Anyone using Oculus with a Alienware or similar laptop?

css_jay99 · 5 Apr 2017 at 19:29

I got a demo at the shop and fell in love with oculus.

I am considering an option of buying a powerful enough laptop and the alienware 13" with 1050/1060 GPU comes to mind.

I am aware that a desktop pc will be cheaper, and more future proof but portability factor of the laptop is very important to me.

So was wondering if others on here with similar spec'ed laptops can give me insights how well they will perform with oculus rift or Hive

thanks

css_jay99 · 6 Apr 2017 at 13:20

Vargas The 17" is like small suitcase!. I cant even think of where it would sit comfortably in the house. The 13" would have been perfect as Flashheart say's best stump up to a 1070

So is there a decent 14" laptop with 1070 in it

css_jay99 · 8 Apr 2017 at 09:54

I am looking at the prices of the 15" R3 GTX1070 on the dell outlet for around £1279. Is that a good price?

css_jay99 · 8 Apr 2017 at 14:59

it looks like all alienware 15" R15 are 1080 screens

css_jay99 · 8 Apr 2017 at 15:53

I just had a look on the dell website an only the 13" and 17" are configurable with a higher than 1080 resolution

css_jay99 · 10 Apr 2017 at 13:08

Indeed, I can see the 4k screens on ebay for the 15", but they only appear to be of the 6th gen intel cpu's

It's strange that Dell UK & US show the 4k screen as features yet it is not possible to configure a 15" machine with one.

Since only gaming use is going to be Oculus / Hive, how important will be the following:-
1) Ram 8GB Vs 16Gb
2) Screen 1080p Vs 4k
3) CPU i7-7700HQ VS (i7-6700HQ / i7-6820)

Thanks

css_jay99 · 11 Apr 2017 at 11:09

Teknobry said:
the 6820hk is superior to the 7700 as it can be overclocked.
is this with the 1070 card?

I wont be overcloking the cpu so i gues that will make i7-7700HQ and i7-6820HK almost the same
it will be the 1070 card

css_jay99 · 11 Apr 2017 at 14:15

I have narrowed down to a Alienware 13 R3 GTX 1060 VS 15 R3 GTX 1070.
The consideration for 13" was purely of portability (even though not so light) ....

I will keep an eye out on the outlet for good deals on the 15" 1070

A shame there is no news of a 13" or 14" Laptop with GTX 1070