upgrading my gaming lappy

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DarkRoast 07/09/20 11:07:15 AM #1:	Razer Blade Advanced 15in Vapor chamber cooling - CPU approx 85C at max load, GPU approx 65C at max load 1920x1080 LCD @ 240 Hz Core i7 9750H RTX 2080 MQ w/ 8 GB DDR5 32 GB Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 w/ CL of 15 and XMP active 500 GB Samsung Pro nvme M.2 SSD internal 4 TB Western Digital Black external drive for game storage Feels good man --- Well allons-y, Alonso! <cite>DarkRoast posted [p:941882268] in Finally fi... [t:78835036]...</cite> <quote>Razer Blade Advanced 15in Vapor chamber cooling - CPU approx 85C at max load, GPU approx 65C at max load 1920x1080 LCD @ 240 Hz Core i7 9750H RTX 2080 MQ w/ 8 GB DDR5 32 GB Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 w/ CL of 15 and XMP active 500 GB Samsung Pro nvme M.2 SSD internal 4 TB Western Digital Black external drive for game storage Feels good man </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarkRoast 07/09/20 11:21:30 AM #2:	Time to play Half-Life 2 --- Well allons-y, Alonso! <cite>DarkRoast posted [p:941882726] in Finally fi... [t:78835036]...</cite> <quote>Time to play Half-Life 2 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
teepan95 07/09/20 11:29:22 AM #3:	Dat ray-traced Ravenholm --- https://imgur.com/NlyIzM6 ~ Lara Croft and I, as drawn by Harpie! 'I'm gonna pound a 400 lb woman just to prove teep wrong' - NigerianKnight <cite>teepan95 posted [p:941882998] in Finally fi... [t:78835036]...</cite> <quote>Dat ray-traced Ravenholm</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarkRoast 07/09/20 11:55:21 AM #4:	Ray-venholm --- Well allons-y, Alonso! <cite>DarkRoast posted [p:941883943] in Finally fi... [t:78835036]...</cite> <quote>Ray-venholm </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarkRoast 07/09/20 11:59:21 AM #5:	I thought about getting a 2 TB nvme SSD but the Samsung high-performance models are ridiculously expensive, so I decided to go lower capacity but max performance, and store the games I'm currently playing most often on it, while other games go on the 4 TB external drive. To my surprise, though, aside from loading times basically everything runs the same either way. --- Well allons-y, Alonso! <cite>DarkRoast posted [p:941884055] in Finally fi... [t:78835036]...</cite> <quote>I thought about getting a 2 TB nvme SSD but the Samsung high-performance models are ridiculously expensive, so I decided to go lower capacity but max performance, and store the games I'm currently playing most often on it, while other games go on the 4 TB external drive. To my surprise, though, aside from loading times basically everything runs the same either way. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CountDog 07/09/20 12:04:12 PM #6:	Have you tested DOOM 3 on it yet? --- http://kinomania.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/gran-torino-clint-eastwood.jpg <cite>CountDog posted [p:941884218] in Finally fi... [t:78835036]...</cite> <quote>Have you tested DOOM 3 on it yet? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
teepan95 07/09/20 12:06:16 PM #7:	Are NVME drives faster than SSDs? --- https://imgur.com/NlyIzM6 ~ Lara Croft and I, as drawn by Harpie! 'I'm gonna pound a 400 lb woman just to prove teep wrong' - NigerianKnight <cite>teepan95 posted [p:941884287] in Finally fi... [t:78835036]...</cite> <quote>Are NVME drives faster than SSDs?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ApathyBear 07/09/20 12:07:46 PM #8:	teepan95 posted... Are NVME drives faster than SSDs? Yeah but you won't really notice the difference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3AMz-xZ2VM --- MacadamianNut3 reverse alt <cite>ApathyBear posted [p:941884337] in Finally fi... [t:78835036]...</cite> <quote>teepan95 posted... </cite> <quote>Are NVME drives faster than SSDs?</quote>Yeah but you won't really notice the difference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3AMz-xZ2VM </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
teepan95 07/09/20 12:09:22 PM #9:	@ApathyBear posted... teepan95 posted... Are NVME drives faster than SSDs? Yeah but you won't really notice the difference Go post in my other topic that I tagged you about last night --- https://imgur.com/NlyIzM6 ~ Lara Croft and I, as drawn by Harpie! 'I'm gonna pound a 400 lb woman just to prove teep wrong' - NigerianKnight <cite>teepan95 posted [p:941884400] in Finally fi... [t:78835036]...</cite> <quote>@ApathyBear posted...</cite> <quote>teepan95 posted... </cite> <quote> Are NVME drives faster than SSDs?</quote>Yeah but you won't really notice the difference </quote> Go post in my other topic that I tagged you about last night</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarkRoast 07/09/20 12:13:46 PM #10:	teepan95 posted... Are NVME drives faster than SSDs? I think it's more about size when it comes to laptops --- Well allons-y, Alonso! <cite>DarkRoast posted [p:941884572] in Finally fi... [t:78835036]...</cite> <quote>teepan95 posted... </cite> <quote>Are NVME drives faster than SSDs?</quote> I think it's more about size when it comes to laptops </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ApathyBear 07/09/20 12:13:59 PM #11:	teepan95 posted... Go post in my other topic that I tagged you about last night https://i.imgur.com/5y6CIUS.gifv --- MacadamianNut3 reverse alt <cite>ApathyBear posted [p:941884583] in Finally fi... [t:78835036]...</cite> <quote>teepan95 posted... </cite> <quote>Go post in my other topic that I tagged you about last night</quote>https://i.imgur.com/5y6CIUS.gifv </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
teepan95 07/09/20 12:14:57 PM #12:	ApathyBear posted... teepan95 posted... Go post in my other topic that I tagged you about last night https://i.imgur.com/5y6CIUS.gifv https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/78833288 --- https://imgur.com/NlyIzM6 ~ Lara Croft and I, as drawn by Harpie! 'I'm gonna pound a 400 lb woman just to prove teep wrong' - NigerianKnight <cite>teepan95 posted [p:941884615] in Finally fi... [t:78835036]...</cite> <quote>ApathyBear posted...</cite> <quote>teepan95 posted... </cite> <quote> Go post in my other topic that I tagged you about last night</quote>https://i.imgur.com/5y6CIUS.gifv </quote> https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/78833288</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ApathyBear 07/09/20 12:16:33 PM #13:	B-but I'm a computer science major, I does software and not hardware debugging --- MacadamianNut3 reverse alt <cite>ApathyBear posted [p:941884683] in Finally fi... [t:78835036]...</cite> <quote>B-but I'm a computer science major, I does software and not hardware debugging </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarkRoast 07/09/20 12:17:59 PM #14:	Ok I'm only getting like 400 fps in Half-Life 2 what am I doing rong --- Well allons-y, Alonso! <cite>DarkRoast posted [p:941884737] in Finally fi... [t:78835036]...</cite> <quote>Ok I'm only getting like 400 fps in Half-Life 2 what am I doing rong </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarkRoast 07/09/20 12:23:27 PM #15:	GPU lazy as fuck. --- Well allons-y, Alonso! <cite>DarkRoast posted [p:941884969] in Finally fi... [t:78835036]...</cite> <quote> GPU lazy as fuck. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
teepan95 07/09/20 12:29:32 PM #16:	ApathyBear posted... B-but I'm a computer science major, I does software and not hardware debugging Pfffft, computers are computers --- https://imgur.com/NlyIzM6 ~ Lara Croft and I, as drawn by Harpie! 'I'm gonna pound a 400 lb woman just to prove teep wrong' - NigerianKnight <cite>teepan95 posted [p:941885211] in Finally fi... [t:78835036]...</cite> <quote>ApathyBear posted...</cite> <quote>B-but I'm a computer science major, I does software and not hardware debugging </quote> Pfffft, computers are computers</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarkRoast 07/09/20 12:39:14 PM #17:	7% GPU utilization wtf --- Well allons-y, Alonso! <cite>DarkRoast posted [p:941885602] in Finally fi... [t:78835036]...</cite> <quote>7% GPU utilization wtf </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KamenRiderBlade 07/09/20 1:58:04 PM #18:	DarkRoast posted... 7% GPU utilization wtf That sounds about right for Half-Life 2 You can only do smuch at 1080p, even @ 240 Hz, and a lot of that is determined by the complexity and action on-screen. --- Are you a MexiCAN or a MexiCAN'T - Johnny Depp '*Once Upon A Time in Mexico*' <cite>KamenRiderBlade posted [p:941888782] in Finally fi... [t:78835036]...</cite> <quote>DarkRoast posted... </cite> <quote>7% GPU utilization wtf</quote>That sounds about right for Half-Life 2 You can only do smuch at 1080p, even @ 240 Hz, and a lot of that is determined by the complexity and action on-screen. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarkRoast 07/09/20 2:05:30 PM #19:	KamenRiderBlade posted... That sounds about right for Half-Life 2 You can only do smuch at 1080p, even @ 240 Hz, and a lot of that is determined by the complexity and action on-screen. Should just keep pushing the frame rate until the GPU is 100% imo --- Well allons-y, Alonso! <cite>DarkRoast posted [p:941889112] in Finally fi... [t:78835036]...</cite> <quote>KamenRiderBlade posted... </cite> <quote>That sounds about right for Half-Life 2 You can only do smuch at 1080p, even @ 240 Hz, and a lot of that is determined by the complexity and action on-screen.</quote> Should just keep pushing the frame rate until the GPU is 100% imo </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KamenRiderBlade 07/09/20 2:10:21 PM #20:	DarkRoast posted... Should just keep pushing the frame rate until the GPU is 100% imo HL2 came out in Nov 2004. The game is almost 16 years old. You're running into Game System Rendering Engine limits. HL2 isn't complex enough to push the modern GPU to that limit. That's why Ultra-wide would give you more benefits along with higher refresh rates. Imagine gaming at 21:9 instead of 16:9 aspect ratio with higher VRR (Variable Refresh Rates) Imagine gaming at 24:9 instead of 16:9 aspect ratio with higher VRR (Variable Refresh Rates) That's the future of gaming. The Ultra-wide "Aspect Ratio" is closer to your natural human eyes FoV (Field of View) 24:9 is closer to that "Aspect Ratio" then either 21:9, or 16:9. --- Are you a MexiCAN or a MexiCAN'T - Johnny Depp '*Once Upon A Time in Mexico*' <cite>KamenRiderBlade posted [p:941889315] in Finally fi... [t:78835036]...</cite> <quote>DarkRoast posted... </cite> <quote>Should just keep pushing the frame rate until the GPU is 100% imo</quote> HL2 came out in Nov 2004. The game is almost 16 years old. You're running into Game System Rendering Engine limits. HL2 isn't complex enough to push the modern GPU to that limit. That's why Ultra-wide would give you more benefits along with higher refresh rates. Imagine gaming at 21:9 instead of 16:9 aspect ratio with higher VRR (Variable Refresh Rates) Imagine gaming at 24:9 instead of 16:9 aspect ratio with higher VRR (Variable Refresh Rates) That's the future of gaming. The Ultra-wide "Aspect Ratio" is closer to your natural human eyes FoV (Field of View) 24:9 is closer to that "Aspect Ratio" then either 21:9, or 16:9. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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