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If you go as far as identify as a "gamer", you will be probably better off with a cheap laptop and a midrange desktop, rather than an expensive laptop that you
by BlueTemplar 1y ago
If you go as far as identify as a "gamer", you will be probably better off with a cheap laptop and a midrange desktop, rather than an expensive laptop that you had to buy all at once, which will age poorly, and which will be heavy and/or thermally limited.
- 0xDEAFBEAD 1y agoThat's an argument against gaming laptops more generally. But I understand that gaming laptops are fairly popular: >I've been hearing gaming laptop manufacturers tell me for years that gaming laptops are the future or whatever, but now that a laptop GPU is sitting securely at the top of the Steam Hardware Survey, I'm actually starting to believe it. https://www.ign.com/articles/gaming-laptops-are-apparently-more-popular-than-ever https://www.ign.com/articles/gaming-laptops-are-apparently-m...
- BlueTemplar 1y agoInteresting. It's a shame they stopped there and didn't try to compile numbers across models... And I can believe them when a discrete mid-range card being announced for $350 is "relatively cheap": https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/amds-radeon-rx-9060-xt-wants-to-be-the-cheapest-16gb-gpu-on-the-market https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/amds-radeon-rx-9060-xt-want.... But on the other hand 3D-heavy games coming out right now seem to be a combination of poorly optimized and very badly looking on low-end hardware, making ~new gaming laptops less viable too...