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[Renekton]

My vanilla Broadwell-U laptop already gets real hot trying to open a UI editor.

How did they accomplish this in thermals!?

Also... rip Fury Nano

 

[Suzushiiro]

Eh, if they have an integrated chip on the side that takes over when on battery, it could have reasonable battery life.

Yeah, that's what most gaming laptops do these days- your games run on the Nvidia/AMD GPU, your browser runs on the same Intel IGP that every other laptop in the world runs on.

 

[SURGEdude]

No SLI option, no buy. Then I wouldn't need to turn my heater on in the winter and just play more games.

 

[Angelus Errare]

They aren't made to be in your lap in the first place. These specific ones anyway.

But they're called laptops...

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

But they're called laptops...

Lots of people don't have desktops on a desk
What's your point

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

this is what the asus laptop looks like without the water cooler

that's another model, this is the water cooled one.

Just a slight difference

 

[TetraGenesis]

Great news! This will make mobile VR so much easier! Bring your laptop and Rift along with you in your backpack to grandma's house, your friend's place, parties, events at school, etc.

Anything that makes VR a little more accessible and extends its influence in the mainstream is a good thing.

 

[paskowitz]

Great news! This will make mobile VR so much easier! Bring your laptop and Rift along with you in your backpack to grandma's house, your friend's place, parties, events at school, etc.

Anything that makes VR a little more accessible and extends its influence in the mainstream is a good thing.

All for the low low price of 19.99... oh wait no... that's $1,999 (and up)

 

[Unknown Soldier]

165W desktop GPU in a laptop chassis?

No fucks given. Let's do it guys.

I love how ugly these things look, they really are going for the 'Hummer of Laptops' styling there

 

[Xone9]

any under $2k?

 

[Xone9]

screw the laptops, I want this monitor

http://www.acer.com/predator/en_US/predator_x34.html

 

[longdi]

I find they look OK, especially the Asus one which looks like some stealth sports car. Not sure what people expecting? The same apple mbp look? They do make/copycat that design, but are for their slim laptops which don't need big fans to cool 150w parts.

 

[timshundo]

Gaming Notebook design: where Apple design sensibility has, and will ever have, zero influence.

 

[Fox318]

That aorus x7 looks awesome

 

[wandering goat]

I can only imagine a laptop with a full top-end GPU and a CPU powerful enough to match up to it would sound like a jet plane with the amount of cooling required in such a small space.

 

[uncredited male]

I want that ASUS Segway one.

 

[2002whitegt]

Perhaps this will make it's way into the next Alienware Alphas...One can only hope.

I would pay quite a bit of money for something that small and powerful.

 

[JailDesigner]

New Alienware Alpha? Please mine is two months old ;_;

 

[Peltz]

I find they look OK, especially the Asus one which looks like some stealth sports car. Not sure what people expecting? The same apple mbp look? They do make/copycat that design, but are for their slim laptops which don't need big fans to cool 150w parts.

Fine, but at least give us something more subdued that doesn't have bright pieces of plastic with bold primary colors that are designed to look so "in your face".

Grey, white, and charcoal is more in style these days. There's no reason for the bold primary colors to be featured.

 

[BADCOMPLEX]

Here is the first MSI GTX-980 laptop that is now available for pre-order.

I don't know anything about Xoticpc.

http://www.xoticpc.com/msi-gt72s-dominatorpro-dragon004-eta-mid-oct-p-8720.html

MSI GT72S DominatorPro G Dragon-004 $3099.99 USD


Display: 17.3" FHD (16:9) Super Clear Matte-Type IPS Screen (1920x1080)

Processor:
Chipset: 6th Generation Intel® Mobile Core i7-6820HK Skylake Processor
Intel® CM236 Chipset

HDD & ODD Drives

Standard Hard Drive:

Standard Optical Drive:

2 x 128GB M.2 PCIe (256GB SSD Total in Super RAID&#8482 + 1TB 7200RPM Hard Drive (Upgradeable)
Detachable 2.5" 9.5mm (H) SATA Hard Disk Drive
6x Blu-Ray Burner + 8x DVDRW/CDRW Super Multi Combo Drive (Upgradeable)
1 9.5mm (H) Optical Drive Bay, ATA Interface, Interchangeable with ±R/RW Combo drive

Graphics

Graphics Controller: NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 980 (8.0GB) GDDR5 (Maxwell)
PCI-Express™ 16X
Microsoft® DirectX® 11

Memory

Standard Memory:

Number of SODIMMS: 32,768MB (32GB) DDR4 2133MHz (Upgradeable)

Four 206Pin SODIMM Sockets

Audio Features

Audio Features: Dynaudio Premium Sound Technology w/ THX TruStudio Pro
Support Dolby® Digital Live
3D Stereo Enhanced Sound System
Sound Blaster Compatible
2 x Built-in HD Dynaudio Speakers
1 x Built-in Microphone
S/PDIF Digital Output

Network

Network / Communication: Bigfoot® Killer™ E2400 Gaming Network LAN
Bigfoot® Killer™ N1535 Wireless-AC LAN + Bluetooth™ 4.1

Slots / Interface

Card Reader:


Input / Output Ports:

3-in-1 Card Reader
SD / SDHC / SDXC

6 x USB 3.0 Ports
1 x USB Type-C Super Port
1 x HDMI 1.4
2 x Mini Display Port (v1.2)
1 x Bigfoot® Killer™ E2200 LAN
1 x Microphone
1 x Headphone Out Jack
1 x Line-in Jack
1 x S/PDIF

Power System

Battery:
Input / Output: 9 Cells - Smart Lithium-Ion Battery Pack
230W AC Adapter

Cooling

Standard Cooling:
Optional Cooling: Copper CPU Heatsink
IC Diamond Thermal Compound

Size & Weight

Size:
Weight: 16.85" (w) x 11.57" (d) x 1.89" (h)
8.40 lbs with 9-cell Battery

Keyboard / Point Device

Keyboard:
Point Device: Full Sized Chiclet Steelseries® Full Color Backlit Keyboard with Numeric Key Pad
Integrated Touchpad with Scrolling Function

Additional Features

Extra Features: Built-in FHD Type Digital Web Camera (30fps @ 1080p)
Kensington® Lock
TDE (turbo drive engine) Technology
Cooler Boost Technology

Operating System

Standard OS:
Windows® 10
(some custom drivers may be downloaded and not supplied with the system)

Warranty

Manufacturer Warranty: 2 Year MSI US/Canada Parts + Labor 1 Year Global Warranty w/ Lifetime Tech Support - Standard

 

[chepu]

And I bet it will be paired with some cheap as fuck non IPS low angle view badly calibrated washed blacks 1080p screen.

Ugh, laptop screens are the bane of my existence, thats why I've only considered buying a MBPr/SP3

 

[Father_Brain]

And I bet it will be paired with some cheap as fuck non IPS low angle view badly calibrated washed blacks 1080p screen.

Ugh, laptop screens are the bane of my existence, thats why I've only considered buying a MBPr/SP3

My sub-$1000 gaming laptop (Lenovo Y50-70) has an IPS screen, for what that's worth.

 

[copelandmaster]

And I bet it will be paired with some cheap as fuck non IPS low angle view badly calibrated washed blacks 1080p screen.

Ugh, laptop screens are the bane of my existence, thats why I've only considered buying a MBPr/SP3

17.3" FHD 16:9 "Matte Type" Anti-Glare Ultra Bright IPS Screen (1920x1080)

You can pay $49 to get it calibrated, do it yourself if you have the tools, or trudge forums like notebookreview.com to see if somebody posted a color profile. I have a color profile I got there back in 2012 or so for my Sager NP81703D.

Xotic is one of the best places to get a laptop like this, they have a HUGE selection of brands as well. They have quite a few more features than the rest of the laptop sites, but they also charge a little extra.

 

[Nerdkiller]

$3,099? HOW MUCH!? I mean, I knew it wasn't going to be cheap, but...ouch. I'd hate to think the cost of the one with two 980's.

 

[copelandmaster]

$3,099? HOW MUCH!? I mean, I knew it wasn't going to be cheap, but...ouch. I'd hate to think the cost of the one with two 980's.

Yeah, sucks. I'd maybe wait for a Sager/Clevo model to pop up. Reasonable, understated design; more customization (cpu, gpu, more screen types/resolutions), great (if loud) cooling. They normally come without all the extra price hiking bullshit specifications you don't need, nor the bloatware that everybody else likes to install.

 

[TetraGenesis]

All for the low low price of 19.99... oh wait no... that's $1,999 (and up)

I'm not talking accessible in price. I said it right in my post; I'm speaking of the ease of the public to actually try VR.

Great news! This will make mobile VR so much easier! Bring your laptop and Rift along with you in your backpack to grandma's house, your friend's place, parties, events at school, etc.

 

[Nerdkiller]

Yeah, sucks. I'd maybe wait for a Sager/Clevo model to pop up. Reasonable, understated design; more customization (cpu, gpu, more screen types/resolutions), great (if loud) cooling. They normally come without all the extra price hiking bullshit specifications you don't need, nor the bloatware that everybody else likes to install.

I would hope that it would mean those models will be at least a grand cheaper. Then again, going back to my previous post about the two 980's, a second GPU is tempting...

 

[Nerdkiller]

Okay, it's been almost two months since they announced 980 laptops were a thing. Has there been any more talk about how much the other ones are gonna cost (Google seems to turn up a whole lot of nothing)? XOTIC's $3,000 one is a fair bit much, and I'm hoping to see how much Celvo's one is going up for.

 

[SlaughterX]

They need to make one for my X51

 

[ZOONAMI]

This seems like a terrible idea for battery life. Doesn't a 980m pretty much keep pace with a 980 anyway? 75% of desktop performance seems like a good compromise for less power draw http://www.extremetech.com/computing/191592-nvidia-launches-gtx-980m-almost-closing-the-laptop-desktop-performance-gap

 

[Savitar]

If I can I plan to get dual 980's in my laptop eventually, for now my dual 780's still do a superb job.

 

[IAmRandom31]

will probably be able to cook bacon on these things

 

[True Fire]

Why are gaming laptops so ugly? I want something neutral and clean looking, not a literally and figuratively edgy laptop.

 

[SprachBrooks]

Why are gaming laptops so ugly? I want something neutral and clean looking, not a literally and figuratively edgy laptop.

Was literally about to comment the same thing. What are they trying to illustrate, power?

 

[MrGerbils]

Apparently they're pushing overclocking for this.
Overclocking on a laptop.

Why? For what purpose? Are you rendering from Cinema 4D and Maya while in a coffee shop?

I would looooove to be able to occasionally crank out some Octane renders on my laptop.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

They need to make one for my X51

You can put put a fat 980 into a x51.Only remove the fan for a smaller one.