I am very frustrated.
I have been researching buying a gaming laptop here in Taiwan and have run into a very strange thing in advertising. The graphics card is a huge part of buying a gaming rig. Adverts are showing this:
Nvidia GTX 1050 4G
But there is no such thing! I have looked and looked all through Nvidia’s sites and they only manufacture the GTX 1050 as a 2G card. There is a 4G version called the GTX 1050ti. It costs a lot more too. The difference between the two is significant, almost 35% better frame rates.
So when an advert says GTX 1050 4G, does it mean…
A. It is actually the 1050ti 4G and they just failed to write the “ti” in?
B. It is the 1050 G2 and the 4G is false advertising?
C. The laptop manufacturer somehow managed to modify a 1050 2G into a 4G variant on their own? Is that even possible?
It really pisses me off because I am ready to hand over a significant chunk of change for a decent machine. I don’t want to be swindled.
I dont see any option for a phone number.
I am going to head down to Guanghua Market next week to take a look at them in person. Not the same sellers though, but at least I can ask HP reps at the HP store there.
I know absolutely nothing about this kind of stuff, but I found a discussion here that looks similar to the one in this thread.
To reiterate: I’m just pasting something, in the manner of one of B. F. Skinner’s rats, or more accurately, one of his pigeons (i. e., not as clever as a rat).
That’s the ticket. Go to one of the parts shops; they’ll set you up with exactly what you want, component by component, and make suggestions. They know gaming. I like this one, to the right of the Brother store here
