Should you buy a gaming laptop or a gaming desktop?

With Nvidia’s powerful GeForce 30-series now available in laptops, it’s time to revisit the eternal desktop-versus-laptop-PC question—focused on gaming, because most looking at GeForce 30-series computers would probably put gaming at the top of their task list.The question is even more complicated these days. Dramatic leaps in CPU and GPU performance have led to unprecedented demand and volatile pricing. Nevertheless, if we walk through the primary criteria, there is a clear winner for most of them—and your own priorities should lead you to the best answer. To skip to what matters to you most, click one of the links below (or to the left):  Portability Value Upgradability Performance Availability Conclusion

Asus

With its 8-core Ryzen CPU and tiny eGPU, the Asus ROG Flow X13 might be the most powerful and portable gaming laptop in town.To read this article in full, please click here https://www.pcworld.com/article/3605435/should-you-buy-a-gaming-laptop-or-gaming-desktop.html#tk.rss_all

Created 5y | Feb 12, 2021, 11:20:28 AM


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