Is just having one device the way forward? Is two wasteful? I flip flop between either. My desktop is old but still powerful thanks to it having a 1080. I could just upgrade the GPU and be golden again. My laptop has a 4060, which is okay, mainly thanks to DLSS and ray tracing. It’s really good in terms of power, heat, and noise (it’s an AMD Legion 5 Slim) for a laptop. But I do wonder how long it will last. I’ve never owned a gaming laptop before this one.
I’m considering keeping the desktop and buying a Steam Deck instead of the laptop. I do use the laptop around the house occasionally, but mainly I use it at my desk hooked up to my screen. I wonder about getting a cheap notebook or tablet instead but think that might be more wasteful.
Steam Deck will be quite a lot slower than your laptop, so keep that in mind. If the laptop is powerful enough to be stronger than your PC, maybe just keep the laptop and connect it to your monitor when you are at your desk.
You may want to buy a Steam Deck and keep the desktop. Or, if money allows, keep all three, lol. I have a PS5, a Steam Deck OLED, and I’m still buying a laptop.
River said:
You may want to buy a Steam Deck and keep the desktop. Or, if money allows, keep all three, lol. I have a PS5, a Steam Deck OLED, and I’m still buying a laptop.
I have a 3080 Ti laptop and a 4090 desktop. The purpose of the laptop is so that I can still game while also being in bed next to my girlfriend. I’m not joking.
Lian said:
I have a 3080 Ti laptop and a 4090 desktop. The purpose of the laptop is so that I can still game while also being in bed next to my girlfriend. I’m not joking.
Is there nothing else you could be doing with your hands? Or lap?
I personally decided to stick with a laptop because my wife and I travel between Canada and Brazil every 6 months. I am tired of buying everything twice.
I currently have a Legion Slim 7 2021 (R7 5800H and 3060) and a desktop (i5 13500 and 3070). Sometimes I feel it’s wasteful to have both, but now I’m not. My laptop broke, and if I didn’t have the desktop, I couldn’t do my work on time.
My situation is complicated! I have a desktop 6700K and GTX 1080 Ti, which barely runs newer AAA titles. Trying to give it away to family but no one wants a big desktop. My laptop is a 12700H 3070 Ti, which I can use for work, but I regret getting a gaming laptop.
Neither is really good enough for 4K gaming, and selling won’t net you much. I was thinking about selling my desktop when I got my ThinkPad with a 3080, but it is nice to have that power.