[SOLVED] Gaming Laptop Suggestion

[hashmisaab]

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.

 

[Chandoo]

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.

I have this exact same laptop. Only thing I added was a second 8GB RAM stick so it runs in dual channel 16GB. Able to run Far Cry 5 in 1080p/60 FPS at mix of Ultra/High settings without a single hitch. This laptop will last you a while with decent settings management.

If you need to, it's also safe to overlcock and match the full laptop 1060 specs.

 

[hashmisaab]

thanks . that was helpful. any throttling or bad temps ? and any other games intensive games u experienced on this? does the i5 prove a limiting factor anywhere in gaming?

 

[Chandoo]

thanks . that was helpful. any throttling or bad temps ? and any other games intensive games u experienced on this? does the i5 prove a limiting factor anywhere in gaming?

It hasn't been an issue for me so far. FFXV is maybe the 'heaviest' games I've played on it spec wise and that is where I had to make some concessions. I ran the game at 1080p with resolution scale to 150% (effectively making it 1440P) and used Riva Tuner Server to lock the frame rate to ~45 FPS with a combination of normal/high on settings and none of the Nvidia fluff settings off.

For FFXV I used MSI Afterburner sparingly to increase GPU by 200 and GPU GDDR5 RAM by 300Mhz without any issues in my time (these increases are recommended by Digital Foundry as safe for long term playing without any additional noise or perceived issues, though people on places like overclocking forums are saying they can even go higher...i wouldn't recommend it personally). Unfortunately your CPU will be locked and you can't overclock that.

In my personal experience that laptop has been great for PC gaming of today for 1080p/60 FPS. The latest PC games (FC5) run at 1080p/60 FPS with a combination of high/ultra settings without much performance drops on default clocks. It's also cheaper than the other option you have thus saving you more money for accessories or extras like RAM, SSHD or even more games.

 

[hashmisaab]

It hasn't been an issue for me so far. FFXV is maybe the 'heaviest' games I've played on it spec wise and that is where I had to make some concessions. I ran the game at 1080p with resolution scale to 150% (effectively making it 1440P) and used Riva Tuner Server to lock the frame rate to ~45 FPS with a combination of normal/high on settings and none of the Nvidia fluff settings off.

For FFXV I used MSI Afterburner sparingly to increase GPU by 200 and GPU GDDR5 RAM by 300Mhz without any issues in my time (these increases are recommended by Digital Foundry as safe for long term playing without any additional noise or perceived issues, though people on places like overclocking forums are saying they can even go higher...i wouldn't recommend it personally). Unfortunately your CPU will be locked and you can't overclock that.

In my personal experience that laptop has been great for PC gaming of today for 1080p/60 FPS. The latest PC games (FC5) run at 1080p/60 FPS with a combination of high/ultra settings without much performance drops on default clocks. It's also cheaper than the other option you have thus saving you more money for accessories or extras like RAM, SSHD or even more games.

Thanks. Much helpful. Gtx 1060 seems good enough for future. Atleast 2 - 3 years for medium to high gaming at 1080p. Shelling out another 1,700 aed for a laptop prone to bad thermal seems a tough call. Especially since I'm not a hard core gamer anymore. But that 1070 and 17inch g sync screen is so tempting.

 

[hashmisaab]

Got Dell 7577 with GTX 1060 and i5 7300.

indeed worth saving the extra 1,700 cuz it delivers very smooth performance with decent temps and stability especially for casual gamer like me. Thanks for the advice dude. Thread may be closed.