PG Brethren !! need your thoughts before my decisions.
so I recently sold my Acer (GTX 960, i7 6700) and adding with the proceeds now deciding on a new laptop. I have following options at my hand.
1) Dell inspiron 7577 (GTX 1060MaxQ / i5 7300) for AED 3,700 (plus 300-400 shipping/duties)
from what I've seen its good enough for current gen gaming at 1080p, high to ultra at 50-60fps. runs cool. good build.
2) Asus ROG Strix GL 702 (GTX 1070 / i7 7700 / 17.3" g-sync 75hz ) for AED 5,400 (plus 300-400 shipping/duties)
it is a steal in this price, anything else with GTX 1070 (17.3") costs additional AED 1k right now. Reviews are generally okay, but thermal throttling is bad out of the box which can be improved somewhat by undervolting and fixed by thermal repasting.
Points of query
- I know both of these are in totally different price ranges.
- With GTX 1060 MAQ my concern is about future proofing especially since it is an under clocked 1060. also no g-sync and a mediocre display and an i5.
- is it worth spend additional AED 1.7K for a gtx 1070 with shady reviews about heat problems which can reduce its age so future proofing makes no sense if laptop is gonna die after 2-3 years.
- with next-gen GPUs coming soon from NVIDIA, is it worth investing that much on new laptop right now ? how big is the gape expected to be from 1xxx series and how well will 1xx series handle games released after release of nex-gen GPUs.
so I recently sold my Acer (GTX 960, i7 6700) and adding with the proceeds now deciding on a new laptop. I have following options at my hand.
1) Dell inspiron 7577 (GTX 1060MaxQ / i5 7300) for AED 3,700 (plus 300-400 shipping/duties)
from what I've seen its good enough for current gen gaming at 1080p, high to ultra at 50-60fps. runs cool. good build.
2) Asus ROG Strix GL 702 (GTX 1070 / i7 7700 / 17.3" g-sync 75hz ) for AED 5,400 (plus 300-400 shipping/duties)
it is a steal in this price, anything else with GTX 1070 (17.3") costs additional AED 1k right now. Reviews are generally okay, but thermal throttling is bad out of the box which can be improved somewhat by undervolting and fixed by thermal repasting.
Points of query
- I know both of these are in totally different price ranges.
- With GTX 1060 MAQ my concern is about future proofing especially since it is an under clocked 1060. also no g-sync and a mediocre display and an i5.
- is it worth spend additional AED 1.7K for a gtx 1070 with shady reviews about heat problems which can reduce its age so future proofing makes no sense if laptop is gonna die after 2-3 years.
- with next-gen GPUs coming soon from NVIDIA, is it worth investing that much on new laptop right now ? how big is the gape expected to be from 1xxx series and how well will 1xx series handle games released after release of nex-gen GPUs.