Gaming laptop with RX480 GTX1060?

TheMorningStar · 1 Sep 2016 at 23:53

Anything in the works and what kind of price should they come in at?

Brother's after a gaming laptop for around £1k, thought these may be a possibility.

drakioned · 2 Sep 2016 at 11:59

Cheapest 1060 at OcUK is this for £1399

Five_Star · 2 Sep 2016 at 13:55

New Alienware 13" just announced at IFA could be in that range

TheMorningStar · 2 Sep 2016 at 15:26

drakioned said:
Cheapest 1060 at OcUK is this for £1399

Cheers, seems a little high, thought they would come in cheaper. Should he wait a month or two, do you recon?

Five_Star said:
New Alienware 13" just announced at IFA could be in that range

Probably a bit small for him that, more of a desktop replacement thing really

drakioned · 2 Sep 2016 at 15:54

Any cheaper ones will be based on Clevo chassis.

OcUK used to run a line of Clevo-based laptops, it's possible that they may do again in future.

TheMorningStar · 2 Sep 2016 at 16:10

I'll keep an eye out but I'll probably tell him to hold out for a month or two.

Tr1pp · 2 Sep 2016 at 17:57

I cant see the price coming down much/at all in the next few months for 10xx laptops if im honest (except for maybe black friday) last gen laptops held and are still mostly holding there value still.

only reason to hold out would be to see if there are any issues reported on these new models such as throttling and heating issues QC etc.

TheMorningStar · 2 Sep 2016 at 18:53

Seems a little high for X60 series graphics if I'm honest, I would have thought a tier up for around the 1.5k mark.

ninja2000 · 3 Sep 2016 at 09:44

the new x60 series are based on the desktop chips, it is not an x60m like a 960m. the 1060 is more powerful than the 980m laptops

Spike_UK · 3 Sep 2016 at 09:48

Razor has just announced that their new RazorBlade will have a 1060. That kind of highlights were this chip is sitting. It's not entry level like a 960m was, it's far higher than that with a price point to match.

TheMorningStar · 4 Sep 2016 at 03:38

I see. I thought the mobile chips were more or less the same as the desktops, just downclocked a bit.

DONOHUE07 · 23 Oct 2016 at 09:33

TheMorningStar said:
I see. I thought the mobile chips were more or less the same as the desktops, just downclocked a bit.

Far from it, the most powerful mobile chip was the 980m and if I'm not mistaken it was equivalent of a 770, these new pascal laptops blow them out of the water

spikerules · 23 Oct 2016 at 10:30

TheMorningStar said:
I see. I thought the mobile chips were more or less the same as the desktops, just downclocked a bit.

The new 10x series laptops are the same as the desktop equivalents! No cut down "m" series this gen. In fact the 1060 is on par with the 980 DESKTOP card, which is much more powerful than the 980m from last gen.

DONOHUE07 · 14 Nov 2016 at 19:55

The new Alienware 13 is now available in the uk, given it has a sub 1080p display i was expecting about a £1000, making it the cheapest 1060 laptop around, sadly it's £1249. At £1000 I would have got that and stuck another 1tb ssd in. Ah well