Why? You can buy an Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 for like $1,300 with a 2 year warranty. A QHD oled 240hz screen, 32gig ram, 1tb ssd with room for a second, 275HX, 5070ti. And it’s a laptop so you can just unplug it and do whatever wherever in one unit.
I know they’re going for the super compact convenient thing but that’s a hell of a premium for what they’re selling.
A 5070ti mobile is not a 5070ti. the makor thing is 4GB more VRAM, performance wise hiw much stronger is it at 60W GPU TDP? Maybe 25%?
That laptop is also 25% more expensive with an inferior and louder cooling system. The screen is redundant for the living room, 16GB RAM on Linux are still ok for gaming, this isn’t Windows. SSD capacity is inconcenience but not a oerformance issue.
So yeah, I would say, the laptop is certainly comoetitive performance wise but it is not a rrpkacement for a compact silent living room PC.
I’m seeing the Acer for 2000 EUR with a 5060 and 16 gigs of RAM. You sure your prices aren’t from a few months ago or something? 5070/32GB is over 2300 and that’s not ever the 5070Ti.
Tiral@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Why? You can buy an Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 for like $1,300 with a 2 year warranty. A QHD oled 240hz screen, 32gig ram, 1tb ssd with room for a second, 275HX, 5070ti. And it’s a laptop so you can just unplug it and do whatever wherever in one unit.
I know they’re going for the super compact convenient thing but that’s a hell of a premium for what they’re selling.
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 1 month ago
“Hell of a premium”? The steam machine cost roughly like the build i made to match their power
pcpartpicker.com/list/j4n34g
Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
People are really underestimating the cost for components these days.
And from what I read, even Valve couldn’t get a good deal on RAM and stuff, everything’s going to the big AI companies
Jiral@lemmy.world 1 month ago
A 5070ti mobile is not a 5070ti. the makor thing is 4GB more VRAM, performance wise hiw much stronger is it at 60W GPU TDP? Maybe 25%?
That laptop is also 25% more expensive with an inferior and louder cooling system. The screen is redundant for the living room, 16GB RAM on Linux are still ok for gaming, this isn’t Windows. SSD capacity is inconcenience but not a oerformance issue.
So yeah, I would say, the laptop is certainly comoetitive performance wise but it is not a rrpkacement for a compact silent living room PC.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
I’m seeing the Acer for 2000 EUR with a 5060 and 16 gigs of RAM. You sure your prices aren’t from a few months ago or something? 5070/32GB is over 2300 and that’s not ever the 5070Ti.