Gaming Laptop Guide - UPDATED RTX Edition!

[Galm]

3 minutes ago, Pendragon said:

Has anyone got their hands on the P950HP6 yet? I'm curious about it. 

huge review on nbr from htwingnut.

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/sager-np8950-clevo-p950hp6-review-by-htwingnut.805339/

[Pendragon]

2 minutes ago, Galm said:

huge review on nbr from htwingnut.

 

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[Castdeath97]

17 hours ago, Pendragon said:

Has anyone got their hands on the P950HP6 yet? I'm curious about it. 

I got one recently, very good thermals, top notch performance but the fans can be noisy and some units suffer from backlight bleed.

[Pendragon]

1 hour ago, Castdeath97 said:

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LOL sounds like a Clevo. 

[Castdeath97]

2 hours ago, Pendragon said:

LOL sounds like a Clevo. 

Figured out MSHybrid mode helps alleviate some of the noise, still a bit noisy but bearable, the fan curve in discrete mode is ludicrously aggressive we are talking about something like 50-70% at 40c.

[Galm]

1 minute ago, Castdeath97 said:

Figured out MSHybrid mode helps alleviate some of the noise, still a bit noisy but bearable, the fan curve in discrete mode is ludicrously aggressive we are talking about something like 50-70% at 40c.

Who did you buy it from?  I'd ask them if there is a bios update inbound for custom fan curves.

[Castdeath97]

41 minutes ago, Galm said:

Who did you buy it from?  I'd ask them if there is a bios update inbound for custom fan curves.

PCSpecialist UK 

[Galm]

56 minutes ago, Castdeath97 said:

PCSpecialist UK 

Yeah ask them about it.

[Pendragon]

5 hours ago, Castdeath97 said:

PCSpecialist UK 

Ask Obsidian PC. Those guys will help you if they have time. I randomly broswed through NBR and some guy was like Obsidian helped them even if they didn't buy it from them. 

[Galm]

50 minutes ago, Pendragon said:

Ask Obsidian PC. Those guys will help you if they have time. I randomly broswed through NBR and some guy was like Obsidian helped them even if they didn't buy it from them. 

#1 Clevo OEM for a reason.

[AMIT SINGH]

what about Acer Predator g5 (GTX 1060) they're pretty good

 

[Galm]

15 hours ago, AMIT SINGH said:

what about Acer Predator g5 (GTX 1060) they're pretty good

 

That's one of the more alright options.  Pricing isn't always good and Acer has struggled with cpu cooling.

[Castdeath97]

On 29/05/2017 at 7:31 PM, Galm said:

Who did you buy it from?  I'd ask them if there is a bios update inbound for custom fan curves.

Asked them about the light bleed and the fan, the light bleed was so bad they said they will try to fix it and update the BIOS along with it.

 

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Even considering the slight exaggeration my camera does with the purple bleed, the yellow bleed is pretty bad. I'm considering whether to return it now and see if I can get an Asus GL502 or wait till the end of the summer when I get back to the UK to see if I can send it to them for a fix after the summer break. 

[Galm]

5 hours ago, Castdeath97 said:

Asked them about the light bleed and the fan, the light bleed was so bad they said they will try to fix it and update the BIOS along with it.

 

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Even considering the slight exaggeration my camera does with the purple bleed, the yellow bleed is pretty bad. I'm considering whether to return it now and see if I can get an Asus GL502 or wait till the end of the summer when I get back to the UK to see if I can send it to them for a fix after the summer break. 

Seems clevo still doesn't know how to stop light bleed.

 

Maybe you can open the bezel a little?  My P650 can do that and it lightens the pressure on the display.

[Castdeath97]

16 hours ago, Galm said:

Seems clevo still doesn't know how to stop light bleed.

 

Maybe you can open the bezel a little?  My P650 can do that and it lightens the pressure on the display.

I might try that, though I'm still think of whether I should return it for a GL502 or deal with it now and fix it after the summer. The lack of fan control might drive me mad.

[Castdeath97]

@Galm So any thoughts on whether I should keep the P650 or try to get GL502?

[Galm]

10 hours ago, Castdeath97 said:

@Galm So any thoughts on whether I should keep the P650 or try to get GL502?

It's your call.  I would never do it personally but the GL502 is a little thinner and quieter with a 1060 (not 1070).

 

I would prefer to service it over switching to Asus.

 

[Castdeath97]

20 hours ago, Galm said:

It's your call.  I would never do it personally but the GL502 is a little thinner and quieter with a 1060 (not 1070).

 

I would prefer to service it over switching to Asus.

 

Problem is the fan issue seems to be worrying since some reviewers reported the fans ramping up at idle for no reason. And my battery seems to be acting up as well, for some reason I can't get more than 2 hours of video/browsing even with MShybrid, power saving on and on low brightness. 

[IunnoM80]

@Galm @Pendragon So the P950HP6 is definitely better than the Asus ROG GL502VM right ? In terms of cooling and all that jazz?

[Pendragon]

3 hours ago, Castdeath97 said:

Problem is the fan issue seems to be worrying since some reviewers reported the fans ramping up at idle for no reason. And my battery seems to be acting up as well, for some reason I can't get more than 2 hours of video/browsing even with MShybrid, power saving on and on low brightness. 

 

2 hours ago, IunnoM80 said:

@Galm @Pendragon So the P950HP6 is definitely better than the Asus ROG GL502VM right ? In terms of cooling and all that jazz?

Maybe it's just initial bios growing pains. Clevo traditionally has a terrible record of the first gen bios and firmwares. eg. the P650xx series couldn't connect to HDMI (or was it eDP) in the first few months LOL. We won't know until they smooth out the kinks.

 

For now the GL502VM is fine. "Fine". A 1060 works fine in that chassis, but it has no advantages. It used to have a non GSync screen on the GL502VT i think and that got like 6-7 hour battery life and was highly recommended, but now no. 

[Galm]

8 minutes ago, Pendragon said:

 

Maybe it's just initial bios growing pains. Clevo traditionally has a terrible record of the first gen bios and firmwares. eg. the P650xx series couldn't connect to HDMI (or was it eDP) in the first few months LOL. We won't know until they smooth out the kinks.

 

For now the GL502VM is fine. "Fine". A 1060 works fine in that chassis, but it has no advantages. It used to have a non GSync screen on the GL502VT i think and that got like 6-7 hour battery life and was highly recommended, but now no. 

Yeah the GL502VM is "alright".  The GL502VS is not acceptable.  A 1070 laptop that's way too hot and lacking features.

 

The P950 however is kinda new.  We don't know all that much about it.  I'm not sure yet how the chassis quality compares.  But Clevo usually makes nice stuff in its P series.

 

[Galm]

Gigabyte Aero 15 has been added to the list in the portables section.  Quite an good offering from Gigabyte in a pretty chassis.

[IunnoM80]

@Galm @Pendragon Should I risk it and buy the P950 or just play it safe with the GL502VM . Because I trust Clevo's cooling more than Asus and I would rather buy a longer lasting machine

[Galm]

5 hours ago, IunnoM80 said:

@Galm @Pendragon Should I risk it and buy the P950 or just play it safe with the GL502VM . Because I trust Clevo's cooling more than Asus and I would rather buy a longer lasting machine

It's hard to make that call I don't know for sure how good the new Clevos cooling is yet.

[Pendragon]

5 hours ago, IunnoM80 said:

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The main issue is we don't know that much about the new machine. Wait a month or two to get some people to test it.