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    NP8957-S (RTX 2070 Max-Q) or NP8451-S (GTX 1660Ti)

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by taugrim, Nov 16, 2019.

  1. taugrim

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    Hi folks,

    I'm looking for advice. Both of these have the same price ($1499).

    Many of the components are the same, e.g.:
    9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9750H Processor
    16GB DDR4 at 2666MHz
    500GB Western Digital Blue SN500 M.2 NVMe​

    NP8957-S (CLEVO P950RF)
    15.6" FHD 144Hz, Wide View Angle 72% NTSC
    Matte Display
    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 8GB GDDR6 (Max-Q design)
    0.78 inches thin slim design​

    NP8451-S (CLEVO PB51RC)
    15.6" Thin Bezel 4K OLED Glare Display
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660Ti 6GB GDDR6​

    The slimmer size doesn't really matter to me.

    It feels like the choice then boils down to the GPU. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

    Thanks!
     
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    taugrim, Nov 16, 2019
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    NP8957-S
     
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    The lower power but larger 2070 is going to perform very consistently and has some nice perks.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Nov 17, 2019
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    Unless you need a 4K panel for something I'd go with the NP8957-S. 1080p/144Hz > 4K/60Hz IMO.
     
    Support.3@XOTIC PC, Nov 18, 2019
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    For gaming that's certainly true and the non OLED will offer better battery life as a bonus.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Nov 19, 2019
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    Thanks for the feedback.

    I ordered the NP8957-S :)
     
    taugrim, Dec 2, 2019
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    Nice! Enjoy :)
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 3, 2019
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