Ryzen Laptops with discrete graphics?

[Noyu]

Are there laptops like these? My boss is asking me to look for a laptop.

Baseline is he wants the GPU to be at least a GTX1060.

It's for his son and the workload will mostly be 3D modelling and probably simulation software.

 

Budget is 62,000 PhP which is around 1200$ USD.

 

I initially recommended a DIY PC, but with that budget and the shit GPU and RAM prices, I doubt it'll be worth.

 

Anyways, are there any Ryzen laptops in the market with discrete graphics?

[Jurrunio]

Asus GL702ZC seems to be the only one, with Ryzen 7 1700 and RX580. Linus tested it out in the past, though it is out of your budget (more so if you count in price inflation in places outside the US)

[Streetguru]

19 minutes ago, Noyu said:

 

Just search on newegg for a laptop with dedicated graphics

 

You can get a Ryzen APU laptop

 

Buy an R3 2200G/R5 2400G Desktop will be alright for 1080p gaming and should cost you $600 or less

[MaxBunny]

30 minutes ago, Noyu said:

Anyways, are there any Ryzen laptops in the market with discrete graphics?

No. There were but they're gone. Also you won't be able to find those prices over in your region. The best deal I've seen so far was a desktop Alienware Aurora with a ryzen 1600 and a gtx 1080 for $1200. For laptops in that range you usually get an i7 7700hq and a 1070.

 

AMD is not allowing vendors to put out ryzen cpus with nvidia graphics at this time. You could get it custom from some other vendors probably but not for $1200 in a laptop form.

[SupaKomputa]

For his sons a 2400g will do. Cheap and powerful enough to do those task.

[genexis_x]

There's only one Ryzen mobile CPU for now which is the low power APU (15-25W TDP). Ryzen high performance mobile CPU haven't released.

 

Most Ryzen mobile APU (2200U, 2500U, 2700U) laptops don't have dGPU. The only one with dGPU is Acer Nitro 5 with RX 560 which is believe, it isn't available yet. There's GL702ZC with desktop Ryzen CPU, but it has many weaknesses and needs repaste, probably out of your budget too.

 

FYI, Ryzen U APU generally performs between 7300HQ and 7700HQ. However the platform hasn't mature and there are issues like poor battery life, inconsistent CPU performance and buggy firmware/software.

 

I'll suggest N950TP6 if you need a laptop with high CPU performance. Desktop Coffee Lake CPU 8400/8700+1060.

 

The most important question: Do you need portability?

[Noyu]

Thanks for the info guys! so looks like I'll either

1. Convince them to go with a R5 2400G + 16GB RAM desktop. Then add a dGPU down the line (when GPU prices let up or when they have money to spend); or
2. Let them buy a 7300HQ + 1060 laptop; or
3. They can add a bit more for a 7700HQ + 1060.

P.S.

AFAIK, the son is not even a gamer, so I would assume the load would mostly be CAD, simulations, and rendering (he's being groomed to be in Eng'g). From a few google searches, it seems they won't need a 1060 for this, and they should appreciate more CPU power (cores and threads)

 

@Jurrunio

@Streetguru

@ZM Fong

@SupaKomputa

@MaxBunny

 

[Jurrunio]

8 minutes ago, Noyu said:

the load would mostly be CAD, simulations, and rendering (he's being groomed to be in Eng'g). 

CAD? Does he need a quadro then?

[MaxBunny]

27 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

CAD? Does he need a quadro then?

Nah. It's one of Autodesk's lower requirement programs. Their other ones are not so forgiving though and benefit from things like 16gb RAM and stronger cpus. But even an i5 + 1050 8gb ram can run them for basic to average use just fine.

 

If you don't know why you would pick a quadro over a consumer grade card other than "productivity software should use a quadro" then you shouldn't be considering buying any.

[Jurrunio]

19 minutes ago, MaxBunny said:

Nah. It's one of Autodesk's lower requirement programs. Their other ones are not so forgiving though and benefit from things like 16gb RAM and stronger cpus. But even an i5 + 1050 8gb ram can run them for basic to average use just fine.

 

If you don't know why you would pick a quadro over a consumer grade card other than "productivity software should use a quadro" then you shouldn't be considering buying any.

Dont know if he will start using more demanding programmes later on. Dont want to buy something only good for a year or two.

[Streetguru]

8 hours ago, Noyu said:

 

Desktop's probably the best option, having some kind of GPU is probably useful.

But for $1200 you should be able to easily get an R7 1700 Desktop system with like a GT 1030 or something to get a display output. Just make it ITX or something.