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the PS5 is taking long to be available in stores offline and online. so what kind of laptop can be used to play games which are ow released for the PS 5?
and controllers for PC is better than keyboard and mouse?
The semiconductor shortage is driving up prices everywhere, and decreasing availability, from GPUs used in laptops to PS5 components. If you buy in the near future, you will probably be paying the highest relative prices for items that use a lot of semiconductors in the recent era.
It would take a huge laptop and would be extremely cost-inefficient compared to a PS5.
15" and a bit over 4 pounds isn't huge. In the useless PC vs console debate, a 3070 laptop is close enough. Of course it will cost more, around 2,000. Could just buy a PS5 off an ebay scalper.
Big reason for/against is the PS exclusives. I really dislike the concept. I still refuse to make an Epic account since they rely on that so much and have skipped some games I would have bought like Metro because of it. But yeah, since XBox doesn't have many exclusives, there's also really no reason to buy it for me. I can play most of the fake exclusives on PC which I already have since they aren't exclusives. Not so with PS.
Planning to Buy A Laptop to play video games instead of the PS5 (Xbox, controllers)
Why a laptop? A good gaming laptop is going to run you around $2000. You can build a very good gaming pc for less than that and it'll be "future proof" in that you can always upgrade components to keep up with developing technology. You cant really pop open a ROG Asus laptop to upgrade GPU or memory or storage space. With pc you can do all of this.
Why a laptop? A good gaming laptop is going to run you around $2000. You can build a very good gaming pc for less than that and it'll be "future proof" in that you can always upgrade components to keep up with developing technology. You cant really pop open a ROG Asus laptop to upgrade GPU or memory or storage space. With pc you can do all of this.
Hmm good luck with that.
You can get a good gaming laptop with a RTX 3060 for around $1,500. A 1660 Ti (desktop) won't offer the same performance for rasterization (aka RTX OFF) as a mobile 3060 will. It's not terribly far off though. With the silicon shortage, just a 1660 Ti will run in the $800-1,200 range these days. Assuming you get it on the low end, you could throw together the rest of the system for $1,500. Not going to be amazing though, 10400F/3600 type build and not a lot of frills. The $1,500 laptop will generally outperform it.
If things weren't the way they are where a mid-range card from 2019 wasn't selling for $500+ over launch price, yeah, but things are the way they are. Kind of glad I bought the 10850/3080 desktop when I did. Not a great price for it at $2,400 in normal times... but not normal times.
If money is no object then go for it. Building your own PC saves you some money, and building your own gaming laptop is also an option. I can't say about how much you would be likely to save, but it would be more than a few bucks.
I am surprised by all the anti laptop hate. I loved my gaming laptop when I had one. Nothing like popping over to a friends house and online gaming in person. And once it is pas tit's prime it is still going to be a 'normal' laptop for a very long time
... and will command a few more dollars if you resell it then any desktop would.
Wouldn't personally get an Acer gamer though. Ewww.
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