I suggest you to buy ROG Zephyrus G14, its good enough to run cloud engines with ease
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@Rimac_C2 said in #23:
> I suggest you to buy ROG Zephyrus G14, its good enough to run cloud engines with ease
That thing looks really good but it costs around 2000€ and that is double of what I want to spend.
> I suggest you to buy ROG Zephyrus G14, its good enough to run cloud engines with ease
That thing looks really good but it costs around 2000€ and that is double of what I want to spend.
While almost any laptop can be used to play chess, there are several points to consider when using laptops for a chess engine.
First things first, you need to understand that the hardware requirements for Stockfish and Lc0 are different. Stockfish runs best with a multicore CPU; the more cores, the better. On the other hand, Lc0 runs best with good GPU cards.
For RAM, I think 8 GB is plenty enough and an SSD is better for indexing millions of games when using ChessBase. Also consider using additional external fans in case you want to use chess engine for long hours.
I think you can run those requirements through those websites to filter for the laptops you want.
First things first, you need to understand that the hardware requirements for Stockfish and Lc0 are different. Stockfish runs best with a multicore CPU; the more cores, the better. On the other hand, Lc0 runs best with good GPU cards.
For RAM, I think 8 GB is plenty enough and an SSD is better for indexing millions of games when using ChessBase. Also consider using additional external fans in case you want to use chess engine for long hours.
I think you can run those requirements through those websites to filter for the laptops you want.
What have you tried so for, to help your self find a laptop to fit your chess needs? What is your needs? How deep do you need your chess analysis and how fast do you want the depth to be given? Are you ready to wait one minute to reach depth 30 or not? @Anonym365492
Not every player is at the same chess level and so for some any laptop will fit their needs, while for others it's a tablet or a tower or the cloud.
Maybe chess players should have a spot in their profile to say what hardware they are using.
Not every player is at the same chess level and so for some any laptop will fit their needs, while for others it's a tablet or a tower or the cloud.
Maybe chess players should have a spot in their profile to say what hardware they are using.
€1000 isn't what it used to be, sacrifices would have to be made.
CPUs ending with U normally would mean they are optimized for battery life, so in most cases would be less powerful. But it would depend on what you are comparing it to. Check out www.cpubenchmark.net/laptop.html
The better CPU, the faster and deeper CPU based engines like Stockfish would go.
For lc0 that can run on GPU, GPU is more important. NVIDIA with CUDA, Turing or above, so 20-series+ would likely be a better choice. But you can save quite a bit in terms of € here, if you'd lower your expectations here or for example consider desktop instead.
For RAM, 8 GB at least, 16 GB is probably a soft spot. You won't need more. What you would want to look here is extensibility options, i.e. available slots and max RAM. RAM is cheap and can be replaced/upgraded, unless it's an ultra-thin laptop with soldered RAM, LPDDR. I would avoid LPDDR if I could.
Storage doesn't matter. Any NVMe SSD or SSD would do just fine.
Bear in mind that running Stockfish is a CPU intensive task and this will generate a lot og heat, you would need to read reviews and look for temperatures under load to see if the cooling system is adequate, i.e. cooling under load, noise and so on. Ultra-thin laptops would also have less space for heat displacement.
Frame. You want something solid, that doesn't bend. Otherwise, you'd risk micro-fractures on the motherboard and would have to buy a new laptop.
CPUs ending with U normally would mean they are optimized for battery life, so in most cases would be less powerful. But it would depend on what you are comparing it to. Check out www.cpubenchmark.net/laptop.html
The better CPU, the faster and deeper CPU based engines like Stockfish would go.
For lc0 that can run on GPU, GPU is more important. NVIDIA with CUDA, Turing or above, so 20-series+ would likely be a better choice. But you can save quite a bit in terms of € here, if you'd lower your expectations here or for example consider desktop instead.
For RAM, 8 GB at least, 16 GB is probably a soft spot. You won't need more. What you would want to look here is extensibility options, i.e. available slots and max RAM. RAM is cheap and can be replaced/upgraded, unless it's an ultra-thin laptop with soldered RAM, LPDDR. I would avoid LPDDR if I could.
Storage doesn't matter. Any NVMe SSD or SSD would do just fine.
Bear in mind that running Stockfish is a CPU intensive task and this will generate a lot og heat, you would need to read reviews and look for temperatures under load to see if the cooling system is adequate, i.e. cooling under load, noise and so on. Ultra-thin laptops would also have less space for heat displacement.
Frame. You want something solid, that doesn't bend. Otherwise, you'd risk micro-fractures on the motherboard and would have to buy a new laptop.
@bufferunderrun said in #28:
> €1000 isn't what it used to be, sacrifices would have to be made.
>
> CPUs ending with U normally would mean they are optimized for battery life, so in most cases would be less powerful. But it would depend on what you are comparing it to. Check out www.cpubenchmark.net/laptop.html
> The better CPU, the faster and deeper CPU based engines like Stockfish would go.
>
> For lc0 that can run on GPU, GPU is more important. NVIDIA with CUDA, Turing or above, so 20-series+ would likely be a better choice. But you can save quite a bit in terms of € here, if you'd lower your expectations here or for example consider desktop instead.
>
> For RAM, 8 GB at least, 16 GB is probably a soft spot. You won't need more. What you would want to look here is extensibility options, i.e. available slots and max RAM. RAM is cheap and can be replaced/upgraded, unless it's an ultra-thin laptop with soldered RAM, LPDDR. I would avoid LPDDR if I could.
>
> Storage doesn't matter. Any NVMe SSD or SSD would do just fine.
>
> Bear in mind that running Stockfish is a CPU intensive task and this will generate a lot og heat, you would need to read reviews and look for temperatures under load to see if the cooling system is adequate, i.e. cooling under load, noise and so on. Ultra-thin laptops would also have less space for heat displacement.
>
> Frame. You want something solid, that doesn't bend. Otherwise, you'd risk micro-fractures on the motherboard and would have to buy a new laptop.
Thank you. a Desktop would not be Possible because I would need to travel to tournaments with it.
> €1000 isn't what it used to be, sacrifices would have to be made.
>
> CPUs ending with U normally would mean they are optimized for battery life, so in most cases would be less powerful. But it would depend on what you are comparing it to. Check out www.cpubenchmark.net/laptop.html
> The better CPU, the faster and deeper CPU based engines like Stockfish would go.
>
> For lc0 that can run on GPU, GPU is more important. NVIDIA with CUDA, Turing or above, so 20-series+ would likely be a better choice. But you can save quite a bit in terms of € here, if you'd lower your expectations here or for example consider desktop instead.
>
> For RAM, 8 GB at least, 16 GB is probably a soft spot. You won't need more. What you would want to look here is extensibility options, i.e. available slots and max RAM. RAM is cheap and can be replaced/upgraded, unless it's an ultra-thin laptop with soldered RAM, LPDDR. I would avoid LPDDR if I could.
>
> Storage doesn't matter. Any NVMe SSD or SSD would do just fine.
>
> Bear in mind that running Stockfish is a CPU intensive task and this will generate a lot og heat, you would need to read reviews and look for temperatures under load to see if the cooling system is adequate, i.e. cooling under load, noise and so on. Ultra-thin laptops would also have less space for heat displacement.
>
> Frame. You want something solid, that doesn't bend. Otherwise, you'd risk micro-fractures on the motherboard and would have to buy a new laptop.
Thank you. a Desktop would not be Possible because I would need to travel to tournaments with it.
Laptop too heavy...get a tab
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