Nvidia Deals & Offers

This i5 has hyperthreading, it's basically a slight upgrade over the i7-7700HQ

I think you'd be better off with the 2060 and an i5. Most games aren't cpu bound.

How does the RTX 2060 compare to the new GTX 1660 Ti? As the Omen with the GTX 1660 Ti is only £50 more and has an i7 9th Gen

The cpu I wouldn't worry about; it's rarely crucial, but you make a good point about the 1070 prices floating around.

in the PLUS: screen (144 IPS) SSD (256GB M2) in the MINUS: RAM (8GB) CPU (i5, still.. 8th gen!) Other considerations: GPU/Price is not optimal. The pricerange is of a 1070 possibly with 16RAM and a good CPU. However this is a 20xx series, so "futureproof"..? Haven't checked heating&noise or overall reviews and known issues.. Also the i7+16RAM version is priced at 1300 Dilemmas..

Just use V-sync to remove screen tear. Higher refresh means you notice it less, but I still notice tearing at 144Hz. But saying all that, I agree, 60Hz should be a thing of the past for monitors nowadays.

Problem with these high hz monitor's is once you use one you cant go back to 60hz and game, everything feels retarded and screen tear is noticeable , funny thing is i never had any problem with 60hz for years but now its ruined for me.

Correct - the refresh isn’t beneficial if the source cant match the capabilities of the panel. but response time will be if your playing fast paced games which again TN panels tend to be better at.

Would this matter for consoles as they primarily sit at 60fps max

That said I am not really noticing any downsides to my TN panel in either environment tbh - its sat alongside a IPS panel and thought I might use that for work stuff but prefer my new IIYAMA G-Master for everything. So yeah if gaming is a priority go refresh.

Or get a brand new vega 56 for much less and have more power...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-GeForce-GTX-1660-WINDFORCE/dp/B07NWD9VGH/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=1660&qid=1557770315&s=computers&sr=1-6

colddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd refurbed graphicscard for this price when its brand new for coppers more??? mad man :\

If you've read this far down the page then you've read the info i posted on the deal. Mods on here edited the title so i'm assuming they are happy with how the deal is laid out.

Just once in the actual title is fine.

Ignore them they are full of it...same with the new 1080 Zephyrus. Seems they all use some bs central stock control system.

Ah right, quality website then (lol)

Hit add to cart - then it says Sorry out of Stock.

Says in stock for me

There are a few other sellers at <£1000: https://www.centralcomputers.co.uk/product/16478_156_3230707/ROG_Strix_SCAR_II_GL504GS_ES082T_39_6_cm_15_6_Gaming_Notebook_1920_x_1080_Core_i7_i7_8750H_16_GB_RAM_512_GB_SSD_Windows_10_In_plane_Switching_IPS_Technology_Bluetooth https://www.egenisys.co.uk/asus-rog-strix-gl504gs-es082t-hero-ii-black-notebook-39-6-cm-15-6-1920-x-1080-pixels-2-20-ghz-8th-gen-intelr-coretm-i7-i7-8750h.html&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIo_XD3Z6J4gIVDeaaCh1iYwUyEAkYAiABEgJxIPD_BwE https://transparent-uk.com/asus-rog-strix-gl504gs-es082t-hero-ii-black-notebook-39-6-cm-15-6-1920-x-1080-pixels-2-20-ghz-8th-gen-intelr-coretm-i7-i7-8750h-gl504gs-es082t.html?mkwid=s_dc|pcrid|44074791843|pkw||pmt|&mh_keyword=&bnine=true&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIo_XD3Z6J4gIVDeaaCh1iYwUyEAkYBCABEgKwEvD_BwE Anyone bought from any of these?

Sorry to hear that. Original deal was direct with Amazon. A third party posted a price. Amazon price matched. Dropped a couple of times will stopped around £1028. Then went OOS across Amazon and third party and prices reverted to the £1400+

Looks like it was a misprice and we got a bargain (y)

Placed the order on Tuesday afternoon (when the website said it had 5 or 6 in stock). Received an email from the Amazon seller (Comcen Computer Supplies) this morning, implying that they made a mistake in the product id and have cancelled my order. Money is currently blocked. Waiting for bank to release it. :(

It's a good price, they may continue to drop but not massively. You're paying for the 1070 graphics card - so if not gaming other alternatives out there. Have a look across the web for a laptop with a 1070 card in and you'll see price wise it's good. You have the newer 16XX and 20XX laptops out, but price is still high and performance wise, you have to weigh up the cost for the increase (in some cases very minor / flat).

Is this a great price for this laptop? I just bought and had no idea if it was worth it or not (confused)

That's normal. Once games start using the new features of 20X0 you should see better performance from the new series across the board. That said, at this moment you might get better value out of a 1060 or 1070, as you can get them for less, especially 1060.

I own a desktop for my game playing but used to use my laptop now then to be a bit more sociable. Also easier to take places. My current laptop is pretty old now, with a 710m graphics chip and 768 res. I also use it to work from home so need at least a 1080p res. My I was going to buy a 1070 laptop the other week, until I learned of the new 1660 ti laptops coming. What I cant decide on is whether 15.6 is enough or go for 17.3 screen. Also, one thing to consider, the 2060's are underclocked to around 960mhz with a boost of around 1200mhz. Reports of older 1070 laptops outperforming the 2060's due to their higher clock speeds.

Great price for a 2060 laptop this soon after release. Heat

That's obviously up to you. This is a good deal. You can always wait for something better but you might get stuck doing that over and over. If you need a laptop, buy a laptop, this 20X0 series is brand new so you can't go wrong with them if you get a good deal. That said, the new generation of consoles, which will after all dictate what sort of requirements PC games will also have, could potentially have more powerful cards than this series, so it might be sensible to wait another year for the new series if you do not need the laptop right now.

they've not gutted the RTX 2060 too hard for laptop usage either: https://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-RTX-2060-Laptop-Graphics-Card.384946.0.html It's *slightly* faster than a desktop 1070... not bad.

It's been this price for a month or so now... can't exactly class it as a deal (several posts at this price since March). Needs to drop another £30 or so to make it worthwhile picking up 3-year old tech instead of a 1660ti. 2GB RAM may potentially be useful in the long run, but it's far more likely that the performance of these cards will drop off in comparison to new games prior to the 2GB making a difference. And considering some of the dirt cheap deals popping up for AMD cards (even more expected with Navi on the horizon) - I wouldn't rule those out!

An RX 580 probably makes more sense for that machine. Save yourself £50 and you'll still do 1080p 60fps either way. This is a good price for this card though, roughly equivalent to a 1660ti (maybe a few % slower on average) but with 2GB more RAM so may be more future proof if you plan to keep it for a long time.

Finally coming down in price... I've had a 1070 since Dec 2016, and think it cost about £350 then, but its amazing how 3yr old tech has held its price! Still a great card mind and for 1440p gaming is outstanding. The 1660Ti is slightly better now (as is the 2060) so if you can find one of those for a cheaper price get one of those. Otherwise this will still serve you well, so heated!

I've got a bashed up old machine (i5 3450, 16GB DDR3, GTX 550TI) and I've been tempted to upgrade my GPU for ages. Don't know if this card is too overpowered for my system. Could anyone give me some advice? I've been considering a GTX 960; which wouldn't be too bottlenecked in my somewhat antiquated system but any suggestions would be welcome.

(lol)

Yeah nice one. Do it yourself and have a look.

Search gtx 1070 on this site mate, they're all there

The £300+ RTX 2060 is a competent card, ready for 4K @30fps gaming (lol)

It is actually a little better than GTX 1070 Ti, and around 15-20% better than GTX 1070. https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Zotac/GeForce_RTX_2060_AMP/32.html

What does "mini" mean? Is that why this one is cheaper than the gigabyte one?

Used Scan & Ebuyer for over 10 years. Never had an issue with either...

Heat added. Just for the fact that the cards are now coming down to a sensible and affordable price

Being new the 1660Ti price is a bit to much on the high side so when it comes down it will have a knock on affect so there is a possibility that the GTX 1070 will also drop if you can wait.

Can't stand Scan yet we purchase all our business equipment through ebuyer and *touches wood* not had a problem with them so far. As i was saying i was going to buy this but ended up getting a damn power washer off here so it hit the funds more than expected so just ended up getting a RX580 instead as not a big gamer. Its just arrived now from Amazon in its retail box with no security seals on the end of the box and one side opened! Just checked the contents and seems ok.

I don't that ram gap will show itself before these GPUs fall behind in general performance and the 2060 doesn't use enough power to care about only having one fan and even if a single fan card is clocking less it's still faster than a 1070 If you already have a Vega 56 just look up under volting and OCing. A tweaked 56 is faster than a 1070.

Agreed, it is definitely more expensive at this price than the 2060 and 1660ti, but could not look past the 6GB size on both of those. Also, the 2060 available at £299 is a single-fan variant so I'd be a bit wary of thermal throttling. I'm a not-so-proud owner of the Vega 56 currently... :| I was quite let-down by it.

This is more expensive still than a faster 1660ti and £12 more gets you a 2060, Vega56 pulse is also available at overclockers for £270 if you are willing to tweak.

Decent but considering the price of v56/1660 Ti these should really be 250 or below.

It's Taiwense. Asus are well known for their high end gaming equipment, motherboards etc. Taiwan is the classic country of high end gaming, as well as aluminium PC cases etc, and metal manufucturing. Dell don't make laptops with graphics cards this powerful generally, unless you count their Alienware brand - which scream teen gamer even more. Apple don't make anything like this. And I'd never get a Mac. And unibody aluminium is stupid if you have components producing a fair amount of heat (which high end graphics like this does). Also prone to cracking apparently. An OS I'd never want to learn Terrible for gaming Not upgradeable really Not easily servicable The list goes on. I like some of Apple's stuff, but it's generally overpriced, not that high end in performance, and overly restrictive. And yes, made in China. So actually, this may well be made in Taiwan, while a Macbook may be made in China (or even India). Lol

Xiaomi stuff is designed better than a lot of Dell and HP stuff. They do copy apple a lot to be fair though.

Designed and made are very different matters sir 🙏😁

Apple, Dell, HP are designed in the west

All of which are made in china afaik.