Costco gaming laptop

I am wanting to use an Alienware AW2723DF monitor for gaming and working, but it auto-installs a driver and the Alienware Command Center. I cannot use a monitor with my work laptop if it installs software or drivers. Do all gaming monitors require drivesoftware installation?

I am looking to buy an Alienware AW2723DF monitor for gaming and working, but it auto-installs a driver and the Alienware Command Center. I cannot use a monitor with my work laptop if it installs software or drivers. Do all gaming monitors require drivesoftware installation? I don't know much about computers.

I recently got my first pair of higher end headphones. I decided on the Meze 109 Pro.
However, I don't have a DAC or an amp. I have heard that you don't need an amp because the 109s are easy to drive. So I am mostly wondering whether I need a DAC or not. Since I spent a solid amount on these headphones, I want to make sure I am getting my moneys worth.
Follow up question. If a DAC is worthwhile, how much should I be looking to spend on one? I have seen DAC/amps that are more expensive than the 109s, and I have seen some that are super cheap. Given the quality of the headphones, I assume I shouldn't buy the cheapest DAC out there. On the other hand, it seems silly to spend $1000 on a DAC when the headphones were only $800. Is there a rule of thumb for how much you should spend on a DAC based off of how much you spent on the headphones?
My usage will mostly be listening to music on my desktop PC. I may play some games and watch movies as well. Occasionally I may plug my laptop into it.
I don't have a preferred tonal balance as I am new to all this and I have never used a DAC before.
Any recommendations would be appreciated. Thank you!

Selling a close to mint condition Razer Blade 14 2022.
Specs are: 3080ti, 6900HX CPU, 16gb ram, 1tb ssd.
Razer Blade 14- 14" Gaming Laptop- QHD 165Hz- AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080Ti- 16GB RAM- 1TB SSD Black RZ09-0427PEA3-R3U1 - Best Buy
This is the exact model, currently retails for $3k.
Comes with charger but no box.
Battery Health is still at 100%, has not been used much.
Timestamp and Pictures are here!
Looking for $1750 shipped or $1700 local 50021, will take offers.
Please post here and DM me any questions.
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Hey guys, I'm having a tough time deciding on a new gaming laptop. From my research my favorites are both Asus models
Asus Tuf Dash 15 Vs. Asus Zephyrus G14
I don't need a hefty gaming laptop, but I'd like something beefy enough for on-the-go gaming. Stuff like Diablo games or Path of Exile. Zero AAA gaming as I have a powerful enough desktop for that.
So far I like the Tuf Dash 15 for overall keyboard layout and design. Having the number pad on the side is appealing. Plus upgradable ram and ssd is another bonus.
Mainly looking for opinions on both models, or even a different contender if you have a recommendation. I'm not trying to break the bank either lmao.
I've read they both have potential cooling issues and the Tufs display isn't as vivid color-wise.
Anyways let me know what you think 👍.
Edit: after writing this I feel like I've decided on the Tuf Dash 15 but I'm still interested in opinions.

Hey everyone,
One thing I haven't seen a lot of people talking is the story of DMZ. I've read through the story missions that I have (Tier 5 Crown and White Lotus, Tier 4 Legion and Black Mous) and wanted to see if the rest of the community is interested in a bit of a breakdown of what I have so far. If not, sorry for this immensely long post about a game that barely has a story.
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White Lotus: A lot of the White Lotus missions are centered around exposing Legion. Legion has a lot of business dealings with AQ under the table, and so White Lotus works on finding exposing them. This includes the mission for Legion where the player is tasked with poisoning the wells at Zarqwa Hydroelectric. At Tier 3, White Lotus tasks the player with uploading the Legion deal intel, which exposes Legion to the public, resulting in massive public backlash. At Tier 4, we help White Lotus get some documents about Legion poisoning the water in Al Mazrah out of Ashika. While White Lotus seemed mostly on the up and up, they do task you with creating a Dirty Bomb at Tier 5. White Lotus seems to truly be gunning for Legion, perhaps there is a vendetta there.
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Legion: As stated before, Legion appears to be a very underhanded faction. They task you with sabotaging Crown operations at first, and as time goes on, have you do more and more sketchy actions, such as poisoning the water supply of Al Mazrah. The Tier 5 missions requires you to shoot down an executive plane, but as of now, I'm unsure what the reason it, as I do not have the Tier 5 mission descriptions. Overall, Legion seems to the dirtiest of the groups, going as far as to play both sides with AQ and the NATO operators. They seem to be significantly less formal as well, just judging by their language.
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Black Mous: This seems to be the most ambitious of all the PMCs. Black Mous has the player doing a significant amount of political work, like bugging an Al Mazrah politician's laptop and uncovering a corrupt politician's ties with the DRC Building at Shadow Company. Whether they intend to use this to unmask the politician or use it as blackmail remains to be seen. At Tier 4, they seem to have a lot of interest in the Chemist's work, wanting you to retrieve medical data and then acquire some of the nuclear isotopes from Building 21. They definitely have some bigger plans, perhaps using the unique radioactive material causing the Al Mazrah and Ashika radiation zones. They also appear to do a lot of request jobs for "friends," like when retrieving the locket, watch, and picture, or when rearming the bomb intended for Ahkdar village. Anyhow, they appear to have much bigger plans.
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Crown: Crown seems to be by far the most focused and professional organization. However, the fact that they are not an AQ target suggests they could also have dealings with them behind the scenes, compounded by the fact that the intel from the Ashika Power Plant states that they are earning suspicious sums of money for simple jobs. As for jobs, for Tier 1-3, it mostly deals with studying cartel supply lines in the DMZ and tracking their movements to find their FOB. However, this seems to take a radical turn at Tier 4. They have you retrieve a secret Building 21 hard drive, and on Tier 5, decrypt and upload it. We can't be sure of the contents, but anything coming out of the DRC can't be good. On the surface, Crown appears to be on the up and up. I guess we'll have to see.
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Thank you everyone who read this highly unnecessary breakdown. If anyone has anymore info, let me know!

Title - looking at getting my first gaming laptop, what's one that isn't too expensive but plays 2k23 well.

I work from home, I play some games here and there to de-stress so it doesn’t necessarily have to be a top notch gaming laptop hence why I’m only willing to spend around 1k. I don’t know much about laptops so please throw some recommendations, thanks!

hey guys so i know im a little late to the party with this one but i got this gaming pc it has a nvidia 9800gt graphics card thats all i really know about the computer but im wondering what games i can play like horizon 5 can i play that on my laptop

Hello friends I recently purchased HP Victus FB0052AX laptop with the following specs: Ryzen 7 5800H RTX 3050 and 8/512GB running on windows 11 wiith screen supporting refresh rate upto 144Hz I have observed that while using at 60Hz Refresh Rate the display has flickering issue however it doesn't show any flickering issue in BIOS .I have contacted HP support team and they are telling me that since it's a Gaming PC it has to be used at 144Hz only. Till now for troubleshooting the PC has been reset,OS has been Re-installed with the help of Microsoft online assistance via remote access but the issue still persists. Kindly help me out

Me and my bf have been doing long distance off and on for about 8 months now and we struggle to bond with each other when we are apart. we want to try different activities that can help us connect more. i don’t have a PC or a laptop that can run downloaded games on steam so we can’t play those games. we are also broke college kids so money can be and issue as well. does anyone have any ideas?

Hi everyone, I currently bought a HP 865 G9 with ryzen 6850HS 680m 16GB ram. Illustrator is lag like hell but the cpu and gpu in task manager is always under 10% load. I narrow it down to the cause of 512mb vram, Illustrator cant turn on GPU performance and run like shit.
It seem we dont have a solution to increase vram as I already try driver, registry, bios, different version of AI....Also, AMD Adrenaline setting tuning to Gaming doesnt work. It always back to Productivity after asking to restart.
Really like this laptop but a suck ass setting ruin the experience.
Is there anyone have a workaround? It seem AI doesnt recognize the shared vram. I also have a PC with UHD 630 graphic and AI detect 1GB vram (this card only have 128mb dedicated vram).

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BTBWKSYH/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Would appreciate some guidance.
She does programming w/ JetBrains IDEs and uses Eclipse Java IDE a lot. She does a lot of browsing and opens a lot of tabs for documentations, watches movies, and some light gaming (League of legends).
Is this laptop good value for $652, or are there better options given her needs?

Hi everyone, I currently bought a HP 865 G9 with ryzen 6850HS 680m 16GB ram. Illustrator is lag like hell but the cpu and gpu in task manager is always under 10% load. I narrow it down to the cause of 512mb vram, Illustrator cant turn on GPU performance and run like shit.
It seem we dont have a solution to increase vram as I already try driver, registry, bios, different version of AI....Also, AMD Adrenaline setting tuning to Gaming doesnt work. It always back to Productivity after asking to restart.
Really like this laptop but a suck ass setting ruin the experience.
Is there anyone have a workaround? It seem AI doesnt recognize the shared vram. I also have a PC with UHD 630 graphic and AI detect 1GB vram (this card only have 128mb dedicated vram).

I'm on call all the time and need to access stuff infrequently through Citrix at a moment's notice. Because of this, I carry around an iPad Air with keyboard (total ~2 lbs) all the time. I only charge it a couple times a week because I don't use it often.
The iPad works really well, but I'm passing it down to a family member and want to know if there's something more interesting for my use case. I don't really use the iPad for anything fun. I was looking at something like the Asus ExpertBook B3 Detachable (B3000).
LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

• Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US: <$1,000
• Are you open to refurbs/used? Maybe
• How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life? 10 to 12 inches, <2 lbs (as light as possible), touchscreen optional, holds battery for infrequent use
• How important is weight and thinness to you? very important, will carry around daily/constantly, <2 lbs
• Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. 10 to 12 inches
• Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. Citrix and web browsing, probably any OS is acceptable
• If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? n/a
• Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? needs keyboard (not picky), touch screen optional, will be carrying it around daily so somewhat durable
• Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. iPad Air + keyboard serving me well, but is there anything better?

Hi everyone, I currently bought a HP 865 G9 with ryzen 6850HS 680m 16GB ram. Illustrator is lag like hell but the cpu and gpu in task manager is always under 10% load. I narrow it down to the cause of 512mb vram, Illustrator cant turn on GPU performance and run like shit.
It seem we dont have a solution to increase vram as I already try driver, registry, bios, different version of AI....Also, AMD Adrenaline setting tuning to Gaming doesnt work. It always back to Productivity after asking to restart.
Really like this laptop but a suck ass setting ruin the experience.
Is there anyone have a workaround? It seem AI doesnt recognize the shared vram. I also have a PC with UHD 630 graphic and AI detect 1GB vram (this card only have 128mb dedicated vram).

bought an sandisk a1 ultra (not plus, not extreme) 512 GB microsd. doesn't read in steam deck. official amazon store item, great reviews etc. I say, okay whatever, to be sure, it doesn't read in my switch, but it does notify me "can't access sd card. take it out and try again." but says the same thing everytime. flat-out doesn't read in steam deck, gaming or desktop mode, nor my phone. don't got a laptop that reads microsd or sd. my last resort is to go to library and attempt formatting it on a public pc, looking for suggestions that ARE not that or the obvious, in example, return or buy another. thanks in advance!

Hi, I recently picked up RDR2 on PC to replay it (previously played the PS4 version, which still hasn't been updated or resold for PS5 unfortunately.) And it looks fantastic on my AMD laptop, mostly ultra settings, roughly 60 fps.
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However I'm having one really major issue that's driving me up the wall. Around the border of the screen, about half an inch or so, I can see shadows morphing or loading in, or blinking. It's especially bad around mountainous areas and grassy areas. I've searched about this and found countless posts about it, but no answers as to how to fix it. Has anyone managed a workaround for this? I am open to using mods, even ones that prevent online play (I have my online file on ps). I have tried every variation of the in-game graphics settings and nothing works.
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Also side note if anyone knows. I get a random crash every now and again, no idea what prompts it. By laptop isn't overheating and it's not at any specific circumstance that's prompting it. Each time it's just been while walking around.
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Thanks for any help you can give. I love this game, and the issues are just really distracting and frustrating.