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My setup is whatever PCSpecialist shipped this with, with some OS and Geforce driver updates since. Can you advise how I can fix this? Cos your responses are kinda making me think I made a mistake buying this thing. Especially as it now seems (to my very limited knowledge) this really ought to...

Alright, I'll give that a go and report back.

That speaks rather poorly of this laptop then doesn't it? I'm revising my review if it's can only avoid stuttering by being the equivalent of a console from nearly decade ago. What a waste of money. :(

No, you are correct. I did buy it solely for gaming, but my perceived quality of how gameplay is rendered on screen really is much improved by locking the screen to 60hz. More frames would be nice to have, and while the screen CAN handle it, I don't think my GPU/CPU combo can without visible...

I don't think so. This chassis and current spec are unable to make use of the full 240hz of the screen in most scenarios, and further testing shows that locking to 60hz results in buttery-smooth motion with no tearing or stutters. The 240hz screen is kind of pointless, and I wasn't given any...

Update - have improved smoothness of gameplay and seemed to have removed the stuttering by setting Win11 "Power Mode" to "Best Performance": And in the OEM "Control Center", Display Function menu, setting Manual Refresh Rate to 60FPS. I reckon this might not be necessary and will test...

Review >>> https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/threads/recoil-17-viii-review-i9-14900hx-rtx-4070.96824/

PERFORMANCE My gut feeling is that this laptop is the 2024 equivalent to my 2017/18 era MSI GE63, with the mobile RTX4070 being this era's corresponding GPU to the mobile GTX1060 in terms of performance (but not value)(Apologies if my opinion makes you froth at the mouth, I really have no idea...

The spec in question: Upgrading from an MSI GE63 7RE (i7-7700HQ / GTX1060), so that is what I'll be comparing this to. My first purchase from PCSpecialist. Purchased mostly for the playing of games. TL:DR I am 85-90% certain this was a good purchase for reasonable money. Took delivery of...

It's done. Thank you for your help. Will post again when it arrives.

I appreciate that. I'm already using a second M.2 NVME SSD in my current machine, so I think I want transplant that in and spend the cash on a longer warranty, then save up again for a bigger 2nd SSD to install in the future. What about this? I bumped down the size of the SSD and bumped up the...

New CPUs? Something better than a 14900HX? What does end of life mean? PCS won't be supporting them?

Me again. After some more thinking and researching what the marketplace has got to offer, I think I could stomach a 4070. Anything I buy is going to be such a massive upgrade over what I'm using now that it's not going to matter. How about this: Chassis & Display Recoil Series: 17" Matte QHD...

I think I'll wait. Mobile 4070 seems like very poor value for money. Thanks anyway.

Questions: Is 32gb of RAM really necessary for my use case? I thought 16gb was the go to for gaming. (I can fish out an SSD from my current computer so no need for a second one.) Do any PCS laptops have space for a regular HDD? Or is it SSDs only nowadays? Can someone give a rundown on the...