Linux customers wish to recreation, too, and the Juno Neptune 17-inch V3 laptop computer introduced this week ensures that individuals on Ubuntu can play their favourite titles on the go.
Maintaining with the Alienwares, Asus ROGs, and different Home windows-focused gaming manufacturers, the brand new transportable packs as much as an RTX 3080 discrete graphics card and the 8-core Intel Core i7-11800H. And it enables you to expertise all of the motion on a spacious, 17.3-inch display with a 144 Hz refresh fee. A colorfully backlit keyboard completes the package deal.
Juno Computer systems is a London-based firm that focuses solely on methods with Ubuntu preinstalled. It sells each desktops and laptops, together with gaming and non-gaming choices. The model additionally sells a couple of 15-inchers with 240 Hz screens, (together with the Neptune 15-inch V3 launched alongside this 17-inch model), however the brand new Neptune 17-inch V3 is the corporate’s priciest system.
The laptop computer begins at $2,225 for an RTX 3070 and goes as much as $3,372 for the max quantity of RAM and storage (64GB and 2TB, respectively). The identical maxed-out system with an RTX 3080 goes for $3,699. Notice that each graphics playing cards use Nvidia’s Max-Q type issue, which allows thinner methods however may cause a small efficiency discount. On the plus facet, the Neptune 17-inch V3 is just 0.78 inches thick, which is fairly trim for a gaming laptop computer.
Looking for a 17-inch laptop computer with an RTX 3080
So how does this galactic clamshell stack up in opposition to Home windows-based counterparts? I attempted to discover a 17-inch Alienware to check in opposition to the Neptune, however the RTX 3080 model appears to be out of inventory. This was additionally the case with Asus’ 17-inch RTX 3080 choices.
I did discover a pair of accessible RTX 3080-powered 17-inchers from MSI and Gigabyte, however 300 Hz screens improve their worth. The MSI GS76 Stealth begins at $3,020.99. And that is with solely 32GB of RAM. The Gigabyte laptop computer has half the RAM and storage because the Neptune and begins at $2,149 after rebate.
PC players have been battling the GPU scarcity for over a 12 months. Shopping for prebuilt methods remains to be one of many best methods to get your palms on current-gen components. And usually, the 17-inch type issue appears to get much less consideration than the 15-inch variations, so it is good to see Linux customers get a brand new 17-inch gaming laptop computer, too.
After all, there are much more choices. System76’x Oryx Pro is already $3,907 with the identical specs because the maxed-out Neptune 17-inch V3, nevertheless it additionally enables you to add extra storage, a DVD drive, and mechanical keyboards.
