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    Thinking of downgrading to AW 13 but confused

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by agent_mulder, Feb 12, 2018.

  1. agent_mulder

    agent_mulder Notebook Consultant

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    I currently own AW 15 with GTX 1070 and 16GB Ram. I am thinking of downgrading to AW 13 and it doesn't have 1070 so I am thinking if I will hate the downgrade when it comes to GPU. Please suggest. My processor is i7 6700HQ so I am sure there is an upgrade there but confused about GTX
     
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  2. rinneh

    rinneh Notebook Prophet

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    The aw13 comes with a 7700hqmax so you dont lose anything on the performance side there. The 1060 is about 25% to 30% less quick.
     
    rinneh, Feb 12, 2018
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    Pallab Notebook Consultant

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    ofcourse you will hate it, you are losing a 1070 for a 1060. In 6 months 1060 will become shaggy. And 1070 in 1 year but still its a hell lot better.
    Also the QHD display on aw13 has very low freq. PWM
     
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