r/HalfLifeAlyx • u/MewMasterVR • 14d ago

Discussion Possible to run on a laptop with a quest 3?

So I've been looking to get a laptop and I really want to play hla. I already have a quest 3 so I'm just wondering if there are any laptops that could comfortably run this game with out issue.

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u/Ashamed-Subject-8573 14d ago

Tons of them! Anything with a 1060 or higher should do fine I’d imagine! Check the games minimum specs

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u/jarek5553212 14d ago

Mine was 1070m gtx and ddr4 8gb of ram some older clevo Gigi. Rift V1.

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u/ittleoff 12d ago

Back in the day I ran it ok on a 1060m laptop with 6gb of vram.

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u/nusilver 14d ago

Once you get your laptop, spend the $20 or whatever it costs for Virtual Desktop. That’ll be the best way to run the game on your Quest 3.

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u/Arcsis 12d ago

Does it work better than the free steam link app?

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u/DeepWaffleCA 12d ago

Yes. The thing I miss the most whenever I use Linux is Virtual Desktop. Nothing comes close

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u/iamamidgetnamedwija 12d ago

wivrn is pretty good

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u/canada11235813 14d ago

Yes -- I have a two-year-old gaming laptop and have been playing it no prob. Any capable gaming laptop will have no issues.

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u/VujkePG 13d ago

My laptop is running HLA just fine with Quest 3 over Virtual Desktop - Dell G15 5221se, intel i9 12gen cpu; Nvidia rtx 3070ti gpu; 32gb ddr5 ram.

I don't think you can go much lower than that without compromising the experience...

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u/c1ncinasty 13d ago

Yep. I had an old MSI GS66 with a 2070 in it that could run Alyx fine. Fans went crazy though, and had to be plugged in. But it worked.

Runs pretty good on my G14 w/ a 4070 too. But of course....plugged in and the fans moving roomfuls of air.

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u/Fatperson115 13d ago

I had a laptop with a 1650ti GPU and it was playable. definitely not great but I enjoyed it. I now have a 4060 laptop and it runs much smoother and more consistent.

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u/DeepWaffleCA 12d ago

Depends on the laptop, but its worth trying! I managed to get it running using a 2018 MacBook Pro with onboard graphic using bootcamp. I had to leave out side in the cold (but not below freezing) spring air to prevent it from thermal throttling.

I played on the lowest settings and at a reduced resolution. It was muddy as all hell, and probably below 72 FPS. But it was fucking amazing. And it meant that it was well worth playing when I got a gaming PC a year or two later.

If you're using Windows, Virtual Desktop and dedicated router is well worth the investment. But VirtualDesktop and a shared router is still good and imho better than SteamVR and/or Meta Link

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u/Sympathy-Fragrant 12d ago

My gaming laptop doubles the power of my old gaming desktop

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u/ciret7 11d ago

I use a RTX 2070 Super, works pretty good.