GS60 (970M) Gold Edition

Question

Hey guys,
I've been looking at the Ghost series laptops for as long as I can remember. I was looking to buy the Gold Edition with the 970M and was about to pull the trigger until I came across the issue of it having a terrible refresh rate of 48hz which is bad for games. I was wondering if there was any possible way to get a Gold GS60 (970M) without that 4K panel? or any alternative method where I buy it that way? I reallly wanted it badly in that color.
Should I just get the black one to save myself the trouble?
Should mention that the newer Broadwell laptops have G-Sync (I think), would that make up for the 48hz screen?

Answer 1

2QE is 970M model. It has 4K type or non-4K type.
You can watch these YouTube videos in which some games were running on 4K screen.
The model is actually WS60 4K and its 4K panel is also 48Hz.
As you can see in some Need For Speed the frame rates output from GPU can sometimes reach and even exceed the 48 FPS.
But the game always activate V-sync so you barely notice the screen tearing problem
And it doesn't look like any uncomfortable feeling when playing racing game like this.
Most of the games have V-sync option for gamers, so you just need to turn on the V-sync to eliminate the screen tearing problem.
MSI WS60 2OJ (4K) running SimCity: Cities of Tomorrow on 1024x768 over 48Hz (V-Sync enabled)
MSI WS60 2OJ (4K) running SimCity: Cities of Tomorrow on 1024x768 over 48Hz (V-Sync disabled)
MSI WS60 2OJ (4K) running Need For Speed: World 3840x2160@48Hz
MSI WS60 2OJ (4K) running Need For Speed: World 1920x1080@48Hz