Not sure what's going on with ARM processors or elsewhere in the windows stuff but I am totally interested in this blackfriday sales as far as stuff like loq from lenova goes or other brands like msi stuffed with intel and rtx for less than $1200? Like, I am talking $899 40 series 1tb sometimes even 32gb. ddr5!
Definitely, you should wait for RTX 5060 to arrive. And then wait until it stops being so expensive and you get a good deal. Only when you had waited all this time you should finally reconsider buying RTX 5060 and wait for RTX 6060, because you will be missing out otherwise!
I think this year is the rare exception to wait just due to how stingy AMD and (especially) Nvidia are being about VRAM. Can you afford at least 12gb of VRAM? If not, wait for a sale or a new release to drop the price.
For nearly five years, I had put off purchasing a laptop. Towards the end of the year, I pondered whether to buy an inexpensive one or wait for a newer and more powerful model. I ultimately decided to wait for the newer model, but when it was released, I found myself asking whether I should buy it immediately or wait for seasonal sales. This cycle continued, and as a result, I have been unable to purchase a new laptop for five years already.
Smart move:) I'm still using a 7 years old laptop with GTX 1050-Ti which I brought for $200 used. I able to play majority of the newest triple-A games at 1080p. So I though to myself. "Why not use those money on games instead"? 1-2k is a lot of money. The urge to upgrade is strong, but I don't want to throw away a laptop that let me see how much an individual wasted on upgrades. My latest video is up if anyone is interested.
The cycle will continue so long as you keep playing the waiting game. There is ALWAYS a reason to wait, but are they actually good reasons to? No. Though people will keep coming with excuses to try manipulate themselves into thinking it is. In the end, you lose time within your life that you can never get back. Instead of making sure you live in the moment and experience all life has to offer.
Every year since 2018 I've been wondering this... and each year I let another pass by because there's new hardware in the horizon. So, I'm still rocking my 7th gen Omen 15. 😂 (Just finished Resident Evil 4 Remake for the 2nd time with it).
Waiting has its advantages. I used to have a GTX 1060 laptop, loved it. Decent performance but very loud and hot etc. Eventually upgraded to a GTX 1660ti laptop. Better in basically every way. Couple of years later I upgraded to an RTX 3070 laptop. Huge improvements yet again. I've had the 3070 laptop for approaching 3 years now and haven't decided to upgrade to a 40-series laptop yet just because of hwow much I'm spending on laptops is kinda nuts in hindsight. My friend had a 970M, then upgraded to the 1660ti like I did. Now he's looking to upgrade to a 4060. Each time I upgraded I got like a 20-30% increase in performance. Whereas he'll get more like a 70% jump in performance each time and save that extra £1000-1500 every other upgrade too. I think aiming to make a gaming laptop last for 4 years is a pretty good wait, and then just put up with lower performance for a couple of years. I've decided to go a different way. Ultrabook and eGPU will be my next setup. That gives me a nice thin and light laptop and I can just plug it in when I get back. Can upgrade the GPU as I please too.
Bought Legion 7i Pro month ago and love it, it was quite cheap too after some tax reductions. Good to hear that there's not tons of new stuff coming anytime soon, so right time to buy indeed.
tbh, I don't think mini-led is very good. Especially in a working environemnt. I have Rog Flow X16 miniled. For example, if you have a grey or black background and a white curosr on it. You can see clearly that the backlight zone containing the cursor is visiably brighter than other zones. But in games where colors are generally more diversed, this is no longer an issue, as the zone are no longer visiable.
@@peacefultyranny8981 Yeah, I was interested in the tech, but heard reports of so many issues with these laptop mini led displays that I passed entirely. I got an OLED for my PC and have had zero issues this past year. OLED is good enough now that unless you're being really negligent, burn in isn't really a concern. I use it half the time for desktop work and still no issues. I just make sure to run the pixel refresh cycle when prompted and it's been a non issue.
Curious to see the VRAM and architectural differences when the 5000 Series does come out. Wonder if we will see performance trends similar to the 3000 Series or if the cards will be more like the 4000 Series. Either way, I hope they increase the 5050 to 8GB of VRAM and all other cards 12GB / 16GB
5060 12gb vram and 5070 should be 16gb vram and everything else 24gb vram that would be reasonable bumps by then esp considering how much these new games pulling like hogwarts legacy already using up to 7.3 gb vram just to run on ultra 1080p
I completely agree. I bought a used Lenovo Legion 7i with the RTX 3080Ti specifically because the 3080Ti mobile has 16GB of VRAM. It is complete bullshit how a 3080Ti mobile has 16GB of VRAM while the RTX 4080 Mobile has 12GB of VRAM. Not cool Nvidia. The 4080 Mobile should have had at least 16GB of VRAM.
If they launch an rtx 4090 ti, it should be a 200w gpu because many laptops cooling down the rtx 4090 laptop around 75 degrees, and the more power bring more performance.
im surprised the current 4080 and 4090 is only capped at 175-180 it should def be able to pull 200 and the ti should go up to 210 but nvidia gonna play games as usual with these high end gpus
NVIDIA GPUs in laptops are used for 2-3 Gen of processors For example RTX 3000 series laptops came with Intel 11th and 12th gen/Ryzen 5000,6000 laptops RTX 5000 series laptops might come in late 2024 and early 2025
Thank you so much for your videos, I just recently bought my first gaming laptop for school. I’m a game development student so I needed very specific things and you helped make it so easy to choose!
@@dd4886 I wouldn’t say a degree is a must have. I’ve heard of people learning to code themselves and landing a job. I’m only getting a associates because the community college near me is so cheap I can do the whole thing for under $6000 and they’re partnered with unreal so you get specialty training in blueprints. If you have the means to get a degree it won’t hurt. If not any basic coding classes will get you a good start and maybe look up blueprint tutorials on RUclips if you decide to go the unreal route.
@@dd4886sorry for coming in late, but I might able to give a pointers as a Game Dev myself. Most of the time a degree is not a must need to have in game department, it's what you are capable of, build up portfolio and give a proper description of what you do. Example : if you made a horror Asylum scene, write in description what you made, if you said you're the enjoying building up lighting and mood to make it horror vibe, then write it, if you're the one that made the asset, say it. It helped more than a degree in my experience. as for learning, it's good to learn from what has come, learn what works and what not, the RUclipsr game review is a way to go, tackle the existing idea before you write your own, it will come to you overtime.
Jarrod, you raise a very interesting point. No matter when you buy a laptop or phone, the next year's models will always be better. Also much more expensive 😮
Love your CoB T shirt. RIP to the legend Alexi Laiho. I think I’ll probably buy a 2023 version to upgrade my current one. Hopefully there’ll be more great deals
I picked up the Asus Rog Strix G18 Laptop with an RTX 4080 from Best Buy during their Laptop sale last week. I found an open box in excellent condition. No sign of any wear at all or light bleed. It has the I9 13980HX and it was marked down to $1,761.00. It only came with 16gb of DDR5 4800mhz. I'm picking up 64gb of DDR5 4800mhz for $150.00 tomorrow from Micro Center. I'm very happy with this purchase.
I recently moved from a 8 year old Dell laptop to Strix G18 with a 4080. And it was a perfect as I wanted an above average GPU ie something better than a 4070 and still get a great deal. Hearing that Nvidia won’t release a graphics card that might be better than a 4080 or 4090 makes the my purchase a-lot better as I still get the advantage of the latest hardware with the price of last gen hardware.
Got a Ryzen 7 5800 RTX 3060 laptop for 750 dollars, i was going for a i5 13420h RTX 4050 for around 950, but got this amazing deal at an offline store. This is tech buying SZN ladies and gentlemen.
just bought a predator neo 16 , i7 13700hx + 4060 + 1440p 500 nits screen, it comes with only one memory slot used, so easy to upgrade to 32 gb and i installed a more fast 2tb ssd, 16 gb ram is nonsense in 2023 on win 11 and 512 gb of ssd is full in like 7 minutes of use, but i can say than i am very happy with it, frame generation is a real game changer, game that run at 40 fps go up to 70 fps with fg so you can use the nice rt effect or up the resolution, and the screen is better than evrything else on the market at this price point, i come from a 970m so it's a big upgrade for me, because of covid price of 3000 serie was crazy for a while. now i bought this include the upgrades for 1300 dols in south east asia where i live (more pricy than in the us) . good point, i live in tropical 30 degree environment and the computer stay very cold while gaming (never more than 80 degree on cpu and gpu), but the most terrible point are the speakers, absolutly awfull, impossible to watch a movie on that shit, but i connect a good soundbar so i don't care that much, the rest is great !
You guys have no idea how happy I am with my new Lenovo legion slim 5 13700 4060. I bought one as soon as I could and i suggest anyone who needs a laptop to buy one as soon as they can. Waiting isn't always a beneficial move
just bought one! thanks to this channel helped a lot ! Was between a msi40480 and a 4090 and due to upgrade making it like 2k i went for the hp omen 4090 for about 2500 and i couldn't be happier!
I already bought the G14 4060 as my first gaming laptop after *much* extensive research online. It’s a huge upgrade from my old Acer Swift 3 and I’m thoroughly enjoying it not just for gaming but browsing and general productivity
Ayy same. Have you upgraded the ram and memory? If so, what did you use and do you think its worth upgrading the wifi card. It's been pretty spotty for me, but I've heard it's really easy to mess up replacing the wifi card
@@formulablaze91 I been looking at a lot of recommendations and settled on getting the Samsung Pro 990 ssd and the DDR5 Corsair Vengeance 32gb ram though there are a lot of good options. As for the wi-fi card mine is perfectly fine so I don't get the complaints but if yours is spotty then yeah maybe upgrade. If there are any computer repair places near you I would just let them help if you're really not that confident
Well, I just bought Legion 5 2022 with i7-12700H/RTX 3060(140w)/DDR5 16GB RAM/1440P 165hz display and I'm pretty satisfied with it. Paid like $1000 when it usually costs at least $1700 in official stores in my country. At some point (probably soon) FSR3 Frame Generation will come out to new games and I will utilize it.
@@BearShepherd Did you miss the part where prices are relative to the location of the country and the part when I said usually I would at least need to pay $1700 and I got it for $1000 only? Also its a decent price in general too, when you only can get 4060 laptops which are not a big upgrade for like $1100 in US, which would cost around $2000 in my country.
The age old dilema. I got a 2022 3080Ti. A year later it was “old”, now just 2 years later I guess it’s obsolete? I love it and I am glad I got it at the time instead of waiting forever. I got a lot of good use I would missed if I had waited.
The newest laptop isn't guarantee better build and components quality, but make sure it's specifications able to run the newer OS, the OS always forced consumen to use their newest version
Thing is, it all really depends on WHY you're getting the pc, if I'm not looking for future proofing, but just for some light gaming of some old games here and there, I don't see why I shouldn't get the fairly cheap HP invictus, with it I get some gaming out of my pc, even though for the most part I'll use it for work.
i'm really hoping that big intel battery life gains are real. i use an M1 macbook for work, and its absurd how much longer its battery lasts for light usage compared to my 2021 gaming laptop (which i use plenty for things besides gaming). raw CPU performance improvements are a distant second priority for me for the next gen or two of laptop CPUs
MacBook using an M1 5nm ARM processor. Intel processors are 10nm X86. You can't expect the same battery life on X86 machines. Intel can somewhat provide one day battery life with an 80Wh battery if they jump to a 5nm node instead of using a shittier 10nm node.
What I really expect is 7800x3d laptop equivalent. We already have equivalent of 7950x3d. In combination with 4070 laptop it could make an amazing bestseller for the next couple of years
Hey there Jarrod. In practical terms, not pushing the FPS to the max terms, does it make sense to drop back a couple of generations? I got a razor 17 10th gen i7 with 2070 (8gb vram) for about 1100 off eBay a little over a year ago. I’ve seen them for about $850 now. I use it every day for working from home. Photoshop, web dev, and some e-sport gaming. I put 32GB of dual rank ram in it and also upgraded the storage. Is there a “noticeable” improvement/reason to try and upgrade? I have newer laptops like amd 6800 and 6900 class, and Intel 12700H, etc. In my workflow they all work fine. If I chase the FPS needle the newer units are technically “faster” but I don’t know if I could really tell in a blind trial. What are your thoughts?? Cheers Rick
That's for the intel, man! As always, was great. The next time you talk to the big laptop brands, tell them not to worry about next gen GPU or CPUs, tell them we only want 5x more RGB and we'd be ok with paying $1000 more for such pleasantries. Because at the end of the day, none of us care about $/frame. We really only care about the $/Lumen, obviously.
I wanted to get a 4070 at some point but then i realised, 1070, 2070, 2070s, 3070, 3070ti and 4070 ALL OF THEM have 8 gb of vram, which is enough to play any game pretty much , but you do pay a little too much for 8gb of vram which is sad, that is why im waiting for the 4070 ti
Guys its not about what's coming next being better or not, Its about if you really need a new laptop or no. Yes the new ones would always be better but the time you spent with something that's not up to your needs is not worth the 10-20% performance advantage.
@@sweetsurrender815 no, the desktop variant is the 4070 Ti SUPER which will hae 16GB of vram, but for the normal 4070 its just gonna be refreshed with 4070 SUPER with the same 12gb of vram
i doubt RTX 5000 series gonna improve anything compared to 4000 series for laptops if 5050 had 8gb of Vram instead 6 then its possible but i predict it gonna pull intel and just have 5% improvement for double the price
I agree, generational improvements are getting smaller and smaller ever since silicon improvements got less significant, especially at the same wattage (and price), and you can't just add a 100 Watts to a laptop for more power in a laptop that already barely gets 2 hours of battery life with 99Whr battery and sits around at 90 degrees Celsius.
I'm playing my games at 4k HDR 120hz (heroes of the storm, slay the spire) or 60 hz (starfield, cyberpunk) in my custom quiet mode on Lenovo Legion Slim 7 gen 8 with RTX 4060. Enjoy gaming or enjoy waiting folks!
I've struggled for ages with the 8gb vram thing they messed up not upping for 40gen. I'm REALLY trying to find incentive to go up from 3070 mobile which has such great specs. The only viable step up is 4080 mobile but at £2.5k it's just barking, there is no value proposition for the consumer. So I'm left with 4060 or 4070 8gb models almost all of which are WQXGA which means surely I'm forced right up against the 8gb buffer and at risk of stutter. Just horrible, wish more would offer WUXGA and preserve refresh rate and vram (also DLSS doesn't help VRAM levels!)
I bought an HP Envy X360 with a Ryzen 5700u for my wife on sale a few years ago. Had upgradable memory and SSD slot. Extremely impressed with the battery life from that thing. Has a dedicated charger port but can also charge via USB-C. She forgot her charger on a trip and the battery lasted her 4 days then I reminded her she could just use her phone charger if she needed to. I'm probably going to get one for my daughter if I can get a good deal on a 14". I hope they still have upgradable ram and SSDs.
Picked up a killer deal on a Asus Rog Zephyrus G16 i7 13620H and RTX 4060 for 999 at Best Buy. It jumped back up to 1449. Yeah it's FHD not QHD but I export my RUclips videos to 1080p anyways. Going to throw in another 16gb stick of ram for 32gb and a 1tb SSD for 100 bucks combined and it'll be a killer laptop. Couldn't pass up the deal.
If you always wait your always waiting. Unless your fortunate enough to have the latest and greatest. Get what you can afford and if you need it now get it now.
@@zzygyy oh yeah I just thought you were thinking of upgrading. I think a good rule of thumb is to upgrade every 3 generations which is every 6-7 years
Maybe we'll get to see more laptops with the newer AMD CPUs with RDNA3 based iGPUs. Currently there aren't a lot of them, because the CPU was launched later.
the best moment to buy tech is "now"... make your decisions with existing and proven components, the future is uncertain and there will be always a better piece of tech in the future.
I've only now realized that the brand new laptop I recently purchased is closing in on 5 years old. I'm still not sure how that happened, but I am feeling in the mood for an update, and my budget agrees with me for once. I doubt I'm gonna wait to buy a laptop with a 50 series card in it though, I'm planning on probably a strix scar 18 with the 4090. That brand new laptop I got 5 years ago is also a strix scar iii 17' with a 2060, and it's been a great machine, but the battery is almost dead, and it has some other minor annoying issues.
buy it when you need it, but if you know something is coming then maybe wait. Got new desktop with intel 12th gen and 3080 in 2022, but at the end of the year the 13 gen were coming out as the nvidia 40x0 series. I been watching this year, some sales throughout, but Christmas and new years sales at besbuy were amazing. Almost picked up the asus 14" zeph for 1099 off $600 at Bestbuy. I decided to wait next year since I already had the home pc in 2022. I will replace my laptops with the rumored HP omen transcend 14". Just like HP, Asus was looking good, but i didn't need it really.
How do you think Intel's APO, will affect the 14th gen Intel based laptops? I think they might be shown off at CES. Would like to hear your opinion on 14th gen+ APO vs 13th gen
@@demistr7435 really I thought it just came out when I was reading about it as uk pc world (our biggest computer shop company) has only recently started stocking them.
The key is to get the best deal you can get since the laptop market has become like stock market. You don't force buy a 4090 laptop when the price is over the top when you can get a decent 4060 laptop which is being sold for 50-60% off.
if they : Make a thicker laptop with better cooling, 4 ssd slots, 4 usb slots, sd card slot, and a 4090m ti in there I might consider getting one but for now I'll wait for the rtx 5000 series to come out
@@srobeck77 theyre often lacking in dimming zones for example. would you say theyre actually really close enough to oled that i wont see the difference? if so i would consider mini led.
Are OLEDs really worth it knowing they'll get burn-in from UIs and other static images (the brighter the more damaging) sooner or later? Mini-LEDs sound like a good compromise between visual fidelity and reliability.
What I really want to know is if we are getting more OLED or Mini-LED laptops. When I'm traveling I really like a large laptop screen to watch shows and movies.
Wait for next year Black Friday these 2023 laptops will go down in price for 2024 black Friday where their actual price is reasonable by then. Minimum >$1000 for rtx 40 series laptop
If were not for Meteor Lake, i'd have bought a 7840HS + 4060 laptop for whenever i have to travel (like almost every 2 weeks) and can't bring with me a console or something. I really want that battery life (specially when navigating and reproducing video) and the AI capabilities for Win11/12, i don't care if it's only 5~10% better than 13700H/13620H. And with some luck, maybe the 4060/70 models get more reasonable prices thanks to the super refresh. My 8750H + GTX1070 really deserves it's retirement.
Is it worth upgrading from a gtx1650 to an rtx4050 right now? I can squeeze it in my budget, but now that my gtx1650 is working properly I'm not sure that it's worth the upgrade. Especially because mine is paired with the 4600h with an amazing iGPU. The only games that I play are Forza, Minecraft, and Insurgency Sandstorm and all of them run at 60+ fps in my current config.
Thanks for the information. I am very interested in the new USB/Thunderbolt standard that is suppose to come out next year. This will affect FPS for 4+K external monitors. I am more interested in this bit of hardware than I am the GPU. (I am interested in both.) So, I am a little disappointed you did mention anything about it. Is there any news about the new connectivity standard and will it make it into 2024 laptops? Thanks. And keep up the great work.
I actually just ordered a legion 7i with a 4080. Doesnt look like were getting much for the 2024 models and they are 24 percent off atm. Even better than the black friday and boxing day sales i saw!
According to Notebookcheck there's only an average of 10% performance difference between RTX 2080 Super, RTX 3070TI, and RTX 4060 laptops. Looks like desktop GTX 1080TI will continue to be the performance target to meet or beet in gaming laptops for the next 2 years. I expect no less from the upcoming Ryzen 7/9 Strix Halo APU from AMD ❤️🤞
I currently own an ASUS ROG G551JW with an i7-4750HQ CPU @ 2.00 GHz and 16GB RAM with a 960M Nvidia Graphics Card, that I've owned for almost 8 years now, it's held up fairly well for 5 years and has seen poor performance only the last three years... literally anything will be an upgrade for me right now. I'm definitely copping anything within the 40 series, which right now I'm eyeing the Lenovo Pro 7i Gen8 4060 laptop.
Here I wonder if I should still keep my current laptop as it will be 4 years that I’ve had it. It runs RE4 remake great at high settings with a 1080p 144Hz screen, 16GB DDR4 RAM, and an RTX 2060 6GB. I’m hoping it will be good for another 5 years if I take it to a laptop repair shop for maintenance and add thermal paste to the CPU and GPU. Is this better than getting a new laptop? I feel the current settings are up to snuff with a PS5
For me, I set my expectations for a gaming laptop on the most demanding game I play and if it can play it at a acceptable framerate. I'm on a 4070ti laptop and it plays everything fine. I came from only suing desktops for a while, and I know I can get more performance from a desktop, but if you set a frame rate bracket you can live with (I set mine at 90 to 60 FPS(I can play Warframe at 200, I can Play Cyberpunk at above 60 maxed out (with some Ray Trace settings), I can play Nioh 2 at around 110) and the games you want to play fit in it, anything else is overkill. Now, you could buy a newer laptop with a 4000 series Nvidia and get frame generation and dlss 3, and future proof yourself at a good price point for this generation, so if you discipline yourself to accept reasonable frame rates with a laptop, you should buy when the current generation is cheapest. I have a Asus Strix SCAR g18 with a 4090 in it, bought it at a really good price (for where I live) and in year when 5000 series cards come out, I with buy a thunderbolt 4 enclosure with a desktop card in it if there is a huge difference and a game I really want to play needs that level of performance. This is the thing; if you get a thunderbolt 4 port on a laptop (or a kit to use the pcie port inside) you can hook up a desktop card, even the exact same version or less, and see a big jump in performance. As long as you have at least a thunderbolt 4 spec port, you're able to upgrade to a DESKTOP card.
I have HP Victus with Ryzen 5600H and Gtx1650 which I bought last year in Sept. I think I can wait till 2025 to buy Rtx5000 series laptop. I'm not into any rush or something, this laptop is working fine for me. As I also see there's no huge gap bw Rtx 4000 series and 3000 series so point in buying right now.
I have watched alot of your tech videos on Gaming laptops over the weekend and picked up the Legion 5i pro with the I9 and 4060 in australia for 2.4k down from 3k Aud on black friday still paying the premium Australia tax but couldnt resist the ''savings''
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Not sure what's going on with ARM processors or elsewhere in the windows stuff but I am totally interested in this blackfriday sales as far as stuff like loq from lenova goes or other brands like msi stuffed with intel and rtx for less than $1200? Like, I am talking $899 40 series 1tb sometimes even 32gb. ddr5!
Is there a European market version?
Should we wait until Amazon Black Friday starts on Friday? Do you believe it would be any surprises?
Tbh, I think you are clear from here on into cyber monday but it's prolly a battle royale fort nite experience. lol. @@ricardoherrera9873
Can you please do a european version of this site, pleaassee? ; __ ;
Definitely, you should wait for RTX 5060 to arrive. And then wait until it stops being so expensive and you get a good deal. Only when you had waited all this time you should finally reconsider buying RTX 5060 and wait for RTX 6060, because you will be missing out otherwise!
rinse and repeat
I think this year is the rare exception to wait just due to how stingy AMD and (especially) Nvidia are being about VRAM.
Can you afford at least 12gb of VRAM?
If not, wait for a sale or a new release to drop the price.
I care about VRAM if new generation will get more VRAM or not
I already have a 4060 laptop. Should I buy now or wait?
If serious question, definitely wait. unless you NEED more VRAM and can trade-in.
For nearly five years, I had put off purchasing a laptop. Towards the end of the year, I pondered whether to buy an inexpensive one or wait for a newer and more powerful model. I ultimately decided to wait for the newer model, but when it was released, I found myself asking whether I should buy it immediately or wait for seasonal sales. This cycle continued, and as a result, I have been unable to purchase a new laptop for five years already.
Smart move:)
I'm still using a 7 years old laptop with GTX 1050-Ti which I brought for $200 used. I able to play majority of the newest triple-A games at 1080p. So I though to myself. "Why not use those money on games instead"? 1-2k is a lot of money. The urge to upgrade is strong, but I don't want to throw away a laptop that let me see how much an individual wasted on upgrades. My latest video is up if anyone is interested.
great saving advice!!
@@condorX2You keep telling that to yourself, go another 3 years.
The cycle will continue so long as you keep playing the waiting game. There is ALWAYS a reason to wait, but are they actually good reasons to? No. Though people will keep coming with excuses to try manipulate themselves into thinking it is. In the end, you lose time within your life that you can never get back. Instead of making sure you live in the moment and experience all life has to offer.
@@junichirowoOne can easily flip the nonsense you wrote and it will be the same. Nonsense.
Those who are in confusion... just get it whatever is available within your budget.
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Was literally just watching last year's video about the same question, just to have an idea of what to do. Thank you, Jarrod
You should wait for 8 years, I heard Nvidia will release the new mobile RTX 9090 that is faster than the current 4090 desktop.
Edit: /s
and then you can play alan wake 3 at 30fps 540p upscaled to 4k
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it doesnt take 8 years and a RTX9090. 4090 laptop now is already faster than 3090
@@alanliang9538he said wait 8 years so it's very likely it will happen
@@alanliang9538 it's a joke
Every year since 2018 I've been wondering this... and each year I let another pass by because there's new hardware in the horizon.
So, I'm still rocking my 7th gen Omen 15. 😂 (Just finished Resident Evil 4 Remake for the 2nd time with it).
Lol me too, I have my hp omen from black Friday 2018. Looking to upgrade this year.
I’m with you with a 1060 and an i7-7700HQ on my MSi laptop 😅
@@derikbarbieri8753 msi laptop any good ? Heard on reddit it has trash quality, broken alot
Waiting has its advantages.
I used to have a GTX 1060 laptop, loved it. Decent performance but very loud and hot etc.
Eventually upgraded to a GTX 1660ti laptop. Better in basically every way.
Couple of years later I upgraded to an RTX 3070 laptop. Huge improvements yet again.
I've had the 3070 laptop for approaching 3 years now and haven't decided to upgrade to a 40-series laptop yet just because of hwow much I'm spending on laptops is kinda nuts in hindsight.
My friend had a 970M, then upgraded to the 1660ti like I did. Now he's looking to upgrade to a 4060. Each time I upgraded I got like a 20-30% increase in performance. Whereas he'll get more like a 70% jump in performance each time and save that extra £1000-1500 every other upgrade too.
I think aiming to make a gaming laptop last for 4 years is a pretty good wait, and then just put up with lower performance for a couple of years.
I've decided to go a different way. Ultrabook and eGPU will be my next setup. That gives me a nice thin and light laptop and I can just plug it in when I get back. Can upgrade the GPU as I please too.
Dude, I'm still using my Asus X550VB. It's Core i5-3230M and GT 740M
Bought Legion 7i Pro month ago and love it, it was quite cheap too after some tax reductions. Good to hear that there's not tons of new stuff coming anytime soon, so right time to buy indeed.
If more brands will put miniled display into their top of the line model next year, that will be a good reason to wait for the 5000 series laptop too.
tbh, I don't think mini-led is very good. Especially in a working environemnt. I have Rog Flow X16 miniled. For example, if you have a grey or black background and a white curosr on it. You can see clearly that the backlight zone containing the cursor is visiably brighter than other zones. But in games where colors are generally more diversed, this is no longer an issue, as the zone are no longer visiable.
@@peacefultyranny8981 Yeah, I was interested in the tech, but heard reports of so many issues with these laptop mini led displays that I passed entirely. I got an OLED for my PC and have had zero issues this past year. OLED is good enough now that unless you're being really negligent, burn in isn't really a concern. I use it half the time for desktop work and still no issues. I just make sure to run the pixel refresh cycle when prompted and it's been a non issue.
@@peacefultyranny8981 I think it also depends on the number of dimming zones on the panel
Curious to see the VRAM and architectural differences when the 5000 Series does come out. Wonder if we will see performance trends similar to the 3000 Series or if the cards will be more like the 4000 Series. Either way, I hope they increase the 5050 to 8GB of VRAM and all other cards 12GB / 16GB
5060 12gb vram and 5070 should be 16gb vram and everything else 24gb vram that would be reasonable bumps by then esp considering how much these new games pulling like hogwarts legacy already using up to 7.3 gb vram just to run on ultra 1080p
I completely agree. I bought a used Lenovo Legion 7i with the RTX 3080Ti specifically because the 3080Ti mobile has 16GB of VRAM. It is complete bullshit how a 3080Ti mobile has 16GB of VRAM while the RTX 4080 Mobile has 12GB of VRAM. Not cool Nvidia. The 4080 Mobile should have had at least 16GB of VRAM.
I'm thinking the 5000 mobile series will be a significant step up, given the 4000 series wasn't.
If they launch an rtx 4090 ti, it should be a 200w gpu because many laptops cooling down the rtx 4090 laptop around 75 degrees, and the more power bring more performance.
im surprised the current 4080 and 4090 is only capped at 175-180 it should def be able to pull 200 and the ti should go up to 210 but nvidia gonna play games as usual with these high end gpus
No point having a high power gpu if the cooling only allows it to use 2/3 of the available power limit. Always depends on cooling capacity.
32 gb ram needs to be the standard for new gaming laptops
Absolutely. It's crazy to see $2,000 to $2,500 dollar laptops with 16gb of ram. I think that's insanely wrong.
NVIDIA GPUs in laptops are used for 2-3 Gen of processors
For example RTX 3000 series laptops came with Intel 11th and 12th gen/Ryzen 5000,6000 laptops
RTX 5000 series laptops might come in late 2024 and early 2025
nope, its as early as mid 2025 and as late as end 2025 since next gen gpus release date are being pushed back further. (no idea why though)
@@majinboo6377 if it so then I hope they really offer a good increment rather than 10-15% performance boost like they did with rtx 4060
@@ro_c_ky_106 lol, it will be the same boost, cause we already hitting cooling limitation for laptops for the amount of powers they requires.
@@majinboo6377 Yes!
@@majinboo6377technological advancement bottleneck.
Very doubtful that the RTX 50XX will come out next year.
Black Friday is just around the corner and hopefully we'll catch some good deals in Europe 🔥
BF means trash...
@@artureff3046why?
Black Friday already finished lmfao
Yeah Europe only Trash Sale/Discounts so far on Legion atleast
@@artureff3046 In average stores, yes, but I post offers from Amazon, and there are good promos there.
Thank you for giving direct and well informed advice to the the viewers. That is rare these days.
Same internals with a massive panel update like mini led or high refresh, higher brightness oled would certainly be worth the wait.
Thank you so much for your videos, I just recently bought my first gaming laptop for school. I’m a game development student so I needed very specific things and you helped make it so easy to choose!
What advice would you give to a total newbie hoping to get into the Game Dev field? And is a CS degree a must have?
@@dd4886 I wouldn’t say a degree is a must have. I’ve heard of people learning to code themselves and landing a job. I’m only getting a associates because the community college near me is so cheap I can do the whole thing for under $6000 and they’re partnered with unreal so you get specialty training in blueprints. If you have the means to get a degree it won’t hurt. If not any basic coding classes will get you a good start and maybe look up blueprint tutorials on RUclips if you decide to go the unreal route.
@@dd4886sorry for coming in late, but I might able to give a pointers as a Game Dev myself.
Most of the time a degree is not a must need to have in game department, it's what you are capable of, build up portfolio and give a proper description of what you do. Example : if you made a horror Asylum scene, write in description what you made, if you said you're the enjoying building up lighting and mood to make it horror vibe, then write it, if you're the one that made the asset, say it. It helped more than a degree in my experience.
as for learning, it's good to learn from what has come, learn what works and what not, the RUclipsr game review is a way to go, tackle the existing idea before you write your own, it will come to you overtime.
@@habibpines
Thank you very much for the insight! I'll try to follow this. I'm so relieved to hear that a degree is not a must.
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Just watching that laptop screen wobbling gives me chills from personal experience
Chills sounds a bit much. The screen is mostly closed after all, so not exactly in the usable position.
Jarrod, you raise a very interesting point. No matter when you buy a laptop or phone, the next year's models will always be better. Also much more expensive 😮
Usually not more expensive. The laptops are fairly consistently priced. Actually cheaper than a laptop I bought 10 years ago.
Cant wait for 6090, probably going to default on my debt for one
Hi, your channel is great straight to the point, not 20 min videos wasting time .
i subscribed few weeks back,
Love your CoB T shirt. RIP to the legend Alexi Laiho. I think I’ll probably buy a 2023 version to upgrade my current one. Hopefully there’ll be more great deals
I picked up the Asus Rog Strix G18 Laptop with an RTX 4080 from Best Buy during their Laptop sale last week. I found an open box in excellent condition. No sign of any wear at all or light bleed. It has the I9 13980HX and it was marked down to $1,761.00. It only came with 16gb of DDR5 4800mhz. I'm picking up 64gb of DDR5 4800mhz for $150.00 tomorrow from Micro Center. I'm very happy with this purchase.
I recently moved from a 8 year old Dell laptop to Strix G18 with a 4080. And it was a perfect as I wanted an above average GPU ie something better than a 4070 and still get a great deal. Hearing that Nvidia won’t release a graphics card that might be better than a 4080 or 4090 makes the my purchase a-lot better as I still get the advantage of the latest hardware with the price of last gen hardware.
Moral of the story: there will always be something new.
I think the actual point is if your close to buying a laptop, buy now or wait a few months.
Got a Ryzen 7 5800 RTX 3060 laptop for 750 dollars, i was going for a i5 13420h RTX 4050 for around 950, but got this amazing deal at an offline store. This is tech buying SZN ladies and gentlemen.
just bought a predator neo 16 , i7 13700hx + 4060 + 1440p 500 nits screen, it comes with only one memory slot used, so easy to upgrade to 32 gb and i installed a more fast 2tb ssd, 16 gb ram is nonsense in 2023 on win 11 and 512 gb of ssd is full in like 7 minutes of use, but i can say than i am very happy with it, frame generation is a real game changer, game that run at 40 fps go up to 70 fps with fg so you can use the nice rt effect or up the resolution, and the screen is better than evrything else on the market at this price point, i come from a 970m so it's a big upgrade for me, because of covid price of 3000 serie was crazy for a while. now i bought this include the upgrades for 1300 dols in south east asia where i live (more pricy than in the us) . good point, i live in tropical 30 degree environment and the computer stay very cold while gaming (never more than 80 degree on cpu and gpu), but the most terrible point are the speakers, absolutly awfull, impossible to watch a movie on that shit, but i connect a good soundbar so i don't care that much, the rest is great !
I bought a Legion Slim 7 7840HS + 4060. He the design, it'll be a great gaming + video editing machine.
Good video. I picked up a 4060 laptop a couple of months ago and no regrets. AWESOME COB Tshirt btw!!!!!!!!!!! Cheers.
I’m just going to wait until the rtx 10090 drops so I can finally get a sweet deal on the 4090. I think it should go for about $1500 then
You guys have no idea how happy I am with my new Lenovo legion slim 5 13700 4060.
I bought one as soon as I could and i suggest anyone who needs a laptop to buy one as soon as they can. Waiting isn't always a beneficial move
How much have you paid for it?
@@vladone3428slim 5 costs about $1000
your shouldve wait during Black Friday Sale
just bought one! thanks to this channel helped a lot ! Was between a msi40480 and a 4090 and due to upgrade making it like 2k i went for the hp omen 4090 for about 2500 and i couldn't be happier!
I went dell Alienware M18 R1 4090 13980hk for 2750
I already bought the G14 4060 as my first gaming laptop after *much* extensive research online. It’s a huge upgrade from my old Acer Swift 3 and I’m thoroughly enjoying it not just for gaming but browsing and general productivity
Ayy same. Have you upgraded the ram and memory? If so, what did you use and do you think its worth upgrading the wifi card. It's been pretty spotty for me, but I've heard it's really easy to mess up replacing the wifi card
@@formulablaze91 I been looking at a lot of recommendations and settled on getting the Samsung Pro 990 ssd and the DDR5 Corsair Vengeance 32gb ram though there are a lot of good options. As for the wi-fi card mine is perfectly fine so I don't get the complaints but if yours is spotty then yeah maybe upgrade. If there are any computer repair places near you I would just let them help if you're really not that confident
Thinking of picking up a G14 myself. I'm still kinda on the fence though 😅
@@shado6182 Would definitely recommend it. I got zero complaints about it so far, it's awesome
@@shado6182same here I just love the white look & amazing display but personally want a numpad so I’m torn between that and the Helios 16
Well, I just bought Legion 5 2022 with i7-12700H/RTX 3060(140w)/DDR5 16GB RAM/1440P 165hz display and I'm pretty satisfied with it. Paid like $1000 when it usually costs at least $1700 in official stores in my country.
At some point (probably soon) FSR3 Frame Generation will come out to new games and I will utilize it.
For how much?
@@gurkirat521just edited the comment, included the price.
That wasn't a good price... Sorry
@@META313. wow for 1000$ ONLY ??? howd you get it so cheap bruh ? 😭
@@BearShepherd Did you miss the part where prices are relative to the location of the country and the part when I said usually I would at least need to pay $1700 and I got it for $1000 only? Also its a decent price in general too, when you only can get 4060 laptops which are not a big upgrade for like $1100 in US, which would cost around $2000 in my country.
It's not for who lives in Turkey, guys. If you can buy it now, just buy it now. Tomorrow maybe too late
The age old dilema.
I got a 2022 3080Ti. A year later it was “old”, now just 2 years later I guess it’s obsolete?
I love it and I am glad I got it at the time instead of waiting forever. I got a lot of good use I would missed if I had waited.
Imagine if you had waited a few months and got a 4090.....that would be an insane increase almost double performance
Same. I should have waited a few months.
Just got the lenova 7 16inch, for £1300 saved £300, super happy.
The newest laptop isn't guarantee better build and components quality, but make sure it's specifications able to run the newer OS, the OS always forced consumen to use their newest version
Thank you for posting these deals! Finally snagged one 😊
just wait 20 years, laptops gaming going to be awesome, no loose performace by heat, 12k 600hz screen...
I wonder when the technology get so advance that game running at max settings will run at 200 fps and above
Thing is, it all really depends on WHY you're getting the pc, if I'm not looking for future proofing, but just for some light gaming of some old games here and there, I don't see why I shouldn't get the fairly cheap HP invictus, with it I get some gaming out of my pc, even though for the most part I'll use it for work.
Wait for the next CPU in early 2024 make sense. Hopefully more efficient and better Temps for Notebooks.
For info. EU : Just bought dell G16
i9-13900HX
1to
16 go DDR 5
Nvidia 4070
QHD+ (2 560 x 1 600) 240 Hz 500 nits
1440€
Intel saying they will not support 13 gen anymore.
i'm really hoping that big intel battery life gains are real. i use an M1 macbook for work, and its absurd how much longer its battery lasts for light usage compared to my 2021 gaming laptop (which i use plenty for things besides gaming). raw CPU performance improvements are a distant second priority for me for the next gen or two of laptop CPUs
100% agree. I have an M1 MacBook Air I can go days before I need to charge. (I don’t use it for work.)
MacBook using an M1 5nm ARM processor.
Intel processors are 10nm X86. You can't expect the same battery life on X86 machines.
Intel can somewhat provide one day battery life with an 80Wh battery if they jump to a 5nm node instead of using a shittier 10nm node.
What I really expect is 7800x3d laptop equivalent. We already have equivalent of 7950x3d. In combination with 4070 laptop it could make an amazing bestseller for the next couple of years
Hey there Jarrod. In practical terms, not pushing the FPS to the max terms, does it make sense to drop back a couple of generations? I got a razor 17 10th gen i7 with 2070 (8gb vram) for about 1100 off eBay a little over a year ago. I’ve seen them for about $850 now. I use it every day for working from home. Photoshop, web dev, and some e-sport gaming. I put 32GB of dual rank ram in it and also upgraded the storage. Is there a “noticeable” improvement/reason to try and upgrade? I have newer laptops like amd 6800 and 6900 class, and Intel 12700H, etc. In my workflow they all work fine. If I chase the FPS needle the newer units are technically “faster” but I don’t know if I could really tell in a blind trial. What are your thoughts??
Cheers
Rick
That's for the intel, man! As always, was great.
The next time you talk to the big laptop brands, tell them not to worry about next gen GPU or CPUs, tell them we only want 5x more RGB and we'd be ok with paying $1000 more for such pleasantries. Because at the end of the day, none of us care about $/frame. We really only care about the $/Lumen, obviously.
I wanted to get a 4070 at some point but then i realised, 1070, 2070, 2070s, 3070, 3070ti and 4070 ALL OF THEM have 8 gb of vram, which is enough to play any game pretty much , but you do pay a little too much for 8gb of vram which is sad, that is why im waiting for the 4070 ti
which if why I'm getting a 4060 laptop. I'm not paying for Nvidia's scam. Laptop 4070 should have had 12GB just like the desktop version.
@@tabalugadragon3555 yeah man , 4060 is such an amazing deal, it performs closer to its desktop version too
Guys its not about what's coming next being better or not, Its about if you really need a new laptop or no. Yes the new ones would always be better but the time you spent with something that's not up to your needs is not worth the 10-20% performance advantage.
The rumour coming around that 4070 Ti MOBILE is gonna have 12GB definitely looks sweet to me ngl
Desktop only tho
@@sweetsurrender815 no, the desktop variant is the 4070 Ti SUPER which will hae 16GB of vram, but for the normal 4070 its just gonna be refreshed with 4070 SUPER with the same 12gb of vram
Just get a 4080
Speking about small refinements, chassis improvements, bigger batteries and more RGB's... MSI Alpha 17 C7V is quietly thriving under the radar.
i doubt RTX 5000 series gonna improve anything compared to 4000 series for laptops
if 5050 had 8gb of Vram instead 6 then its possible
but i predict it gonna pull intel and just have 5% improvement for double the price
I agree, generational improvements are getting smaller and smaller ever since silicon improvements got less significant, especially at the same wattage (and price), and you can't just add a 100 Watts to a laptop for more power in a laptop that already barely gets 2 hours of battery life with 99Whr battery and sits around at 90 degrees Celsius.
I'm playing my games at 4k HDR 120hz (heroes of the storm, slay the spire) or 60 hz (starfield, cyberpunk) in my custom quiet mode on Lenovo Legion Slim 7 gen 8 with RTX 4060. Enjoy gaming or enjoy waiting folks!
Buying my first gaming PC in 20 years. Found your channel and it has been very helpful to me thanks!
Glad to hear it!
correct! If you really need something now, you can get one during the sales. Or you can wait and get one when you need it.
I've struggled for ages with the 8gb vram thing they messed up not upping for 40gen. I'm REALLY trying to find incentive to go up from 3070 mobile which has such great specs. The only viable step up is 4080 mobile but at £2.5k it's just barking, there is no value proposition for the consumer. So I'm left with 4060 or 4070 8gb models almost all of which are WQXGA which means surely I'm forced right up against the 8gb buffer and at risk of stutter. Just horrible, wish more would offer WUXGA and preserve refresh rate and vram (also DLSS doesn't help VRAM levels!)
What games have you ran into issues with? I have a laptop with a 3060 and haven't noticed any issues with the 6GB on any games I've played
@FinneasJedidiah has it got a 1440p screen? If you're at 1080p you don't need as much vram for textures
@@lyntonbell7604 oh, good point. I do just play 1080p right now
I bought an HP Envy X360 with a Ryzen 5700u for my wife on sale a few years ago. Had upgradable memory and SSD slot. Extremely impressed with the battery life from that thing. Has a dedicated charger port but can also charge via USB-C. She forgot her charger on a trip and the battery lasted her 4 days then I reminded her she could just use her phone charger if she needed to.
I'm probably going to get one for my daughter if I can get a good deal on a 14". I hope they still have upgradable ram and SSDs.
Picked up a killer deal on a Asus Rog Zephyrus G16 i7 13620H and RTX 4060 for 999 at Best Buy. It jumped back up to 1449. Yeah it's FHD not QHD but I export my RUclips videos to 1080p anyways. Going to throw in another 16gb stick of ram for 32gb and a 1tb SSD for 100 bucks combined and it'll be a killer laptop. Couldn't pass up the deal.
If you always wait your always waiting. Unless your fortunate enough to have the latest and greatest. Get what you can afford and if you need it now get it now.
i am still using msi ge75 raider with full rtx2080..still runs all games smoothly..even cyberpunk at 55+fps on high and full hd 😊
Wow, seems like it might be a dull year for gaming laptops. I hope Nvidia, AMD, and Intel use this time for a bigger release the following year.
Hopefully screens make a big update and we get tons of more mini led and oled since performance will be the same
I hope they use this year to refresh g14 and the flow 13 series, with more ryzen option
Time for us to take a gap year lol
I'm not buying anything until 2027-2030... the gap will be huge by then and better bang for buck
Buy now and enjoy. Remember, time is a luxury and you’re getting older.
I listened to your advice back in late 2020. I waited for the 3080 instead of buying 2080. Thanks for the info as usual.
If you have a 3080 laptop then wait until 5000 series tbh
@sweetsurrender815 my 3080 will be in use for 6 more years. No reason to upgrade unless I find a must own game that's beyond belief.
@@zzygyy oh yeah I just thought you were thinking of upgrading. I think a good rule of thumb is to upgrade every 3 generations which is every 6-7 years
@sweetsurrender815 I would drag it out to 10 yrs, but windows is usually moved on the next operating system. 😆
The deals for 13980HX and 4080 combo was excellent. Landed a Strix 18 at Best Buy for $2,000 which is better than my desktop PC right now.
For just 2k? Wow
@@TishSerg I was rounding but $2145 I had used some reward certificates to get it down. Still a damn good price.
Maybe we'll get to see more laptops with the newer AMD CPUs with RDNA3 based iGPUs. Currently there aren't a lot of them, because the CPU was launched later.
the best moment to buy tech is "now"... make your decisions with existing and proven components, the future is uncertain and there will be always a better piece of tech in the future.
I've only now realized that the brand new laptop I recently purchased is closing in on 5 years old. I'm still not sure how that happened, but I am feeling in the mood for an update, and my budget agrees with me for once. I doubt I'm gonna wait to buy a laptop with a 50 series card in it though, I'm planning on probably a strix scar 18 with the 4090. That brand new laptop I got 5 years ago is also a strix scar iii 17' with a 2060, and it's been a great machine, but the battery is almost dead, and it has some other minor annoying issues.
My Black Friday Legion Pro 7i 13900H/4080 keeps looking better and better.
I'm not looking to buy anything right now, but when I do, I want my laptop screen to be glossy,high res, bright OLED or mini LED..
considering i just bought a 4090 razer blade 18 like 2 days ago, im super relieved to hear that nothing new is coming in 2024
Never wait (only when a sale is near). Buy when you need it.
Where will always be better stuff on the horizon.
buy it when you need it, but if you know something is coming then maybe wait. Got new desktop with intel 12th gen and 3080 in 2022, but at the end of the year the 13 gen were coming out as the nvidia 40x0 series. I been watching this year, some sales throughout, but Christmas and new years sales at besbuy were amazing. Almost picked up the asus 14" zeph for 1099 off $600 at Bestbuy. I decided to wait next year since I already had the home pc in 2022. I will replace my laptops with the rumored HP omen transcend 14". Just like HP, Asus was looking good, but i didn't need it really.
How do you think Intel's APO, will affect the 14th gen Intel based laptops? I think they might be shown off at CES. Would like to hear your opinion on 14th gen+ APO vs 13th gen
APO will have minor impact, DLVR will be much more important.
We only just got 13 gen 😂
@@riccccccardo 13th gen is almost a year old.
@@demistr7435 really I thought it just came out when I was reading about it as uk pc world (our biggest computer shop company) has only recently started stocking them.
@@demistr7435 mhmm. Can't wait to see how Intel justifies the upgrade to 14th gen processors for non gamers
Who else noticed the wobbly laptop lid?
It's actually mindblowing how much better the black friday deals are so far in the us compared to europe... sad times
The key is to get the best deal you can get since the laptop market has become like stock market.
You don't force buy a 4090 laptop when the price is over the top when you can get a decent 4060 laptop which is being sold for 50-60% off.
the screen wobble on the laptop next to Jarrod is crazy
It'll happen with most laptops when the lid isn't properly opened, the hinges have to deal with more weight compared to having it fully opened.
I just got an msi katana 15 with the 4060 and 12650h and 32gb of ram, im happy so far and i think i will be for quite some time.
if they : Make a thicker laptop with better cooling, 4 ssd slots, 4 usb slots, sd card slot, and a 4090m ti in there I might consider getting one but for now I'll wait for the rtx 5000 series to come out
Sounds like youd be better suited with a desktop to check all those boxes
My 17 R5 GTX 1070 still rocks! most of the games run at 1080 High or even ultra 60fps. I think I could wait for other 3 years to upgrade
im holding my breath for oled, its really the main missing thing for me about gaming laptops at this point.
mini-led laptop screens are damn close. but only available in laptops $2,000 and up
@@srobeck77 theyre often lacking in dimming zones for example.
would you say theyre actually really close enough to oled that i wont see the difference? if so i would consider mini led.
Are OLEDs really worth it knowing they'll get burn-in from UIs and other static images (the brighter the more damaging) sooner or later? Mini-LEDs sound like a good compromise between visual fidelity and reliability.
@@bickboose9364 oh damn i thought apple was using oled displays on macbooks. are they just using simple ips panels? or mini led?
What I really want to know is if we are getting more OLED or Mini-LED laptops. When I'm traveling I really like a large laptop screen to watch shows and movies.
I'm only aware of an existing 14" going OLED next year, not sure about others yet.
Wait for next year Black Friday these 2023 laptops will go down in price for 2024 black Friday where their actual price is reasonable by then. Minimum >$1000 for rtx 40 series laptop
If were not for Meteor Lake, i'd have bought a 7840HS + 4060 laptop for whenever i have to travel (like almost every 2 weeks) and can't bring with me a console or something. I really want that battery life (specially when navigating and reproducing video) and the AI capabilities for Win11/12, i don't care if it's only 5~10% better than 13700H/13620H. And with some luck, maybe the 4060/70 models get more reasonable prices thanks to the super refresh. My 8750H + GTX1070 really deserves it's retirement.
it can be used as a dock laptop though, bcz you can have a second space
Is it worth upgrading from a gtx1650 to an rtx4050 right now? I can squeeze it in my budget, but now that my gtx1650 is working properly I'm not sure that it's worth the upgrade. Especially because mine is paired with the 4600h with an amazing iGPU. The only games that I play are Forza, Minecraft, and Insurgency Sandstorm and all of them run at 60+ fps in my current config.
4050 prices are great right now, but if your current laptop is doing what you need it to do, there is probably no reason to upgrade.
Thanks for the information. I am very interested in the new USB/Thunderbolt standard that is suppose to come out next year. This will affect FPS for 4+K external monitors. I am more interested in this bit of hardware than I am the GPU. (I am interested in both.) So, I am a little disappointed you did mention anything about it. Is there any news about the new connectivity standard and will it make it into 2024 laptops? Thanks. And keep up the great work.
I actually just ordered a legion 7i with a 4080. Doesnt look like were getting much for the 2024 models and they are 24 percent off atm. Even better than the black friday and boxing day sales i saw!
On 5060's? Got damn, technology moving super quick these days.
According to Notebookcheck there's only an average of 10% performance difference between RTX 2080 Super, RTX 3070TI, and RTX 4060 laptops.
Looks like desktop GTX 1080TI will continue to be the performance target to meet or beet in gaming laptops for the next 2 years. I expect no less from the upcoming Ryzen 7/9 Strix Halo APU from AMD ❤️🤞
Idk about that, Alan Wake already doesn't work on 10 series and more games will release like it
10% is huge difference. "Only" lol. RTX 4090 is struggling to play 4K games. GTX 1080Ti will continue to challenge on board graphics and trash bins.
This video couldn't be more perfect for me rn💀 thanks Jarrod!
I currently own an ASUS ROG G551JW with an i7-4750HQ CPU @ 2.00 GHz and 16GB RAM with a 960M Nvidia Graphics Card, that I've owned for almost 8 years now, it's held up fairly well for 5 years and has seen poor performance only the last three years... literally anything will be an upgrade for me right now. I'm definitely copping anything within the 40 series, which right now I'm eyeing the Lenovo Pro 7i Gen8 4060 laptop.
Here I wonder if I should still keep my current laptop as it will be 4 years that I’ve had it. It runs RE4 remake great at high settings with a 1080p 144Hz screen, 16GB DDR4 RAM, and an RTX 2060 6GB. I’m hoping it will be good for another 5 years if I take it to a laptop repair shop for maintenance and add thermal paste to the CPU and GPU. Is this better than getting a new laptop? I feel the current settings are up to snuff with a PS5
For me, I set my expectations for a gaming laptop on the most demanding game I play and if it can play it at a acceptable framerate. I'm on a 4070ti laptop and it plays everything fine. I came from only suing desktops for a while, and I know I can get more performance from a desktop, but if you set a frame rate bracket you can live with (I set mine at 90 to 60 FPS(I can play Warframe at 200, I can Play Cyberpunk at above 60 maxed out (with some Ray Trace settings), I can play Nioh 2 at around 110) and the games you want to play fit in it, anything else is overkill. Now, you could buy a newer laptop with a 4000 series Nvidia and get frame generation and dlss 3, and future proof yourself at a good price point for this generation, so if you discipline yourself to accept reasonable frame rates with a laptop, you should buy when the current generation is cheapest.
I have a Asus Strix SCAR g18 with a 4090 in it, bought it at a really good price (for where I live) and in year when 5000 series cards come out, I with buy a thunderbolt 4 enclosure with a desktop card in it if there is a huge difference and a game I really want to play needs that level of performance. This is the thing; if you get a thunderbolt 4 port on a laptop (or a kit to use the pcie port inside) you can hook up a desktop card, even the exact same version or less, and see a big jump in performance. As long as you have at least a thunderbolt 4 spec port, you're able to upgrade to a DESKTOP card.
Legion Go, Rog ally, steamdeck OLED? I think you should review those!
I have HP Victus with Ryzen 5600H and Gtx1650 which I bought last year in Sept. I think I can wait till 2025 to buy Rtx5000 series laptop. I'm not into any rush or something, this laptop is working fine for me. As I also see there's no huge gap bw Rtx 4000 series and 3000 series so point in buying right now.
I have watched alot of your tech videos on Gaming laptops over the weekend and picked up the Legion 5i pro with the I9 and 4060 in australia for 2.4k down from 3k Aud on black friday still paying the premium Australia tax but couldnt resist the ''savings''
You should make a video on which laptops you recommend at various price points.
That G14 deal looks so damn sweet
I bought a 3060 gaming laptop Around 2 months ago and I don’t think I need an upgrade, i’ll probably wait 4 generations before considering to upgrade