Have anyone used or bought this laptop how does it perform? Is it a good deal? I tend to use it for programming not gaming.

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    1 year ago

    i haven’t used it but the price looks pretty good. can play most of games and program with ease

    144 hertz screen with that price is actually pretty good. the problem is the ram, 8gb for this system is not balanced, upgrading is to 16 or 32 will make it perfect

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        1 year ago

        Tbh I don’t care about gaming tho im buying this laptop for programming and video editing I already have a ps5 so I don’t like playing on pc/laptop

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            1 year ago

            You’re right but im totally a newbie to video editing so I don’t think i need 32gb ram, i already have an extra 8gb ram from my brother

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        1 year ago

        im not sure what game is Alan wake 2. if its not released yet, then it might have some optimizing problems

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            1 year ago

            oh it’s Been few months from release, some games might have bad optimization even after release for a few updates

            here is a list of Alan wake 2 fps with different graphic cards, https://images.app.goo.gl/FcbYAsMJPNnRfkY18 . Just by looking at the results you can say the game is just too heavy/not optimized

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              1 year ago

              Most newer games will likely NOT be optimized.

              Dev’s make sure the game work for certain hardware sets - and that’s it. Make it work first, maybe optimize later.

              We’re in swing of PS4/X1 games no longer made and we got new games utilizing new hardware, tech, and configs only, such as PS5/XSX. So, on PC - gamers are gonna need power on that level of power basically.

              For example - Alan Wake 2 is using Mesh Shaders which basically make it require 6gb RTX 2060 GPU’s and 8gb AMD RX 6600 XT and up. https://www.techpowerup.com/315149/psa-alan-wake-ii-runs-on-older-gpus-mesh-shaders-not-required#:~:text=AMD’s%20Radeon%20RX%206000%20series,5700%20XT%20delivers%20unplayable%20results.

              https://www.pcgamer.com/mesh-shaders-explained/#:~:text=Unreal%20Engine%205%20uses%20mesh,system%2C%20not%20as%20a%20replacement.

              Those console systems have 16gb RAM for VRAM and regular-RAM, in its shared-RAM pool - even Steam Decks and the wannabes like ROG Ally have that. So, guess what? Dev’s can utilize that 16gb shared-RAM for whatever, without much care. They want it to use 8+gb VRAM out of the 16GB shared-RAM, they can.

              We pay for it on our end (as consumers), as NVidia also keeps skimping on VRAM-count for GPU’s, as they just keep trying to make profit after profit here. We need better cards w/ more VRAM in the lower tiers namely. If you want better GPU’s w/ more VRAM, NVidia makes gamers pay through the nose for them.

              We literally had 8gb GPU’s in the desktop GTX 1070 for years…yet even in the RTX 3070 desktop some 2 gen’s later, that still had 8gb VRAM. That should’ve had 12gb VRAM at least, TBH - as even some games like RE Village, RE2 Remake, RE3 Remake, RE7 Gold, and Watch Dogs Legion all could use 10+gb VRAM even at 1080p…and these ain’t the most recent of titles.

              It’s only gonna get worse, as you have stuff like Lumen in Unreal Engine 5. We have games like Immortals of Aveum and Remnant 2 which basically require DLSS, FSR, XESS, or some upscaler to run worthwhile (i.e. at 60fps) - since most of these are Ray-Tracing based and/or might support Mesh Shaders.

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        1 year ago

        yeah its 3050 and it’s expected

        yet I believe 3050 can run at least 70% of AAA with 60+ fps in ANY settings

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          1 year ago

          If you are getting win11 not MacBook pro, makes sense to have that option. Now and again you could just press a button without moving a mouse. Sometimes you might want to test a mobile app.

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            1 year ago

            im fine with both mouse and keyboard, i just don’t want that big ass screen become dirty and have finger Spots on it

            if i use touch screen on laptop, probably I’ll clean the screen every two or three hours

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      1 year ago

      My brother moved out so he left some stuff and he left an 8gb ddr4 behind it should be easy to upgrade it right?

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        1 year ago

        im not sure but i think most of laptops only has one ram slots,that means you can’t use 2 of 8gb rams

        upgrading ram is pretty simply, just by searching on net, you’ll get hundreds of videos. and if you’re still worried you can give it to some repair shops, shouldn’t cost much

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          1 year ago

          Most laptops have 2 slots, but I’d suggest getting a matching stick if possible. Some laptops have soldered ram, so watch out for that.

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          1 year ago

          I asked them, it has extra slots for upgrading rams so it should be easy thanks men i appreciate it

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            1 year ago

            even if it was ddr5 , it should mentioned in the title of the product,

            -Intel Employee

            😂ok cool

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              1 year ago

              It’s usually not posted in the title but it should be in the details. 13th gen typically has DDR5 unless it s a budget model but RTX 30 series was usually paired with DDR4 so it’s really a toss up here.

              Also yes the intel employee bit is relevant. I work in sales so I’m privy to a lot of this information