MSI GS70 Stealth Pro 210 would be good for modeling?

[sergiogonzalez]

I am going to buy a new laptop, after a few days I choose and MSI GS70 Stealth Pro 210, but I m still unsure if it is the best choice, the price is $2000.00 DLS with the following specs:

 

Display :17.3" Full HD (1920 x 1080)

Hard Drive: 2 x 128GB mSATA SSD + 1TB 7200rpm Hard Disk Drive

CPU :Intel Core i7-4710HQ Quad Core Processor (6M Cache, 2.5GHz - 3.4GHz)

Graphics Card: nVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M - 6GB GDDR5

RAMÑ 16GB (2 x 8GB) 1600MHz DDR3 (1.35V)

Operating System Windows 8.1 x64

 

Do you think this laptop would work fine, runing 3D max, Rhino, V-ray, Cad and Photoshop?

Or should I continue looking for something else?

 

Thanks.

[RyderSK]

I own it. I bought it while travelling in US to have something rather slim I could still bring back but with 17", because I really, can't work under anything smaller.

 

As almost any HW now, it will run everything completely fine. It's rather high-performance. I suggest buying the cheaper version with single 128GB only and maybe swapping it for 256 if you wish. Odd choise, but who knows..

 

Not sure what to write, you must know why you're looked at gaming ultrabook. It's rather minimalistic (outside of the decent logo), super slim, lightweight. It has imho poor/mediocre display, BUT, like every single other laptop with rare IPS exceptions (Macbook/Dell m3800). Most people don't care, it's laptop.

 

There is no 32GB ram variation, but I am not aware of any other ultrabook that has it, so this is moot point.

 

It's bit weird laptop, somewhere in middle. It's pricey than comparable performance gaming laptops, but it's really slim and leighweight...and most importantly, doesn't look like embarrasing plastic piece of shit. On other hand, it's not as high quality as top-tier luxury toys like Macbook/Dell m3800(XSP15)[Maybe Razer for someone] but also cheaper than these. So, sort of middle ground.

[sergiogonzalez]

Actually the reason I choose this, was the 6GB GDDR5, i was looking for a Quadro or a Fire Pro, but i still don´t get how a Quadro K1100M with 2GB GDDR5 compares with the GeForce GTX 870 M

[RyderSK]

Ah I see. The only benefit of 6GB is for GPU-rendering on your laptop, nothing else, so you fit bigger scenes.

 

It's interested they just doubled the memory from 3 to 6 on regular Kepler/GK104 card on laptop for mid-level, but no vendor will do it for desktop counterparts.

 

I warn you though, GPU-rendering on laptops, esp. with very warm Keplers might not go well for any sort of prolonged use, esp. in very thin ultrabook. It gets into crazy 90+ temperatures all over.

[Dimitris Tolios]

It is hard to have a "bad" system when spending this kind of money. This should be more than enough for most jobs that don't require 32GB, but you won't get that in a portable solution, unless you go for one of the big and heavy "desktop replacement" beasts from Clevo, BOXX etc - most laptops don't have the 4 dimm slots required for 4x8GB configs (my ol i7-920 Acer has 4, but it caps at 16GB regardless).

 

The GPU will do fine, despite the fact that the 6GB RAM on it are a big gimmick outside GPGPU.

Viewports and even games will have hard time accessing that RAM, as it follows a 192bit configuration - GK104 desktop cards have "issues" with fully utilizing 4GB (outside GPGPU) using a 256GB bus, and so did GTX 660 class cards with 3GB and 192bit.

This GK104 implementation clearly is using the same config with the GTX 660, but has double the capacity of RAM chips - thus 6GB.

 

6GB doesn't mean anything in itself. This card is great for a laptop, but should it be a 2GB 256bit card, it would probably be better off for 99% or more of the time as far as viewport and gaming performance goes. Remember, this is "just" a 1080p panel.

 

I totally agree with Juraj on the storage configuration also...2x 128 msata sounds excessive - you could shave a chunk of change by opting for either 1x256 which should be enough, or go for a single HDD setup and add a 256 or 512GB SSD yourself. mSATA has no performance advantage over SATA anyways (it is not M2 / PCIe) so you can use them interchangeably.

 

For prolonged usage and rendering with "just" the CPU I would recommend a fan cooling base for any thin laptop = non silly-big gaming ala Asus G7x series that is.

If you plan on GPGPU rendering with it, I would say you have to have it!

It will run hot regardless - its the nature of the beast - but assist it as much as you can.

 

Something like a Cooler Master NotePal X-Slim should be relatively portable and economical.

I was using the Cooler Master NotePal U2 myself, but it would stay @ home.