kevhamster

I honestly don't think you'll find a tablet suitable for FM under £200.

No. the others are better. But, if your budget is £200 then the new one I linked is almost definitely the best you'll find. If you can go up to £400. the Lenovo is a cracking deal.

https://www.box.co.uk/82KD002LUK-Lenovo-V15-G2-Ryzen-5-8GB-RAM-512GB-SSD-_3614141.html Very capable CPU, decent integrated graphics. I'm surprised it's the price it is.

https://www.box.co.uk/AVITA-PURA-NS14A6UKV442-SR-Avita-Pura-14-Pro-Ryzen-5-4GB-RAM-256GB-_3355793.html This seems to be a new price reduction. If you haven't already bought one, this is actually an incredible deal for £200.

Yep - may not be highest settings. but will be fine for medium to high.

I can't see full details of the CPU on the Amazon listing, but from the details it does give I think it's the 10th generation i5, so from those two I'd opt for the one at Box.

Something like this would do the job - excellent CPU, very capable integrated graphics. https://www.currys.co.uk/products/acer-aspire-vero-av1551-15.6-laptop-intel-core-i7-1-tb-grey-10229949.html

The Galaxy Tabs appear to be based off of Android, so I'm not sure on compatibility with FM. I think they used to run FM Touch, but I'm not sure about compatibility since FM Touch was discontinued. You can get tablets which run Windows, but to get ones with a halfway decent spec you'd be paying a lot of money. And with the CPU's they use, I'd have to check with the devs here as to whether FM would actually run on them.

Here's the thing. A guy came in with a budget of £200, asking about the Celerons. I steered him away from that - yes, the Athlons aren't fantastic but will give him a better performance for the money he can afford to spend, which is what we are here for. I did set his expectations that it wouldn't be fantastic, but he's coming off the back of a 10 year old laptop so he'll almost definitely see an improvement compared to what he's currently getting. As I said, if you want to take the thread over be my guest because I'm just about done.

Nowhere in the system requirements does it mention i5.

If you want to take over the thread with the time it takes and be the advice giver, feel free. I seem to remember you yourself were asking for advice only a few days ago on this very thread. Just to reiterate, I would not recommend anything which does not meet the specs required to run the game. The Motobility Radeon and Intel GMA it mentions are both integrated graphics to the CPU, and old ones at that. Many of the modern integrated GPUs are more than enough for FM's 3D graphics, even at higher settings. As long as the system allows 256MB RAM for graphics usage, which basically all integrated GPU's in modern laptops do, then it's fine to run the game from the graphics perspective, although with some you will need to turn graphics settings down. With the 2D match engine, it's almost irrelevant. And I can personally vouch for this with my Ryzen 5 2500U with it's integrated GPU that I've played the game on when away from my desktop PC.

When the M1 came out, it was one of the best performing laptop chips at that time, based on the FM benchmarking thread. I've not seen anything specific about the M2, but I'd have to assume it's better still.

Wrong. You don't need a gaming laptop for FM, nor is a dedicated graphics card needed, especially if just playing in 2D. A good CPU is definitely recommended, but FM will play on a very wide range of computers, albeit the speed of processing will be affected by what CPU it's running.

You won't get much with £200 to be honest and I'd avoid that one. The best one I can find at that price is this refurb model, which still won't be great: https://www.laptopstation.co.uk/deals/hp-15-gw0502sa-amd-8gb-1tb-fhd/

Within your budget, I'd go for this: https://www.box.co.uk/FA506IC-HN042W-ASUS-TUF-GAMING-A15-AMD-Ryzen-5-8GB-RAM-_4110260.html It has the best graphics card of anything I can see under £600 and a very capable CPU to go with it.

The one I posted has a better CPU, so I'd still go with that.

Assuming FM stays on anything like the same trajectory it has, I can't see the 3070ti or above being necessary - even the 3060 is complete overkill in FM terms at this point. I have the 1660 Super in my PC and it doesn't even break a sweat with FM at the highest graphics settings. Here's a 17.3" option: https://www.costco.com/msi-ge76-raider-gaming-laptop---12th-gen-intel-core-i7-12700h---geforce-rtx-3060---144hz-1080p.product.100849691.html

This is an excellent deal: https://www.costco.com/acer-nitro-5-15.6"-gaming-laptop---12th-gen-intel-core-i7-12700h---geforce-rtx-3060---144hz-1080p---windows-11.product.100941298.html The equivalent Alienware, which has a 14" screen goes for $1,899 which is a huge increase in price for the same spec: https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/alienware-x14-gaming-laptop/spd/alienware-x14-r1-laptop/wnr1x14cto10s I can't find any RoG laptops with Intel CPU's within your budget, although this one with a Ryzen 9 CPU is an outstanding deal: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-rog-strix-g15-advantage-edition-15-6-fhd-gaming-laptop-amd-ryzen-9-5900hx-16gb-memory-radeonrx-6800m-512gb-ssd/6466550.p?skuId=6466550

Yep, looks the same to me.

https://www.box.co.uk/FA506IHR-HN019W-ASUS-TUF-Gaming-A15-AMD-Ryzen-5-8GB-RAM-_4110691.html

I'm pretty sure Box do deliver to Ireland.

That's the same spec as the one at Currys, aside from the larger display this one has.

Not quite - the one at Currys has a slightly weaker graphics card. Will still be more than enough for FM though.

https://www.box.co.uk/9S7-158112-087-MSI-Katana-GF66-Intel-Core-i7-16GB-RAM-5_3632307.html

Yes, that's more than good enough but you can get better value for money. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/gigabyte-aorus-15-6-ips-gaming-laptop-intel-i7-12700h-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3070-512gb-ssd/6499110.p?skuId=6499110 This one above has a stronger CPU paired with the same graphics card for considerably less than the one you were looking at. The main difference is it's a 15.6" screen rather than a 17".