience with GZDOOM playing, GZDOOM builder and Slade 3.

Thanks in advance.

[wildweasel]

If you can get a laptop with onboard NVIDIA graphics, that will be the Absolute Ideal for running GZDoom. However, any recent Intel processor will have good enough onboard graphics to at least get you by; my own laptop has an i5-4200U, and its Intel HD Graphics 4000 runs the GZDoom Modern builds with no problem.

[Hidden Hands]

Is 4GB ram windows 10 hp good enough?

[Matt]

I am not sure, to be honest, but this is what I would recommend:

• Quad core 2.4GHz 64-bit processor with an updated 64-bit operating system
• A dedicated GPU from 2012 or later, or integrated from 2016 or later (One that supports Vulkan would be recommended)
• At least 6 GB of RAM

The bare minimum to run it at all with a shitty framerate would probably be this:

• A processor that supports SSE, with Windows Vista or later
• Any GPU that can support OpenGL 3.3 or later
• At least 2 GB of RAM

[Hidden Hands]

Man I am useless at this kinda thing. I don't want a bad framers. 4gb ram is not enough for a good frame rate then I take it. Half of that is alien language to me.

The ones I've got my eye on was Windows 10. 4GB Ram, and Hp brand. I'm not sure about all that other stuff. The staff was clueless as well bloody useless shop.

[wildweasel]

I would see 4 gigs of RAM as being the expected minimum for a decent machine these days. Anything lower and you'll see things getting sluggish as everything fights for swap space on disk, especially if there is a web browser involved (such as, say, looking up commands on the ZDoom wiki). More memory would grant you a wider safety net, and enable the machine to run more smoothly with more stuff running (such as GZDoom, Slade, GZDoom Builder, a web browser, and a graphics program - a typical loadout for debugging a texture tiling issue, for example).

[Hidden Hands]

I would see 4 gigs of RAM as being the expected minimum for a decent machine these days. Anything lower and you'll see things getting sluggish as everything fights for swap space on disk, especially if there is a web browser involved (such as, say, looking up commands on the ZDoom wiki). More memory would grant you a wider safety net, and enable the machine to run more smoothly with more stuff running (such as GZDoom, Slade, GZDoom Builder, a web browser, and a graphics program - a typical loadout for debugging a texture tiling issue, for example).

ok here's what I ended up getting. God I hope I made the right choice. Windows 10, 8GB ram, 2.6GHZ quad core (not sure if 32 or 64...?)

Watch think? I'll be testing it out in about half hour.

[Matt]

All those numbers are equal to or bigger than the corresponding ones I got from Rachael, so that should be good to go!

GB RAM is how much stuff the computer can run at once
GHZ is how fast it is
Quad core means it has 4 processors working together in order to get that fast (I think?)
if it was built in the past 5 years as a mainstream consumer product and it's marketed as a "computer" not a phone or tablet or ~"device"~ it's probably 64

[Hidden Hands]

Only problem I'm having is when I run gzdoom it stops responding. Not sure why that would be would you know?

[Rachael]

I would see 4 gigs of RAM as being the expected minimum for a decent machine these days.

I kind of disagree here, because I have a system with 4GB of RAM and before it transitioned to Linux it was having trouble.

[Hidden Hands]

Gzdoom still crashes on startup. Can't test my wads... anyone know what might be causing this?

[Graf Zahl]

I would see 4 gigs of RAM as being the expected minimum for a decent machine these days.

I kind of disagree here, because I have a system with 4GB of RAM and before it transitioned to Linux it was having trouble.

With the memory wastage of current web browsers, 4GB are definitely not enough anymore.
For everything else, aside from games - no problem.

[drfrag]

A laptop with 4 GB is low end so you'd get a slow CPU and graphics "card".
With the browser opened 4 GB won't cut it anymore on windows with Visual Studio opened as well. They leak memory like possesed (at least mozillo does), it's pitiful. After a while 2 GB of ram usage with Firefox. I need to close it anyway or would crash later.

Gzdoom still crashes on startup.

Post a crash report, most likely crashes inside the intel driver. It should be updated automatically i think, if not do it manually (but you'd need to identify your hardware).

[Hidden Hands]

The computer kept crashing then the screen went black and never came on ever again. So that was a waste of money. Getting a refund.

[Matt]

Where are you even shopping? There might be better options with people who can actually help you get what you need.