AMD Immune to MDS Vulnerabilities

Re:AMD Immune to MDS Vulnerabilities by shrimp_emoji on Saturday May 18, 2019 @10:02PM (#19950930)

>looking to get a new (mid-range gaming) laptop this year

If you can, build a gaming PC instead; you'll have a more powerful and more upgradeable machine for a fraction of the money (as low as $600[0]). And it'll likely work. In my experience, gaming laptops don't work. Laptops in general don't work, but especially gaming ones and especially for gaming. Ironically, this gets truer the more expensive a laptop is, which is the opposite for PCs.

0: https://youtu.be/e9aRzfF4WCw?t=162

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Re:AMD Immune to MDS Vulnerabilities by klingonopera on Saturday May 18, 2019 @10:35PM (#19951085)

I already have a gaming PC, and her R9 280 is being replaced by an RX580 this week... :)

And yes, it really needs to be a gaming laptop, I travel for work, and I have had good experiences gaming on the go. It's still a relief to get back home to the desktop, no doubt, but I'm often gone for two days to two weeks, and I'd still like to be able to pull a few frags in that time... :D

I'm currently using an Intel 4702MQ with a GTX 760M in an Acer package, she used to be fine to play CSGO, but that's no longer the case either...

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