Gaming Laptops vs Gaming Handhelds: Which should you buy? 

A laptop, but only for the performance. Otherwise, getting to play games while riding on a bus or something like that with a handheld would be sick.

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@@greysongaddy879 Awh thanks! Well, I just love making videos. The views may come. They may not. Either way- I make videos because I genuinely enjoy making them. And people like you finding them and liking them is just the cherry on top!

Ayyeee Nintendo knows how to make a good handheld. No judgement here!

Idk. I can run Elden Ring on my steamdeck which start at under $500 so… Find me a gaming laptop for under $500 that’ll run Elden Ring. Switch is also priced pretty well for its performance. Windows handhelds are the only handhelds I’d argue maybe aren’t great when it comes to price to performance but they’re not all bad. In most cases for gaming, they’re still a better value than your average gaming laptop IF gaming is what you’re looking for.

@@XXIVCONCEPT not it isnt, not even remotely close. Laptops have a different price point yeah, but price to performance has a precise meaning: what you pay vs what you get. How much for a lcd steam deck, 400? Ok 400. And for an average 4060 laptop? How about 1000 bucks? Now, for example in cb23 steam deck manages like 4200 points, while that laptop will do 13000 or 16000. And it's in the graphics department when the real gap is, because a 4060 is easily 5 times faster than steam deck. The laptop is 150% more expensive, but 400% faster IN GAMES. So, back to the beginning, what you pay vs what you get. A simple, unquestionable division. And the division has no doubts.

@@niebuhr6197 I’ll agree you can literally measure performance using a standardized metric to understand it. But let me ask you this- is that performance VALUABLE if it’s not a device you wanna use? If it’s a device you don’t enjoy using? Value can’t be determined by some number. This is why I don’t do benchmarks on my channel. They don’t define the products value or overall experience thus are a rabbit hole in defining what is valuable and what is not. Which for consumers, is what actually matters. Measuring performance as a driver of value is an empty numbers race. It always has been. Marketing has trained you to think bigger number and lower price (price to performance ratio) = better value thus better product. But that is simply not always true. Subjectivity has its place in this subject as it pertains to a consumer purchase decision which is the basis of my video. So sure your 4060 laptop could have better price to performance in the data but who cares if the laptop sucks and I don’t wanna use it? People buy product they LIKE to use. Products they DO use. Not products that claim to be better value. Value speaks for itself. It cannot be measure by a standardized test or unit of measurement. Benchmarks help us understand a devices capabilities which in turn is reflected as relative performance and it’s pre-determined value is reflected in the price which is selected and set by the market and the OEM. But benchmarks do not determine a devices value to a user. Performance and Price are only factors. I don’t remember if I related this all back to value in my video- but that was my sticking point about price to performance as it relates to value to the user. Is it stated clearly anywhere that price to performance has a precise standardized meaning? I’d like to see it. Or are we assuming based on best practice what it means and removing the value factor from the conversation?

@@XXIVCONCEPT in that case it boils down to what everyone already knows: two different user cases. It's not an overlapping market.

Appreciate you! Absolutely recommend a Steam Deck. Do your research but I think a 256GB OLED is the way to go. So many options. And for games you can play on Steam Deck, there’s Nvidia GeForce NOW. Let me know what you decide! Have a great day! :)

Lol traveling and playing in game? If you traveling should travel look around)

@@RK-qn7tg I travel for work. So after a 16 hour show day I like to relax by gaming.

Got it. I just think what can I do, if I stay all days home. I use rog ally. Maybe I should buy laptop? I want max fps and highest settings in all games. But I got dizzy from 16 inch screen. It's way to big for eyes to play games. 7 inch perfect but not enough power. Egpu also for example rog ally x got USB 4.0 for egpu, but no one tested it yet, need to see and have something like that.