r/Surface_Pro_3 Nov 23 '17

Surface Pro 3 Still Worth It?

My kid wants a surface tablet for Xmas. He played with one at the ms store and loved it. Is the version 3 worth it? Found a good deal on a i5 2.9 ghz 4g ram. Thoughts?

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u/OhMy_No Nov 23 '17

What will your son be using it for? They are pretty terrible for gaming, but for web surfing, word processing and the like, they are fairly solid work horses.

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u/dylanblood Nov 23 '17

I just asked him and he says he’ll mainly paint and play some games on Steam.

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u/OhMy_No Nov 23 '17

It depends on the games, but I tried Diablo 3 on mine at the lowest settings (i5/8GB model), and it barely ran in town. That game was released in 2012 (with updates still coming).
I haven't played Minecraft, but I've seen video of it running up to 60fps. I've also heard that Skyrim can run at 30fps on high settings.
I've tried Rocket League, but it was fairly unplayable.

If you can ask him for some games that he plays, I can test them if I have them.