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StevenJamesBorchard

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It is.. Time for me to move on in my gaming experience. Having done some little research on my own and having no price limit I decided to get a dedicated gaming laptop.

but I hAVE ZERO clues which one to get.

Based on some research, social mediums and other feed back I am looking at these right now.

To play;
Sins of a Solar Empire 2
Sins of A Solar Empire Full Star trek Mod
MS Flight Sim
Ace Combat 7


here are some thoughts. I'd like to find a laptop with 22' screen or bigger but apparently not a thing.

https://www.newegg.com/msi-18-gefor...h-32gb-memory-1-tb-nvme-ssd/p/N82E16834156767

https://www.newegg.com/asus-rog-str...a-32gb-memory-1-tb-pcie-ssd/p/N82E16834236639

https://www.abt.com/Lenovo-Legion-5...070-in-Eclipse-Black-83F10006US/p/230765.html

https://www.bestbuy.com/product/ali...ge-interstellar-indigo/J3K4L6J6FG/sku/6631435

When I need to show off or play to entertain someone else I can just HDMI duplicate output to TV.


Any feed back or thoughts, is always, extremely appreciated!
 
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thoughts on what? you didnt ask any questions...
laptops usually are over here too: https://hardforum.com/forums/mobile-computing.73/
 
StevenJamesBorchard said:
It is.. Time for me to move on in my gaming experience. Having done some little research on my own and having no price limit I decided to get a dedicated gaming laptop.

but I hAVE ZERO clues which one to get.

Based on some research, social mediums and other feed back I am looking at these right now.

To play;
Sins of a Solar Empire 2
Sins of A Solar Empire Full Star trek Mod
MS Flight Sim
Ace Combat 7


here are some thoughts. I'd like to find a laptop with 22' screen or bigger but apparently not a thing.

https://www.newegg.com/msi-18-gefor...h-32gb-memory-1-tb-nvme-ssd/p/N82E16834156767

https://www.newegg.com/asus-rog-str...a-32gb-memory-1-tb-pcie-ssd/p/N82E16834236639

https://www.abt.com/Lenovo-Legion-5...070-in-Eclipse-Black-83F10006US/p/230765.html

https://www.bestbuy.com/product/ali...ge-interstellar-indigo/J3K4L6J6FG/sku/6631435

When I need to show off or play to entertain someone else I can just HDMI duplicate output to TV.


Any feed back or thoughts, is always, extremely appreciated!
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You think you want a giant laptop, but... probably not.

Even 18-inch laptops are real pains to carry. They're often heavy, thick, and don't even fit into some backpacks. And unless you get a 4K screen, the extra visual real estate could be wasted (1600p on an 18-inch screen isn't very sharp). They're meant as desktop replacements that will only occasionally move; think of college students who would rather not lug a PC tower between the family home and dorm.

I would more realistically consider a 16-inch machine. They're much easier to carry. Not only that, but the money you save can be rolled into more powerful components or just a better overall design. You'll have more options even within one vendor's lineup.

You don't need to go for a top-shelf system given what you're running (even Flight Simulator doesn't need a monster PC), so my pick would be an ASUS TUF A16 or Lenovo Legion 5 (LOQ if you're watching your money). I'd aim for RTX 5060 graphics or faster, 32GB of RAM, and a 1TB drive. Be sure to choose a relatively recent processor, too... that MSI system you linked is using an original Core Series Ultra chip that will definitely bottleneck performance.

(Sidenote: the largest produciton laptop I've seen was Acer's 21-inch Predator 21X from 2017, and that was a limited-edition model discontinued the same year. It was an ungainly beast.)
 
Hrmm Ok, Thanks.

Thus far most of the feedback I have gotten is Don't buy or build now, if you do do NOT buy Alienware and it's hard to find a laptop with 32 GB DDR5.

I am no hurry at all so I will keep poking, reading and visiting Store employee's to test their cmd prompt knowledge!!
 
StevenJamesBorchard said:
Hrmm Ok, Thanks.

Thus far most of the feedback I have gotten is Don't buy or build now, if you do do NOT buy Alienware and it's hard to find a laptop with 32 GB DDR5.

I am no hurry at all so I will keep poking, reading and visiting Store employee's to test their cmd prompt knowledge!!
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You won't need to wait long. Intel's Core Ultra Series 3 (Panther Lake) is a "unifier" release meant to combine performance and efficiency, and it sounds like there might not be a higher-power version like there was with Series 2. So I'd get a system with a higher-spec Series 3 chip (Ultra X7 or X9 if you want to try Intel's apparently good GPU, Ultra 7 or 9 plus an NVIDIA GPU if you don't) in the next few months.

Of course, this is also assuming that memory pricing doesn't make gaming laptops more expensive than they already are.
 
Aurelius said:
You won't need to wait long. Intel's Core Ultra Series 3 (Panther Lake) is a "unifier" release meant to combine performance and efficiency, and it sounds like there might not be a higher-power version like there was with Series 2. So I'd get a system with a higher-spec Series 3 chip (Ultra X7 or X9 if you want to try Intel's apparently good GPU, Ultra 7 or 9 plus an NVIDIA GPU if you don't) in the next few months.

Of course, this is also assuming that memory pricing doesn't make gaming laptops more expensive than they already are.
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Well I LOVE talking to retailer computer and tech staff.

I get to do story time of the Firewire and High Def wars. ;)
 
StevenJamesBorchard said:
Hrmm Ok, Thanks.

Thus far most of the feedback I have gotten is Don't buy or build now, if you do do NOT buy Alienware and it's hard to find a laptop with 32 GB DDR5.

I am no hurry at all so I will keep poking, reading and visiting Store employee's to test their cmd prompt knowledge!!
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IDK about waiting. If you want low power and high efficiency, then yeah I'd wait for some reviews of Intel's Panther Lake chips to come out. They look very promising.

If you know you want full beefy power though (and 1-2 hours of battery life 💀) then I don't think there is much need to wait besides grabbing a good deal. Monitor /r/buildapcsales subreddit and grab a good deal when it comes up if you have patience. I've seen 5070Ti laptops go for around $1000-$1300 on there (1 month ago, 5070Ti laptop for $1300). Great bang for buck, but of course you are getting a sub-par screen with these. Refresh rate will be good, but colors will be washed out and brightness may not be the best. Excpect to upgrade the RAM on it (still cheaper than buying one with 32GB on it out of the box (Honestly maybe not with current RAM prices, idk anymore))

Holy, I just checked the prices on the laptops you sent. Those are insane. Did laptops already get hit by the price increases from RAM? I guess we are nearing the end of January now but sheesh.

Lastly, I really like the Lenovo Legion series. I like the aesthetic, it doesn't scream "I'm a gamer" or transformers type vibes, and they have good specs for the price. Atleast, they used to. I used one through college and one of my professors had one as well. I was very happy with it.


EDIT: One other thing to watch out for is HDR support. I had a laptop that supported HDR on the built in screen, but when I would connect to a TV over USB-C (no dedicated HDMI ports on it), it would not be able to output HDR. There was conflicting information online whether or not certain adapters would allow you to output HDR, or if it was an issue with how the display pipeline works with thunderbolt, etc etc

You won't know until you try it I guess. Keep that in mind.
 
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Ah I see. Well thanks for all of the input and feed back!

I am still one to 2 months away from a decision on which one but I did basically settle on Laptop vs desktop.

I will keep all your words in typings in mind!
 
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