Looking to get a new Laptop PC, looking for advice, opinions, help

andrew129260 said:

If this is the quote your talking about they are not saying its bad, just saying its on the lower end of a really high end gpu line. But its still so much overkill for your needs. You're buying a lamborghini when the most your going to do is the speed of a toyota.

You had at most per your old machine a dedicated NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M. So anything you get now that's dedicated wise will blow that out of the water and then some.

Whatever you pick or go with, I hope you enjoy. Peace

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Deex2 said:

thanks for clarifying. so in your personal opinion, not sure which way im going to go, if i use Adobe Elements Photoshop and video you don't think I need a dedicated graphics and a integrated one will be fine

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Deex2 said:

thanks for clarifying. so in your personal opinion, not sure which way im going to go, if i use Adobe Elements Photoshop and video you don't think I need a dedicated graphics and a integrated one will be fine

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andrew129260 said:

Nope, not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is any dedicated graphics card you get is going to be more than enough for anything you're doing. Unless you're editing 4K video, wanting to play the latest AAA games at max settings , and doing really high-end stuff, you don't need to think about whatever dedicated graphics card you end up going with. It will be more than plenty.

I know people that edit basic video on Intel integrated graphics. It works just fine. Just slower.

So there's nothing wrong with paying more and getting a dedicated GPU. I just don't think you should worry about what GPU it is. Because anything you get is going to be more than what you need.

I understand wanting to buy a computer that will last you a long time. Unless your needs for using the computer drastically change, Anything you buy on the high performance end will be more than enough for years to come.

Having said that, I am the kind of person that doesn't like to spend a lot of money when he doesn't need to. Everyone else is different and everyone else financial situation is different.

You can only future proof so much. Getting a dedicated GPU, regardless of what it is for your needs that you told us about, will serve you well for a very long time.

If you have two grand to spend on a laptop and you think you want all the bells and whistles then go for it and get a crazy high-end GPU and all this other stuff. It's all up to you.

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Deex2 said:

Was your recent laptop "new" or refurbished from the outlet? I've looked at the Outlet but will look again, I don't think I saw any, within my price range with discrete graphics cards. I'd prefer to buy directly from the Manufacturer, as i have in the past, but it is my understanding the same warranty applies even if you buy it from Best Buy and places like that, I might be wrong.

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andrew129260 said:

I have bought multiple used or refurbs before with no issues.

The one in my specs that I am selling was new. New does sometimes have a longer warranty, but in my experience anything that will go wrong will happens in the first 6 months or a year. And the refurbs cover 1 year typically.

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Almighty1 said:

Discrete graphic cards no longer exist, at least with Dell. In the old days, the graphics was on a actual card itself but the machines of the last 10 years, the discrete is nothing more than a graphics chip that is part of the motherboard along with the memory for the graphics. Yes, you are correct the warranty is the same no matter where you buy it from as it's based on the system tag aka serial number, of course it starts from what Dell considers the build date so obviously a custom built machine or one bought from Dell will give you the full warranty as it starts probably from the shipping date.

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Almighty1 said:

If you buy with a credit card, you will get extended warranty for free which usually means a check will be written to you for the amount paid.

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Almighty1 said:

Discreteme graphic cards no longer exist, atleast with Dell. In the old days, the graphics was on a actual card itself but the machines of the last 10 years, the discrete is nothing more than a graphics chip that is part of the motherboard along with the memory for the graphics. Yes, you are correct the warranty is the same no matter where you buy it from as it's based on the system tag aka serial number, ofcourse it starts from what Dell considers the build date so obviously a custom built machine or one bought from Dell will give you the full warranty as it starts probably from the shipping date.

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andrew129260 said:

I stayed away from the technicalities as I think it will just confuse them. But yes discrete is more like "dedicated" graphics card chip on the motherboard as you said now in addition to the internal graphics on the processor.

A lot of credit cards don't offer this feature anymore sadly.

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Deex2 said:

Thats not true. The only Dell laptops where the discrete GPU is a chip in the mother board is in a few XPS models, the other models available are actual cards, already checked.

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Almighty1 said:

Yes, you are correct. As for the extended warranty, wise to always check what benefits the credit card(s) come with. What you said earlier is right since it's basically overkill for what the OP wants.

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Deex2 said:

whether its overkill or not is of no concern to you. Ok so If i didn't go with a dual GPU, what one or two single graphics would you recommend instead?

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Almighty1 said:

Ofcourse it isn't but I am just agreeing what someone else said earlier. I don't have anything to recommend because it depends more on what works for you or not and the only way to know is to actually buy a system like the Dell's and then try it to see if it meets your needs or not with the specs to use as a reference point and then return it. Everyone can tell you anything they want but at the end of the day, it is you that is the factor that matters. Just like plenty of people like Toyota Prius and then there are people who like Porsche's, it's more personal opinion than anything else.

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Deex2 said:

I know and i was asking for your personal opinion

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Almighty1 said:

Which is what you don't want to hear since my personal opinion is always whatever is the best available but I am a power user or high-end user so my requirements are different as I would be the one who will get 64GB of ram, NVIDIA RTX™ 3500 Ada 12GB GDDR6, 4TB of SSD storage, 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-13950HX for example. But those are just looking at specs. Instead, only way to know is to actually have actual experience with the system to know if it works well or not for what I want.

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Deex2 said:

Thank you. Hey curious what makes you/one a "power user" what do you do

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