Hello everyone, during these days I am thinking about changing my current laptop (specs in signature) which to be fair is still performing very well, so I am very satisfied with the purchase I did with Pcspecialist during mid-2019.
I am using the laptop in my signature. When I bought it I was planning to use it as a jolly and to play games with a fixed pc later on like I always did, so I did not go heavy on the video card.
However I ended up sticking with the laptop only. This is because I am 3 to 4 weeks per year out of England and when I have guests I bring the laptop in my bedroom where I could not use a fixed PC because there is no space for a desk.
When I use the laptop in my living room (most of the times) I have connected it with a 4k display, keyboard and satellites, so basically I am using it as if it was a fixed pc but with the limits of a laptop.
I use my Lenovo L28u-30 28 inches with a 4k resolution (great for productivity/internet) but I set the games resolution from within the game (not from windows) to 1080p. The laptop lid instead is always closed, so I would like to stick with a 15.6 inches laptop.
Looking at the laptops available I see lots of them have a 3.2USB type C port. Instead I have a minidisplay port on the back of mine, which I have connected to the monitor with a miniplay port to display port which allows me to always have 60 FPS (if I use an HDMI cable instead the FPS drops immediately to 30).
I cannot complain as I bought this monitor on a good offer, but do other more expensive 4k monitor do the same? (using the HDMI the FPS drops to 30) - as not now but in the future I might change monitor as well.
If I buy a USB C(Thunderbolt 3) to DisplayPort 4K cable do you think I will potentially be able to play games on 60Hz with the new laptop? Essentially I do not want to use the HDMI cable as it drops the FPS to 30 (or to change everytime the main resolution form 4k to 1080p), but ideally I would like to keep the monitor I got (or if it would be better to change it I would like to plan everything in advance).
I am trying to understand this aspect first as I am trying to figure out what I need to do to have a nice upgrade and how much budget should I factor in.
So I am basically gathering the ideas before deciding. I was thinking to dedicate a budget of £1500 to £1700 and I definitely would like to upgrade this year.
I got interested in upgrading when the new intel 12th gen came out and I see at the moment that there is the 15.6 inches ELIMINA with the new intel 12th gen processor and an Nvidia 3060.
The thing I do not like is Nvidia only fitted the 3060 with 6 GDDR. When I play with my 1650 the 4GB GDDR are basically always full, so I would have liked a bit more GDDR6, like 8GB. The other option would be to wait for the Nvidia Lovelace, but it might be another 6 months wait (proving availability is good!) and probably more expensive, even though with much better performance.
As you can see I am quite confused at the moment. Any suggestions?
Do you think I will be able to use my actual monitor at 60FPS using a proper USB C(Thunderbolt 3) to DisplayPort cable? Many thanks in advance and apologies for the long post!
I am using the laptop in my signature. When I bought it I was planning to use it as a jolly and to play games with a fixed pc later on like I always did, so I did not go heavy on the video card.
However I ended up sticking with the laptop only. This is because I am 3 to 4 weeks per year out of England and when I have guests I bring the laptop in my bedroom where I could not use a fixed PC because there is no space for a desk.
When I use the laptop in my living room (most of the times) I have connected it with a 4k display, keyboard and satellites, so basically I am using it as if it was a fixed pc but with the limits of a laptop.
I use my Lenovo L28u-30 28 inches with a 4k resolution (great for productivity/internet) but I set the games resolution from within the game (not from windows) to 1080p. The laptop lid instead is always closed, so I would like to stick with a 15.6 inches laptop.
Looking at the laptops available I see lots of them have a 3.2USB type C port. Instead I have a minidisplay port on the back of mine, which I have connected to the monitor with a miniplay port to display port which allows me to always have 60 FPS (if I use an HDMI cable instead the FPS drops immediately to 30).
I cannot complain as I bought this monitor on a good offer, but do other more expensive 4k monitor do the same? (using the HDMI the FPS drops to 30) - as not now but in the future I might change monitor as well.
If I buy a USB C(Thunderbolt 3) to DisplayPort 4K cable do you think I will potentially be able to play games on 60Hz with the new laptop? Essentially I do not want to use the HDMI cable as it drops the FPS to 30 (or to change everytime the main resolution form 4k to 1080p), but ideally I would like to keep the monitor I got (or if it would be better to change it I would like to plan everything in advance).
I am trying to understand this aspect first as I am trying to figure out what I need to do to have a nice upgrade and how much budget should I factor in.
So I am basically gathering the ideas before deciding. I was thinking to dedicate a budget of £1500 to £1700 and I definitely would like to upgrade this year.
I got interested in upgrading when the new intel 12th gen came out and I see at the moment that there is the 15.6 inches ELIMINA with the new intel 12th gen processor and an Nvidia 3060.
The thing I do not like is Nvidia only fitted the 3060 with 6 GDDR. When I play with my 1650 the 4GB GDDR are basically always full, so I would have liked a bit more GDDR6, like 8GB. The other option would be to wait for the Nvidia Lovelace, but it might be another 6 months wait (proving availability is good!) and probably more expensive, even though with much better performance.
As you can see I am quite confused at the moment. Any suggestions?
Do you think I will be able to use my actual monitor at 60FPS using a proper USB C(Thunderbolt 3) to DisplayPort cable? Many thanks in advance and apologies for the long post!
Worst case scenario I`ll buy a proper one in the future if I have enough firepower with the video card!