UK - VR ready laptop advice

[LewisBloom]

Hello peoples,

 

I've decided that its about time I got a laptop I can run the games and software on a little better that I provide support for. So I want to get a decent laptop this year. Ideally VR ready would be nice for some cheeky mobile VR gaming out of my office and into the front room. What are the things I should look out for or rather should avoid at present CPU, GPU etc wise?

 

I wont be buying for a little bit yet so this is first feelers to start gathering some info. 

 

thanks for any and all help or advice,

Lewis

[ZackCodesAI]

Just now, LewisBloom said:

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Wait till summer, whole bunch of awesome VR ready laptops are launching, including surfacebook.

[Castdeath97]

i7 6700hq/I7 7700hq and a GTX 1060, that should do well. Are capable of getting an educational license? 

[Castdeath97]

Just now, Zackbare said:

Wait till summer, whole bunch of awesome VR ready laptops are launching, including surfacebook.

They are already here!

[ZackCodesAI]

Just now, Castdeath97 said:

They are already here!

surfacebook 2 is launching dude, atleast I'm waiting for it, I'll buy that. and this time, it'll be powerful

[ZackCodesAI]

Just now, Castdeath97 said:

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It was me, with my deleting account. Check this thread.

[Castdeath97]

6 minutes ago, Zackbare said:

It was me, with my deleting account. Check this thread.

The surface book has a 965M (and for a pretty expensive config), why would you think Microsoft would go for a 1060 or better this time? Probably a 1050ti/1050. 

[LewisBloom]

I doubt a surface book will have the clout I need, I work in simulations so things like surface books tend to be ruled out from the get go. I've been looking over the scan.co.uk custom laptop systems as a rough guide price too.

 

 

[ZackCodesAI]

16 minutes ago, Castdeath97 said:

The surface book has a 965M (and for a pretty expensive config), why would you think Microsoft would go for a 1060 or better this time? Probably a 1050ti/1050. 

I wish but I seriously dont know, but one thing for sure, they're dropping the price of the lineup by around 400$ which is a lot. You can see hat at NCIX video.

[ZackCodesAI]

12 minutes ago, LewisBloom said:

I doubt a surface book will have the clout I need, I work in simulations so things like surface books tend to be ruled out from the get go. I've been looking over the scan.co.uk custom laptop systems as a rough guide price too.

 

 

My brother is an architect, and he's into 3ds max which is a bit similar case.

The conclusion no laptops are there for this job, you'd end up paying way high for not much. 

The only option is desktop.

[LewisBloom]

yes you are right there are no laptops that will be as good as my desktop, but like it or not if I'm at a local airfield ill still have to work so will need something better than the cheap £500 laptop I have now really, I've managed just about till now but need something with more clout that can run the sims better than 10fps.

 

Budget will be around £2k anything under is of course mega bonus points.

 

thanks,

Lewis

[ramo55]

12 hours ago, Zackbare said:

Wait till summer, whole bunch of awesome VR ready laptops are launching, including surfacebook.

Is there a news source on this? And when exactly in the summer? July? August? June?

[Pendragon]

13 hours ago, Castdeath97 said:

i7 6700hq/I7 7700hq and a GTX 1060, that should do well. Are capable of getting an educational license? 

Firstly this is generally not capable of running VR. Look at all the thin and light 1060 laptops. The majority of them fail VR spec because they are TDP limited, throttled, and a 6700HQ is god awful for VR because of 3.1ghz turbo boost. So you'll want a 1070 at least.

 

13 hours ago, LewisBloom said:

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Since you live in the UK you have some good choices. 

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/defianceIII-15/ 15in

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/defianceIII-17/ 17in

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/defianceIII-14/ 14in

 

These are the Clevo's P series BGA lineup and generally one of the best gaming laptops currently on the market. Unless you want to go thin and light, then a GS63VR will be fine, but you're paying ALOT more for thinness. Whereas you can spec out these guys with a 1070 + 7820HK (4.8-5.0ghz OC). You need a better CPU for VR then just gaming. 

[ZackCodesAI]

7 hours ago, ramo55 said:

Is there a news source on this? And when exactly in the summer? July? August? June?

atleast mid summer i.e. june, and yes a bit of news and a bit of leaks and rumor, takes hefty research 

[ramo55]

3 hours ago, Zackbare said:

atleast mid summer i.e. june, and yes a bit of news and a bit of leaks and rumor, takes hefty research 

Would love if you could post some links/sources so I can read into them a bit

[ZackCodesAI]

1 minute ago, ramo55 said:

Would love if you could post some links/sources so I can read into them a bit

Yeah sure, but it'll take time

[ramo55]

Just now, Zackbare said:

Yeah sure, but it'll take time

No worries, take your time

[ZackCodesAI]

1 hour ago, ramo55 said:

No worries, take your time

Most of them are basically CES announcement, but here you go. 

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/best-laptops-of-ces-2017/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2017/02/09/apple-leak-macbook-pro-intel-kaby-lake/#456c173c4622

http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/4/14167172/all-of-the-laptops-and-desktop-pcs-announced-at-ces-2017

Some NCIX on SB@ -

 

http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/16/14948262/microsoft-surface-book-2-specs-rumors

And some general stuff

http://www.laptopmag.com/articles/when-to-buy-a-laptop

And then, XPS 13 and 15 are already out.

VR exclusive 

https://www.engadget.com/2017/02/06/lenovo-vr-ready-thinkpad-workstation/

http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/legion-y-series/y720/

https://uploadvr.com/alienware-vr-ready-laptops-next-gen-hmd/

https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-notebook-odyssey-designed-for-gamers-powered-to-win

http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/ces-2017-acer-announces-aspire-v-nitro-black-edition-and-aspire-vx-laptops-and-the-aspire-gx-desktop-356079.html

[Pendragon]

On 3/21/2017 at 6:12 AM, Zackbare said:

Wait till summer, whole bunch of awesome VR ready laptops are launching, including surfacebook.

Um. No. All the laptops that are coming out have come out. Kaby Lake is out and so has Pascal. Nothing "new" is going to come out cept for artistic pieces like surfacebooks and macbooks that don't really care about getting their first with hardware. And no the surface book will DEFINITELY NOT be VR ready. 

 

Also literally every source you linked with laptops ARE RELEASED. Some aren't but majority are. And for VR laptops, almost none of them are VR ready so wtf are you even linking. 

[Castdeath97]

11 hours ago, Pendragon said:

Firstly this is generally not capable of running VR. Look at all the thin and light 1060 laptops. The majority of them fail VR spec because they are TDP limited, throttled, and a 6700HQ is god awful for VR because of 3.1ghz turbo boost. So you'll want a 1070 at least.

Yeah that would be true, seen some laptops with better cooling, but unfortunately they are a bit more rare than they should be,

 

11 hours ago, Pendragon said:

Since you live in the UK you have some good choices. 

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/defianceIII-15/ 15in

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/defianceIII-17/ 17in

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/defianceIII-14/ 14in

 

These are the Clevo's P series BGA lineup and generally one of the best gaming laptops currently on the market. Unless you want to go thin and light, then a GS63VR will be fine, but you're paying ALOT more for thinness. Whereas you can spec out these guys with a 1070 + 7820HK (4.8-5.0ghz OC). You need a better CPU for VR then just gaming. 

Heard about some good experience from those and their prices can't be beaten so I would recommend going for them as well. They also have G sync so that's nice.

[ZackCodesAI]

1 hour ago, Pendragon said:

Um. No. All the laptops that are coming out have come out. Kaby Lake is out and so has Pascal. Nothing "new" is going to come out cept for artistic pieces like surfacebooks and macbooks that don't really care about getting their first with hardware. And no the surface book will DEFINITELY NOT be VR ready. 

 

Also literally every source you linked with laptops ARE RELEASED. Some aren't but majority are. And for VR laptops, almost none of them are VR ready so wtf are you even linking. 

https://www.engadget.com/2017/02/06/lenovo-vr-ready-thinkpad-workstation/

http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/legion-y-series/y720/

https://uploadvr.com/alienware-vr-ready-laptops-next-gen-hmd/

https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-notebook-odyssey-designed-for-gamers-powered-to-win

http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/ces-2017-acer-announces-aspire-v-nitro-black-edition-and-aspire-vx-laptops-and-the-aspire-gx-desktop-356079.html

Doesn't my signature makes sense now?

[Pendragon]

7 minutes ago, Zackbare said:

https://www.engadget.com/2017/02/06/lenovo-vr-ready-thinkpad-workstation/

 

It's coming out. But it's a business laptop. also it's quadro so ofc it takes longer.

 

7 minutes ago, Zackbare said:

http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/legion-y-series/y720/

 

this is going to take forever just like the y900. i dont even expect this to half come out.

 

7 minutes ago, Zackbare said:

https://uploadvr.com/alienware-vr-ready-laptops-next-gen-hmd/

 

its been out for nearly 6 months

 

7 minutes ago, Zackbare said:

https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-notebook-odyssey-designed-for-gamers-powered-to-win

 

its out. not impressed. 

 

7 minutes ago, Zackbare said:

http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/ces-2017-acer-announces-aspire-v-nitro-black-edition-and-aspire-vx-laptops-and-the-aspire-gx-desktop-356079.html

 

 

its out. vx15 is fine. nitro series is shit. 

 

so literally what I said, every laptop worth coming out is already out. business laptops are not targetted towards VR gamers. 

[ramo55]

26 minutes ago, Pendragon said:

It's coming out. But it's a business laptop. also it's quadro so ofc it takes longer.

 

this is going to take forever just like the y900. i dont even expect this to half come out.

 

its been out for nearly 6 months

 

its out. not impressed. 

 

its out. vx15 is fine. nitro series is shit. 

 

so literally what I said, every laptop worth coming out is already out. business laptops are not targetted towards VR gamers. 

 

So based on this I should just go for the laptop that I wanted to buy and not wait yeah?

[ramo55]

1 hour ago, Zackbare said:

Most of them are basically CES announcement, but here you go. 

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/best-laptops-of-ces-2017/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2017/02/09/apple-leak-macbook-pro-intel-kaby-lake/#456c173c4622

http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/4/14167172/all-of-the-laptops-and-desktop-pcs-announced-at-ces-2017

Some NCIX on SB@ -

 

http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/16/14948262/microsoft-surface-book-2-specs-rumors

And some general stuff

http://www.laptopmag.com/articles/when-to-buy-a-laptop

And then, XPS 13 and 15 are already out.

 

Thanks for sending the list but I'm sure as others have mentioned, most of the links you posted are already out.

[ZackCodesAI]

Just now, ramo55 said:

Thanks for sending the list but I'm sure as others have mentioned, most of the links you posted are already out.

That's why I said, my signature makes sense, but still, this list may help you.

I make goofs, there's no point for people to get triggered, just point out and I'll accept it.