P99 Laptop for late 16/17

[kgallowaypa]

Originally Posted by skarlorn [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

i also use the lenovo yoga dude!

it's a good work comp but bad 4 games

I found an improvement by using DuxaUI's installer to max out the 1 cpu but if you see a lot of other players it is still laggy. Guess in 2017 you still cant have it all

[gildor]

Originally Posted by kgallowaypa [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I was looking really closely at the GS63VR when I ruled the Asus ROG GL502VM out as it is wayyy too heavy. Curious, how are your temps on the one you have now? Can you reasonably play p99 for a long time on the lap or does the gtx 1060 get too hot for sustained use?

Temps are fine man, I've ran Conan exiles max everything for like 6 hours and it never even gets hot to the touch. Of course don't put it on your lap ...Let it breathe

[kgallowaypa]

Originally Posted by khanable [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Hey, if you're willing to throw money at the problem the razer blade is certainly going to solve your issues!

For shits & giggles I underclocked my CPU to take a look at the impact on framerate. 6700k desktop with a GTX 1070. Game was in 1920x1200 using the lowest resolution textures possible (ie, I'm not using the fancy higher-res official pack). 8x AA was forced and I didn't care enough to turn it off.

1ghz: 19FPS in EC with tons of people on screen
2.2ghz: 49FPS in EC with tons of people on screen
4.5ghz: over 100FPS in EC with tons of people on screen

YMMV, and I'm way too lazy to pull my 1070 to see how it compares to the intel integrated graphics [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

My mother taught me to only throw money at problems lmfao

In fairness, the Razer Blade seems *future proof enough that it would last as a solid laptop for a good 5+ years vs a laptop that is just enough to play p99 right now if you get me.

I am surprised to see that the testing you did shows that there is a difference...but lets be honest - you are making a bottleneck to a GTX 1070. The true test would be to underclock the shaders and memory of the GTX 1070 while keeping the CPU consistent to be a reliable indidcator. If you could show me comparative stats of that (probably at 2.4 or 3 GHZ baseline CPU clock), I would love you [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[khanable]

I can underclock my card today after work. It'll be tough to draw comparisons from an underclocked 1070 to other gpu's, but the frame change will be interesting.

[kgallowaypa]

Thanks man, going to check out the MSI GS63VR today after work and see how it fares, I should probably bring p99 on a usb stick to test it out...If the sales rep asks me what am I doing, I'll just tilt my head and give a hoarse, "pixelz are lyfe bro" and walk away. A wild p99er is a rare occurrence in the real world.

[khanable]

Alright, I'm using MSI afterburner so my underclocking abilities are rather limited.

6700k locked at 2.4ghz, 1920x1200, forced 8x AA, classic textures, GTX 1070

with +170 core clock and +400 memory clock and 112% power limit, I was seeing 51 FPS in EC with lots of people on screen

with -400 core clock (max lowest) and -502 memory clock (max lowest) and 49% power limit (max lowest), I was seeing.. drumroll.. 51 FPS in EC with lots of people on screen

haha

There just wasn't much of a load on the gpu. I have this thing normally boosting to over 2k on the core, and even with the max overclock EQ wouldn't take it over 1500mhz core. With the underclock it sat around 800.

is there a better way to underclock?

[khanable]

one last data point, shadows make a big difference

6700k locked at 4.5ghz, 1920x1200, forced 8x AA, shadows on with max distance, classic textures, GTX 1070

This got my card boosting over 2k!

2025 core, 4374 memory - 67 FPS

1480 core, 3500 memory (max underclock) - 56 FPS

edit: still think the best way to check this would be to just check it out with the intel graphics but yeah I'll let you test that =p

[kgallowaypa]

Dell just came out with the new for 2017 XPS line with an i7 and GTX 1050, might just buy that - I returned the Lenovo yesterday and bought an HP Omen with a GTX 1050 to try out. Great little machine but that screen eh, Seems to be razer blade or the XPS is the way to solve this stuff. Thanks Khan for the feedback and testing on your part man

[khanable]

My ladypal has an XPS 13, it's such a fantastic little device. The edge-to-edge screen is so dope.

The 15" is even better - and it's a 15.6" screen in what amounts to, more or less, a 14" body. Super compact and powerful.

Doesn't have the XTREME GAMER vibes that the razer has, either =p

[kgallowaypa]

Yeah that's what I like about the XPS, and the 4k screen is very impressive RGB. I mean the razer blade is nice too, very sleek but at the end of the day its that 'gaudy' marketing of GAMER HERE WATCHOUT OUT EVERYONE! Remind me a lot of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9B60dqDAho and that typical BS. With my corporate discount and the sale until today, you can get the new Dell 15.6 for $1450 with $250 off the price, def. putting that down after work.