Decent Laptop to run Football Manager 2021

parmoboy

parmoboy

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I recently bought a laptop from Cash Converters and Football Manager ran smoothly on it, but I ended up having to take it back for different reasons.

I don't want to be paying anymore than £200 for a laptop and I think I'm going to order one from Argos, but will I ideally need 4GB of RAM at least to run Football Manager?

Do you think it would run well on this laptop?

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It should run but it may be a bit slow without more RAM and a better processor and the 3D match engine will have to be on low quality settings without a dedicated graphics card.
 
Football Manager does not need a very powerful computer to run. But by modern standards the one you have linked is pretty bad.

You might be better off getting one with more RAM, and a bigger SSD. Even a secondhad / refurbished i7 would probably be better than the one that you linked.
 
Required PC/Laptop specs according to FM web site

OS​

Windows 7 (SP1), 8/8.1, 10 (Update 1903/May 2019 or later) – 64-bit

PROCESSOR​

Intel Core 2 or AMD Athlon 64 – 1.8 GHz +

MEMORY​

4 GB RAM

GRAPHICS​

Intel GMA X4500, NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT or AMD/ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 – 256MB VRAM

DIRECTX API​

Version 11

HARD DRIVE​

7GB available space
 
Thanks for the replies. I may call into North Yorkshire Computers in Guisborough, as they sell refurbished laptops at reasonable prices.

To be honest though, I'm not too bothered about the speed, and I usually just go with the 2D Classic match engine anyway, so not having a dedicated graphics card shouldn't be an issue.
 
I'm looking at one which has

Intel i7 1.3ghz
16gb Ram
Intel Graphics using 2GB on the RAM
1 TB SSD

I'm likely to only use for very light email, banking, online, basic games but will get FM 2021 too which I want to run fast, smooth and with plenty if leagues and in 3D etc.

Will this do the job? I notice my 1.3 ghz is less than the 1.8ghz in the requirements.

I'm not up on computers much but loved FM back in the day and have seen this laptop.
 
You get what you pay for.
IMO, processor and hard drive are the most important when looking at something for FM. After a few seasons you're processing a ton of data. Graphics card I don't care about as I prefer the 2d pitch.

So, get a good processor and a computer with an SSD instead of a old fashioned HDD.
 
It will play but a little slow and there’s little chance of a smooth 3D engine with integrated graphics.
 
Another one has

Intel i7 Six Core 2.6Ghz 5 Ghz Turbo
16gb RAM
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB graphics
1 TB HDD
256GB SSD

Will this one do the job? Don't worry if it's overkill for my uses I don't care I just want one that will still be good in 8 years time
 
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Another one has

Intel i7 Six Core 2.6Ghz 5 Ghz Turbo
16gb RAM
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB graphics
1 TB HDD
256GB SSD

Will this one do the job? Don't worry if it's overkill for my uses I don't care I just want one that will still be good in 8 years time
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Yup, no problem aside from a slightly smaller SSD than ideal.
 
Do you have a tablet? FM21 Touch is a very good alternative to the full game, as it's very close to it and a lot, lot better than the mobile version.
 
Mine is an i7 with integrated graphics and it runs 3d engine smoothly. I mean it's not on top settings like, but it's football manager, the graphics are dog turd anyway. Personally having just spent £150 having to practically reshell my laptop following a broken hinge, I would spend the money on getting something sturdy rather than a graphics card.
 
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