New Laptop Impulse buy!

[CoopKill]

As the title suggests I went, and dunn did it. My ASUS i5 is givin up the ghost. Simple youtube vids are taxing it for some reason, studder/studder, and thekeyboard is half retarded deciding when it wants to type, and what.

Ordered one deeznuts here https://us.msi.com/Notebook/GT72S-Do...-specification

For the monies it is the best of what I think I wanted, thoughts???

[DocWalt]

G-Sync display... niceeee. Specs look good, no idea about reviews.

[CoopKill]

Most of the reviews are of the 2 year old model.

IF I get funky with the graphics, and decide I need more it can be swapped into this model easily (not so much for the wallet, but)
http://www.pcgamer.com/msi-gt72s-with-gtx-980/

[CoopKill]

http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Mobile/...-Pro-G-GTX-980

[DrGonzo]

Sorry, but I don't believe in Gaming Laptops... They are always overpriced, Don't perform all that well with the hardware they try to cram into them due to cooling issues, they will always run hot when pushed and eventually things will go out on them. Laptop design is for production mobility not gaming. They will never live up to an actual gaming rig.

[Amphiron]

Sorry, but I don't believe in Gaming Laptops... They are always overpriced, Don't perform all that well with the hardware they try to cram into them due to cooling issues, they will always run hot when pushed and eventually things will go out on them. Laptop design is for production mobility not gaming. They will never live up to an actual gaming rig.

I sell professional/gaming laptops and I disagree 100%. The models I sell have 6 series CPU's from Intel which are the same exact chip and socket as any desktop. They use the Z170 chipset and are USB 3.1 ready. They also have Nvidia 9 series GPU's which are exactly from a desktop. You are correct in a means, MOST gaming laptops are overpriced, however Amphiron laptops are the best value.
http://amphiron.com/p750dm.html the website is still in beta.

EDIT: Also, the GTX1080 was just leaked using GDDR5x memory. HBM2 will most likely be showing next year or late this year in the Titan (maybe)

[DrGonzo]

I sell professional/gaming laptops and I disagree 100%. The models I sell have 6 series CPU's from Intel which are the same exact chip and socket as any desktop. They use the Z170 chipset and are USB 3.1 ready. They also have Nvidia 9 series GPU's which are exactly from a desktop. You are correct in a means, MOST gaming laptops are overpriced, however Amphiron laptops are the best value.
http://amphiron.com/p750dm.html the website is still in beta.

EDIT: Also, the GTX1080 was just leaked using GDDR5x memory. HBM2 will most likely be showing next year or late this year in the Titan (maybe)

Sorry, but man was that a sales pitch...lol

Cramming desktop technology into a laptop will not allow it to perform the same due to those items thermal design among many other limiting factors. You take a laptop with a 6 series chip and a Nvidia 9 series GPU and match it against a desktop with the same specs and I can guarantee 1000% the desktop will always outperform. It is all based on the simple fact that whether you know it or not, they all have some type of thermal protection built into them to throttle down either the rate, threads, speed, etc so that the chipsets don't overheat. Laptops especially have those items usually locked within the chipsets themselves so that to prevent you from disabling the thermal protection. Desktops on the other hand usually have them unlocked and accessible due to overclocking.

Also note that almost every "gaming" laptop runs an M class GPU which regardless of what series it is will usually run up to 25% less than that of standard class GPU of the same series. Strictly due to power consumption and thermal design.

[DocWalt]

I kinda doubt that's why Bill bought it, lol

[futurevr4man]

Awful fancy website they have... compensating for something?

[DrGonzo]

Kind of overkill just to watch Porn on....

Took a look and it seem almost any laptop with like an I7 *gen processor they consider a gaming laptop these days. So seems they turned it into a marketing label. But again the hardware used in most like an I7 chip or a 980 card are about useless. You'll never use them to optimal performance as they generate too much heat that a small laptop cannot cycle out. Most companies have them throttled now so that when they start to get hot it lowers the clock speeds, So what is the point. You get a burst of processing power and then throttled as soon as it starts to process and heats up. Max I would go in a laptop would be an I5 core and some mobility card like a 760. Cause lets face it, most only use their laptops for web which does not need a lot of processing or video power. Unless you are trying to stream Youtube on 4k there is no need for a 900 series card in a laptop not that a 900 series would handle 4K anyways.....