1050 is actually pretty adequate for 1080p, will do a surprising amount on Ultra. The fact that's its a desktop grade 1050 makes a world of difference compared with those 9xxM or 8xxM mobile chips you usually see.
The Elite Controller redemption is also pretty sweet seeing as those don't go for below £100 if thats your thing too!
Spod
16 Mar 17#6
Nice specs. Is that red glowing keyboard as annoying as it looks?
richt
16 Mar 17#7
I don't consider a laptop with 8GB RAM to be of excellent spec, especially for a gaming laptop. HP laptops are very cheaply built, not as solid as Dell or ASUS. You can get an ASUS ROG series with similar if not the same spec for this price!
poison3k to richt
16 Mar 171#10
I agree that Dell (alienware and xps, not the inspiron) and ASUS quality is better but you cant get them for this price... if you can, please post links!
I've looked at the HP Omen and its plastic and very flimsy. The screen wobbles with not much effort when open. My top two choices are a Dell or ASUS but cant find a decent spec for less than £1000.
to be fair though, i wouldnt call 8gb and a 1050 decent spec, maybe im asking for too much
Burnz0 to richt
16 Mar 172#24
You don't need 16GB for gaming, it's a common misconception and makes little to no difference for majority of games. The problem here is the 2GB VRAM being the heavy hitter.
I don't believe the reasons people shooting it down are completely credible though, until I see some links. This is sub-£900 and John Lewis. There maybe be better deals, but this is a very good laptop for the price from what I've seen in the past.
Msic to richt
16 Mar 171#33
I just had a look.
On ASUS website, i could only find a couple (at first glance) that might be comparable.
The asus rog g752vm, with a (much more powerful) GTX 1060 card is about £1200.
The asus rog gl502vt with a GTX 970 is also about £1200.
Anything with a 960m or below is a much worse gaming card.
Can you link to an ASUS ROG that matches (or beats) the HP?
Destard to richt
16 Mar 17#36
Please link me to an ASUS ROG series with similar if not the same spec for this price
wobblerBT
16 Mar 17#8
Don't know about Dell or HP but can certainly vouch for Asus.
Last May for £755 I bought a ROG G750JH-T4188H 17.3-inch Gaming Notebook (Intel Core i7-4700HQ 2.4GHz, 16GB RAM, 750GB HDD, 256GB SSD, Nvidia GeForce GTX780M 4GB GDDR5.
Haven't used it much for actual gaming but it's an excellent alternative kitchen desktop to my main machine.
loop
16 Mar 17#9
Decent spec- not amazing, but enough for most people. Still quite pricey though.
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Latest generation Intel® Core™ i7-7700HQ processor
39.6 cm (15.6") diagonal Full-HD (1920 x 1080) display
8GB RAM with 128GB SSD and 1TB storage
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 (2 GB GDDR5 dedicated)
Claim a Xbox Elite Controller (via redemption) until 17.04.17
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Just wish it wasn't a fingerprint magnet.
:o
The Elite Controller redemption is also pretty sweet seeing as those don't go for below £100 if thats your thing too!
I've looked at the HP Omen and its plastic and very flimsy. The screen wobbles with not much effort when open. My top two choices are a Dell or ASUS but cant find a decent spec for less than £1000.
to be fair though, i wouldnt call 8gb and a 1050 decent spec, maybe im asking for too much
I don't believe the reasons people shooting it down are completely credible though, until I see some links. This is sub-£900 and John Lewis. There maybe be better deals, but this is a very good laptop for the price from what I've seen in the past.
On ASUS website, i could only find a couple (at first glance) that might be comparable.
The asus rog g752vm, with a (much more powerful) GTX 1060 card is about £1200.
The asus rog gl502vt with a GTX 970 is also about £1200.
Anything with a 960m or below is a much worse gaming card.
Can you link to an ASUS ROG that matches (or beats) the HP?
Last May for £755 I bought a ROG G750JH-T4188H 17.3-inch Gaming Notebook (Intel Core i7-4700HQ 2.4GHz, 16GB RAM, 750GB HDD, 256GB SSD, Nvidia GeForce GTX780M 4GB GDDR5.
Haven't used it much for actual gaming but it's an excellent alternative kitchen desktop to my main machine.