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I would like opinions. I am choosing between two laptops. The ASUS GL502VT-DS71 and the ASUS FX53VW-GH71(which is apparently a newegg exclusive). The price difference is staggering and don't know if the 970M and the extra GB of VRAM is enough to warrant the extra cost. Thoughts? Opinions? I want to stick with one of these two due to my positive experiences with ASUS and the small form factor. It is a little strange though that the second one (FX53VW) isn't on the ASUS website anywhere. Is that suspicious or warning to anyone else?

 

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Dave

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What do you plan to do with a 970m or a 960m? Which game do you plan to run. If I were to say it I would go for the ASUS one.

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Just now, deXxterlab97 said:

What do you plan to do with a 970m or a 960m? Which game do you plan to run. If I were to say it I would go for the ASUS one.

Which ASUS one, haha. Anyway I would be doing some graphic design and light editing. Ideal games would be like Fallout 4 level. I know that's a lot to run.

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Just now, DaveKerk said:

Which ASUS one, haha. Anyway I would be doing some graphic design and light editing. Ideal games would be like Fallout 4 level. I know that's a lot to run.

If you don't mind lowering the settings/quality the ASUS one will be fine. The one with 960m lol should be fine

Look if you get a laptop with a 970m and they advertise to run Overwatch on it then you or they are doing it wrong

ASUS ROG Strix GL502VT-DS71 Gaming Laptop Intel Core i7 6700HQ (2.60 GHz) 16 GB Memory 1 TB HDD NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M 3 ...

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Have you ever thought of going with a different company?

For $100ish more than what the more expensive Asus costs you can get something with a GTX 1060. Much, much better.

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Just now, dizmo said:

Have you ever thought of going with a different company?

For $100ish more than what the more expensive Asus costs you can get something with a GTX 1060. Much, much better.

Like what? I've looked around and to get similar dimensions and specs its the same price or more.

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If you sort through NewEgg with GTX 1060 there's quite a few. I'm not sure on size and stuff though, didn't bother looking that far into it.

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1 minute ago, dizmo said:

If you sort through NewEgg with GTX 1060 there's quite a few. I'm not sure on size and stuff though, didn't bother looking that far into it.

I'll take a browse through it. But $1000 was kind of a hard limit... but if it's convincing enough...

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14 minutes ago, lilbman said:

https://www.amazon.com/MSI-GS43VR-Phantom-Pro-006-i7-6700HQ/dp/B01IO9Y30G Much better choice.  Better form factor and more powerful.

 

I'd go with the 970M

That MSI is also another $400. So yes it is going to be more powerful. And I'm actually kind of leaning towards the 960M since it's so much cheaper.

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43 minutes ago, DaveKerk said:

I'll take a browse through it. But $1000 was kind of a hard limit... but if it's convincing enough...

Well, best thing to do is wait until Friday and see what goes on sale. You'll likely be able to grab a sick deal.

NCIX starts their sale tomorrow.

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51 minutes ago, DaveKerk said:

That MSI is also another $400. So yes it is going to be more powerful. And I'm actually kind of leaning towards the 960M since it's so much cheaper.

The 970M is 71% of the original price, so it's 29% off.

 

The 960M is also 71% of the original price.

 

You save more when you get the one with the 970M.

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8 minutes ago, lilbman said:

The 970M is 71% of the original price, so it's 29% off.

 

The 960M is also 71% of the original price.

 

You save more when you get the one with the 970M.

But I'm not sure if spending that extra $270 is worth the performance increase. I could get an M.2 SSD with the savings and then get a good performance boost in every department.

 

EDIT: $280 not $270

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2 minutes ago, DaveKerk said:

But I'm not sure if spending that extra $270 is worth the performance increase. I could get an M.2 SSD with the savings and then get a good performance boost in every department.

Trust me.  You PAY for the longevity that the 970M has over the 960M.

 

I know from experience.  I got the 1060 6GB in my Alienware, and now I wish I had gotten the 1070 because moar FPS's the bettuh.  

 

A week/month/year from the time you get it, you'll be thinking 'damn.  I should've gotten the 970M.'

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