Gaming laptop recommendations - around £1500?

Colin MacDougall · 26 Apr 2020 at 15:25

Yeah the Asus does seem to get a bad rap for the screen - low refresh rate and dim, washed out colours. Might be better off with the Lenovo, even if it means going Intel.

Steven Rimmington · 26 Apr 2020 at 16:36

Colin MacDougall said:
Yeah the Asus does seem to get a bad rap for the screen - low refresh rate and dim, washed out colours. Might be better off with the Lenovo, even if it means going Intel.

144Hz? That's about spot on for a laptop? Maybe I'm sticking up for it considering I have one. But I have no idea where the above is coming from. I can't fault it. It's no premium screen I agree, but perfectly fine ?

Colin MacDougall · 26 Apr 2020 at 16:49

The 17” is 120Hz apparently

Sirrel Squirrel · 27 Apr 2020 at 12:15

Colin MacDougall said:
The 17” is 120Hz apparently

For an IPS panel though that's very good

Colin MacDougall · 27 Apr 2020 at 16:22

I notice these Ryzen 4800H laptops are listed as in stock with another seller (rhymes with flea-fryer

). Can that be possible? I thought they hadn't been released yet.

manic111 · 27 Apr 2020 at 16:50

The new Asus Zephyrus laptops look lovely - think they're released in June?

siezar · 28 Apr 2020 at 21:03

I'm in the same boat as the OP so I'll be keeping my eye on this post.

MOOGLEYS · 29 Apr 2020 at 13:24

Hopefully the Tuf R7 1660ti with a smaller SSD Will go below £1k. I think £1200 is a bit much for a 1660ti machine.

Gooner Leroy · 29 Apr 2020 at 14:19

I'm interested in the TUF A17. Does anyone know whether the 1660Ti is the Max Q version? On here it says it is but on other websites it just states 1660Ti...

Colin MacDougall · 29 Apr 2020 at 15:26

I thought it was the full version, since the spec on the ASUS website doesn't mention Max-Q. Anyone know for sure?

SDK^ · 29 Apr 2020 at 17:32

Leaked OMEN 15 specs with up to a Ryzen 7 4800H processor and an RTX 2060 GPU, along with 16 GB of DDR4-3200 RAM and a 512 GB SSD. Priced at £1,199.99. Sounds good

[The HP 15-en0008na includes support AMD FreeSync and OMEN Tempest cooling]

manic111 · 29 Apr 2020 at 18:33

SDK^ said:
Leaked OMEN 15 specs with up to a Ryzen 7 4800H processor and an RTX 2060 GPU, along with 16 GB of DDR4-3200 RAM and a 512 GB SSD. Priced at £1,199.99. Sounds good
[The HP 15-en0008na includes support AMD FreeSync and OMEN Tempest cooling]

Sounds good!! Probably higher specced but less well built than the equivalently priced Zephyrus? Although I've not got experience of HP's laptops

RGAF · 30 Apr 2020 at 14:32

Just a quick question, why do Intel have what seems to be an exclusive on 2070 and 2080 graphics on a laptop. The new AMD laptop CPU's would work well with them.

SDK^ · 30 Apr 2020 at 15:17

RGAF said:
Just a quick question, why do Intel have what seems to be an exclusive on 2070 and 2080 graphics on a laptop. The new AMD laptop CPU's would work well with them.

yep - I made the same point in post #6 above. I guess it will take a little time for them to come to market.

Colin MacDougall · 1 May 2020 at 15:15

Gooner Leroy said:
I'm interested in the TUF A17. Does anyone know whether the 1660Ti is the Max Q version? On here it says it is but on other websites it just states 1660Ti...

I don't think it is the MaxQ version. It looks like the Zephyrus is MaxQ (I guess since it is slimmer).

MOOGLEYS · 1 May 2020 at 15:40

The screen in the A15 is a Panda one and is pretty poor tbh. It’s a shame they cheaped out on the panel... Hopefully Lenovo use the same screen in the new models as the Y540 as that uses a great panel.

Colin MacDougall · 1 May 2020 at 17:40

Colin MacDougall said:
I'm thinking of going with this one: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...4800h-metal-grey-gaming-laptop-lt-29z-as.html

Is there an older version of this with a 48Wh battery? I have seen the same machine advertised with both 48Wh and 90Wh battery capacities.

Gooner Leroy · 2 May 2020 at 10:45

Colin MacDougall said:
I don't think it is the MaxQ version. It looks like the Zephyrus is MaxQ (I guess since it is slimmer).

On the OCUK store its listed as a 1660 Ti Max Q however everywhere else just states 1660 Ti. Anyway I'll wait for them to be released before ordering. Also undecided now whether to forgo the 17" screen and go wit 15" and the GTX 2060 version. Decisions decisions...

MOOGLEYS · 2 May 2020 at 10:52

I would wait a couple more weeks. All the major manufacturers are releasing new machines this month....

Colin MacDougall · 6 May 2020 at 18:41

Colin MacDougall said:
I'm thinking of going with this one: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...4800h-metal-grey-gaming-laptop-lt-29z-as.html

...other sellers have it down with an ETA of 11th May but overclockers don't have a date...would it likely be the same?

So, I ordered one...when it turned up I had a look on the sticker on the side of the box which listed the specs and it all looked as expected apart from the battery - 48Wh, not 90Wh. A bit of googling seems to suggest there is an older model of this system which has a space for a 2.5" HD and a smaller battery...but the ad stated 90Wh. And I think the newer model also has some other improvements, so I ended up returning it unopened. I can see the same system listed as in stock on another site - I asked if they could confirm the battery really was 90Wh but they had no clue...not sure whether to take a punt or not. I suspect it will be the same, older spec.