Gaming PC VS Gaming Laptop

[Eddie]

So I'm planning on saving up for my own computer. After looking through different information on both gaming PCs and gaming laptops, I'm trying to figure out which one would be the better option to go with. Figured I'd come up with a creative way to get some ideas flowing to see some pros and cons, so why not a good ol' debate ?

In your honest opinion, which do you think is better for gaming ?

[Opeth]

dude laptop sucks for gaming never use laptop for gaming just never

[slugheady]

dude laptop sucks for gaming never use laptop for gaming just never

This was true, 10 years ago. It will always remain true that desktops are more powerful for a less amount of money, and don't bring as many problems as a laptop could bring. Laptops however can be used for gaming as well, it really depends on your life situation. You have to decide based on the places where you game. If you only play games at home, then buy a desktop. If you play games elsewhere or like lan parties etc. then get a good laptop.

[Scarab]

I use a normal laptop and it suffices for all my needs. that being said, if you're a gamer (which i assume you are) a gaming laptop would suffice all your needs, unless you have unrealistic expectations like you want to stream 432897432894327 movies at once while playing 3 games simultaneously and skyping with grandma.

so basically what it comes down to is.. do you want to be mobile or have a big desktop rig somewhere in the corner? I choose laptops e'ryday.

edit: don't listen to eden all he plays is league, gunz and OSU. can run that off a calculator

[Notorious]

Gaming desktop pc > Gaming laptop

[Draze]

I got a laptop and i have destkop expierience also. Just buy a destkop way better for gaming.

[Dualage]

Definitely a PC. In the longrun, if you're going for gaming and possibly triple A titles, a PC can do more for a similar/better price than a laptop. In addition, they are up-gradable for future installations JUST IN CASE you need that new part for whatever reason or another (new Processor, new GPU for SLI/crossfire, extra RAM etc.)

Myself, I like to have a laptop for my own personal reason; I consistently go to a friend's house where they occasionally play on their PCs/laptops or whatever. It's just nice to have something a bit strong if I'm using it both away and from my home.

But yea, stick with a desktop. It will become far less regretful overall.

[Eddie]

Definitely a PC. In the longrun, if you're going for gaming and possibly triple A titles, a PC can do more for a similar/better price than a laptop. In addition, they are up-gradable for future installations JUST IN CASE you need that new part for whatever reason or another (new Processor, new GPU for SLI/crossfire, extra RAM etc.)

Myself, I like to have a laptop for my own personal reason; I consistently go to a friend's house where they occasionally play on their PCs/laptops or whatever. It's just nice to have something a bit strong if I'm using it both away and from my home.

But yea, stick with a desktop. It will become far less regretful overall.

This post definitely helped me a lot. I mainly wanted to consider a laptop for mobile purposes and to play with my friends when we're not at my house. But now that I think about it, the games we play together aren't THAT intense when it comes to size, graphics and what not. I mostly play those type of games at home on a desktop computer anyway. This really helped me a lot.

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MAYBE if someone who prefers gaming laptops could convince me why they'd be better, I'd consider looking into them. Would be nice to play the games I play at home on a laptop if I'm at my dad's house or sleeping over a friend's house or something, but I honestly don't know too too much about what brands would be best for gaming laptops. What do you guys know ?

[Dualage]

This post definitely helped me a lot. I mainly wanted to consider a laptop for mobile purposes and to play with my friends when we're not at my house. But now that I think about it, the games we play together aren't THAT intense when it comes to size, graphics and what not. I mostly play those type of games at home on a desktop computer anyway. This really helped me a lot.

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MAYBE if someone who prefers gaming laptops could convince me why they'd be better, I'd consider looking into them. Would be nice to play the games I play at home on a laptop if I'm at my dad's house or sleeping over a friend's house or something, but I honestly don't know too too much about what brands would be best for gaming laptops. What do you guys know ?

Hunting down good laptops for "cheap" can be difficult. 80% of the time you'll find Laptop price:performance ratios (let's start calling this PPR for future reference) significantly lower than desktops. Main reason being is because desktops (at least if you are smart) are custom built. Individual pieces are occasionally sniped on sale, thus heightening the PPR just from one piece alone.

Does this mean laptops are bad when it comes to PPR? Well it depends. What's your expendable income? If you can manage shelling out UP TO 2k and PREFER portable gaming over desktop, it IS possible for something more than decent.

Regardless, if you were to choose a name brand (laptop, of course), I 110%, FULLY recommend Sager or Clevo as they have the BEST PPR out there for laptops. After this point, just find what specs you want for simply what you NEED. If you prefer Triple A titles on high-- go for no less than $1000 builds. But for anything else, you don't need an ultra powerhouse. I got a ~$600 laptop that can run decent games on high (Smite, PSO2 [noticeable frame drops, however], Tera and hell, even Minecraft on very high settings rarely drops me to less than 60fps with 128x128 textures).

[Mike]

why even consider a gamig laptop yo, desktops are better in any way, except u can't carry it with u