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Originally Posted by Anduril
Time to revive this again.
I'm probably in a really awkward purchasing time with the Haswell chip laptops starting to trickle out, but I'm wondering what kind of alternatives are out there for a portable laptop with gaming potential.
I know the y410p is already carrying the 4th gen Intel along with some solid specs for a good price, but considering the weight of it I can't help but to hope for something lighter with similar gaming power. |
Weight wise, it really won't happen, unless you buy the
Razer Blade or it's bigger badder brother, the
Blade Pro. Both run Haswell and 7xx series GeForce GPUs.
They are anything but cheap (but sure are light and damn powerful for a gaming laptop). The Blade is 2 Gs and the Pro is 2.5 Gs.
Of course, you can also look at a
Razer Edge or
Edge Pro, but they're only passable at gaming (and have mediocre screen resolution). Much cheaper than the Blade however, and even lighter.
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Also, is the 24GB SSD cache significantly helpful?
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Yes, but you're better off getting a 128 or 256 GB mSATA drive and shoving it in the thing so you can run more than just the OS off it.