How to Pick a Gaming Laptop – Avoid These Mistakes!

How to Pick a Gaming Laptop – Avoid These Mistakes!
Here’s what you need to know so you don’t make mistakes buying your next gaming laptop!
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How To Pick The Best Gaming Laptop Timestamps:
0:00 Don’t Make a Mistake Buying a Laptop!
0:12 *1. GRAPHICS (GPU)*
0:52 1.1 GPU Power Limits
2:05 1.2 GPU VRAM
2:40 1.3 Budget Laptop GPUs
3:26 1.4 Best Mid-Range Laptop GPUs
4:14 1.5 High-End Laptop GPUs – Worth It?
5:07 1.6 RTX 40 Series Laptops
5:21 1.7 Boost FPS with DLSS, FSR & XeSS
6:01 1.8 Ray Tracing
6:21 *2. PROCESSOR (CPU)*
7:13 2.1 Best Gaming Laptop CPUs Right Now
7:42 2.2 Intel or AMD CPU?
8:14 2.3 CPU Power Limits
9:26 2.4 Are Last Gen CPUs Still Good?
9:40 2.5 i5 vs i7 / Ryzen 5 vs Ryzen 7
10:09 2.6 i7 vs i9 / Ryzen 7 vs Ryzen 9
10:55 2.7 The Best Laptop CPU – Worth It?
11:20 2.8 Gaming Laptop CPU Buying Advice
11:42 *3. MEMORY (RAM)*
11:55 3.1 Get Dual Channel Memory
12:19 3.2 The BIG Problem with Laptop Memory
12:48 3.3 DDR4 vs DDR5 in Gaming Laptops
14:01 3.4 How Much Memory For Gaming Laptop?
14:29 3.5 More Important Things Than Memory Size
15:23 3.6 Memory Overclocking / XMG in Laptops
15:39 *4. STORAGE*
15:58 4.1 How Much Disk Space For Gaming?
16:47 4.2 How Many M.2 Slots?
18:02 4.3 PCIe 3.0 or PCIe 4.0 SSDs?
18:41 4.4 Are PCIe 5.0 SSDs Worth It?
19:28 4.5 2.5” Drive Bays – Say NO to HDD!
20:15 *5. SIZE & WEIGHT*
20:34 5.1 Portability vs Features
20:56 5.2 The Best Size Sweet Spot
21:05 5.3 Look & Feel / Design
21:29 *6. SCREEN*
21:39 6.1 Best Screen Size
22:04 6.2 Best Screen Resolution
23:05 6.3 Aspect Ratio
23:33 6.4 Best Screen Refresh Rate
25:00 6.5 Screen Response Time
26:08 6.6 Screen Brightness & Color
27:16 6.7 Panel Type – IPS, OLED, TN?
28:09 *7. MUX SWITCH – Boost FPS in Games!*
28:15 7.1 How Optimus Works
29:53 7.2 The MUX Switch Problem…
30:19 7.3 G-Sync
30:35 7.4 Advanced Optimus (Automatic MUX)
31:26 *8. PORTS*
32:06 8.1 Type-C Charging / Connecting a Monitor
32:48 8.2 2.5Gb Ethernet – Do You Need It?
33:11 8.3 HDMI – Watch Out For This!
33:49 *9. BATTERY*
34:01 9.1 Battery Sizes
34:26 9.2 Battery Life – Intel vs AMD
53:24 9.3 Performance on Battery Power
36:14 *10. KEYBOARD & TOUCHPAD*
37:10 *11. OPERATING SYSTEM – Windows or Linux?*
38:26 Save Money on your Gaming Laptop
38:46 Best Gaming Laptops in 2022

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