90K+ What are my options for a new laptop ?

[dvne]

Laptop Purchase Advice Request

Introduction:

- I currently have Legion 5 Gen 6 3060 5800H 16GB
- Got it for INR 133K
- 1 year old
- 2 more year 24x7 support Ultimate Warranty
- Good condition
- For how much can I sell my old Legion 5?

Other info:

- Would prefer something White / Grey
- At least 120-144 Hz
- MUX switch
- Good display properties like accuracy of colors
- Good for 1440p Gaming ( 1080p display fine too)
- Should I wait for 4XXX series?

- Budget: maybe Total of 170K INR depends how much my old would sell for
- Used? No
- Size: Any
- Weight: Would prefer something compact < 2KG
- Purpose: General, Gaming, Digital Art, Work
- Usage: Apex, Pytorch, AAA, Krita
- Battery: 80-90W

 

[hashedout]

ROG G14? It's the only good gaming laptop for non gaming tasks. Available in both colors.

 

[dvne]

ROG G14? It's the only good gaming laptop for non gaming tasks. Available in both colors.

How does it compare against Asus G15 ? 2022

 

[hashedout]

How does it compare against Asus G15 ? 2022

G15 is much better. But a little less portable. The battery is bigger, the display is better and the GPU options go upto a 3080 (not so sure about a 3080 mobile).

 

[dvne]

G15 is much better. But a little less portable. The battery is bigger, the display is better and the GPU options go upto a 3080 (not so sure about a 3080 mobile).

Ok I will look i to it
Looks sleek
What about M15 ?

 

[OMEGA44-XT]

Honestly, your current laptop is powerful enough, if you can compromise a bit. Use DLSS or FSR at quality mode where possible for playing at 1440p. Wait for another year for 40 series to arrive.

At 170k you will get 3070 or 6800M, which is like 20-25% better, but that's it, nothing major. 3070Ti is 30% better, but most good 3070Ti laptops are 200k. Check reviews by Jarrod Tech. Even he considers 3060 as a good sweet spot beyond which you pay a lot more to get small uplift in fps.

 

[hashedout]

Honestly, your current laptop is powerful enough, if you can compromise a bit.

I agree. No point spending the money. At least wait for the new Nvidia mobile generations which could take upto an year it seems. DLSS 3 looks amazing for mobile.

 

[OMEGA44-XT]

I agree. No point spending the money. At least wait for the new Nvidia mobile generations which could take upto an year it seems. DLSS 3 looks amazing for mobile.

DLSS 3 is very bad right now, not much hope from it. See how it works. Let's see what happens to it in future.

 

[hashedout]

DLSS 3 is very bad right now, not much hope from it. See how it works. Let's see what happens to it in future.

DLSS was bad when it first released. DLSS 3 is literally free extra frames. I'm sure it'll get better.

 

[OMEGA44-XT]

DLSS was bad when it first released. DLSS 3 is literally free extra frames. I'm sure it'll get better.

Upscaling had potential, frame generation is an entirely different ball game.

 

[hashedout]

Upscaling had potential, frame generation is an entirely different ball game.

Do you mean frame generation isn't going to improve? Nvidia has an entire research division. I'm not sure what you are basing your opinion on.

 

[OMEGA44-XT]

Do you mean frame generation isn't going to improve? Nvidia has an entire research division. I'm not sure what you are basing your opinion on.

It doesn't look as promising to me for sure. Time will tell, will be good if my prediction is wrong.

DLSS or FSR 2.x is still not recommended to use when their base render resolution is dropping below 1080p, so for 1440p target resolution, better to not use anything below DLSS/FSR ultra quality. This hasn't changed for a year or so now. So Nvidia & AMD trying to create frames based on predictions is surely far-fetched to me if they can't have very good upscaling for lower resolutions today. DLSS took 2 years or so to mature & get enough game support, I expect more time for DLSS 3 if they are even able to do it properly. Let's see what the future holds though.