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Every Discrete graphics laptop i have bought + anecdotal evidence from my friends seems to suggest that they tend to overheat and die either prematurely, or soon (2-3 years) while all my integrated gfx laptops have been chugging along just fine ( I am using a 2010 Toshiba my wife bought when she started her post grad to type this)

Just wanted to check other's experience with this ?
 
greenhorn said:
Every Discrete graphics laptop i have bought + anecdotal evidence from my friends seems to suggest that they tend to overheat and die either prematurely, or soon (2-3 years) while all my integrated gfx laptops have been chugging along just fine ( I am using a 2010 Toshiba my wife bought when she started her post grad to type this)

Just wanted to check other's experience with this ?
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nothing like this exist. get a desktop.
 
Nah I don't think that's the case. I'm using a gaming laptop from the last 2 yrs, and still chugs along as well as the day I bought it (except for battery life which has halved, but that is expected), and my cousin had a gaming laptop he had purchased in 2012 till last year, and everything except the battery worked on it. He exchanged it for another laptop in the flipkart sale.
 
The days are gone for long term gaming laptops. If you want to game for next 7-8yrs you better grab the latest and the best spec. laptop available as in laptop you cannot upgrade cpu/gpu and you will be stuck with your investment forever except for ssd/hdd/ram etc.
Desktops are the best choices which do not have such restrictions.
 
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The days are gone for long term gaming laptops. If you want to game for next 7-8yrs you better grab the latest and the best spec. laptop available as in laptop you cannot upgrade cpu/gpu and you will be stuck with your investment forever except for ssd/hdd/ram etc.
Desktops are the best choices which do not have such restrictions.
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Just to be clear, I'm not looking for a future proof gaming laptop. I'm the guy that waits 10 years for the price is a game to drop to less than $1 on steam to buy it. Most of the games I play are 7-15 years old, so am not looking for anything fancy. Just need 60 fps at 1366*768 at low settings
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Nah I don't think that's the case. I'm using a gaming laptop from the last 2 yrs
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Make and model please
 
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thechordmaster said:
I'd suggest go for an intel based laptop with thunderbolt support as that lets you connect an egpu in the future if needed.
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Thunderbolt eGPUs are not practical - they are very expensive first of all, plus their performance is starkly inferior due to the limited lanes on thunderbolt. It would be better to buy a better internal GPU in the first place than relying on an eGPU later down the line. Here's a video for reference - focus on the benchmarks with internal display and 1080p (most likely use case scenario)
 
greenhorn said:
Every Discrete graphics laptop i have bought + anecdotal evidence from my friends seems to suggest that they tend to overheat and die either prematurely, or soon (2-3 years) while all my integrated gfx laptops have been chugging along just fine ( I am using a 2010 Toshiba my wife bought when she started her post grad to type this)

Just wanted to check other's experience with this ?
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Exact same experience, I was flat broke in 2008-2009 and bought a HP laptop ( DV6 something) with discrete GPU with all the savings, it didn't last 6-7 months ( all pirated games CDs bought from roadside), everything in it ( from motherboard to screen) developed issues ( with countless visits to service centre)
Then bought a Dell Inspiron ( still flat broke) it lasted a little more than the HP ( eventually a service centre guy replaced it with a Vostro out of pity) That Vostro with integrated graphics lasted years, though I stopped using Windows in 2010 it worked tirelessly as a download rig for 4/ 5 years.
Those 2 years from 2008 to 2010 I tried to be a gamer, never crossed level 1 in any games. Now when I can afford decent rigs, buy legally...all the interest is gone...story of my life basically.
 
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Personally I like the idea of egpu too. Only reason I'm waiting is that thunderbolt is bloody expensive due to the licensing fees. Most thunderbolt laptops cost as much or more than a decent gaming laptop. I'm hoping for either the thunderbolt enterprise models to come into the refurb market cheap or for usb4 equipped cheaper laptops to go mainstream.
 
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