It seems that laptops these days can be light, powerful and have good battery life. I’m looking at the above laptop and wondered if anyone had any experience or thoughts. I’d have it hooked up to a 2560x1440 monitor, but I’m happy enough running in 1920x1080 if needs be. I’m also toying with the idea of adding an HP Reverb G2 for VR.
I run an Asus Tuf Gaming laptop. It’s not quite that stout for specs, but I like it. Just don’t set the fans to “Silent” mode, even on battery. The GPU tends to get hot when the fans are limited.
Edit… I just looked it up. There’s no way I’d have that one. Not because of the specs, but because of the keyboard. Not having a full keyboard with a 10-key section for numerical entry is a deal breaker for me. This is my current rig:
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Yes, I’d read somewhere else that these laptops tend to run the fans all the time when gaming. What level do you run the graphics at?
Mine has very “medium” specs for a gaming rig. Not long after I started flying the new sim, I found a video that showed examples of every (then) parameter in the sim’s graphics settings and how that looked on every setting. I took notes and set things like clouds (major visual impact) to ultra, and the rest to low or off. I get a very steady 20 FPS with:
Core basics
AMD Ryzen 5 3550H
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
16.0 GB RAM (upgraded from 8, eventually want 32)
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I bought this laptop for my work. If you need fast CPU power (I compile software), buy it.
But don’t buy it if you plan to use it with HP Reverb G2. The HP Reverb G2 (which I also have) requires a DisplayLink Port (and a free USB port).
There is a problem with AMD X570 mainboards though; the HP Reverb G2 can’t be initialized if connected to one of the board’s USB ports directly. A USB hub is currently required. 
By the way, if you alternatively consider getting aa Oculus Quest to use with the aforementioned laptop via Oculus Link cable; I have not succeeded to get a smooth experience at all. Not with the G14 and not with a Dell XPS 9380 (with eGPU). Both laptops did well using Virtual Desktop (via WiFi instead of Oculus Link) and X-Plane hough. But the resolution of the Oculust Quest is so low that you can’t recognize what’s written on the dashboard. Another problem I had was turning your head to far to one side makes the Oculust lose track of the controller in the opposite side’s hand. If you are holding the yoke with it, you’ll make unintended movements with it as this happens.
The DisplayPort requirement for the laptop might be satisfied with a USB-C (alternate mode) to DisplayPort (female) adapter. The port on the left side of the laptop supports USB-C alternate mode.
But be sure to get one that supports 4K at 60 Hz, to ensure it uses 4 lanes, not just two. So, a USB-C docking station will likely work for this because the bandwidth it too low for two 2k signals. The HP Reverb G2’s USB cable can then be plugged in to the other side.
(I’m not affiliated to the Amazon shop, just posting it as an example).
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Thanks very much. So, with that adapter, I should be good to go with the G2, right? After reading your post, I googled the problem with the mainboards and the internet is littered with threads about the issue.
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Yes, I guess it’s a bit cramped. At home, I would have it connected to a full-size keyboard and a monitor. When travelling, I could probably live with the built-in keyboard.
Theoretically it should work, but I can’t promise.
BTW, I just added the X570 issue for others to consider.
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Maybe something like this would work.
No, because you need a female DP connector on the laptop side, as the HP Reverb G2’s connector is male.
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Just use an HDMI cable. You can even run that to your TV and have the audio follow for much better sound that anything you can get from a laptop. I do this for some online movies that stream from sources other than 'Flix or Disney+.
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You do not seem to understand… Read the question of the OP before you answer. 
How exactly do you want to use HDMI with the HP Reverb G2?
I read quite well, thank you. The original post, among other things, addressed using a monitor. Further responses talked about adapting different cables. I was simply saying that instead of connecting to a standard monitor, an HDMI connection could be used to connect to a UHD TV so that the sound could follow that connection. I was not addressing anything to do with VR.
I may not always be crystal clear, but please don’t assume that I do or don’t understand something.
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I just read the original post again. You are right. I’m sorry… when I replied to you, I only remembered him talking about VR.
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I decided to hold off on pulling the trigger because of the Amazon review below. Its sounds as though the purchaser had lots of trouble, although I’m not entirely sure why. Whenever I’ve needed to assign a program to use the dedicated graphics card, it has been a very quick job through the Nvidia manager.
VR not done easy
Great machine but will not do VR unless you assign all the program exes to the Nvidia chip. I spent over two weeks and even though I sort of got the VR working the effort just was not worth it. If you do VR you NEED dedicated graphics. Switchable graphics just don’t work well with VR. Preferably Nvidia machine with any integtrated cpu graphics totally disabled in hardware by the machines manufacturer…
I believe this system was the one I got; if not something very close. You can either hook up the full keyboard as you have done or as I did just purchase a separate numerical pad only keyboard. I’m glad your asking this question because I’m trying to decide on the VR set I want and I was actually leaning toward the Occulus Quest 2. Now however I see that someone said they couldn’t get a smooth play using it with this laptop? I really didn’t want to invest in the pricier sets. Guess I’m still on the fence.
I haven’t actually bought it yet. I’m looking for both a laptop and a headset. This one looked good, but then I read the Amazon review that I quoted and decided to hold off. The review seems to say that this laptop is not good for VR, regardless of which headset you use.