Which of these two laptops is better?

[rokyslash]

I am planning to buy a gaming laptop and I have narrowed them down to these two laptops

https/www.amazon.com/MSI-GE62VR-Apache-Pro-001-i7-6700HQ/dp/B01IO9Y3A6 - Price Around $1200 - $1300

https/www.amazon.com/MSI-GP62MVR-Leopard-Pro-218-i7-6700HQ/dp/B01M0COXDI - Price Around $1100

I am sure that I need a gtx 1060, given how poor of choice it would be to take a 900 series gpu based laptop now. Also I need a 1080p laptop (since I need only a 15.6 inch screen and I feel that a higher resolution at this size is not that noticeable) itself, so going for a higher end gpu like a 1070 is probably overkill for a 1080p laptop.

The only major difference between them is the VRAM. For GE62VR there is a 6 GB VRAM for 1060 gpu, but for GP62VR there is only 3 GB VRAM and I read that the extra 3 GB is not that needed, at least for the next 3-4 years to come (correct me if I am wrong). Also one more thing that bugs me is the fact that there are no reviews about GP62VR, so I am not sure if it's a good laptop. However the GE62VR has many good reviews online, but the GP62VR is a bit cheaper.

So given the circumstances, and my current budget of about $1100 - $1300, which of these two laptops would you suggest?

P.S. On a side note, for my budget, would you suggest a different 1080p, GTX 1060 laptop altogether aside from these two?

 

[airplanegeek]

For the GTX 1060, the 3GB actually has fewer cores than the 6GB so it is a bit slower. The more expensive laptop you listed includes an SSD, which means it will boot quicker and overall system responsiveness will be much better

 

[rokyslash]

For the GTX 1060, the 3GB actually has fewer cores than the 6GB so it is a bit slower. The more expensive laptop you listed includes an SSD, which means it will boot quicker and overall system responsiveness will be much better

Apart from the SSD, will the 3gb card make any noticeable difference against the 6gb one in the next 2 years to come?

 

[airplanegeek]

In games that don't require more than 3GB of vram the performance is only a tiny bit lower, but if games hit that memory limit, which some already are, the performance drops off massively. The 6GB version is much more future proof.