Partial Gaming/ Partial School/ Partial Work laptop

JHall14

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Hey guys! Right now I have a 2010 iMac that has worked good but it has started to become very slow recently. Obviously I can't really play games on it but I want to. The screen resoulution is 1440p so I would prefer to stay at that. I was looking for a laptop that would be portable and I could take it places or do work sitting outside etc.. but I would also want to be able to hook it up to a monitor and run games at 1440p. Please don't talk me into getting a desktop because I am not looking for that. Please offer your suggestions.

I had been looking st the razer blade(1060) version but I don't think it will do 1440p comfortably. Please let me know if that assumption is false. If it is please offer some alternatives. Thanks!!
 
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jaslion

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A 1060 is not enough to do 1440p decently at higher settings at a stable 60 in new games.
Anything form this list will
http://www.ultrabookreview.com/10939-laptops-nvidia-1070-1080/
 

JHall14

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Thanks man! Do you know a laptop that holds a 1070 that is portable and not too gamer-like? That was one reason i liked the razer blade because it had one logo and didn't have stuff like "republic of gamers."
 

jaslion

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Asus ROG GL502VS
Gigabyte P57X v6
Gigabyte P37X v6
Gigabyte P35X v6
HP Omen 17 Gamer
Sager NP9152 / Clevo P750DM2

These are the least gamey looking laptops. Do note that if the laptop has the option to have a 1080 p screen or a 4k screen get the 1080p as 4 k is unuesable at anything below 17 inch (text to small) and upping the resolution results into a less crisp image. An imac has a large 1440p screen but a 15.6inch 1080p screen has a larger pixel density than a imac so you won't notice a difference. This also means that you can get the razer blade as you won't notice the difference between a 1080p and 1440p screen with the size differences.
 
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JHall14

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Got it. I am sort of new to these and want to clarify something. If i buy a laptop with a 1080p screen, can i run a 1440p external monitor? Or will that not work? Thanks!
 

jaslion

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Yes no problem.