I am currently in the market for a gaming laptop. I am likely permanently making the change from desktop to a laptop for gaming. While I understand that I will not get the performance per dollar I have been accustomed to in the last 20-25 years of PC gaming, my life situation is much different than when I was 24. Add to the fact that I now have been promoted to a position where I have spurts of 1-2 hour slowdowns where I would likely even be able to game at work, hence my thoughts of going mobile.
No longer do I have the hours to spend MMO raiding ( haven't really since 2010ish ). I played pretty much every MMO under the sun from Everquest on, and am not enthralled with the whole instanced raid models any longer. That leaves my FPS fetish. In recent years I went from MW2, to Black Ops, to Bad Company 2 and haven't looked back to CoD, personally. I spent the last 4 years in BF3 and BF4, and now I play Battlefront. Oddly enough, I have ever played mostly with low-medium settings, regardless of my rig being able to handle high/ultra settings. For some reason, I seem to do a TON better when I play on lower settings, perhaps it is simply placebo effect, who knows. I also have spent a decent amount of time in Path of Exile, D3, and Grim Dawn, as I enjoy the scratch off lottery feeling of loot in those type of games.
I apologize for the wall of text, but I feel I needed to give some of my gaming background in asking my question. Also, I play 0 single player games, not my cup of tea. Everything to some degree is multiplayer for me, preferably 12-24 man type server stuff.
I have been looking at the GTX 970M and 980M. Naturally, I am leaning towards the 980M simply because it is at the top of what is available out there. But considering I only really have the time to play one title at any given time ( maybe 2 if I am entrenched in the aforementioned types of aRPG's ), and the fact that I usually play on low/medium settings, wouldn't the 970M suit my needs? I have seen Youtube videos of the 970M in action, and it seems that it might be quite suitable for my needs for quite some time. Anyone out there using the 970M that is quite happy with it? Keep in mind, I won't be playing any upcoming demanding games, possibly I may try Overwatch when it comes out.
Thank you for reading, and any thoughts...
No longer do I have the hours to spend MMO raiding ( haven't really since 2010ish ). I played pretty much every MMO under the sun from Everquest on, and am not enthralled with the whole instanced raid models any longer. That leaves my FPS fetish. In recent years I went from MW2, to Black Ops, to Bad Company 2 and haven't looked back to CoD, personally. I spent the last 4 years in BF3 and BF4, and now I play Battlefront. Oddly enough, I have ever played mostly with low-medium settings, regardless of my rig being able to handle high/ultra settings. For some reason, I seem to do a TON better when I play on lower settings, perhaps it is simply placebo effect, who knows. I also have spent a decent amount of time in Path of Exile, D3, and Grim Dawn, as I enjoy the scratch off lottery feeling of loot in those type of games.
I apologize for the wall of text, but I feel I needed to give some of my gaming background in asking my question. Also, I play 0 single player games, not my cup of tea. Everything to some degree is multiplayer for me, preferably 12-24 man type server stuff.
I have been looking at the GTX 970M and 980M. Naturally, I am leaning towards the 980M simply because it is at the top of what is available out there. But considering I only really have the time to play one title at any given time ( maybe 2 if I am entrenched in the aforementioned types of aRPG's ), and the fact that I usually play on low/medium settings, wouldn't the 970M suit my needs? I have seen Youtube videos of the 970M in action, and it seems that it might be quite suitable for my needs for quite some time. Anyone out there using the 970M that is quite happy with it? Keep in mind, I won't be playing any upcoming demanding games, possibly I may try Overwatch when it comes out.
Thank you for reading, and any thoughts...
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