@michalnaro One option you could consider would be to get an external GPU for your XPS 13. That would allow you to use a desktop-grade GPU inside an enclosure (like the Razer Core X). That won't solve the CPU issue, but given GTA V's age at this point and the fact that the 10th Gen Ice Lake CPU is pretty solid, that combination would likely still work, even if it wouldn't allow that GPU to perform quite as fast as it would when paired with a desktop CPU. And of course you wouldn't have to buy a larger and more expensive laptop to run this setup, so if the portability of the XPS 13 is important to you, then this might be worth considering.
@michalnaro It's also GPU-intensive. GTA games always have been. So an Intel GPU just isn't going to cut it. The newer XPS 13 9310 has a newer Intel 11th Gen CPU that includes an Xe GPU, which is a significant upgrade over past offerings, but even that is only comparable to relatively low-end offerings from NVIDIA and AMD. Even desktops with high-end GPUs can struggle to run GTA at maximum detail settings and high resolution. Running that game even with reasonable settings and performance on a laptop would require a proper gaming laptop. Even an XPS 15 that actually has an NVIDIA GPU probably wouldn't be a great choice because its thin and light design means it doesn't have a very capable cooling system, so it can end up throttling its performance when under sustained heavy load.
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If it run at all (the minimum specs include an AMD or nVidia GPU you don't have), it will be very slow.
It's a CPU-intensive game -- and the CPU you have is designed to be power-efficient, not high performance.
verdict: no, you're not going to be playing that game in your XPS 13.
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@michalnaro One option you could consider would be to get an external GPU for your XPS 13. That would allow you to use a desktop-grade GPU inside an enclosure (like the Razer Core X). That won't solve the CPU issue, but given GTA V's age at this point and the fact that the 10th Gen Ice Lake CPU is pretty solid, that combination would likely still work, even if it wouldn't allow that GPU to perform quite as fast as it would when paired with a desktop CPU. And of course you wouldn't have to buy a larger and more expensive laptop to run this setup, so if the portability of the XPS 13 is important to you, then this might be worth considering.
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@michalnaro It's also GPU-intensive. GTA games always have been. So an Intel GPU just isn't going to cut it. The newer XPS 13 9310 has a newer Intel 11th Gen CPU that includes an Xe GPU, which is a significant upgrade over past offerings, but even that is only comparable to relatively low-end offerings from NVIDIA and AMD. Even desktops with high-end GPUs can struggle to run GTA at maximum detail settings and high resolution. Running that game even with reasonable settings and performance on a laptop would require a proper gaming laptop. Even an XPS 15 that actually has an NVIDIA GPU probably wouldn't be a great choice because its thin and light design means it doesn't have a very capable cooling system, so it can end up throttling its performance when under sustained heavy load.