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"Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura" (sundowne36)
06/09/2015 at 15:27 • Filed to: None

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DISCUSSION (12)

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
06/09/2015 at 15:35

It’s the best gaming notebook ever because it’s the closest thing to a PC and farthest from a laptop ever.

CalzoneGolem > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
06/09/2015 at 15:41

Subwoofer? Yikes.

Kanaric > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
06/09/2015 at 15:52

I don’t see the point of spending $3000 on a gaming notebook, or desktop PC for that matter.

I bought a Sager notebook a number of years ago that had a I5 Processor and a 650M video card for around $1000 and it was excellent. In that time I could have bought 3 new notebooks and be top of the line each time for the then $3000 equivalent of this.

Before that I had one of those gateway gaming notebooks, that actually were quite good, that came with 8800GTs and it was excellent until it was stolen.

I was in the military and used these often when I was TDY or on deployment.

My desktop PC was like $2000 and I built that 8 years ago. It was a I7 920 with P5T6 Revolution workstation motherboard (even had SAS and all kinds of goodies on that). Just bought 1 new video card since new and still run all games on high.

Games these days have such low requirements for even the highest settings it’s ridiculous. There isn’t any point spending this kind of money anymore. If I spend $1000 on a Desktop PC then I could have replaced it sooner (like 2 years ago) and have a better PC now.

Textured Soy Protein > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
06/09/2015 at 15:56

Gaming laptops are useless to me, because:

I’m not a gamer.

I value light weight and long battery life.

I think the “gamer” styling looks tacky.

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > Kanaric
06/09/2015 at 16:01

It kind of depends on the person buying the thing - and I did want to ask someone at MSI as to their reasoning behind the optimistic product placement. Heck, Linus Sebastian asked them similar questions and one of those points stuck out to me:

One of the GT80’s key features is the ability to upgrade GPUs as they did promise to have an upgrade plan for two product generations just to rival other flagship gaming computers.

And to be fair, I guess having the high-end components kind of makes it in league with offerings from AORUS/Alienware/Eurocom/etc., making use of those MXM GPUs rather than throwing away a perfectly good laptop after 1 year.

Though I’m still a little bit confused by the keyboard.

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > Textured Soy Protein
06/09/2015 at 16:02

I’m a gamer.

Key points, there.

I really don’t mind the looks as long as it performs.

And for me, I don’t have time to enjoy my desktop as I have to be on the move.

RockThrillz89 > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
06/09/2015 at 16:03

But but but... Dem Cherry MX doe... And SLI.

Now, the question everyone wants answered... can it run Crysis Project Cars?

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > RockThrillz89
06/09/2015 at 16:06

The question is: Do you really need Cherry MX switches AND SLI? Or do I need to come over to your residence with a cactus as a bat?

Kanaric > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
06/09/2015 at 16:08

I am always skeptical of upgrade GPUs on laptops. This was promised with my brothers Sager laptop, and that generation of laptops in general (when Q6600 was the thing) and it never happened. They kept saying they were going to have new cards but never released them.

I wouldn’t say you would get rid of the laptop after 1 year, like 3 years these days you probably will be good for and maybe longer if you don’t care about max settings games. Right now games requirements are pinned on consoles. Once the consoles are in full swing you won’t see much increase in graphical requirements from games. My current laptop is quite old, because I don’t need a laptop like that anymore, and I was playing that Attila Total War on higher settings fine and it only has a 650M. If I was the kind of person who played Heroes of the Storm it probably would last me years to come still.

The really big games people like now are all on consoles. Even on the highest settings they don’t tax computers too heavily. The games that are really popular with competative gameplay, like Dota 2, LOL, HOTS, CS:GO, and various MMOs are all made for people in brazil who have pennies to spend. I don’t see anyone other than people who play a lot of competative games spending this much on a PC of any kind.

The people who really need stuff like this, simulation gamers, require Desktop PCs and multi-monitor setups. I think most people buy these for the prestige of it.

Kanaric > Textured Soy Protein
06/09/2015 at 16:11

“I think the “gamer” styling looks tacky.”

Laptops like this and AlienWare are marketed towards gamers who want to show off. I got a gaming laptop that has VERY basic styling and you otherwise wouldn’t know it’s as powerful as it was.

Looks similar to this sager 8690, you will have to google it kinja doesn’t let me post images.

RockThrillz89 > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
06/09/2015 at 16:21

Well, you probably need the SLI if you want all the special rain effects in pCARS without it looking like a slide show. And don’t forget - realistic paper flutter in Arkham Knight. Otherwise, you should just get a PotatoStation 4 (says the guy who just ordered parts to build a rig that definitely does not include SLI’ed or Corssfired GPU).

Also: clicky clicky goes the keyboard

NJAnon > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
06/15/2015 at 13:34

Satoshi is stepping up to the “Master Control Room” level with that laptop? Let us know how it runs!