I am personally quite disgruntled with the Laptop landscape after being fairly satisfied with it circa 2019-20. We waited more than the usual cycle for a refresh to 1650 and ended up with a hobbled 3050/ti with only a 4GB frame buffer which is a massive drag on performance that will progressively worsen as the years go on, and is already very consequential check out:
Theoretically, even the 3050ti should have been more than a replacement for the 1660ti (although the actual replacement is meant to be the 3060) but this is not so in practice and the prices put even the 3050ti (let alone the 3060) an entire market segment above where the 1660ti used to be available! (when considering the CPU that was paired with the 1660ti in its own generation). This annoying state of affairs is only balanced by the fact that PC component availability and prices are equally outrageous. I do not know if these prices reflect Covid inflation or that is still to hit us. In any case, I would suggest that you look at :
At the lower end of the price spectrum, I think this is a decent bargain although by the standards of the previous generation offerings it should offer much more hardware.
If you want a full-fat 11th gen Octa-Core laptop:
https://www.amazon.in/Acer-i7-11800...3050+laptop&qid=1634490228&s=computers&sr=1-7
the above is probably your best CPU+GPU combo at 85K (which is a bit disappointing as the 3050ti is not an effective replacement for the 1660ti which used to be available at that point let alone an upgrade).
If you need more Vram for your productivity tasks or 9th gen gaming, this is the best pick I think at 1 Lakh:
https://www.flipkart.com/acer-preda...o473cg0000001634490676999&qH=146309cf93cc05b4
The CPU is bumped down to 10th gen which is still pretty decent but no other device offers this mix of CPU+GPU at this price point, either the GPU is downgraded to oblivion or the CPU ends up being at best last-gen hexacore. Pretty pathetic stuff considering previous-gen offerings were consistently high-end on both ends and didn't make any such compromises at this price point.
It comes down to which component you value more but your usage indicates a good heterogenous utilization so I would suggest the three models listed above as a healthy mix at each ascending price point. For productivity, according to a quick Google search blender really likes Vram so 6GB 3060 preference is a no-brainer with video editing like premiere pro its a bit more ambiguous with the official page saying 4GB is sufficient for 1080p edits and so on. But of course, these metrics are subject to change and in any case, you would know better in these matters. Overall both gaming and other uses would benefit from the 3060 but getting it anywhere lower than the 1 Lakh mark may require too much CPU sacrifice, especially considering equivalent models with the 3050ti generally have current-gen octa-core CPU's ( there's a
Hexa core model at 86K and
95; last-gen and another at
97, with the last being much heavier probably higher wattage GPU and better-sustained cooling but I haven't checked the details), to be worth it and would probably perform (slightly?) worse in productivity at least. I would highly recommend the last option listed as I do think it adds sufficient value to the purposes you have listed and future proofs you for quite a while.
