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Question

Games on this Asus

Aug 28, 2017 9:57AM PDT

Hello members,
Its my first post and i would like to ask a question..
Im searching for a laptop with high qualities and able to play LoL or CS Go,i found this one Asus VivoBook Pro N552VW-DS79 (i7-6700HQ/8GB/1TB/GeForce GTX 960M/UHD/W10),but i dont know if it can play the games because of the high resolution it has (3840x2160)..i really like it and also it has a special design,will it lag or if i change the resolution will it make games bigger?

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Not even close.
Aug 28, 2017 9:59AM PDT

To game at UHD you currently need the desktop class Nvidia 1080 GPU.

What usually happens is you set the video card to at most 1080p and let the display upscale it to UHD which is going to create a little lag but in the millisecond region.

The last word in you last sentence sounds off. What is this "bigger"? Did you mean better?

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games
Aug 28, 2017 10:02AM PDT

i mean make the game bigger at screen,not at good resolution as the screen (sorry for the bad english)..so this laptop isnt able to play lol or cs go?

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That ancient gpu will cry.
Aug 29, 2017 1:17AM PDT

In the first place why would you be getting a 960M when the 10 series is already available. But given your mention of the lower spec games, i guess a 960M is sufficient. And yes, you need to lower the resolution before you play since the 960M will crap all over the res.

You mean make the game bigger by connecting ur laptop to an external monitor by hdmi?

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Game screen
Aug 29, 2017 9:32AM PDT

I mean that maybe the screen won't be able to capture all the game screen..maybe some parts from the game will be missing,is it possible?

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Let's see the 960m at UHD.
Aug 29, 2017 9:48AM PDT
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4k
Aug 30, 2017 9:15AM PDT

I didn't totally understood..is this vivobook with the 4K display for me or I would have problem playing lol-cs go?..maybe I can low the display or find another laptop?or play on this

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That's why I supplied the article and wrote
Aug 30, 2017 9:23AM PDT

This isn't the only article about the 960m and 4K UHD game play. But rather than have you take a sip from the fire hose of information I gave you the one line you need to know.

"15 frames a second in UHD".

Most gamers would scream and melt down.

Just trying to help you avoid that.