Here's an example of the power to go 4K.
http://www.cnet.com/news/hands-on-with-nvidias-new-titan-x-graphics-cards/
There is no 4K gaming laptop today. Remove those now.
OK, back to 1080. Your comment about on turbo for long is concerning. I have the prior gen y510 and while I keep it on a cooling pad, I have yet to see that happen.
All touchpads are compromise devices. All the gamers I see use a mouse or other thing.
Hello. I’m new to the forum, and mostly made this account to ask for advice on buying a new laptop. I’m hoping you could help me make a decision on what would be a good Laptop. I want to keep it to a reasonable price, but I’ll be willing to spend a bit more if the laptop truly is worth the money.
I’ll mostly be using it for 3 purposes. Gaming (Nothing too crazy I guess.), School, and some simple video and photo editing (Again, nothing crazy). Therefore I need something that is powerful enough to handle games at a reasonable frame rate and settings, and can handle photo and video editing easily, while still being portable enough to carry to classes and use in them. Longer battery life and a modest exterior would be preferable.
Specifications I have are that I want a 15” laptop to keep it portable, and I’d prefer a SSD. Unfortunately I’ve seen that those tend to have smaller storage and are more expensive, so a HDD and SSD combination would be fine as well, as long as it is at least 512GB total storage. I was also wondering if a 4K/UHD display would be worth it, because from what I’ve seen and heard, many laptops aren’t able to take full advantage of UHD displays due to limits on their CPU and GPU.
I’ll list some of the laptops I am looking at here, and what I’ve heard about them:
1. Asus ROG G501 – Specs seem great, but the laptop isn’t able to fully take advantage of them for some reason. Also comes packaged with a lot of extra fluff to drive up the price and make it seem better, so it is slightly more expensive than comparable laptops. Overall build quality is also lacking a little.
2. Lenovo Y50-70 – Sounds decent, and seems like it is in a good price range. Option for a 512GB SSD is nice. Keyboard is lacking a little, and the CPU and GPU can struggle at times. CPU can’t handle turbo for very long, if at all.
3. Acer Aspire V Nitro – Solid specs again, but build quality is worse than some comparable brands. Keyboard and mouse pad also have some problems, and do not always work too well. Some aspects are a little bit too high priced.
4. MSI GS60 2QE Ghost Pro – Higher price than others, but better specs. Overall a solid laptop, with some problems such as getting hot during extended intense gaming, and fans being louder than many others, but that is to be expected.
5. The New Razer Blade – Smaller than the others I looked at, and the most expensive, but has awesome specs and looks pretty nice. Touch pad may have some problems, but outside of that it looks great.

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