Am I overlooking something?

AshB1989

AshB1989

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So I saw this laptop on another thread and it feels like really good value for money, but am I overlooking something? A 5070ti for similar money to 5060s seems like I'm missing something - is there anything that really lets this machine down?

This is essentially going to be a machine that'll be used for gaming and general admin work, which is somewhat overkill, but I want it to be able to play GTA when/if it ever arrives.

 
Good value, not the quickest, won't be whisper silent or have uber battery life. Compact keyboard in a full sized space.

But it's £1599 with a 5070ti

Next 5070ti option is the Pinacle for £1699 with the Ultra 7 255HX cpu so c 2x the performance of the Core 7 240 but less RAM.

Depends what you want/need and max budget.
 
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The biggest issue with mobile gpus is that they're not all the same...

To accomodate different chassis they have different tdp options, in the case of the 5070ti it can be anywhere from 85W up to 140W which will obviously impact gpu performance depending on what this model has. Google seems to say this is 115w tdp/
 
Scrutinize said:
Good value, not the quickest, won't be whisper silent or have uber battery life. Compact keyboard in a full sized space.

But it's £1599 with a 5070ti

Next 5070ti option is the Pinacle for £1699 with the Ultra 7 255HX cpu so c 2x the performance of the Core 7 240 but less RAM.

Depends what you want/need and max budget.
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It's completely overkill for what I need, but it feels like a better machine for a small extra cost.
 
Scrutinize said:
Good value, not the quickest, won't be whisper silent or have uber battery life. Compact keyboard in a full sized space.

But it's £1599 with a 5070ti

Next 5070ti option is the Pinacle for £1699 with the Ultra 7 255HX cpu so c 2x the performance of the Core 7 240 but less RAM.

Depends what you want/need and max budget.
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Can you recommend anything for between £1,000 - £1,300 (give or take). The most labour intensive thing will be GTA 6 when it comes out.
 
AshB1989 said:
How does this compare?

ASUS ROG Strix G16 16" Gaming Laptop - NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5070 Ti, AMD Ryzen™ 9, 1TB SSD - £1,700. If I’m not allowed to write that please delete it.​

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Which ryzen 9? As there are many versions of that laptop with many different ryzen cpus. Also how much ram. Full specs will help and year of the model can help too.

You want to avoid the 2024 models as they have a issue with shorting out and a motherboard design issue causes it.

2025 models don't have the issue and are great laptops.
 
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  • WUXGA IPS screen — Very wide image & lifelike colours
  • AMD Ryzen™ 9 7940HX 16-core processor & 16GB of RAM
  • 1TB SSD — Tons of storage and super-fast loading
  • GeForce® RTX™ 5070 Ti 12GB graphics
  • Arc Flow Fans™ — Quiet cooling for top performance
I want to pull the trigger on something, but I haven't got a clue what to go for.
 
That's a pre order rather than in stock.

I moved over to GeForce Now Ultimate a couple of years ago as means I can use any ultra book laptop (plus phone/tablet etc). All upsides and no downsides ie the poor battery life, patchy FPS (depending on game/spec) and noise of a gaming laptop. On battery performance gaming laptops don't perform anyway.

For the odd game that isn't on GFN then it is usually on XBox Cloud.

And for the GTA series not on steam / GFN, I play on my Xbox Series X.

I still get periodic gaming laptop acquisition syndrome, just because, and no matter which I try, I always end up disappointed. But Asus ROG are the best out of the options.
 
So are you suggesting I'm almost wasting my time/money? If I buy a laptop with the specific goal being GoPro editing/Virtual World rendering as opposed to gaming, what's the best machine to go for?

£1,600 -> 16" Gigabyte GAMING A16 Pro DXH, WQXGA 165Hz, Intel Core 7 240H, 32GB LPDDR5X, 1TB SSD, 12GB GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, Win11

Thoughts?
 
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