Predator 21X Pre-Order Date

You search for MXM modules. Laptops like the MSI titan series have allowed that as long as the cards have been MXM architecture.

Your concerns were exactly mine when I was looking for alternatives. Originally, the Predator was going to be my choice because of this. I've uncovered two things, however, that really helped alleviate this concern for me.

First, with even beautiful games, dual 1080s are capable of pulling more than 60 frames on ultra settings and that's including putting AA on. However, when you are talking resolutions that high, AA (a big frame rate sync) is literally a waste of resources on most screens because you are pushing so many pixels that you don't need your system to resample or brush them up in any way. AA was designed for lower resolution textures to look smoother and less jagged. When you are running 4k, that's not even something to waste time with. I frankly can't tell a difference on the laptop monitor when it is on vs off. 

So if that's the case, then your 4k monitor is going to be fine with a dual 1080 for quite a while. New consoles aren't going to be coming out any time soon that will cause it to push past the power of two of those cards, and those are the primary industry driver for requiring new hardware. 

Next - when I'm at home, personally, I'm not using a 4k monitor. I use a 34" 3.5k (that's how I refer to it, anyway) and it can right now play almost everything at that resolution at 50 to 60 frames with two 980Ms. Which means I'm nearly at ultra on everything there, and a 1080 is worth more than 2 980Ms. You can see where I'm going with this. I'll have no problem pushing anything out there for quite a while at that resolution. The take home lesson is this - if you are like me and when you are home use an external monitor a lot, than whatever resolution you push there is probably more important than what sits on your laptop itself anyway.

Back to the upgrades. I admit - I wanted the MXM design so I could swap out cards. However, even though my current laptop can do upgrades, I can't switch to the 1080s because they didn't honor the MXM architecture requirements. As such, I'm upgrading the whole schlameel anyway. And when it comes time for me to upgrade again in a few years, my wife will be getting my 4k 1080 SLI laptop and I'll need a whole new one for myself.

Oh ok, sorry man. You are 100% right about that. 60hz definitely is a limit for those 17inch 4k monitors, at least near as I can tell.

The thing is - I don't believe Predator will have anything beyond 75, if we are lucky enough to get that. Just not enough information is flying around about it. 

Though you could just get a monitor at the refresh you'd like... Course that only helps you when you are playing at home, but throwing it out there because I personally use an external monitor when I'm not traveling for work, and it basically limits me in refresh as well because it is only a 60hz. Maybe you could use a better one than me as your at home alternative. Either way, I understand you now and see what you are saying.

I hope you are right, but that page didnt look like a fake news type. 

Guess we will find out soon.

Though I will be surprised if it is 5k on the button, because that monitor is not mass produced for multiple brands, so it will cost more than just the difference between a 18inch and a 21 inch screen would via normal fiscal increases. I figured it would be a solid 6k.