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[Nip_holes]

In a Sager np8658 laptop, I'm not sure whether to go for the cheaper 970m and get a couple extra upgrades (24 gb RAM and 1080p IPS display) or the 980m and no upgrades (leaves me with 8gb RAM and the same display). Any help is very appreciated.

[PaulKolby]

i would wait for pascal to go into laptops either u will get a 980m laptop way cheaper or u can get a 1080m or 1080 in a laptop and it will be awesome

[exercutor5]

2 hours ago, Nip_holes said:

In a Sager np8658 laptop, I'm not sure whether to go for the cheaper 970m and get a couple extra upgrades (24 gb RAM and 1080p IPS display) or the 980m and no upgrades (leaves me with 8gb RAM and the same display). Any help is very appreciated.

Wait, what's your budget? I would say go with the NP8658-S as usually the S models have a better deal, and also by default, the 8658 has a G-Sync display whereas the 8657 only has a regular IPS 1080p panel.

[Ho0pz4sho]

4 hours ago, Nip_holes said:

In a Sager np8658 laptop, I'm not sure whether to go for the cheaper 970m and get a couple extra upgrades (24 gb RAM and 1080p IPS display) or the 980m and no upgrades (leaves me with 8gb RAM and the same display). Any help is very appreciated.

If it's in your budget, go for the 980M. Why? Because you can always upgrade RAM down the road. Your best solution here is 980M + IPS Display. Don't bother with RAM/HDD/SSD from the purchase because Clevo/Sager laptops can easily be fitted with those.

4 hours ago, PaulKolby said:

i would wait for pascal to go into laptops either u will get a 980m laptop way cheaper or u can get a 1080m or 1080 in a laptop and it will be awesome

Once Pascal hits it's going to take 4-6 months for prices to drop for older GPUs. By the time prices drop, the next generation will be announced already.

[Nip_holes]

16 hours ago, PaulKolby said:

i would wait for pascal to go into laptops either u will get a 980m laptop way cheaper or u can get a 1080m or 1080 in a laptop and it will be awesome

 

16 hours ago, PaulKolby said:

i would wait for pascal to go into laptops either u will get a 980m laptop way cheaper or u can get a 1080m or 1080 in a laptop and it will be awesome

Any news on when that would happen? Haven't been able to follow Computex very closely this year.. I have a while before I can make this purchase as well (sell my house first) so it would be very doable if it happens within a few months.

[Nip_holes]

14 hours ago, exercutor5 said:

Wait, what's your budget? I would say go with the NP8658-S as usually the S models have a better deal, and also by default, the 8658 has a G-Sync display whereas the 8657 only has a regular IPS 1080p panel.

The NP8658-S is the same specs + a 250gb SSD (also with a stock 1TB HDD) for $1719.00 while the standard is $1619.00. Worth the extra? Either are attainable in the budget.

[Pendragon]

Pascal is hot af. Isn't going to be very viable in notebook solutions. The real mobile GPU's to look at is AMD's upcoming Polaris lineup.