It's false economy and will cost you more upgrading than just selling and buying new.
Very true!
It's false economy and will cost you more upgrading than just selling and buying new.
Considering upgrading from an 880m to 980m on the GT72 costs just over £650 I would not bother worrying about being able to upgrade the GPU in a laptop. It makes more sense to sell and buy new.
Disagree strongly Moogleys. I bought mine to be able to put new GPUs in
My GT72 has an 880m and to upgrade to the 980m will cost approx £650. I can sell my laptop for £850 and buy the 980m model for £1385 with a fresh warranty which is less than upgrading.
To me it makes no sense to upgrade the GPU unless the next cards after the 980m are considerably cheaper.
That's unlucky
Seems it's just a matter of luck if you get a good one then. I too was looking at MSI as quite a few people seem to be reporting problems with the Asus but if MSI are no better I'll probably just go for the Asus for the better screen and less system noise when gaming.
I also found that the rog could not handle battlefield 4 on ultra settings without glitching that was with both rogs i had, it did run better on high, and all the drivers were up to date, but the MSI GT72 played it at ultra with no problems at all. Good luck with your choice.
How do you find the MSI screen and system noise when gaming compared to the Asus?
Even though you'll probably be returning the MSI possibly for a replacement, do you prefer it to the Asus?
What are your thoughts on both?
Thanks