| EricHiggin said: XB1X apparently has 1070 levels of performance, give or take. |
Probably closer to the RX 580/590.
Notebook variants tend to be a little slower.
| EricHiggin said: Also depends on how long you want it to be future proof. I'd say the best price to performance ratio out of those options would be the $1699.99 Acer Predator. It would be somewhat future proof based on the GPU. A laptop with similar specs to it, with a 1070 or 1080, would last that much longer. |
Should remain "current" for a long time, especially as most notebook displays are only 1080P resolution or less.
| SvennoJ said: That's always the question, will it last another 5 years or am I better of replacing more often with cheaper laptops. Ever since I had a laptop that had continuous memory problems I've been on the safe side with memory, hence the 16 gb in the one I use currently. My current cpu is a I7-4700MQ 2.4 ghz (4 cores) I assume that's the max as it's averaging 1 ghz atm. One thing I need to see in store first is how the keyboard feels. |
I personally opt for cheaper/lower-end notebooks and just upgrade more often, then you get newer technologies sooner... Plus things like batteries loose their maximum capacity fairly quickly, so it's always nice getting an upgrade on battery life.
You can usually get some coin back on the older notebook too if it's in good condition to help pay for the new one, it's a more difficult proposition to sell a notebook that is falling apart.
Current notebook is a Ryzen 2700u and will probably upgrade to the 4700u when that comes out. (As the 3700u is going to be a marginal upgrade at best.)
Probably helps I have high-end desktops, so I don't need desktop-replacement levels of GPU/CPU power for my notebook anyway.
| EricHiggin said: I verified after and found a few posts elsewhere on the net that said CPU-Z would show 6144MB for a 6GB GPU so that's all good then. PC data conversion sucks but seems like you got the point anyway. i7-8750H is 6C/12T, and has a 2.2GHz base and 4.1GHz max boost. It has a 45w TDP, 100C max, so 95C is getting up there in temps. Mobile is designed to deal with the extra heat so nothing to worry about unless it ever actually starts overheating and shutting down. GPU at 72C ain't all that bad really. Hot, but still under 80C-90C, so less of a worry than the CPU. If the fans are running at reasonable speeds, then most of the heat should be getting vented directly out of the casing. It would still get hot inside, but the overall hardware shouldn't see temps anywhere near that.
At 95C you really wouldn't want to try and OC the CPU anyway. As for the GPU, you probably could a little bit but it seems like it's giving you more than you required at the moment and the more you push it, the more heat it will produce and the fan will get even louder. Plus it probably won't take much of a push for temps to rise 'exponentially'. This is a reason why it's not a bad idea to go a little overboard on the CPU and/or GPU in a laptop if you can because of the excess heat from gaming, if you can restrain yourself from just cranking it up and maxing it out regardless. It also allows for lower fan speeds and less noise, but comes at a cost. Gaming laptops are all about trade offs. |
You will get thermal throttling before any damage is incurred anyway... 95'C is probably hitting that limit.
What kind of Thermal Imaging Camera are you using? The one I have is $3,000... I have access to a dozen of them across the road at the station too. Haha
In saying that, TDP is probably the biggest limiter... It's one reason why the Ryzen 2500u will beat the 2700u in some gaming benchmarks, less functional units means it can dump more TDP into clockrates.
If I could undervolt, I bloody would.
In-fact the last notebook that I could get the PLL chip code for was a Pentium M Dothan that would let me overclock from 1.6Ghz to 2.4ghz and double the clock on the Mobility Radeon 9700 Pro, actually was a game changer for it's gaming performance, not so much on battery life though.
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