“How would games be handled on this with the 4k screen and the graphics card? Would it be laggy at all for games like tomb raider or overwatch? Maybe if not those, would it get a solid 60 fps on minecraft? Is the ssd the same as the new 2016 macbook pro?”
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I have a 4K XPS with a faster 960M GPU. Overwatch runs great but I have to set the render scale setting to 50% (which mean it renders fonts and whatnot in 3840x2160 but the actual 3D stuff is all 1920x1080). The 940MX runs Overwatch well on 720p but not 1080p like the 960M. http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-940MX.156033.0.html And the Overwatch devs are being silly and not putting lower render scale options (like the 33% which would be ideal for this laptop). If you can't get 33% via the auto scale detect feature (which sometimes does give you scales less than 50%), setting the resolution to 2560x1440 + using 50% render scale should be a good compromise. I'd recommend something with a GTX 1050 or 1060 if you really want to run games like Overwatch well, or even a 960M, but you should be able to *run* it with a 940MX. Also be aware that the 2016 version of this laptop used a fake-4K RG/BW Pentile screen, not a real 4K screen. This laptop might be using a completely different (and true 4K) screen, but that's yet to be determined. I would recommend educating yourself on this issue, and waiting for reviews to confirm you are getting a true RGB 3840x2160 screen in this laptop. Also avoid other '4K' alternatives with the same issue, since the 2016 Spectre 15 wasn't the only one. https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/5lxq2f/psa_dont_preorder_the_2017_spectre_x360_15_4k/
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