Will i7 6700k, gtx 980 laptop suffice for unreal engine 4?

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Hi,

I am purchasing a laptop and I want to use it for the next few years without changing another, so I want the specs to be top enough. Now I am thinking about this laptop. Will it be able to run UE 4 smoothly and to handle most of the rendering and calculation as efficient as it could?

Thanks,

Chenglin

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Hi.

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I know for me when I had only 8GB of RAM, that was horrible. Upgraded to 32GB and it works fine. Also, is your processor 2 core? When rebuilds (lighting, compiling, etc.) happen, having the extra cores are pretty nice!

Good luck…

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Thanks! It’s 4 cores/8 threads

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Something to keep in mind.
Laptops are not always plugged in unless charging, and processors require A LOT of power. Meaning that no matter what processor you get there is still going to be some lag.

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That’s sounds like one nice laptop!

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Good to know! I also see some reviews mentioning undervolt, and I wonder what that means.

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If it’s only 8GB of RAM, definitely upgrade that to 16 or 32. It’s easy to do even on a laptop but may void warranty. And I’d recommend an SSD, UE4 is heavy on the disk. Keep in mind, that the SSD will break sooner, when used heavily.