Need Skylake I7- 6700HQ laptop advice
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Considering the purchase of an ASUS G752VT ROG laptop. CPU is I7-6700HQ and GPU is Nvidia 970m. As I feel the 970m will be adequate for BMS 4.33, my question is of the 6700HQ CPU. The CPU’s base speed is 2.6GHz with a Turbo 1-core speed of 3.5GHz.
Does this mean that as long as I run BMS by itself, no other programs or apps running, that I can expect continuous 3.5GHz performance giving me a “good” (understandingly not great) BMS 4.33 experience?
Other than the expense and lack of upgradability that laptops impose, any hidden BMS performance pitfalls in this Skylake laptop package? -
I think you won’t get near the experience of the non desktop version
better get an selfbuild desktop if you can afford this and build it…
Youu should go for 3.3 on all four cores, but you run risk of damaging them without a proper cooling
and as i see, this one is pretty expensive, you could get a better desktop for the same price (at least in my country).
And also, the laptop versions of cpu and gpu are for my opinion too much downgraded, especially for that price…
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Honestly this all depends on why you are considering a laptop versus a desktop. I have a much older version of the Asus ROG gaming laptop (Asus G73JH) that is almost 6 years old now. The only problem I have had with it is that of course after owning it for a period of time that the battery died on it. It handles 4.32 without issue so I’m sure the one you listed would handle 4.33 as it’s hardware specs are almost at the top of mobile computing hardware as of today. This would be the plus side.
The down side is as pointed out lack of ability to upgrade and price. Unless there is a specific need for taking your games on the road (you travel a lot or some such) then it is more suggestible to get a desktop for the reasons razo pointed out. Cheaper, more powerful, but of course much larger and heavier than any laptop.
I looked at Intel’s web site and the only CPU I saw in the mobile category which would be better for gaming is the I7-6700HK as the unlocked variant of what you listed. Otherwise the hardware listed is only one step down from the top end of what can be installed on laptops as of today.
Specs wise the NVidia 970M looks like it falls in between the performance of the desktop 950 or 960 NVidia processors. Closer to the 960 but with a significantly reduced main clock.
I don’t think your run BMS only so I can get max clock is going to pan out either as even though BMS isn’t top of the line for efficiency for using multiple cores it does do so. I don’t think there are going to be any hidden pitfalls either. Just search around here for people running 4.33 on I7 CPUs around 2.6 GHz and with NVidia 950-960ish GPUs for an idea of how it will perform.
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mobile cards have reduced performance…
As I see it it must be ok, in general it will run BMS ok.
But Desktop is better, and be extra careful on cooling it down, it’s gonna be super extra hot there… -
I agree with Stubbies2003. On the gpu side of things it should be more than fine if the performance is near what he stated. I suggest running with a resolution of 720p to test it out. Crank up as per your taste. (Fps vs Eye Candy)
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Considering the purchase of an ASUS G752VT ROG laptop. CPU is I7-6700HQ and GPU is Nvidia 970m. As I feel the 970m will be adequate for BMS 4.33, my question is of the 6700HQ CPU. The CPU’s base speed is 2.6GHz with a Turbo 1-core speed of 3.5GHz.
Does this mean that as long as I run BMS by itself, no other programs or apps running, that I can expect continuous 3.5GHz performance giving me a “good” (understandingly not great) BMS 4.33 experience?
Other than the expense and lack of upgradability that laptops impose, any hidden BMS performance pitfalls in this Skylake laptop package?It appears you want some portability and overall, having a single powerful laptop is more affordable than having a powerful desktop AND a laptop.
The model Asus you’ve indicated will easily run BMS 4.33 (and later versions) even with other programs and apps running. So, just for BMS, the ROG can be considered overkill/overspend. Buy the ROG or similar if you are playing other newer and far more CPU/GPU intensive game titles.
Issue other than BMS you REALLY need to consider before making a purchase of one of these gaming laptops:
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quality of customer service and tech support (Although Asus hardware is as good as anyone else’s, I have noticed too many Asus customers indicating bad CS/TS)
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form factor
a) All else constant, the thin laptops will heat faster and die sooner. They are sometimes more difficult to service and/or upgrade too.
b) The thicker laptops have more room for bigger/mulitple fans (think “blowers”) and heat exchanges, easier to service, and many feature modularity and upgradability too.
c) misc such as DVD/Blue Ray, choice of ports, etc -
Portability. 15 inch and smaller are easier to transport with many available bags and packs to choose from. A thick 17 inch laptop is actually pretty easy to transport too, but the bag and pack options are almost non existent. For my 17" laptop (msi GT72 Dominator), I decided to go higher quality and durability and ended up purchasing a military grade “3-day assault pack” (e.g., 5.11 Rush 72). I noticed the few laptop bags specifically available for 17" laptops were cheaply made and way over priced.
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Choice of vendor. Plenty to choose from (Best Buy, ebay, Tiger, newegg, etc). Big box such as COSTCO and Sam’s have their advantages too. For example, I purchased my laptop from COSTCO because
a) it was the best price for the model I could find
b) you have 90 days to play with it and you can return it for full refund if you don’t like it
c) 3 yr SquareTrade after market “service agreement” was only $99.00!
Here is an Asus Rog at COSTCO:
http://www.costco.com/ASUS-ROG-G752VY-Laptop-|-Intel-Core-i7-|-1080p-|-4GB-Graphics-|-Blu-ray-Writer-|-1-Year-Accidental-Damage-Protection.product.100227250.html
Recommend you check out this brand instead:
https://gaming.msi.com/
https://gaming.msi.com/products/notebook/gt-seriesF1
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