DayZ Laptop Players Database

[ifmyn 4]

Dear DayZ Community,

First of all thank you everyone who involve in this game from the players

community to developers. Yes, we have still some disturbing issues when we

spend time on this game but we play with our hope for future and enjoy much

as never had before sometimes.

Everyone who entered DayZ world know that there are some performance

issues. We know that this is a temporary issue as the other issues due to

game is in alpha stage. But we know that the biggest issue for now is that

performance optimization.

Almost everyone play DayZ on a Desktop computer, but there are some DayZ

fans like me who have to play it on a laptop. We laptop players have real

reasons to play it, most of us are mobil workers/students and all of us

would use Desktop if there werent a necessity. So please kindly understand

that we dont need "get a desktop", "you waste your money to a poor laptop",

"laptop noob" liked recommendations.

The purposes of this topic are:

1- To provide information/tip/experience/recommendation to laptop owner

players about getting best performance with best graphics quality balance.

2- To provide information/tip/experience/recommendation to new laptop

buyers about which models/hardware give the best performance with a good

price/performance balance.

How we can collect data:

Every laptop player may kindly fill those data and after we get enough

database we can achieve our goals:

Laptop brand/model:

Cpu model:

Gpu model:

Ram:

HDD/SSD:

Psu (adapter):

Operating System:

Render Resolution:

Detail Settings:

Texture Settings:

Video Render Settings:

Steam launch options:

Dayz config files edits:

Average FPS at wilds:

Average FPS at cities:

At first, let me the first entry to the database:

Laptop brand/model: Asus N550 JV 127H

Cpu model:İntel 4700 HQ

Gpu model:Nvidia GT 750M

Ram: 16 gb 1600 mhz

HDD/SSD: 1 TB 5400 rpm

Psu (adapter): 125 watt

Operating System: win 8.1 SL

Render Resolution: 1920 * 1080

Quality Settings: All low as possible

Textures Settings: Both normal

Video Render Settings: Edge smoothing:FXAA high, all others disabled

Steam launch options: nothing (because nothing benefit me except -winxp,

that crash my game)

Dayz config files edits: GPU_Maxframesahead=1, GPU_Detectedframesahead=1,

scene complexity= 100000, viewdistance=1000,

prefferedobjectviewdistance=1000.

Average FPS at wilds:20-25

Average FPS at cities:10-15

Please do not hesitate any kind of suggestion to this thread and please

kindly give your two minutes to enter this database.

I urgently and especially wonder how those new laptops like Asus G751, MSI

GT72 and MSI GS70 with GTX 970M and GTX 980M gpus give performance on DayZ.

I also wonder if there is a significant performance difference between low-

medium- high- high end laptops. Is it a waste or must to buy a high-end?

Whats the laptops limits for DayZ at the moment? For example upgrading from

Asus N550 JV (specifications above) to a Asus G751 really worth 2000$ ?

I hope many questions will be answered under this topic.

Best regards.

[Warhoax 63]

Laptop brand/model: BTO 17CL35 (CLEVO W150HRM mobo)
Cpu model: Intel Core I7-2670QM 2.20Ghz (2.80Ghz boost, 4-Cores, 8 -threads)
Gpu model: Nvidia GT555M 2GB DDR3 (Driver: 9.18.13.4475) & Intel HD Graphics 3000
Ram: 8GB DDR3 1333Mhz (2 Banks)
HDD/SSD: 250GB Samsung EVO 840 SSD (~550Mb/s R/W) & 7200RPM SATA HDD
Psu (adapter): 120 Watt (Calculated myself...)
Operating System: Windows 7 x64 (Dual boot Elementary OS)
Render Resolution: 1280x720
Detail Settings: Lowest Possible
Texture Settings: Highest Possible
Video Render Settings: Everything off
Steam launch options: -cpuCount=4 -exThreads=7 -maxMem=2047 -malloc=system 
Dayz config files edits: Scene Complexity 100000
Average FPS at wilds: 45
Average FPS at cities: 25
Additional: Removed Parking of cores, tweaked a bit in Nvidia settings, Dayz is on the SSD.

Reason low FPS: CPU bottleneck. Although the I7-2670QM isn't bad at all, my GPU load won't go higher than 60%. Whilest my CPU is constantly maxed at 25% (It sticks to one core for Dayz.)

Edited December 26, 2014 by Warhoax

[larsehh_ 53]

Laptop brand/model: Asus G53SX
Cpu model: i5-2410M CPU @ 2.30 GHz (My weakest link I would say)
Gpu model: Nvidia GTX 560M with latest Nvidia drivers possible.
Ram: 6.00 GB
HDD/SSD: 120 GB Intel 530 SSD, installed it few days ago, Was running a 750GB Samsung 7200RPM SATA HDD until now for about a year.
Psu (adapter): Output : 19.5 V DC, 7.7 A, 150 W Input : 100 -240 V AC, 50/60 Hz
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium
Render Resolution: 1536x864 (80%)
Detail Settings: Low, clouds and shadows disabled
Texture Settings: Low
Video Render Settings: Low, everything I can disabled
Steam launch options: Right now, nothing (Tips are always welcome from people with similar machines)
Dayz config files edits: None
Average FPS at wilds: 40+
Average FPS at cities:  Often down to 10 but I dont visit towns very often.

 

Also worth noticing: I run very often with an extra monitor, whilst watching a stream on secondary monitor or watching a movies/series etc. So I know this will bring my fps down.

 

As I mentioned before, I always appreciate tips and tricks to improve my dayZ experience.

[mugur 123]

Laptop brand/model: Asus ROG - G750
Cpu model:İntel 4700 HQ
Gpu model:Nvidia GT 780M
Ram: 32gb / 1600 mhz
HDD/SSD: 1x256GB Samsung 840 + 1x1TB 7200 rpm
Psu (adapter): ~200 watt
Operating System: Win 8.1 Entreprise
Render Resolution: 1920 * 1080
Quality Settings: All high
Textures Settings: Both high
Video Render Settings: (don't remember, will check and edit later)
Steam launch options: none
Dayz config files edits: none

Average FPS outdoor: 60+

Average FPS city: 28-40 (depending on the city)

[smochi 2]

I have the GT72 with 980m and 4710hq, and it runs fantastic on dayz. I run without SMAA as the gpu can't handle it and i get huge fps drop as it also strains the cpu alot. I guess the engine does bad job at multithreaidng. The performance should be similair as the Radeon 290. High end laptop also allows few bin cpu overclocking with intel xtu wich helps to overcome low fps in cities. On my 4710hq I overclock it to 3.5ghz wich is +2 bins. the 4860hq allows +4 bins and 49xx +6/+8?

 

 

 

I'd say its worth it only to spend money on a gaming laptop with 970m and 980m. The midrage 860m and below is worthless to play any game decently that are slightly graphic intensive.

Although my 980m could handle it on very high but some of the settings have a huge impact on the cpu so i rather turn everything off to very low to maximize my fps to 50-60 in cities as its crucial for PVP. 

 

Laptop brand/model: MSI GT72 
Cpu model:İntel 4710 HQ
Gpu model:Nvidia 980m
Ram: 16 gb 1600 mhz
HDD/SSD: 128GB ssd, 1 TB 7200 rpm
Psu (adapter): ?
Operating System: win 8.1 pro
Render Resolution: 1920 * 1080
Quality Settings:  Very High
Textures Settings: Very High
Video Render Settings: Very High. SMAA/FXAA: Off. Too much strain on cpu and the gpu get bottlenecked to 100% usage.
Steam launch options: nothing 
Dayz config files edits: Default
scene complexity=  Default
prefferedobjectviewdistance=Default.
Average FPS at wilds:60-100
Average FPS at cities:40-60

Edited December 26, 2014 by smochi

[anarky321 36]

Laptop brand/model: Alienware m18xR1
Cpu model:İntel 2960xm @ 4.5ghz
Gpu model:Nvidia 560m
Ram: 16 gb ~~1200 mhz
HDD/SSD: (2) 2TB HD
Psu (adapter): 330w
Operating System: win 7 ultimate
Render Resolution: 1920 * 1080
Quality Settings:  med
Textures Settings: Very High
Video Render Settings: med
Steam launch options: nothing 
Dayz config files edits: Default
scene complexity=  Default
prefferedobjectviewdistance=1000.
Average FPS at wilds: 50ish
Average FPS at cities: 30ish

[Jezza93 44]

I don't know all the mainy options there but, Lenovo G700-10-25 FPS on low settings. 8GB RAM.

 

Bloody difficult in a firefight.

[vince478 2]

Well to be honest Dayz works perfectly on my laptop and its not even a gaming laptop. Sure I might have downloaded Razer Cortex and it made a little difference. I have a desktop computer and laptop. You really have to sort out the settings. Maybe its because you have a shitty laptop/desktop computer.

[zak.preston@gmail.com 8]

MSI GX60-1AC

 

CPU: AMD A10-5750m ES\QS @ 3.7GHz (OC)

GPU: Radeon 8970m (900@5000MHz)

RAM: 16GB DDR3-1666MHz CL9

SSD: San Disk Extreme 256GB 

HDD: Seagate 5400RPM 500GB

Disp: 15" 1080p

OS: Win8.1 PRO

 

Settings: medium, no AA, Bloom, Shadows, AF and so on.

 

FPS: 25-30 in wilderness, 5-10 FPS in towns.

 

My CPU is the problem =(

[BillyBobJoe (DayZ) 8]

Since this doesn't appear to be anything official I'm not exactly going to take the time to be specific with my specs

 

MSI GT60-ONC

 

3rd Gen i7 3610 2.3GHz

2x 500GB HDD in Raid 0

GTX670M Nvidia Card

12GB RAM

180W Power Brick

15.4" @1920x1080

 

I ballpark 30-50 FPS depending on where I am. I don't have too much trouble with DayZ. Most settings are on high. Same with other games. No issues. Newer models of this laptop probably play better. My only complaint is the fact that it's so heavy because of all the crap that's inside. Nice thing about the GTX670 is it's lower TWP compared to other top-end cards. This laptop is never hot. Newer models are probably better in many areas but I doubt any of them run as cool as the models with the GTX670. But they'll also likely get better FPS. Battery life also sucks ass, but no one plays video games on battery mode anyway. Battery life is about enough to watch a short movie, about 2 hours under load. My battery is old and only lasts like 30-40 minutes under load now  :(. I typically play on my desktop now that it's running so I'm not in a rush to replace this laptop. I'm thinking of replacing it around August of 2015 when the back to school specials come out. It's how I got this one. Microsoft was doing one of their "buy a PC, get an Xbox" specials. lol

[blacklabel79 949]

why not wait till the final release before hardware spectthinggystuffyblorbs....

[Warhoax 63]

why not wait till the final release before hardware spectthinggystuffyblorbs....

Because we want statistics about the current version of Dayz.

We'll even be able to compare performance to when it's final release is here, ain't that nice?

[huf757 82]

Some of these posted in here are doing better then the high end PC gear.  Makes me question the validity.  I say this cause I am in the market for a laptop to game Dayz on since I am moving half way across the country with new job.

[Tatanko 5591]

Some of these posted in here are doing better then the high end PC gear.  Makes me question the validity.  I say this cause I am in the market for a laptop to game Dayz on since I am moving half way across the country with new job.

Well, factual accuracy aside, the elitists with expensive gaming rigs love to talk trash on everyone else using inferior hardware because they somehow feel better about themselves and the money they've spent by doing so. The fact of the matter is that the game is incredibly unoptimized at this point and even good (read: expensive) hardware will not run it particularly well. I play on a Macbook just fine and take gorgeous screenshots, but I get told all the time that I shouldn't even be capable of playing on it. Go figure.

[zak.preston@gmail.com 8]

Some of these posted in here are doing better then the high end PC gear.  Makes me question the validity.  I say this cause I am in the market for a laptop to game Dayz on since I am moving half way across the country with new job.

 

Because they may have all fresh drivers, clean Windows (without 2-3 antiviruses, cleaned up system drive and they don't render video on background), a better SSD or even a better provider ))

[Warhoax 63]

Some of these posted in here are doing better then the high end PC gear.  Makes me question the validity.  I say this cause I am in the market for a laptop to game Dayz on since I am moving half way across the country with new job.

Wait for the new renderer of dayz before buying a new laptop. (Easier said that done probably ;) )

Right now the CPU is very important for Dayz, the GPU is too, ofcourse, but the CPU is often the bottleneck.

I am hoping this will turn around when the new renderer comes out, thus waiting could be worth the while.

[smochi 2]

Wait for the new renderer of dayz before buying a new laptop. (Easier said that done probably ;) )

Right now the CPU is very important for Dayz, the GPU is too, ofcourse, but the CPU is often the bottleneck.

I am hoping this will turn around when the new renderer comes out, thus waiting could be worth the while.

I agree with you.

Most of these specs above run on i7 mobile cpu's that perform similar to i5 desktop. I own i7 4770k oc to 4.6ghz and the difference is just 5fps-10fps. Though higher settings also strain the cpu alot. very high settings with not fully used gpu gives me 25 40 fps in cities.

A non gamin laptop will still play this game on low settings. but high/very high ,I doubt it. my 3610qm spare laptop with 630m runs this game on 800x600 with lower settings runs like dog shit.

Edited December 29, 2014 by smochi

[korpisoturi (DayZ) 127]

Hi, i am needing little help deciding what to do. I just got a new job working on railroad construction, so my new job will have lot of traveling. Job is starting on march and I am looking for gaming laptop for price about 1300€. I have been thinking asus g750jm, but I don't know if I should wait for new models or get that asus while its on sale.

What do you think?

[smochi 2]

Try to find a laptop with 970m. P650se cost €1192 here without HDD and memory, I think 1k/1.2k for 860m is a waste of money. You could also wait abit for a laptop with 965m. It has been announced few days ago. Really, save a little bit for a laptop with 970m. You will be glad you did. 

Edited January 10, 2015 by smochi

[Ceallach 56]

Laptop brand/model: ACER Aspire V3-571G
Cpu model: Intel Core i7-3610QM 2.3 GHz with TurboCache up to 3.3GHz
Gpu model: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M with 2 GB Dedicated VRAM
Ram: 8 GB DDR3 Memory
HDD/SSD: 1TB HDD
Psu (adapter): No Idea :P
Operating System: Windows 7 x64
Render Resolution: 1280x720
Detail Settings: Lowest, Shadows are Off
Texture Settings: Low
Video Render Settings: Low or Disabled
Steam launch options: -nosplash -noLogs -cpucount=4 -exthreads=7
Dayz config file edits: Funnily, same as OP. GPU_Maxframesahead=1, GPU_Detectedframesahead=1, scene complexity= 100000, viewdistance=1000, prefferedobjectviewdistance=1000.
Average FPS in the wilds: 20-30
Average FPS at cities: 10-15

 

Suffice to say, it runs like battered shit (I am guessing CPU is the culprit here). In firefights I usually have to rely on my teammates for the most part.

 

But I have high hopes for optimizations in the beta or polishing stage.

Edited January 10, 2015 by Ceallach

[smochi 2]

I have the same laptop. But i have 630m wich is abit slower. It's not the cpu but the gpu is just too slow even to run it on minimu. This game runs fantastic on 980m here on 3.5ghz. 200mhz slower then yours.

so i think optimization will not help for you because you are bottlenecked by the gpu.

Edited January 11, 2015 by smochi

[Ceallach 56]

I have the same laptop. But i have 630m wich is abit slower. It's not the cpu but the gpu is just too slow even to run it on minimu. This game runs fantastic on 980m here on 3.5ghz. 200mhz slower then yours.

so i think optimization will not help for you because you are bottlenecked by the gpu.

 

Ah well, guess I am going back to ArmA2/3 Singleplayer and Bioware cRPGs. :( :D

[Mehnesh 0]

Exciting topic :)

I bought my laptop for media production but I didn't now it runs games at playable fps

Laptop brand/model: Samsung ATIV Book 8 (NP870Z5)
Cpu model: i7 3635QM 2.4 GHz
Gpu model: AMD Radeon HD 8800M
Ram: 8 GB
HDD/SSD: Samsung 512GB SSD
Psu (adapter): I don't know
Operating System: Windows 8.1
Render Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Detail Settings: very high
Texture Settings: very high
Video Render Settings: Antialiasing ,Edge smoothing, Ambiant & postprosses disabled. HDR very low.
Steam launch options: nothing
Dayz config files edits: nothing
Average FPS at wilds: about 24-33
Average FPS at cities: about 15-24

To get stable performance in power option advance setting I set switchable graphics & ATI card to maximum performance in both plugged in & battery option.

Edited February 28, 2015 by Mehnesh

[jomo 0]

MSI GX60-1AC

 

CPU: AMD A10-5750m ES\QS @ 3.7GHz (OC)

GPU: Radeon 8970m (900@5000MHz)

RAM: 16GB DDR3-1666MHz CL9

SSD: San Disk Extreme 256GB 

HDD: Seagate 5400RPM 500GB

Disp: 15" 1080p

OS: Win8.1 PRO

 

Settings: medium, no AA, Bloom, Shadows, AF and so on.

 

FPS: 25-30 in wilderness, 5-10 FPS in towns.

 

My CPU is the problem =(

Hi i am on a msi gx70 destroyer near enough the same specs but i have the r9 m290x (rebranded 8970m), no o/c just locked the cpu to 3.2 and i am getting 30-50 fps in the wilds and 20-30 fps in towns/cities. had to alter the cfg files but its playable. Let me know if you want my settings.