I saw an Asus laptop with a RX 580/i7 7700HQ for $1200...

I believe the top end model with the 1700 is about 1600$ (+/-100$ for the different configs). R5 1600 model should be a bit cheaper at about 1400$

 

I'm hoping you bought that a long time ago, or at a great price?

Not that a 980M is bad perse, but there's no way I'd consider buying a laptop with a 980M today unless it was cheap, like very cheap, $700 or so. Otherwise a 1060 just seems like a better deal.

 

I got it in December of 2014.

 

Perfectly logical purchase then, especially since prior to Pascal technological advances had been pretty slow. There was no reason to suspect in 2014 that Pascal would would be so superior that a 1060 would trump a 980. ie. a 960 sure as hell didn't trump a 880m, it was neck and neck with a 770m in most cases.

 

I'm not saying ASUS is bad, I loved my G73JH-A2, but really two years isn't long enough to be praising something IMO. If something has issues within two years it's a piece of ****. Lasting two or more years should be expected.

 

I mean, the typical gaming laptop nowadays lasts about 2-3 years before the GPU dies due to heat since we ALL need thin and light :/

 

Oh ...I know. I have matching CPU/GPU requirements for new console generations down to an inexact science. I waited an entire year to avoid the rebrands and made due with my G73jh that did well for most of 5yrs [900p screen], the slow quad was the bottleneck more than the GPU at the end .

 

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Yeah, I've never understood that craze. I always thought tablets were an awful idea, and I feel like focusing on the weight of a laptop is an awful idea. Portability is great. but even a 12 pound laptop is far far more portable than the smallest of desktops due to the built-in monitor. I've never had a laptop and thought, "I really wish this thing weighed a few pounds less, because 10 pounds is back-breakingly heavy.".

Lightweight is a small plus in my eyes, but longevity and performance rank much, much higher as far as I'm concerned.

 

Weight and Size concerns are for ultrabooks. Not 200W Gaming systems.

 

A 60Hz screen should mainly be the main bottleneck in such laptop. And depending on the cooling, that CPU's lifespan is the first thing I'd worry about.

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You mean GPU, right? I mean, when's the last time you've seen a dead CPU

 

Oh yeah, GPU as well xD
But hey, we've never seen 6 or 8 core CPUs, wouldn't you think cooling it would be problematic on an ASUS laptop?

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Hey guys, can anyone confirm if the best buy HP Omen model has Thunderbolt 3 in it? It seems that it was listed but can't find any mention of it being in this particular best buy model. Much thanks in advance.

 

Since I saw someone having an issue with with finding the drivers for their HP Omen w/rx 580, ...does anyone know where they are found? ...is mobile driver support a separate thing AMD is slacking on or are desktop/mobile using the same driver?

 

It should be on the OEM's site and the official drivers should also work AFAIK.

 

Is the rx580 any good... Firestrike scores perhaps

 

The mobile RX 580 scores like a GTX 1060 Notebook or overclocked 980M.

 

Same as a normal 1060 laptop. About 15% above the 1060 MQ