Will these specs help me play unplayable games on my current laptop? Thanks.

Windows 11 Home
Intel® Core™ i9-14900HX (up to 5.8 GHz 36 MB L3 cache, 24 cores, 32 threads) + NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4060 Laptop GPU (8 GB)
32 GB DDR5-5600 MHz RAM (2 x 16 GB)
16.1" diagonal, FHD (1920 x 1080), 165 Hz, 7 ms response time, IPS, micro-edge, anti-glare, Low Blue Light, 300 nits
1 TB PCIe® NVMe™ TLC M.2 SSD (4x4 SSD)
No Additional Office Software
Security Software Trial
6-cell, 83 Wh Li-ion polymer
Full-size, 1-zone white backlit, shadow black keyboard and 26-Key Rollover Anti-Ghosting Key technology
HP True Vision 1080p FHD camera with temporal noise reduction and integrated dual array digital microphones
Intel® Wi-Fi 7 BE200 (2x2) and Bluetooth® 5.4 wireless card
HyperX Pulsefire Haste 2 Core Wireless - Gaming Mouse (Black)
HP 1 Year Warranty

Of course, it all depends on WHY some games were unplayable on your current laptop. This new laptop is a high end gamer, so it will play pretty much anything including dark side games.

What are the specs on your current laptop?

My current laptop I bought at least 10 years ago. I have no idea what the specs are.

Yeah, if it's that old, it's probably pretty low end. You can find out some of the basics by right clicking on the white Windows icon in the lower left and selecting System. To see what your video is, go to the Task Manager (CTRL/ALT/DEL) and click on Performance in the tab selections.

This is what I could find. I think it just has a standard laptop video card.


Device name DESKTOP-C5H28CE
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7500U CPU @ 2.70GHz 2.90 GHz
Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.9 GB usable)
Device ID F9925B12-E568-4502-A99A-F4377F005541
Product ID 00325-96053-83997-AAOEM
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch Touch support with 10 touch points

These are pretty good specs for a computer that old. See what it says for video in the Task Manager. It's probably integrated with the Core i7 processor, but check anyway.

I don't know if this is right but it says intel (R) HD Graphics. Thank you.

Yup, that the one! Your graphics are integrated in the CPU. It can definitely cause issues with newer games. Sometimes you can lower the graphics in a game or select a "plain" cursor and that will help.

But if the computer is 10 years old and you want to do any gaming, I'd say go for the new one!

If you get it, be sure to come back here for help setting it up because the first thing you will want to do in Windows 11 is get rid of One Drive which puts everything you might want on your local drive in the cloud. It's a huge PITA.

Thank you so much, Draclvr.

re: NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4060 Laptop GPU (8 GB)

Good specs, a LOT better than mine, but if you can afford it, go with a Video card with at 16GB, because the way these modern games become greedy with Higher specs, you will find that the 8GB will be limited in very near future, already there a few adventure games, yes adventure games recommend more than 8GB.

Anyway, all the best and definitely pass it by Draclvr, She is the computer goddess in my books.

Depends on your budget, but I'd just stick with the 4060 GPU 8 GB for adventure gaming. I'm playing high end shooters and RPGs with a 2060 8 GB at the highest settings with no issues. And that 4060 clocks way higher than my 2060! To get a 16 GB dedicated GPU, you're going to have to spend some serious bucks.

8 GB is the highest choice.

I figured that, TLC. The video cards with 16 GB dedicated VRAM are reserved for the very high end computers. As I said, you will be fine with that video card for a very long time!