@xoGeorgi This laptop is very nice, for sure, and it should perform up to the standards of its hardware. The thing is, a 2070 Max-Q is not much faster than a 2060 Mobile overall, and can even be a bit slower at times; it depends to a significant extent on the game. Max-Q means the card is set for maximum efficiency and minimum thermal output, but running cooler and more efficiently has a significant performance cost. So you'd be paying significantly more than for a 2060 without getting a proportional gain in performance.
On the other hand, laptops with a 2070 Mobile (not Max-Q) are even more expensive: I didn't see any for under £1,600. So if you're not interested in spending that much, and you do want the small upgrade over the 2060, then the Dell is a perfectly reasonable choice. It's not going to run all AAA games on ultra settings, at least not smoothly at 60 fps, but playing a couple games on high settings would likely be totally fine.
And of course all these laptops you've been considering would run Sims 4 on ultra settings, probably at or close to 144 fps, without any trouble at all.
Awesome. I'm torn between the Dell G5 15 and the XMG core 17. So torn. The Dell is on offer atm making it £200 cheaper than the XMG
@xoGeorgi I totally understand the difficulty of making this decision. If you want more information, in fact way too much, here are a couple of in-depth reviews that might help. They're for the same models but not exactly the same configuration; still, you should get a good idea of how each one performs relative to the components in this particular configuration.
If it's more info than you want to deal with, scroll down to the bottom to see a rating for each category.
Personally, I'm not convinced at all that the XMG is £200 better than the Dell, even with that glowing review. But it's not my money or my laptop, so I'm not the one whose opinion matters.
I think it's the Ryzen 4800h 8 core processor and the overall look of the XMG that's trying to sway me. What would you do though? I don't want to spend more money if I don't really need to.
@xoGeorgi The 4800H is extremely fast, and quite an impressive mobile processor. The 10750H is just as good for gaming though. I don't think there are any current games that either processor couldn't run on ultra, although of course the graphics card wouldn't keep up in some. The reasons to get a 4800H are related to other tasks like 3D rendering. If you plan on doing heavy tasks that would benefit from the two extra CPU cores, now or in the future, then the 4800H is a better bet. Otherwise, it's not necessary to choose a laptop based on the processor.
Plus, if you're going to spend £1,600, or close to it, you'll get more benefit out of buying a 2070 (regular, not Max-Q) than getting the customized XMG. Those laptops look great, but they're not going to make up for the 20-25% performance difference between the two graphics cards. Among the many options with a 2070, this one is very highly rated:
(review of the same model with a different GPU)
But you don't need to spend that much money. There are some very good options in the £1,300 range, also with a 2060, where you'd expect performance to be essentially the same as with the XMG. The Dell would also be a good option here. The Asus Tuf A15 and the Lenovo Legion 5 both get good reviews, so you'd have your choice between processors (AMD and Intel, respectively) with those.
Really though, you should get a very good laptop no matter which one you choose. As long as the laptop itself isn't defective, which is a rarity (and also what warranties are for), you'll be fine.
