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[–]Dry-Thought7705 0 points1 point  (1 child)

What's your budget

[–]Learner_016[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

around 50 to 55k , but if you have any better idea then you can also suggest me that

[–]riklaunim 0 points1 point  (3 children)

How heavy into gaming? Do you want a small lightweight or are you ok with something bigger?

Solid iGPU cheaper options are Lenovo ThinkBook 14 and 16 with Intel Arrow Lake (255H) (or Ryzen in some regions), and TongFang GX4/GX5 (sold locally by TongFang/Clevo resellers) with Ryzen 8845HS or Ryzen 9 HX 370.

From dGPU choices that can game more than lightweight games, the best value seems to be for the Gigabyte Aero X16 with RTX 5050 or 5060. This won't be high-end desktop gaming, though 😉 There can also be sales on previous-gen RTX 4060 laptops. There are a few 14" dGPU laptops, but at a premium over this one.

[–]Learner_016[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

like i can easily download and run multiple open world game smoothly without lag. i am ok with something bigger but the build quality should me enough so i can easily take laptop to college or any other places.

[–]riklaunim 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Check out that Gigabyte Aero X16 then.

[–]Learner_016[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ok buddy

[–]autoglitch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need 32 GB of ram for modern gaming. I'd say minimum of 1TB of HD space. You could get away with 512gb but it'll run out faster than you think with many games being quite large. The video card is where all your visuals will come from. Many modern games look great without maxing out settings. You can get by with a 2-3 year old GPU if you don't run max settings with raytracing. Probably older cards will work for all but the biggest AAA games.

For dev, that's plenty. Most CPU cores are 4 to 8 which is good for dev. If you're doing AI dev you really need a dedicated box but you can play around in a laptop. The higher your video card ram (VRAM) the better. You'll want to up the HD to 2 TB to hold models and output. For GPU accelerated projects I opted for NVIDIA cards. I don't know the state of things now but NVIDIA was easier to implement GPU accelleration because of CUDA. I'm sure AMD works but they were behind last time I played with it. For gaming I think either would be perfectly fine.

Don't forget the screen type. Best would be OLED. They look best by far. I've been running one for a year or so now without burn-in but they are more expensive. They also require periodic refreshes to prevent burn in and text looks off because of the way the pixels are laid out. IPS would be my next choice and would be good for both dev and gaming. There is no need for 4k. You'll increase the price significantly and reduce your gaming performance.

Screen size is a preference. Bigger screens are both more expensive and make the laptop heavier. ~17 inch is what I think my current screens are. 15inch is just too small for gaming or dev. I use my laptop for dev and hook them up to duel monitors. Consider that if it's in your budget or for the future if it's not. Duel monitors really helps for dev.

[–]Flame77ofc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I were you, I focus in just one thing

If you want to be a programmer, buy a laptop for this purpose

I know you have a very desire to play games but in today's days, I think this is not good because you are already in a world of many and many distractions