Is this a good gaming laptop?

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Can some one well versed in tech specs tell me if I should get this laptop, if its a beast and will handle any games for the next 10 years at least in max settings? Thanks! (The manufacturer says its super good, but of course thats what they’d say, I trust you guys more).

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It’s good but it’s overkill in some areas and lacking in others. There’s no reason for 64GB of RAM in a gaming laptop and then skimp on the video card.

Depending on what’s announced today by Nvidia I would wait. I’m guessing you’ll want a 3060 in place of the 1660. If you want it to last for years (ten is a stretch) then the 1660 isn’t what you want.

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Is that video card good enough to handle anything out today at least and anything currently in development?

I see another similar priced laptop with a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060? Is that more future proofed?

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New video cards are literally being announced today. If you’re spending over $1000 I’d wait and see what’s coming out very soon. That will be the best in terms of future proofing.

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Ok, but If they’re being announced today, wont it be at least a year or more before we start seeing them in retail laptops? I’m not sure I can wait a year.

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I would guess later this month or so. We may find out in a few hours.

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I will wait, but for reference, is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB better than the other one, and decently future proofed?

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Yes the 2060 is better, but the 3060 will be better than the 2060 and probably at the same price.

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1 - if you believe the leaks, the desktop RTX 3060 will be $50 more than the desktop RTX 2060 was at launch ($349 vs $399).
2 - Currently it looks like Nvidia will be announcing the high end desktop cards (and it could be a paper launch). I’ve yet to see any news on the laptop versions.
3 - laptop GPUs are notorious for re-labeling old tech or using different chips then the desktop name sake.

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Yeah it’ll be later than I thought. The RTX 2060 6GB is good but if you’re spending over $1500 you should make sure it has a RTX 2070.

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Maybe this? 2070

There’s another one that’s a 17" and same specs but also comes with a 1tb hdd for $50 more @ Newegg.