Any usable gaming laptop, or general laptop ?

Liberator005

Hi everyone,

So I've already been losing quite a lot of money buying monitors and even laptops that I had to resell cause they caused me discomfort.

Before, I had a msi gaming laptop with a gtx 1060 and a 2.8 ghz cpu that was working perfectly fine for me before it died. Since then, I've tried some recent laptops, like the omen with a 2060, an acer predator with a 3060 and they were super bad. Especially hard to focus on the screen, sleepiness and dizziness. Even after thinking about it for a year, I don't know for sure if the problem is linked to the gpus, to the drivers, to the screens themselves, to the OS versions…

I'm asking if any of you is happily using a gaming laptop from recent generations, or even just a general laptop. Some recommendations. Cause I want to be sure for my next buy, tired of throwing money because of this.

Thanks,

francerex

I do not have a gaming laptop, but I have zero problem with Dell laptops.

XPS, inspiron, latitude etc never had eyestrain if not for excessive use.

HAL9000

Old tech for me is 'OK'

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Schenker-XMG-P507-Clevo-P651RP6-G-Notebook-Review.172321.0.html

This with a 1060 is fine for me to use. With the LG lp156wf6 (sp)(b1) screen.

Also T540p and T440 series lenovo with Intel HD4600 graphics, very old now though, fine to use but with the (t440) 720p screen LP140WHU(TP)(B2) the various 1080 screens I tried were all bad as was the 900p screen as it had pwm.

(I dont know what screen model I have on the t540)

francerex

Are you able to be much more specific as to which exact models + specifications you can use?

francerex

HAL9000

xps 9380 with the FHD screen
latitude 5310 with FHD screen
Monitor: Dell P2419H, FHD screen

degen

HAL9000 !!

My usable laptop is a Dell Inspiron 7577 with screen LG Philips LGD053F, Name: 156WF6

It has a 1060, but the graphics output to the laptop panel runs through the Intel graphics. If you use the HDMI or USB-C out it outputs via the 1060 and there will be strain on the external monitor.

I bought it second hand some months ago but it came with the battery health already pretty much depleted.

Liberator005

HAL9000

It's interesting cause my msi gaming laptop also had a 1060 and the exact same Lp156wf6 spb1 screen. I have to say I miss this laptop so much, the display was actually the best I ever witnessed on a laptop. I measured a 1800 contrast, it was very easy on the eyes and the colors were magnificent. I tried to buy 2 other lp156wf6 spb1, but they were clearly not as good, they had like 800 to 1000 contrast (which is more common for laptops).

Nowadays, when I see laptops in stores, i'm just not impressed at all by the displays. I might try to buy a used msi like the one I had.