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> A $500 Chromebook won't play most games even if it could run Windows, and that's the performance level many people are at. Developers like their shiny, fast,

> A $500 Chromebook won't play most games even if it could run Windows, and that's the performance level many people are at. Developers like their shiny, fast, expensive machines and PC gaming enthusiasts love their 3080s and 6900XTs but your average person doesn't have any of that. Yeah, a $500 chromebook won't, but a $500 gaming laptop will. Gaming laptops are far cheaper and more capable than people expect. They just aren't super thin, are heavier, and they tend to need a beefy power supply. My laptop is like 4 years old or so, has a 2080RTX, and cost I think $800 at the time. It's been able to run everything I've thrown at it at max settings, save VR. Including RE Village

jeroenhd 4y ago
A 2080 in a laptop for $800 must've been quite the deal, even with GPU prices dropping I can't find anything similar to that in price/performance ranges right now. Even right now the price for a new laptop with that chip in it seem at least 1.5x to 2x higher. $1200-$1500 seems to be the bare minimum for a laptop with that chip, and the cheaper ones tend to come with worse cooling and power caps that will significantly hinder its performance. Are you sure you're not forgetting a 1 in front of that 800 dollar price tag? I can't find any new laptops with dedicated graphics for $500. You can find laptops with an AMD 5500U for that price, but I doubt you'll be playing RE Village on that.
- spywaregorilla 4y ago
  Not advocating for this laptop in any form, and I would encourage waiting for good sales, but first result on amazon looking for an RTX laptop gives https://www.amazon.com/Acer-AN515-55-53E5-i5-10300H-GeForce-Keyboard/dp/B092YHJGMN/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2MDSH8XYQAPGC&keywords=gaming+laptop&qid=1654875091&refinements=p_n_feature_seven_browse-bin%3A18107822011&rnid=3012494011&s=pc&sprefix=gaming+laptop%2Caps%2C109&sr=1-1 https://www.amazon.com/Acer-AN515-55-53E5-i5-10300H-GeForce-... $749 for an RTX3050. probably fine for pretty much everything but vr
  - jeroenhd 4y ago
    It'll depend on the types of games you play, but the 2080 will blow the 3050 out of the water, it's no close comparison. Nvidia's budget spec GPUs, especially for laptops, isn't as impressive as the similarity to its bigger siblings might suggest. You can probably play plenty of games on it, but they definitely won't be as smooth and beautiful as playing games through streaming services. The extra $250 spend on a laptop puts it at 1.5x the price of a decent 500 dollar Chromebook. That's over two years worth of Stadia subscription at the current price.
  - mrtranscendence 4y ago
    I realize I'm adopting the language of trolling here, but a laptop 3050 is basically trash tier. I can't imagine playing more graphically intensive games on it; I doubt it could get 30fps on something like Cyberpunk even with settings on low. I have seen a laptop with a 3060 for $800, but it's rare. A laptop that can actually play AAA games at decent frame rates will run you $1k or more.
    - nightski 4y ago
      Setting the bar as Cyberpunk is pretty hyperbolic. It's the most demanding game in existence that I know of right now.

jeroenhd 4y ago

A 2080 in a laptop for $800 must've been quite the deal, even with GPU prices dropping I can't find anything similar to that in price/performance ranges right now. Even right now the price for a new laptop with that chip in it seem at least 1.5x to 2x higher. $1200-$1500 seems to be the bare minimum for a laptop with that chip, and the cheaper ones tend to come with worse cooling and power caps that will significantly hinder its performance. Are you sure you're not forgetting a 1 in front of that 800 dollar price tag? I can't find any new laptops with dedicated graphics for $500. You can find laptops with an AMD 5500U for that price, but I doubt you'll be playing RE Village on that.

spywaregorilla 4y ago
Not advocating for this laptop in any form, and I would encourage waiting for good sales, but first result on amazon looking for an RTX laptop gives https://www.amazon.com/Acer-AN515-55-53E5-i5-10300H-GeForce-Keyboard/dp/B092YHJGMN/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2MDSH8XYQAPGC&keywords=gaming+laptop&qid=1654875091&refinements=p_n_feature_seven_browse-bin%3A18107822011&rnid=3012494011&s=pc&sprefix=gaming+laptop%2Caps%2C109&sr=1-1 https://www.amazon.com/Acer-AN515-55-53E5-i5-10300H-GeForce-... $749 for an RTX3050. probably fine for pretty much everything but vr
- jeroenhd 4y ago
  It'll depend on the types of games you play, but the 2080 will blow the 3050 out of the water, it's no close comparison. Nvidia's budget spec GPUs, especially for laptops, isn't as impressive as the similarity to its bigger siblings might suggest. You can probably play plenty of games on it, but they definitely won't be as smooth and beautiful as playing games through streaming services. The extra $250 spend on a laptop puts it at 1.5x the price of a decent 500 dollar Chromebook. That's over two years worth of Stadia subscription at the current price.
- mrtranscendence 4y ago
  I realize I'm adopting the language of trolling here, but a laptop 3050 is basically trash tier. I can't imagine playing more graphically intensive games on it; I doubt it could get 30fps on something like Cyberpunk even with settings on low. I have seen a laptop with a 3060 for $800, but it's rare. A laptop that can actually play AAA games at decent frame rates will run you $1k or more.
  - nightski 4y ago
    Setting the bar as Cyberpunk is pretty hyperbolic. It's the most demanding game in existence that I know of right now.