Looking for a gaming laptop

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SvennoJ said:
I tried Crackdown 3. That title is apparently GPU limited whereas FH4 is limited by the CPU. The GPU is utilized 100% yet still cooler than when used by FH4. The CPU is used less yet still reaches the same temperature as the laptop lets the fan run a lot slower. I guess it likes the cpu in the 85c to 95c range. Crackdown 3 runs on ultra settings (except car textures which it set to low, limited by the 6GB video ram I guess) with 76 fps during gameplay. (It's v-synched, should be 72, odd reporting) and 144 fps during cut scenes

If the CPU utilization is lower, then the fan speed is probably going to be reduced so your temperatures will continue to sit in a similar range.
There is the noise and power consumption to keep in mind with cooling as well.

You could also have been thermal throttled prior, so it seems like the CPU was 100% utilized but the throttling was keeping temperatures in that same temperature range.

SvennoJ said:

One thing I see that might not be that great of a 144hz display, Crackdown 3 has the option to limit the fps to 30, 60 or 120 fps. However to get v-synched on a 144hz display it needs to limit to 36, 72 or 144. Does this mean all games that lock to 30 or 60 fps are going to have frame pacing issues? I guess it will be pretty minute, 144hz base, 60fps means alternatively every 2nd or 3rd frame is displayed 3 times instead of twice. 13.89 ms for 36 frames and 20.83 ms for 24 frames.

Yes.
In saying that, it varies from game to game. Some games will have hard syncs to 30/60/120hz on a 144hz and other games will have a clean division of the refresh rate so there are no pacing issues.

I would personally just set v-sync to adaptive in the nVidia control panel and turn it off entirely within your games.