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Gaming Laptop 1080 or 4k?

Armymen
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Hi,

I have a yoga 2 pro right now with a 4k display. Love how much room I have to multi task.

I plan to upgrade from my old dino PC, I7 930 (I7 first gen), to a gaming laptop.

Im looking at the Acer predator 15. It will have a nvidia 980m in it. But I have 2 choice. 1080 screen or 4k display.

My question is, if I get the 4k, if I play 1080 will I have like black bar arround?

4K for multi task in windows and watch movie is awsome. But for gaming I know it not as good. So how is it to game 1080 on a 4k display?

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Hi,

I have a yoga 2 pro right now with a 4k display. Love how much room I have to multi task.

I plan to upgrade from my old dino PC, I7 930 (I7 first gen), to a gaming laptop.

Im looking at the Acer predator 15. It will have a nvidia 980m in it. But I have 2 choice. 1080 screen or 4k display.

My question is, if I get the 4k, if I play 1080 will I have like black bar arround?

4K for multi task in windows and watch movie is awsome. But for gaming I know it not as good. So how is it to game 1080 on a 4k display?

laptop for gaming is pointless..unless you travel alot or go to lan parties alot

 

build a small itx system for gaming

If you need remote help fixing something on your computer

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laptop for gaming is pointless..unless you travel alot or go to lan parties alot

 

build a small itx system for gaming

this, or of you like to lay in your bed and burn your legs while gaming.

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I games, but not as much as I did before. Im also in the military and a gaming laptop would suite me better. Dont plan to play on my leg. Lol. Im over the custom build tower. Time for laptop as the 980m is only about 20 % less powerfull the 980 for pc. So gaming laptop vs tower is getting pretty close gap now

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I games, but not as much as I did before. Im also in the military and a gaming laptop would suite me better. Dont plan to play on my leg. Lol. Im over the custom build tower. Time for laptop as the 980m is only about 20 % less powerfull the 980 for pc. So gaming laptop vs tower is getting pretty close gap now

https://www.xoticpc.com/custom-gaming-laptops-notebooks-intel-6th-generation-mobile-skylake-processors-ct-95_51_517.html

take a look here then

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This does not answer my initial questions. I know I want the Acer predator 15 already. My question is the 4k vs 1080 gaming. Play 1080 on a 4k display.

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This does not answer my initial questions. I know I want the Acer predator 15 already. My question is the 4k vs 1080 gaming. Play 1080 on a 4k display.

acer is garbage for pc

I wouldn't really consider it

look at a sager or other brands

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OMG how is nobody answering the question!? I would get a 1080p screen, but I don't think you'd get black bars with the 4k monitor

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and how long did that last

 

also I just did google the acer

not really worried about the specs...they are fine

more the reliablity and quality of the parts used

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also...yes...4k is really only good for production work now

no single gpu is 4k ready

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4k on a laptop is completely utterly pointless.  No integrated GPU, even in SLI, will have enough horsepower to push 4k at any reasonable framerate, and since you want a gaming laptop and integrated video cards (of the same overall naming scheme) are about two generations in horsepower behind their desktop counterparts, 1080p will fit the bill.

 

A GeForce 980m is about 65% as fast as a desktop 980.  That puts it probably around GTX 680 speeds (which if I recall is about equal to GTX 770...wasn't that the rebrand of the 680?)

 

Desktop video card already have enough trouble driving 4k as it is.

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Hi, thanks for all the advice. How is it if I use 4k for work, and only games in 4k?

Is there like black bar arround or it would look pretty similar as 4k is 4:1 of 1080?

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