introduction Hi everyone, Rick here

[SACbomber]

Hi everyone, Rick here, or just SACbomber.

 

A bit about me: I've been using an old ASUS ROG laptop (i7-6700HQ/GTX 980M) for the last decade or so. Old Elitebook with a Sandy Bridge and AMD Caicos before that. Games? Meh, just drop the graphics until things are smooth. Used "3D Analyze" all the way back then to force SW TnL to run STALKER SoC so low graphics are just a throwback for me. Basically checked out of the entire PC hardware scene until that thing could no longer keep up with video upscaling (realtime DVD resolution to 4K using neural-net algorithms).

 

Started researching PC hardware a few months ago and I went "i-NINE? Gen 14? Core Ultra? P-cores and E-cores? Pardon me?" Was waiting for Alienware to blow out their M18 R2 (14900HX/RTX 4090) but Dell just quietly discontinued them instead.

 

So, bought an MSI Titan 18 HX AI (Core Ultra 9-285HX/RTX 5080). Haven't received it yet. You'll see me over at the MSI board once I get it. I'll post photos, system info, benchmark results and such. Why not a desktop at that price? I move too often.

 

Maybe we can have a benchmark competition among machines of this class, such as the Razer Blade 18, AORUS MASTER 18, Alienware New Area 51 and such.

 

Cheers and see y'all around!

[Reciever]

Welcome to the Forums!

 

You might be able to make some healthy comparisons with @tps3443 who has also dabbled in the higher end of recentish offerings on the high end.

[SACbomber]

22 hours ago, Reciever said:

Welcome to the Forums!

 

You might be able to make some healthy comparisons with @tps3443 who has also dabbled in the higher end of recentish offerings on the high end.

Thanks! Once I open a new thread over at the MSI board, I'll post some benchmark results (3DMark/Cinebench/AIDA64 and such) and we can go from there.

 

Also, Kobayashi! Nice.

[Reciever]

On 4/10/2025 at 8:12 PM, SACbomber said:

Thanks! Once I open a new thread over at the MSI board, I'll post some benchmark results (3DMark/Cinebench/AIDA64 and such) and we can go from there.

 

Also, Kobayashi! Nice.

Really enjoyed it more than I should have lol, still sitting on the second season.

[SACbomber]

9 hours ago, Reciever said:

Really enjoyed it more than I should have lol, still sitting on the second season.

Movie coming this year, could be fun!