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Flipperwaldt posted:By normal I mean non-ultrabook. That implies some thickness nearing an inch, inch and a half, room in the case for spacing out the individual elements a bit (aka 15"-17" laptop), air holes, poo poo like that. Like a normal laptop has, but an ultrabook doesn't. A non-budget gaming laptop can do this it no prob
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I'm on year 2+ of my Sager and continue to recommend it in this thread
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knee contusion posted:Is there a gaming laptop specific topic here? If not, can someone make some recommendations on the best gaming specific for approx. $1500? If you feel comfortable installing migrating to and installing a solid state drive on your own you can save quite a bit over having a manufacturer install one. For your interest, check out Clevo/Sager at xoticpc.com
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Vegetable posted:Is there a ~$400 laptop that will play Dragon Age: Inquisition at high? I'd also like to emulate PSP and PS2 games. What you want doesn't exist
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Just a reminder to folks with 'gaming laptops' and pets that you should periodically clean all the loving fur out of your fans and vents.
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A used Thinkpad.
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There is always hope. The question is, what is your price range?
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I'm two and a half years into my Sager/Clevo NP9150 and it was worth every bit of the nearly $1700 I paid
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MikeJF posted:So how's that whole 'ultrabook with an external graphics card for gaming' concept they keep promising us is about to be viable coming along? Its right behind cold fusion on the list of 'Things about to happen!'
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The 860m will definitely be the first bottleneck
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MonkeyFit posted:I read the OP and realize I'm going to catch a lot of flak for this, but I'm looking for a gaming laptop. I work on a submarine that's going on deployment and there's no space for a desktop, but I want to be able to play games in my downtime while underway. Space is not at such a premium that I'm looking for the tiniest gaming laptop I can find, it just means I'm forced to go with a laptop in the first place. I haven't looked at laptop technology in over 10 years, as I have been happy with building my own desktops and haven't had a need for a laptop in...ever. I'm looking to spend around $2K, but I have no idea who has quality, powerful machines for around that price point, or anything I should be looking at in particular. xoticpc.com
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There are laptops available that you can upgrade the CPU/GPU(I am posting from one!) but you're better off planning for a 3-4 year replacement cycle than spending buncha $$$s to eek out a few more FPS.
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Haha soz not loving paying that much for a keyboard
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sarehu posted:IPS is indispensible for productivity? its indispensable if you value your eyesight
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Twerk from Home posted:I know it's trendy to be too good for TN, but I'm going to play devils advocate and suggest that on productivity laptops that aren't doing graphical content creation, IPS is a luxury and not a necessity. Panel quality is more important for watching movies or looking at photos than it is getting work done. TN panels don't have to be bad either, the Macbook Air still uses a TN panel and it gets recommended around here like crazy. LIght weight is a luxury. A good panel is a necessity.
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I stream from my Sager to my Surface Pro 3
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confirming that Clevo/Sager cooling solutions are baller as gently caress
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BurritoJustice posted:So my XPS 13 arrived and it is lovely, but I am having a minor issue. If I set games to run at lower resolutions than 1800p (which is basically necessary), the resolution doesn't scale to fit the screen and instead it just sits in the middle with black all around. Ideally, I'd like to run games at 900p because of how it nicely pixel doubles, but I cannot figure out how to get this to work on the integrated graphics. The Intel control panel has a scaling option but I cannot selection anything other than no scaling, whereas I would like to be able to use panel fit. Any clues? welcome to the world of problems with high resolutions and games
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surc posted:Sager/XoticPC stuff I'm almost at year 3 on mine. It cost a shitload but has totally been worth it.
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marjorie posted:So would you guys say that this is the go-to, money-is-no-object gaming laptop? I'm especially wondering if the display is great (the non-4k version), and assuming that performance is maxed out at the expense of form (well, size) and battery life. Pretty much. The only downside is support. Since I'm an IT guy I have no qualms about working on my Sager myself, but for my son we got him a Lenovo Y410 with in home support since he's at college and I can't exactly service that easily. If you get a Sager or the like, also get cans of compressed air, a tube of NT-H1 and familiarize yourself with dis-assembly, cleaning the gently caress off heat sinks and fans, re-pasting and reassembling every 6 months or so, ESPECIALLY if you are a pet owner. Here's my 1 year review on my Sager http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3552651&userid=107441#post418493337
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sarehu posted:Awful customer service, price changes after you place the order, shipping laptops with obvious stuck pixels in the middle of the screen that you'll RMA anyway that a technician calibrating the display and benchmarking the system mysteriously never saw, months-long delays, yadda yadda yadda. this is like the exact opposite of my experience
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DNK posted:Desktops are awesome and incredible cheap -- $500 can get you a machine (minus peripherals) that will run all current games and next years games on ultra/high with ease. No it won't.
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the chicklet style of keyboard is terribad but thats the way the world is going kinda like 16:9 screens so whatevs
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1316 days. Thats how long my Sager NP9150 lasted. RIP you glorious way to spend $1619.
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The Iron Rose posted:ehhhh 3.5 years isn't that awful. oh definitely not bad at all considering how much time it spend at 90' C and above. was hoping to make it to the next gpu refresh but the 675m just couldn't take any more.
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When you've got millions in old equipment that will keep running as long as it is maintained then splurging for a laptop with a serial port is not really out of the question.
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Sager NP8657 is here, it owns. Farewell brave NP9150, you did me proud. An actual detailed effort post to follow in a few days.
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Klawr Kat posted:I'm pretty sure I'm gonna get an alienware 17 980m with an SSD, but does anyone know here have experience with Xotic PC? They look like my best bet for getting exactly what I want for just under 2k, but the wide range of reviews makes me leery. Should I just look to chains to provide me with what I'm looking for? Just got my second laptop from XoticPC, I highly recommend them.
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