Thread 712638705

If I don't play graphics-demanding AAA slop games, is it better to have a gaming laptop than a desktop?

>>712638705 (OP)
desktop in case of any parts failure, also cheaper for equivalent power

>>712638705 (OP)
Desktop. The internal components will last longer due to better airflow(get a proper case and ventilation going). Also, cap your framerate to 60fps so your video card doesn't fry in 3 years.

>>712638705 (OP)
Laptops aren't built to last.

>>712638705 (OP)
Laptop, but only because I can play it in my bed, my chair, or on the train. It's basically just a bigger steam deck.

>>712638705 (OP)
Laptops irelevant of what game you play run at higher temps, the cooling fans sound like jet engines when they rev, get a desktop

>>712638705 (OP)
ftfy

>>712638705 (OP)
I would recommend asking in the technology board >>>/g/

I don't see the point of gaming laptops anymore because a cheap business class laptop with integrated graphics now weighs three pounds, has a battery that lasts eight hours, and is as powerful as a base model PS4

>>712639347
This. Laptops are the best because they can be plugged into TVs and use game controllers. You cannot do that with a desktop, which has to be fixed to a desk.

>>712639650
the value is getting a desktop replacement that is 5lbs for 999$ and can outperform any desktop for the money. Gaming laptops are in a wierd place and the discounts for new ones can be huge.

>>712639650
This. An M4 Max is more powerful than a PS5 Pro, weighs 1.5lbs, and has a 20 hour battery life. And you won't get laughed out of the coffee shop when you use it for work. Only problem, it runs macOS so your game choices are very limited.

I played Rust and Tarkov on a gaming laptop for years.

>>712639832
>An M4 Max is more powerful than a PS5 Pro
Source?
>has a 20 hour battery life
Playing AAA games? Or browsing the internet?

>>712639832
>more powerful than any console
>only problem
>it can't run any games
Really?

there is no reason to choose a laptop over a desktop outside of actually requiring portability, which most people don't. or if you find some insane deal on a gaming laptop used that you just can't pass up

>>712639730
i have a 25ft HDMI cord running around the outskirts of my room from my PC to my TV. laptops are never the answer.

>>712640296
It plays all the games I'm interested in, so I guess I don't really care. And more and more devs are bringing games to macOS. Steam still being x86 was a bitch, but they finally fixed that this week.

>>712640158
>I played Rust and Tarkov
thanks for letting us know you're a mentally retarded zoomer so we can disregard your post

'eck on 'ock.

>>712638705 (OP)
Unless you invest into a modular laptop, which likely costs as much if not more than a desktop, you should opt for a desktop. Regular laptops are a headache to clean and usually impossible to upgrade.

>>712638997
Me typing this in an Acer laptop that I bought 10 year ago.

>>712640513
>AC-Shadows-333.jpg
>It plays all the games I'm interested in
typical appletranny. applels all need to be roped.

>>712638705 (OP)
Get an M4 MacBook Air and a Steam Deck or Deck-like.
/thread

>>712640632
>in an Acer laptop
Get out of there before the heat kills you!

>>712640562
What causes this?

>>712638705 (OP)
Bought a high end laptop to play 3l20 years old games, it still melted in the summer, despite cooling pack. Almost 2k usd gone (was a fortune for a laptop back then.

>>712640513
dorm room gaming is peak comfy

>>712638705 (OP)
I'm planning to buy a laptop next week.
I have a very good desktop already, but sometimes I just want to lay in bed and play something with a gamepad.

>>712639832
lmao the shit can't even reach 60fps on 1080p

>>712640949
but can it run Crysis?

>>712638705 (OP)
Cannot think of a good reason to get a laptop if you don't specifically need to travel and game at the same time.
Even if you don't want to play demanding games, a desktop offers highly superior ergonomics.
A laptop forces you to play on a 16 or 17 inch screen, straining your neck looking downwards and with a terrible feeling keyboard.
And if you buy a properly sized screen and keyboard to remedy that, the desktop will win handily on performance per dollar.

>>712638705 (OP)
laptops aren't rugged enough to actually carry them around with you treating them like a textbook or something. You have to treat them like some precious object or you'll flex the PCB and fuck them up within weeks. The people that have old working laptops leave them on a desk like they would a desktop, in which case get a desktop.

>>712641081
I have a 2013 MBP I've been using for nearly 12 years now and it's still perfectly fine. It's dinged and dented and the screen's glass is delaminating, but it's still perfectly usable and I bring it everywhere.
I don't use it for gaming because that'd be retarded.

>>712641081
>implying
I've had my 5560 for 4 years now and since I'm working in factories on the floor I dropped it many many times even left it in a machine before and clogged up some conveyor belts, they are a lot more durable than you think

>>712638705 (OP)
No. Build a desktop. If you have need of a laptop buy a lower-mid range one to supplement your desktop.

>>712640493
The portability factor is something that only affects normalfags. If you want to connect your desktop to a big TV, you'll find a way.
These are the type of people who buy a Retropie so they can play emulators on their TV with the wife's son.

>>712638705 (OP)
If you are at home Desktop.
If yup travel a lot or can bring machines to work laptop.

A 300$ used gaming desktop will an average be 30% more powerful than a 300$ used gaming laptop.

>>712638705 (OP)
No, it's only better to have a laptop if you actually need the portability. Just like performance, cooling, value and so on are compromised on laptops, so are ergonomics for the sake of portability. Using a laptop sucks ass in a very practical sense, you don't actually want to look down into a tiny screen for hours or use their smaller and worse keyboards and so on. It's not as comfortable, significantly less so.

Sure you can use external, full-size peripherals with laptops as well but at that point you're just buying and paying for more shit. You don't need a laptop in the first place if you don't need the portability.

I sometimes use my 8 year old gaymen laptop so i can sit with my gf and play something while she's watching femslop on TV.

>>712641982
>he doesn't have a decent htcp wired up to his tv so his gf can watch him play vidya
uhh..

>>712638705 (OP)
Desktop PCs are the only platform that's compliant with the PC Master Race. If you want to comply, you gotta go desktop. Otherwise how are you gonna get updoots and (You)s? Don't be a contrarian.

>>712642143
I got a PC too but don't play if she's around really. Her ex husband would forcibly play CoD on the main TV and she'd have to sit upstairs watching tv by herself, every single night.

>>712642717
This post was scientifically designed to pull (You)s.

>>712642717
2reddit4me

half the price of a laptop effectively goes into portability
laptop 5090 = desktop 4070

>>712638705 (OP)
>>712638997
This, buying laptops in this day and age is a massive waste of money and you're subjected to planned obsolescence, along the fact that they're a nightmare to repair and most of them can't be upgraded. That and they come with W11 preinstalled, I wouldn't wish that to my worst enemy, I already had to reinstall the OS twice in my sister's laptop because of updates and bitlocker bullshit.

A PC might be more expensive, but it will be a way better investment in the long term, can last you for years, you can upgrade parts as you see fit and it's actually fun building a PC from scratch, you get to learn a lot about components and PC configurations.

>>712639032
This. Im not fag who play at public but i want to play on my bed, laptop is the superior choice.

>>712643308
wireless shit is basically as good as wired and your screen isn't in a fixed position
no excuse to use a laptop in your own home

>>712643298
The business laptops from Dell and HP have gone complete dogshit too. Costcutting everywhere.

Laptops for primary use are shit, in my opinion. They're great as a secondary device. For example, you're going on a trip but need to do some quick work or play a game, and that's when a laptop will save your life.

>>712638705 (OP)
Do you need it to be portable? Desktop is always better for pure gaming.

>>712643628
Even Apple is like this now. When you paid $2000 for a laptop you used to get a tank. Now they're all fragile with the same quality as a $150 Chromebook.

>>712643308
>but i want to play on my bed, laptop is the superior choice
You will either burn your legs or clog your fans if you place the laptop on the bed, and if in that case you say that you will use a stand, then why not just build a PC and plug a wireless keyboard and mouse instead?

In no world a laptop is a superior choice to a dedicated PC.

>>712643308
A better choice is to have a TV mounted on the wall and use a controller.

>>712643758
>Even Apple is like this now.
>now

>>712643758
>Now
Bro when I was in uni like 12 years ago everyone thought MacBooks were the best thing ever and at least a third of the people had the damn thing break on them before the semester was over.

>>712644287
And yet mine from 2013 keeps going just fine. I refuse to buy a new one until they fix the keyboard issues, which is fine because it's still very fast even using fan patches to install the latest OS and does everything I need it to do.

I have a portable monitor and miniPC with a wireless keyboard and mouse. Kinda like this but only a single monitor. I only need 2 cables: 1 for miniPC power, and 1 usb4 (looks like usbc) which is both power and display for monitor.

If I really wanted to be "portable", I could technically keep a powerbank in my backpack to plug into. I don't really care because even laptops have like 1 hour battery life and need to charge all the time. Upside of this setup is that it's more powerful and doesn't overheat. I do this because I travel sometimes and want a temporary pc.

>>712644397
I wouldn't touch a modern Mac even if someone paid me to use one because they have removed almost every single USB port from them just to force you into buying adapters. Just a quick anecdote, I work on tech support for a certain company that sometimes requires users to upload data by connecting their devices to their computers, and almost without fail people who use Mac can never do it because the adapters cause connection issues or won't properly detect the device.

>>712644591
>Gimp
Why Gimp?

I've always owned a laptop, though I've never been a big AAA PC gamer anyway. There's just little more comfy than laying down with a sizable screen. I've never liked chair gaming.

>>712638705 (OP)
Desktop objectively better in all cases. Laptops are for gays and blacks.

How to play PC desktop in the bed then?

>>712644591
>with the small phone stand in the back
three screens not bad

>>712645142
Deck and moonlight

>>712645142
it's a meme, you don't. if you want to play something with a keyboard and mouse you're stuck at a desk. If it's possible i've tried it, and it all sucks for reasons already stated itt. Play a switch or your phone in bed, not a real game. If u want that get a better chair.

>>712645142
I got a small case for my latest PC so I could move it between desk and TV easily.

>>712645142
Gat some discipline. Go to bed when you want to sleep. If you want to be on your cornputer go sit at your cornputer like Whites do.

>>712638705 (OP)
Every laptop I had encountered some stupid fuck up issue that kills it in 2.5 years or less. Every pc I've built chugs on until the hardware becomes so outdated I decide to replace it anyway, but it can easily go on for 15+ years

>>712645142
you got a laptop and a small stand
it's much superior

>>712638705 (OP)
No. I played OOT on a gaming laptopTM and it nearly exploded

>>712645254
You’re right. The closest I’ve discovered is having a monitor on an arm, having an adjustable mattress base that tilts, and using a large foldable bed and breakfast table for a wireless keyboard and mouse. At that point you’re going to such lengths to emulate a desk and it’s not conducive to winding down to get ready to sleep that it’s not worth the novelty.

>>712645318
If I had discipline I wouldn't buy an immobile gaming desktop, I would buy a multifunctional laptop that I can work and game on.

>>712645142
Lay in bed, projector on ceiling, joycons on your sides

>>712638705 (OP)
I have "gaming laptop" from 2023, bought for ~1000$ Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 G733, I can play Oblivion Remastered with at least 40fps at any moment. I don't really play AAA slop. Closest game to this, maybe, Elden Ring, and it was very smooth. The biggest problem is, it's actually very loud when all fans are at 100%.
So my advice, if you have a place for it, I suggest PC, it's cheaper, faster, quieter, you can upgrade it in the future, it's modular.
But, if you have to move your shit at least once a month or don'treally care, get a gaming laptop.

>>712638705 (OP)
If you like to play on your bed, definitely

>>712646136
It’s better in your head than reality. If money was a non-issue you could conceivably build a desktop environment for your laptop that includes full sized monitors, kb+m, egpu, etc. At that point why wouldn’t you just buy a laptop and a desktop then?

>>712643758
True. I had to buy a laptop for someone and 1,700 gets you a 4060 8GB

>>712646412
, a woman’s mouth around your cock.

>>712639832
>20 hour battery life
doubt

>>712647116
With intelaviv cuck cores maybe

>>712645142
Connect tv in bedroom to pc and get a wireless keyboard/mouse.

>>712638705 (OP)
If its not for gaming and decent SFF PC is fine. and yes you can game on them easily. Otherwise a desktop or 'cyberdeck of your own design is best because you can fix the fucking thing it anything goes wrong or just upgrade/replace parts later.
Laptops are all basically just future e-waste garbage.

>>712638705 (OP)
I have a thinkpad x220. It emulates up to gamecube wii and ps2. The only problem is it never breaks. With a little bit of linux and some duct tape the thing seems like it will last hundreds of years.

>gaming
>laptop

>>712646431
>don't buy a gaming laptop their very loud and hot
>oh well what did you buy
>oh an asus
>oh an msi
Stop buying shit brands

>>712645284
>jonsbo c6
>ikea besta
shit, that's like my own setup.

>>712638705 (OP)
A laptop is good at being portable. A desktop is good at everything else.

>>712640493
>25ft HDMI cord
enjoy that input lag bby

>>712639730
lapcels literally believe this

>>712645254
you don't need a desk
you need a chair
you need a flat surface for your mouse
desks fucking suck because that surface is in front of you instead of to the side
the keyboard can go on your lap just fine and the monitor can stand on top of literally anything

>>712649631
i've never noticed a problem but i play single player games, but i still use my monitor 80% of the time or more because the viewing distance is better and i like to shitpost on my 2nd monitor

Anyone tried these? Seems expensive for what it is, I could make my own but it wouldn't look as nice.

>>712651490
nigga what in god's name are you talking about? send pics of your thirdie setup

Why would you ever need a laptop?

are AR glasses viable replacements for monitors yet?

>>712638874
>Also, cap your framerate to 60fps so your video card doesn't fry in 3 years.
Don't forget to remove all your teeth, because that's where the glowies put the listening devices.

>>712638874
>Also, cap your framerate to 60fps so your video card doesn't fry in 3 years.
Hahaha, WHAT

>>712638705 (OP)
There are some very demanding games that are worth playing, like stranger of paradise.

>>712651490
this nigga playing keyboard like it's a guitar

>>712654398
If you run above 60 fps on 60hz your IQ iz lower than 60

>>712652480
looks comfy and simple.

>>712645284
What GPU do you have in that case? It only fits 250mm cards at most, and every gpu is like triple fan now.

>>712656909
Who's doing this? Or did you just make this up? I've got a 3080 on launch ish date and running 240fps on 240hz, is my video card going to fry 2 years ago or never? Drn4t

>>712639832
>M4 Max
That shit is 3.2k dollars you retarded idiot.

>>712638705 (OP)
A gaming laptop can play graphically demanding gaymen, main problemo here is that the gpus in there barely have 6gb of vram, which is highly low now that the bare minimum to play something without missing textures is 16gb
Unironically, long term is much better to buy something with the ryzen ai max 395 with at least 64gb of shared ram and dedicate 16gb for the gpu or some macbook pro with the mx max if you can deal with having to use wine and rosetta.

>>712638705 (OP)
Laptops have too many heating/throttling issues. You have to buy cooling pads and such and it really kills the portability. Unless you only plan to play shit from the 2000s then no problem.

>>712639832
>M4 Max
Ryzen Max mogs that, mostly because it can run Windows, but it's also better in performance.

>>712662173
99.999% of gamers use linux, sweaty. :3

>>712662872
rofl stop it

>>712652726
i can't take this stock image seriously. can we stop inserting such creatures where they don't belong?

>>712655886
stranger of paradise is not demanding