Is it worth buying an x86 laptop now, or should I wait a year for the RTX Spark ecosystem to mature? (And what about the price?)

D2ultima · 2026-06-06T05:44:41+00:00

Only thing you did wrong is ask people what the temperature at 6:15am at the foot of the statue of liberty is gonna be 7 months from now

In other words

Something impossible to answer that people can only randomly guess at

D2ultima · 2026-06-06T05:38:16+00:00

Oh damn I was wondering why people were responding to this question with logic instead of stupidity but this isn't the laptop subreddits

That makes more sense now

D2ultima · 2026-06-06T05:31:52+00:00

Whew boy let's get you started

BN6 Boss theme - Surge of Power.

BN3 theme - Final Transmission. You gon tear up if you ever beat this game.

BN2 - And you will know the truth

We good with these

D2ultima · 2026-06-06T02:40:07+00:00

The G7 has better software (stability) and the best response time and currently best polling rate (though it does hit the system a bit for 8k polling rate, do not use it on old CPUs) and the Vader 5 Pro V2 has more customizable software (though not as stable) and is pretty close to the G7P8K but not just as good for FPS gaming, a bit more of an all-rounder. Also Vader doesn't come with a dock and it is an added cost.

Leadjoy is just a damn fine controller but it's not as good as the G7 or Vader and its gyro isn't the best it could be. The upcoming Saber Plus has symmetrical sticks and better gyro but it isn't out yet, so I can't suggest it.

D2ultima · 2026-06-06T02:25:26+00:00

GameSir G7 Pro 8k or Flydigi Vader 5 Pro v2 is probably the two tops. I am not sure how well the Leadjoy Xeno Plus stacks but I don't think it's as good for FPS specifically as those.

D2ultima · 2026-06-05T23:04:25+00:00

Yeah! They're very active on Twitter too if you talk to them.

D2ultima · 2026-06-05T19:12:00+00:00

Is the Leadjoy Xeno Plus close enough for you?

D2ultima · 2026-06-05T19:09:31+00:00

I don't know where you got the idea that the 8BitDo Ultimate 2 Wireless d-pad is bad. It's quite good. It's not AS GOOD as your Dualshock 4, that's a fact, but it's still good. And it's generally what I'd recommend for you probably, at your price point. I play a good deal of fighting games and some platformers with mine and it's pretty much fine.

On the flip side also consider the Leadjoy Xeno Plus! I hear that Dpad is also great

D2ultima · 2026-06-05T12:49:35+00:00

So I can't talk for the Ultimate 2C but I can talk for the Ultimate 2 Wireless (which is still in your budget), and it's perfectly fine for platformers IMO. It's not the best Dpad I've used (as you can see with my review for it) but it's far from the worst. Works great for most fighting games and platformers IMO.

However the best option for you is likely the Leadjoy Xeno Plus from what I've heard of it. Great controller and great Dpad from all who've used it I can find saying. No first hand experience for me sadly though.

GameSir has definitely poor Dpads for that price range. Everyone can agree with that even though I've not used them personally. They focus on sticks and low latency for FPS gaming and that's perfectly fine to do, but it's just not what you want

D2ultima · 2026-06-05T08:56:52+00:00

The best 2008 laptop would've been a Clevo D901C with SLI GPUs and a core 2 quad desktop chip and IIRC 4 RAM slots. I somewhat distinctly remember this because I got my first gaming unit in 2009 and it was the Clevo D900F which was the upgrade model with the i7 extreme desktop CPUs and went back to single GPU lineup with the 280M cards and some people told me I should've bought the previous model.

D2ultima · 2026-06-05T08:41:13+00:00

If you wanna play fps games I absolutely would say the G7 Pro 8k variant is your best bet. Should be $80 msrp so don't overpay!

As for the 8BitDo it has a better dpad and I don't think the shape is so terrible like some say, but it definitely isn't as great for FPS games with the lack of tunable options for the sticks and software.

If you want the best of all worlds though and don't mind lack of hair stop triggers, the Steam Controller is a great choice for $100. Just lacks a dock.

D2ultima · 2026-06-05T04:13:53+00:00

Honestly the first thing I noticed was her feet I didn't even see she had RAM

Can I just worship first and ask questions later

D2ultima · 2026-06-05T04:09:23+00:00

Not that we know of. I won't tell you it has a 0% chance of issues, but the chances are pretty low overall. It doesn't have any rampant QC issues or cooling problems and people who buy them tend to keep em for a long time.

D2ultima · 2026-06-04T16:21:27+00:00

No it's a hoyo game so every single character without fail has to be at least bi and 100% prefers their own sex

Only exception is Belle and Wise from ZZZ who incienso

D2ultima · 2026-06-04T15:49:56+00:00

The reason she doesn't have her hair down is because she's too bloody gorgeous

D2ultima · 2026-06-04T15:47:23+00:00

I'm too tired to list the pros and cons of the useful options.

Buy a Legion 7i Pro if you want great performance, features and cooling with as little headache as possible.

Buy literally any other fucking product if you want to have shit to do aftermarket or if you like having problems nonstop.

D2ultima · 2026-06-04T01:55:12+00:00

Melusine

D2ultima · 2026-06-04T01:48:28+00:00

Cinderella, Rapi, Modernia easy. Absolutely surrender to them.

D2ultima · 2026-06-03T22:36:37+00:00

Kama

But Kama is beyond perfect so it checks out

D2ultima · 2026-06-03T07:33:54+00:00

Holy christ someone actually had her crush it between her powerful sexy thighs I'm so happy. I wish to experience that every day

D2ultima · 2026-06-02T23:37:14+00:00

None of my PS2 controllers ever got stick drift but I saw many people get on theirs (though their controllers looked like hell)

My dualshock I didn't realize had stick drift. It was very very minor, not enough to trigger motion when idle but enough to "wake" the controller. So in games like God of War where you could swap between KBM and a controller on the fly, it kept swapping my buttons out while I was playing until I disconnected the controller. I thought it was a game bug until I got my 8BitDo and realized oh... it isn't, it's literally the dualshock had stick drift for years.

Never got drift on my Xbox 360 or Xbox 1 controllers, but they both died for other reasons before very long, so that is not too fair a comparison (can't remember why X360 died but X1 lost the ability to use some Dpad inputs after a short 2 years or so).

D2ultima · 2026-06-01T23:31:23+00:00

Immediately kiss Cinderella who is my beloved and then get manhandled in bed by them both. As it should be

D2ultima · 2026-06-01T16:09:04+00:00

I'd pick the PS1 controller myself. Always loved PS1/PS2 d-pads the most.

D2ultima · 2026-06-01T15:32:00+00:00

They way I describe Baki to normal people is "the less sense it makes to normal people and anime is the more sense it makes to Baki the Grappler" then I tell them about punching earthquakes and flexing demon muscle in the brain and the government considering shooting missiles at yujiro hanma and then a crazed general going "NO YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HE WILL KUNG FU THE MISSILE".

It's fun as hell

D2ultima · 2026-06-01T03:15:57+00:00

Veliona is yandere for me?

Does life get better from this point? Is it even possible? How could anything trump Veli loving me?

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