Richard Lincoln Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Hello Simmers, Experience is everything and when it comes to Laptops I fall very short. Does anyone have a recommendation based on experience of a good purchase $1500-$2000 or near to it in AUD? Or perhaps you know of a good brand. I am after 30FPS on Mid settings, Small SSD for OS and id say a 1T for P3d. Advice is appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 If it is not a rude question, how much was JV's latest laptop? and was it a special order with selected components or an off the shelf unit? I know this could be asked in John's post however I think it s relevant to this new post also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Lincoln Posted October 18, 2016 Author Share Posted October 18, 2016 Gday, I would say that's his buisness not mine, I am not asking for swap this and that Bassman, just a Laptop that can do the job. Its looking like the 970 Msi at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 (edited) Hi Richard, that is exactly why I prefaced my question "If it is not a rude question". As a fellow Australian you would know that colloquially when we ask a question that might be considered nosey we preface our questions accordingly. There are numerous examples of where members have advised costs in USD, Euros, GNP etc. I apologise if for some reason you took offence. I thought that it might assist your cause. Edited October 18, 2016 by Bassman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Lincoln Posted October 18, 2016 Author Share Posted October 18, 2016 All good mate, I dont think its rude, just none of my buisness thats all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 All great at my end too mate. I understand and appreciate your point. When a person advises his new laptop on public media, and it sounds so good, one can't but help asking the question, in fact it almost begs the question, as we are all after the best system that we can afford. You may have noticed that I have cheekily asked the question directly to JV in his post. Cheers mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Harris Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 I looked on Google briefly at the model number of JV's (MSI GT73VR Titan Pro) and saw 4-5k AUD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Whooo Horsey..... As JV has stated, the best "tweak" is money. Good luck Richard mate.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pngflyer Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Hi Richard, I only flightsim on laptops as I live in a remote area and rely completely on solar. I would recommend you check out a Perth company called Metabox. They have been doing really well in reviews and their laptops punch well above their weight. The last review I have was for the Metabox Prime PE650RE (GTX970M). It had the second highest fps on 3 different games, tested with 7 equivalent laptops. I also notice that the higher end Gigabyte laptops consistently do well in comparison with other laptops. The last review I have was for the Gigabyte P57Wv5 (also a GTX970M). Personally, I have a Venom 15S which I have been very happy with. It is by no means a high end machine, but I have no trouble at all running FSX with the ORBX recommended settings, and some REX weather. Hope this helps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bermuda425 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Check out ASUS gaming notebooks. Mine was USD 1800 a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Lincoln Posted October 18, 2016 Author Share Posted October 18, 2016 Thanks for the suggestions and input guys, much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Maybe I should have mentioned my own laptop which I purchased for simming whilst in our caravan. Aspire V17 Nitro i7-4720HQ 2.6GHz with Turbo Boost to 3.6GHz. Nvidia GeForce GTX 950M 4GB dedicated VRAM. 16GB DDR3 L Memory. Running at 3.6GHz without incident. However one downside is a Throttling problem common to this model which is easily solved by using a freeware throttle stop program. Cost for a laptop of these specs (and probably better now as I have owned this one for about 9 months) is definitely within your price range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aero-3fsx Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Pity you are restricted to a portable computer I obtained one when moving from Aus to Germany and it was convenient for a time When I purchased my first desktop I realised how much cheaper it is than a laptop Some laptop accessories can be external via USB 3 reducing cost of having everything built in Even some graphics cards are external, designed specifically for portable devices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Howarth Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Sorry but Im just not a fan of mobile computing. Often they have hard soldered connections for interfaces and cpus and so on. Difficult to upgrade. Just about all of them have crappy GPUs in them as well, an exception being JVs one which has a real GPU in it. I use one when Im forced too but desktops are my preference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Lincoln Posted October 28, 2016 Author Share Posted October 28, 2016 Gday Nullack, I feel much more at home with a Desktop Pc, I must be the only person here that has not seen JV's laptop Id rather invest that kind of money updating the Desktop after buying a new LG Monitor. I am hoping for the 1080ti if it does get released. I did get the Msi Laptop but it was under $3G and very handy to have, it almost keeps up with my current Desktop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 On 18/10/2016 at 5:56 AM, Bassman said: If it is not a rude question, how much was JV's latest laptop? and was it a special order with selected components or an off the shelf unit? I know this could be asked in John's post however I think it s relevant to this new post also. http://www.affordablelaptops.com.au/contents/en-us/p3170_msi-gt73vr-titan-pro_GT73VR_6RF-025AU.html Five grand Aussie. No special order, I wanted the model with the GTX1080 inside and it came with 1.5TB of SSD/HD and could drive a 4K monitor at 60Hz so that's all I needed. Gaming laptops always cost twice as much as equivalent desktops, but they are so much quieter on a desk and best of all, they are portable and self contained, great for trade shows and demos etc. This unit is so quiet I only hear the fan kick in if I am flying very dense scenery with lots of 3D models and autogen. For day to day work it's completely silent. If you want a smaller unit with only a slightly slower CPU, the new Razer Blad Pro with GTX1080 is about as good as it gets: http://www.razerzone.com/gb-en/gaming-systems/razer-blade?utm_campaign=WW-The New Razer Blade 5-B5 Brand Keywords&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=UK-Systems - Laptop&gclid=CLnw4Krs_M8CFXAA0wodYpMHLw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Lincoln Posted October 28, 2016 Author Share Posted October 28, 2016 Nice Beast you have there mate, I ended up getting the GS73 Stealth. Does not pack the same punch but she does go pretty hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W2DR Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 Welcome to the forum(s). Hardware has sure changed a lot in the six years since the original post . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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