Likewise, a new MSI laptop with the GTX 860M beat out a 2013 laptop with the GTX 760M. As we pointed out during our initial tests when the 800-series Nvidia GPUs were announced, the GTX 880M churned out more frames per second in our gaming tests than a similar system with last year's GTX 780M GPU. What we're really interested in here is the new Nvidia GeForce GTX 880M graphics card, and this is the first laptop we've reviewed with that just-released component. The Intel Core i7-4700HQ processor matches up well against other recent gaming laptops, and actual application performance is not much different than you'd find in recent 17-inch systems from Alienware, Origin PC, and others (in fact, the Asus CPU is a hair slower than some of the others, but the practical effect is nil). One of the fun things to do with a big gaming rig is hook up multiple external monitors, and with the HDMI and mini-DisplayPort jacks on the right edge, you can do just that, with the high-end GPU allowing you to drive each one at HD resolutions. Stereo speakers plus subwoofer, headphone/microphone jacks In the gaming department, the upcoming 14-inch Razer Blade has a 3,200x1,800-pixel touch screen for $2,199, and the new Lenovo Y50 gaming laptop promises 4K resolution in a 15-inch display. And higher resolutions are showing up at lower and lower prices, such as the 13-inch Yoga 2 Pro, which hits 3,200x1,800 pixels for under $1,000. Touch is practically standard and finally showing up in systems with discrete GPUs (but still not really in desktop replacements).
However, laptop displays are in a far different place than they were just a couple of years ago. Exhaust fan ports, which use internal copper tubing to direct heat away, are on the rear edge panel, which is preferable to the side edges, where they can blow hot air on peripherals, cables, and so on. The chassis angles down toward the front, but the front lip is still one full inch off the desktop (and nearly two inches high in the rear). In this case, you get a big black box with a massive desktop footprint. That's not to say that these sort of systems - not to single out the Asus G750 - look like truly 2014-era products. Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11b/g/n wireless, Bluetooth 4.0Įven big, bulky gaming laptops now have brushed-metal lids and keyboard trays, matte chassis, finger-friendly keyboards and touch pads, and other nods to minimalist design (and thankfully, a lack of chrome accents or flashing multicolored lights). Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11ac wireless, Bluetooth 4.0
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