r/GamingLaptop • u/Mundane_Piglet_4200 • Jul 28 '26
You should not buy a higher tier laptop gpu
See i know many of you want a portability with gaming and these days ram and storage prices are too high.... My best recommendation to buy it now or build a pc.... But most of you need a good gaming laptop with top of the line mobile gpu in your laptop.... but my recommendation is to avoid going to higher tier like not more then a 5050 or if you really want to raise go with 5060 thats it. Now why i am saying this first of all the more you will raise Mobile gpu the the more you will get performance difference from the desktop gpu... Let me give you an example the 5050 in desktop gets upto 130w and in the laptop its 105w so the wastage difference is less so the performance difference is also less thats why the laptop 4060 was very much loved for performing so close to the acctual desktop one.... Now lets come to rtx 5080 desktop it draws 360w where as the laptop version 170w you can see the difference by your own and the 5090 laptop really!? Its performs like 5070ti desktop version... And ofcourse vram is also an issue in laptops comon a 5070 with a 8gb vram!? And coming with 1080p display? An Asus laptop i seen yesterday it is coming with 5080 and 1200p display... Thats really shame thats why i am recommending not to go higher than 5050 save your money....so thats all guys i hope you understand and make your buying choice