New Laptop Impulse buy!

[IPD]

Oh? So is it just HBM and FinFET this year? I could have sworn I saw RTG was going to throw down with a die shrink GPU in Q2 this year (I don't care what Nvidia does).

http://vrworld.com/2016/01/06/amd-to...graphics-card/

Any link?

[NickS VR4]

I was strictly talking about Intel CPUs. GPUs are shrinking this year with Pascal and Polaris.

[IPD]

I'm a gamer. I don't care about CPU die shrink, or integrated graphics.

[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)

[NickS VR4]

Aka Clevo?

[DocWalt]

Welp, GTX1080 being on the horizon is good news. Probably a year out until I do that, sadly, but it'll be fantastic for VR.

[NickS VR4]

Once VR is worth purchasing. I'd love to try out Vive and Oculus though

[Amphiron]

Aka Clevo?

Yes, they are essentially unbranded clevos with a custom bios. Same as Sager, Origin PC etc if you wanna pay extra for outdated CPU's.

[DocWalt]

Once VR is worth purchasing. I'd love to try out Vive and Oculus though

I've been using VR for a year and a half for racing sims... It's great

[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.