Laptop for 5 instance boxing (WoW)

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Max-Q Design is meant to optimize game performance at the GPU’s peak efficiency point, to balance performance, thermals, acoustics, and power.

I take that to mean compromises in performance to better manage heat and fan noise. That said, considering I can easily 5-box on a 6700k and 980Ti, I suspect that system will be OK at less than Ultra settings and with a good slot swap macro. Clients are sucking up 1.6-2.5GB each these days depending on settings, addons, etc., so 24GB should be plenty for 5.


https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compar.../3502vsm470418
https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compar.../3603vsm308045

	RTX 2080 (Max-Q)	RTX 2080 desktop
Architecture	Turing
GPU	TU104
Shader units	2944
GPU clock (base)	735 - 1,380 MHz	1,515 MHz
GPU clock (boost)	1,095 - 1,590 MHz	1,800 MHz (FE)
Storage	8 GB GDDR6
memory clock	7,000 MHz
Power consumption (GPU)	80 - 150+ watts	225 watts

Yeah, ~60% the wattage/clock speeds of the desktop version. I have no idea how to gauge that. And I can't find anything but janky reviews of synthetic benchmarks on Max-Q versions versus desktop versions.

[Wanderveis]

And I can't find anything but janky reviews of synthetic benchmarks on Max-Q versions versus desktop versions.

Thanks. The some of real reviews on RTX 2080 Max-Q have appeared a few days ago. And this reviews are disappointing. The 2080 Max-Q isn't so good as expected. That's why now I am looking for Asus ROG G703GX. This laptop is desktop replacement class and have original RTX 2080 and better cooling, but still a portable device that I need.
There are two variants of this laptop with i7-8750H and with i9-8950HK. The model with i9-8950HK is much expensive. And I am not sure is it worth overpaid? Is WoW very CPU dependent?

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Thanks. The some of real reviews on RTX 2080 Max-Q have appeared a few days ago. And this reviews are disappointing. The 2080 Max-Q isn't so good as expected. That's why now I am looking for Asus ROG G703GX. This laptop is desktop replacement class and have original RTX 2080 and better cooling, but still a portable device that I need.
There are two variants of this laptop with i7-8750H and with i9-8950HK. The model with i9-8950HK is much expensive. And I am not sure is it worth overpaid? Is WoW very CPU dependent?

I don't see the point of the 8950HK vs the 8750H; from what I see on Intel's pages for those, they're both 45W, 6C/12T, ~2.2/4.1GHz CPUs. As for pricing, the Dell and others with basically the same setup are all in the $2999-3500 price range based on my quick look.

WoW is fairly linear in terms of CPU usage based on framerate. If I double my slave FPS from 12 to 25, my CPU usage goes from ~40% up to ~70% (even at 0.6 renderscale). It doesn't seem to affect it as much going from 1080p to 1440p on the clients, though, which makes sense as it's starting to bottleneck at the GPU.

As for pricing, yeah, those get expensive quick. I'd probably pick the $2200 one with the 8750H, 32GB, 2070, and 256GB NVMe. https://www.amazon.com/GL704GW-PS71-...dp/B07N66YWC8/

[Apatheist]

See my comment in another thread. If you already have a solid desktop there's really no need to spend that much money on a high end laptop. Carrying one of those bricks around gets old fast. You can buy a cheap ultralight unit with good battery life a decent screen and use your hardware at home to stream your clients.

You can stream your desktop to an existing laptop or TV using an application like Parsec, Nvidia Shield, Moonlight, etc.

I have a high end desktop at home that I stream via the internet to a cheap windows 10 tablet. Tablet connects to a 24" monitor and a USB hub with keyboard/mouse on my desk at work and I can box any game like I'm at home. With the quality of these desktop streaming apps I see no reason to ever purchase a "gaming laptop" again.

All you need is a windows or android device with at least 8gb RAM and a decent internet/network connection.