Recent content by JohnnyRedLight

I bet there will be a flood of used SB and SB-perf base on the used marked for a much more economical prices once the SB2 hits the streets. The performance increase is SO huge.

It's a trick question. I like the GTX 1060 and a 13" screen. :)

That's fantastic. While, strange, it does seem reasonable that that might cause the problem. It's rendering the maximum amount of frames it can (running the gpu at 100%) "behind" the vsync for some reason. Probably an issue with Overwatch. But... glad you found a workaround.

Too expensive? yes, probably. Not unique? I think it's pretty "unique" for what it is... a laptop.

Re: What are you doing without usb-C? Hahahah the real question for me would be "What would I do with USB-C?". The anwser... plug everything I have into a dongle so it will work on USB-C...

Can't really say if it's a GPU dud. That would not be very common. Does it sound like the fans are working properly? Do you have your power settings on "performance" or "Balanced"? Balanced might result in lower average framerate but may also eliminate some heat which may reduce the drastic...

Possibly. If I remember correctly the original Surface Laptop contest post said it would be announce shortly after the contest ended May 31st...

While I'm not an expert on the workings of the SB w/ PB, I'm pretty sure that GPU throttling in the 60s is not intended. When you had GPUZ open, it should tell you the reason it's throttling. My guess would be power. That being said, did you try MSI Afterburner or EVGA Precision X to try...

I don't think that is the same one. That's an i5 with the 940m. Performance Base model should be i7 with the 965M which are, apparently, night and day different performance.

Wow... forgot all about this thread and the contest. I had assumed a winner had been chosen a long time ago. I guess not.

I'm not a winner yet but I have many years ahead of me to try :)

Greetings and welcome to the forums!

There are so many variables... 4K 60? 4K 30? Max settings? Minimum settings? If the goal would be to play the majority of games at 4K 60 at medium settings, you would need at least a 1080... There is your whole budget.

I actually never run ad block. If the implementation is unobrusive and doesnt severely impact the performance of any website, I dont mind. They need to make money too. If it is a poor implementation, I simply stop visiting whatever site.

Check's if it will play the new God of War. What? No Playstation Emulation? LOL. Nope. Will be skipping this one.