Would this laptop be able to run skyrim fairly well?

[Saric92]

It's here http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA57X3V97972

 

Recently ordered one for gaming and was wondering if it'd be any good at running skyrim with some 2k textures and an enb+heavily modded.

 

My current laptop which is around 3-4 years old can run it with everything set at low...with 10-15 fps, so was hoping for something better.

[jfraser]

Laptops will never match decked out desktops, of course, but you should have no problems with that rig.

[Saric92]

Laptops will never match decked out desktops, of course, but you should have no problems with that rig.

Of course. I however need something a bit more mobile than a desktop otherwise I would've gone ahead and built one

[jfraser]

 

Laptops will never match decked out desktops, of course, but you should have no problems with that rig.

Of course. I however need something a bit more mobile than a desktop otherwise I would've gone ahead and built one

I understand.

 

The one you linked should be able to handle pretty much anything skyrim can throw

[indipuk]

8Gb RAM is too low in 2016, especially if you plan to run skyrim with heavy and unoptimized mods. GTX 960 is pretty weak aswell, and I used to run desktop version not some downgraded "M".

[MorePrinniesDood]

8Gb RAM is too low in 2016, especially if you plan to run skyrim with heavy and unoptimized mods. GTX 960 is pretty weak aswell, and I used to run desktop version not some downgraded "M".

 

8 GB is low, but Skyrim is 32bit and thus has trouble using more than 4GB. It should be fine.

[PsychoMachina]

My laptop has a GTX 860M, 16GB ram/4GB vram and I can run the game in Ultra with highly tweaked Skyrim INI, Verdant Grasses, parallax ground textures and a mod that I use to spawn 10 followers at populated locations or enemy battles.  Throw in a performance ENB and the FPS is reasonable (average = 45), but Quality or Extreme ENBs will drop the FPS (average = 15), playable, but not buttery smooth.

 

Since you are set on getting a gaming laptop, your next important investment (emphasis on important) is a cooling mat or a portable fan or both.

[Saric92]

My laptop has a GTX 860M, 16GB ram/4GB vram and I can run the game in Ultra with highly tweaked Skyrim INI, Verdant Grasses, parallax ground textures and a mod that I use to spawn 10 followers at populated locations or enemy battles.  Throw in a performance ENB and the FPS is reasonable (average = 45), but Quality or Extreme ENBs will drop the FPS (average = 15), playable, but not buttery smooth.

 

Since you are set on getting a gaming laptop, your next important investment (emphasis on important) is a cooling mat or a portable fan or both.

I have a portable fan stand, but if I'm spending this much on a gaming laptop I might as well get something a bit better down the line