The best laptop you must have during the MCO!

During this time of the Movement Control Order (MCO) in Malaysia, plenty of us have to work from home to keep to the social distancing requirements. You’d likely be attached to your plug point, with your pets or children – or both! – coming into your meeting calls, and be closer to your family than ever before. Alternatively, you’d be playing plenty of games too to keep yourself relaxed and occupied.

All these laptops come packing NVIDIA GPUs, the company who has been at the forefront of visual computing for decades, since their first one in 1999 being capable of real-time programmable shading. With Turing architecture and NVIDIA RTX^™ ray-tracing technology paving the way to new levels of of art and realism in real-time graphics, the virtual world can seem even more real than ever before. Your lofty imaginations don’t have to be contained to a desktop machine either!

Instead of being tethered like you would likely have been with your work PC, getting a laptop would be a great change of pace! After all, a portable machine will let you move around your home whenever you need to, and you can transform wherever you settle in to a workspace or play space if you so desire. Make the setting work for you! Here are just some of our recommendations of the many laptops you can find in the market:

MSI

GS66 Stealth 

The new, low-key and understated “Core Black” theme of this laptop has won both the “iF Design Award” and “Red Dot Design Award”. Portable yet powerful devices is where the industry is heading to now, and the GS66 Stealth intends to show how it’s done, being sharper and sleeker with the latest powerful processor and graphics. With the exclusive MSI Cooler Boost Trinity+ system, it can stay cool while bringing the power. The low-profile design belies the power this laptop holds. See yourself needing to move around a lot? The 99.9Whr large battery will keep you company. No expense is spared in the display either, with a blazing-fast 300Hz refresh rate for unstoppable productivity (and fluid gameplay of course!).

With this power packed into the machine, you’d even be able to play Metro Exodus, one of the most demanding games out there to make even the RTX 2080 Ti chug on Ultra, on high settings to the envy of people with less powerful GPUs. The RTX 2080/2070 SUPER™ models will arrive in Malaysia around mid June.

Prestige 15 (ETA: Mid May)

Combining both power and form, find it in the Prestige 15. With diamond-cut edge and sandblasted texture with high quality materials, the Prestige series is for those who seek both elegance and incredible performance. The latest 10th Gen. Intel® Core™ i7 processor and NVIDIA® GeForce® GPU allows this heavyweight performance, while the laptop remains light at a mere 1.6kg. For the content creators, the True Pixel display delivers true-to-life images with 4K resolution, AdobeRGB 100% color gamut, factory-calibrated Delta-E<2 out of the box accuracy, True Color Technology, and Verified by CalMan.

The GTX 1650’s capable of running Battlefield V on all Ultra settings at a steady 50 to 60 FPS, so rest assured your game will more than likely look absolutely stunning.

GF63 Thin (ETA: Mid May)

The new GF63 THIN will be packing the latest 10th generation Intel i5 and i7 processors as well as different flavours of graphics options to suit gamer budgets. It will also contain the NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 Max-Q graphics, which is up to 33% faster than the previous de facto budget graphics option, the GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q. The performance bumps means a sensational gaming experience even on a lower budget. It’s also ultra-thin and at 1.86kg, capable of up to 7+ hours battery life. For the gamer in you, the built-in Dragon Center helps you optimize your gaming experience too.

Bearing the same GTX 1650 as the Prestige 15, for comparison’s sake, it can run Assassin’s Creed Odyssey on High/Very High with an average between 30 to 40 FPS.

ASUS

ROG Zephyrus S15 (ETA: Mid June)

As with many, if not all, of the other choices in this list, work hard and play hard with the ROG Zephyrus S15, pushing the boundaries of Windows 10 ultra-slim gaming. Ensure you and your machine keep cool with the Intelligent Cooling system augmented with liquid metal, capable of unleashing the full potential of the latest 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 CPU, while an NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2080 SUPER™ GPU provides the power to saturate the ultrafast 300Hz/3ms PANTONE® Validated display. If you need even more flexibility, then the Thunderbolt™ 3 port can connect to external displays, high-speed storage, and more. Whatever mode you’re in, G-SYNC™ and Optimus modes give you the freedom to shift between a better battery life, and power gameplay.

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Pick your choice of the ROG Strix SCAR 15/17 for top tier Windows 10 Pro gaming. The combination of a cutting-edge 300Hz/3ms gaming panel, and the latest 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i9 processors and powerful GeForce® RTX™ graphics means the best view for both work and play. Intelligent Cooling innovations like liquid metal compound on the CPU means you can have this machine rev up and still keep it smooth running – and cool – at whatever work load you’re using the machine for. Taking it out of the home? Not a problem. Ultrafast Wi-Fi 6 networking will keep you connected, and storage with two SSDs in RAID 0 and a slot for a third SSD means no extra storage accessories needed for all your data kept secure on one machine.

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Whether you’re in for work or for gaming, the ASUS TUF Gaming A15 comes packed with Windows 10 for when you’re on the clock, and the latest AMD Ryzen™ 9 CPU and NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 2060 GPU for when you’re ready to unwind. Get up to 144Hz IPS-level displays in a more portable chassis. As the name implies, the laptop is a tough customer, certified to meet MIL-STD-810H standards for vibration, short drops, and extreme temperatures and humidity, no matter the finish. If you want to keep your machine safe from jolts, this is the one to go for.

With the GeForce RTX™ 2060 GPU, Grand Theft Auto V can run a cool 60 FPS on average with a combination of High/Very High/Ultra settings.

ACER

Nitro 5 AN515-55-75UK (ETA: End May)

Don’t let the simple design fool you. While you keep it on the down low, the Nitro 5 packs a lightning-quick 144Hz FHD IPS display, 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 processor and slots for two M.2 PCIe SSDS and up to 32GB DDR4 RAM. Needless to say, work will not be an issue, and you can boot up the most intensive game you have on your time off. Not to worry if you want to really go into overdrive once you start gaming. With Acer CoolBoost technology, fan speed can increase by 10% and CPU/GPU cooling by 9%. If you want to manage your system, you’ll have NitroSense to keep you covered. When you’re off the clock, you can start showing off your style with the RGB back-lighted keyboard.

Expect specs as follows, with various upgrades once the model is available proper:

 Predator Helios 300

Always show you’re ready with the Predator Helios 300! Use it for both work and play, with speed being its key word. 144Hz IPS panel, packing 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 processor, NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 2070 with Max-Q Design, DDR4 memory and PCIe NVMe storage: you wanna go fast? You get to go fast. This speed can be extended with up to three displays total, including your laptop, so you can get the best view as you go turbo for your work or your games. Using Killer Networking, you’re never going to slow down whenever and wherever you’re connected!

Expect specs such as the following, upgraded as relevant when the newer models are released:

Many of these come with Max-Q technologies, improved over the years to make these laptops for both work and play be thinner, lighter, more powerful and efficient than ever before. Advancements have allowed the technology to be twice as more efficient, example being Dynamic Boost being capable of intelligently and automatically balancing power between the GPU and CPU, boosting overall performance. Efficiency means better battery life too!

That’s not all the tech you can get from some of these models; Advanced Optimus further improves battery life, a breakthrough display innovation for immersive, stutter-free gameplay from NVIDIA G-SYNC technology, dynamically switching GPU for the right workload at the right time. Getting a laptop in the RTX SUPER range is especially best for creators seeking unmatched video and 3D performance.

Take your pick! Getting a good machine isn’t just for the MCO, it’s for everyday use. A laptop will let you do your thing anytime, anywhere, and you’re spoilt for choice even from our recommendations alone. In times like these, you work hard, and you get to game hard too.

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