Gaming Laptop

[Cheesy]

I want to replace my desktop PC with a gaming laptop but don't really know much about laptop specs (particularly on the GPU side).

PC specs...
Processor: i5-4670 @ 3.4Ghz
GPU: GeForce GTX 760
RAM: 8Gb 800mhz DDR3
HDD: 1TB Hybrid

I've a budget of around £1250 and am looking for a considerable upgrade over my PC performance. Needs to have 1TB storage. Is this possible in the price range I'm looking at and, if so, does anyone have any recommendations?

Cheers :-)

 

[bluetonium]

I've never used them, but laptops direct have this at well within your budget. So do anything it shows that you should get a lot of laptop for that. I guess the main think you may look to improve on Vs this this is the graphics card but hopefully others can tell you what is the one to go for currently.

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[Scottyboi]

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Has a good graphics card a good screen, 1gb ssd and 16gb of ram still in your budget just :)

 

[I'm With Stupid]

I'm selling one at the moment. But I live in Malaysia.

For the record, I'm selling one of the Asus TUF ones that bluetonium linked to (i7, 16GB version) because it was shit. Crap touchpad, had to get it fixed three times and it still wasn't fixed. I gave up in the end and bought something else. Wouldn't recommend the brand or their customer service. I'm sure it's good for gaming, but it was shit for everything else.

 

[rowarta]

have a look at Dave2D, does alot of reviews on gaming laptops https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVYamHliCI9rw1tHR1xbkfw

 

[Scottyboi]

I'm selling one at the moment. But I live in Malaysia.

For the record, I'm selling one of the Asus TUF ones that bluetonium linked to (i7, 16GB version) because it was shit. Crap touchpad, had to get it fixed three times and it still wasn't fixed. I gave up in the end and bought something else. Wouldn't recommend the brand or their customer service. I'm sure it's good for gaming, but it was shit for everything else.

Fuck using a touchpad anyway it's a gaming laptop use a gaming mouse.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Fuck using a touchpad anyway it's a gaming laptop use a gaming mouse.

Well yeah, but most of the time with any laptop is spent using it for just general stuff. It also has the quietest speakers I've ever heard on a laptop. I genuinely had to pause a Youtube video sometimes because there was a bit of traffic making noise outside and I couldn't hear on maximum volume.

 

[crooky]

You get a lot less bang for your buck with a laptop instead of a desktop. I would personally never buy one unless I was away from home a lot of the time.

 

[Paladin]

I'm thinking of getting a laptop for multitasking things like Adobe Premiere, Excel, Word, Audacity. I'm thinking a gaming laptop would deliver on performance. Is that the right away to go, or are there other options? I need a laptop due to traveling.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

I'm thinking of getting a laptop for multitasking things like Adobe Premiere, Excel, Word, Audacity. I'm thinking a gaming laptop would deliver on performance. Is that the right away to go, or are there other options? I need a laptop due to traveling.

I did that and switched pretty quickly. It will deliver on performance, but you'll find that things like the screen are usually sub-par for those sort of things. Mine had a 144Hz screen, which is great for gaming, but the colour accuracy isn't really good enough for any serious editing. If it's just a hobby, they'll be fine.

But honestly, I would buy one of the new M1 Macbooks for this sort of thing. They blow anything else out of the water in terms of performance for price on these sorts of tasks now (don't look at on-paper specs, watch videos of people actually rendering videos and seeing how long it takes - the new £1k Macbooks outperform ones from a year ago that cost £4k). I switched a month ago, and it was cheaper, it's faster, the battery lasts over three times longer, the screen is much better, and it's silent, whereas my Asus sounded like a jumbo jet taking off every time I started up Google Chrome, never mind anything more demanding.