3K and 4K Gaming Notebooks - Exciting First Looks - PAX Prime 2014
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2015-05-07
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the ultimate gorilla glass screen protector for your mobile device we're
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here from the Intel Booth again and this time it's not about desktops it is all
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about next Generation gaming experiences on the notebook side of things no we
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don't necessarily have an octal core CPU
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in any of these but what we do have is Extreme extr high resolution displays
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and actually very passible gaming experiences on notebooks that are
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running at either 3K or 4K resolutions
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so we're going to kick things off with the Lenovo y50 this is a model that
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we've actually reviewed before this one features a touchscreen 4K display it's
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got a core i7 quad core processor and a gtx860m
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and I think the main selling point for this one aside from the excellent like
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out standing keyboard is the value this
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is one of the lowest price per spec notebooks available on the market and
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they don't really skimp on the build quality either a very impressive machine
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but if I only showed you stuff you've seen before this video wouldn't be very
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interesting this is the ASUS GX 500 this
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is a pre-production sample but it gives us a pretty good idea of what's going to
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be coming of course core i7 quadcore processor it wouldn't really belong in
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the Intel Booth if it didn't have one of those the GPU in here is an 860s but who
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knows what kind of specs it'll come out with because this notebook isn't even in
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mass production yet and is not due to be available for purchase for at least a
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couple more months it also has a 4K glass topped IPS display it also has a
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touchcreen although this one again pre-production not quite working yet and
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the IDE of it is absolutely beautiful so there's a red backlit keyboard there's
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top mounted speakers stereo speakers I should hope that any notebook in 2014
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would have stereo speakers but this is the really impressive part I've been
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saying for a while ASUS's gaming notebooks are great stuff like the g750
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JZ awesome very powerful but they've really been missing a competitor to the
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other thin and light gaming notebooks this my friends looks to be it next up
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we've got a personal favorite of mine featuring a 14-in display that runs at a
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3K resolution still much higher than 1080p but maybe not quite 4K is the
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Razer Blade 14 it features its ridiculous level of lighting level
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customization green back lit keyboard I think it has something like 13 levels
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it's got stereo speakers core i7 quad core processor the most impressive thing
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about this notebook in my mind though is the fact that it has a GTX
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870m in it this is one of the only I think two products to ever win an
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editor's Choice from me it also features a 10-point multi-touch display and an
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EXO panel so you're not going to have to deal with the TN rotten Dee angles of
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the original blade 14 absolutely beautiful machine but it might have a
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competitor but we'll get to that in a moment for now the gs60 this one might
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not be new either but the most impressive thing about it aside from the
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870m quadcore processor 3K display check
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out them viewing angles is the fact that
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it is so incredibly light MSI actually did up a custom chassis for this that
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features a magnesium alloy that makes it in spite of its size and its power
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incredibly light to pick up it also has a multicolor inspired by Steel series
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keyboard here that you can configure to whatever colors you want with some breathing and wave effects and all that
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kind of cool stuff with software which leads me to the one that really grabbed
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my eye this is the aurus X3 plus the
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plus part is the part where it's like really kind of freaking amazing so this
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is a 13-in display only with a 3K
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resolution it's got a quad core processor it's thin and light and all
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that stuff although not as light as the gs60 at least when you consider the
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density of it but the most impressive thing about this one is that they've
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managed to pack a GTX 870m into this tiny little form factor
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they've made some interesting tweaks to the keyboard as well with programmable G
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keys on the left side of the back lit keyboard I'm a huge fan of the X7 I love
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what they've done with that form factor with the Dual graphics cards inside that
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extremely thin profile but now they've really blown me away again with this
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tiny bezel and extremely compact
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design it's so compact that I turned it off by accident sorry about that anyway
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guys thanks for checking out our overview of the 3K and 4K gaming
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notebooks here at the Intel Booth don't mix any of our packs Prime 2014 coverage
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remember guys our trip to the show here is powered by hyperx check out their
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YouTube channel youtube.com/ Kingston hyperx they've got lots of great gaming
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content on there as well as Phantom glass what I personally think is about
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definitely check out our review of it but basically it's just a gorilla glass
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layer that you slap on top of your phone and it has the same tactile feel as your
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original Gorilla Glass phone screen except protected ooh