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The ROG, but you can probably find better deals/ cards out there. The 1050 isn't bad, but there are better cards.
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The ROG, but you can probably find better deals/ cards out there. The 1050 isn't bad, but there are better cards.
Honestly, especially with how this Asus laptop performs.... and other hardware has performed, I can't recommend them for anything other than target practice.
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Bought the wife a Razer Blade Stealth and the Razer Core a few months ago. Tossed a GeForce GTX 1080 in the Core and hooked up dual 24" curved monitors. She better not ask for any computer shit for a very, very long time.
Nerds. I don't understand anything in this thread.
You bang on things with rocks. We also bang on things with rocks, but the rocks are shinier, and sometimes emit sparks. And they cost as much as a used car.
Edit: the car is made of rocks.
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Someone get this man a gourmet crayon.
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Sorry for the late reply, so don't get the ROG? Or get the ROG? I am a total dum dum when it comes to laptops. I understand that I want to have the newest intel processor, at least 16 gigs of ram , and an Nvidia graphics card. Does anyone have any better suggestions? I'm probably going to spend around 1000.00 maybe more or less. I doubt ill get to use it much as a gaming laptop, but I would like to have a computer that will keep up with updated geographic information software suites, like ArcGIS.
The G751 Asus ROG that I am on right now requires an alternative fan control program in order to have some semblance of playing games reliably without a complete system thermal shutdown, and you still have some screen resets (black screen midgame going back to active gameplay, while the system continued to otherwise operate) among other issues. If you try to let the stock fan control software conduct it's thing, it will cook the shit out of the system like it's trying to deep fry onion rings with a side of Intel.
They are relatively notorious for having shoddy internal construction (Bent cooling fins on radiating elements from the factory, poor application and types of thermal compounds) as well as some of the most useless bloatware on the market. The hardware itself also has some stupid features that are basically useless to boot. I have this fantastic Steam button that serves no purpose other than to start and kick Steam into "Big Screen" mode on the computer (which is dumb as a box of rocks imho) and another couple buttons like that... that you cannot reconfigure easily to do anything else, and/or disable them completely so if you DO happen to tag it hunting for ESC, you're not all of a sudden kicked out of whatever you were doing. So, even if you're playing a non-steam game, all of a sudden you hunt for ESC or try to grab a macro key and now you're stuck bounced out of your game waiting for steam to load and go fullscreen before you can even exit out of it.
Honestly, I'm looking at MSI for the next big laptop(s) for the family and offloading this as soon as possible. Pretty much, this system has proven to be the last straw with regards to Asus "Anything" with the family. The only good Asus anything we've had were our Asus Transformer tablets.
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Golly, thank you for the info. Will definitely look at the MSI for a new laptop. I was reading the amazon reviews about the ROG laptops being notorious for overheating issues, but I wasn't sure if it was hoopla. Was a big fan of ASUS, but now I know that there are better options out there. Thank you.
Plus, it helps getting advice from people who actually game on their laptops. Definitely don't want to get stuck with a lemon since I'm kindof computer gaming illiterate.
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For $1000, you're gonna have a tough time getting what you want. I'm a big fan of Alienware. I would love a MSI, but I don't have $5000 laying around. You could check out the RAZeR Blade. It's packing a GTX 1060. But it's a 14". Maybe check out demo models on sale at Best Buy. There's good deals there from time to time
A game I'm keeping my eye on, it may even cause me to break my "no online interaction" policy.
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You mean overpriced Dell's?
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Has anyone played Conan Exiles?
I like the concept. No fixed spawn points, no set maps, no XP for better weapons, random loot places, a diminishing arena as time passes or bodies drop? You'll always have guys who devote themselves to the game and figure out the nuances, but it sounds (in theory) like a good experience for a casual gamer.
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Hmm...I see a Shadowspear Linkup on the island of Erangel in our future. I'm on vacation starting tonight, but mid-June when I return? Time to recruit some of our members!
