Are PC gaming laptops even worth it or should I get a Steam Machine

Or none of the above

They seemed expensive last time I looked

Everything's expensive. I thought the steam machines were cool when they came out but a good gaming laptop seems more useful plus I could pack it up on long trips.
Of course I haven't played a game on PC in years and years. It just seems like there's so much good stuff now, though!

the way it was done when i was into pc games is you choose the game you wanted to play and build a machine/buy a laptop that can run that smoothly

I want to play all the games on Steam that you guys talk about on the other threads

don't bother with a steam machine. those things are enormous flops.

you can get a laptop with a card that will run most shit in fine res for about $1k or less

like, teraflops or just gigaflops

LOL

Yeah sorry I meant the Steam Machines seem overpriced, I'd go with a laptop cos it's probably not much different money-wise and obviously more functionality

Gaming laptop probably more useful and better overall
Point in favor of the Steam Machine (or any desktop really) is better bang for your buck regarding GPU/RAM/CPU etc.

yeah gaming desktop is my answer.

if you're interested mainly in steamy indie stuff you don't even need a 'gaming' laptop, mb

otoh i don't even know what a steam machine is so i should stay out of this thread

gaming desktops seem somehow overwrought and too serious for me

I have one of those enormous Acer gaming laptops, it runs everything smoothly on low to medium settings. You really need a desktop if you care about playing AAA games on high settings, the laptop video cards just arent there performance wise, but most games look fine on low these days, and you barely even notice the difference in indie games or games with stylized graphics e.g. overwatch

Thanks. I also feel like if I got a desktop rig I would feel compelled to get some kind of ginormous 4K display which would mean a dedicated desk setup which would mean - ugh. No. I'm not that guy.

go with your feelings imo. Nothing wrong with that guy.

lol yes embrace it

laptops are expensive so if you need your purchase to align w a preexisting brand you could always think of yrself as frugal

(i'm that guy)

(it's called WARDROBE)

compelled to get some kind of ginormous 4K display

currently fighting this fight

http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/the-best-budget-gaming-laptop-so-far/

maybe u want to get a macbook so u can wait w/ baited breath alongside the rest of us for them to port games 5 years after the fact (and never get to play an ANNO or Capcom game).

jokes on you ANNO games can run on MacBook w minimal futzing some shit called wine I think but it works I got it to work then I never had time to play it rip

no shit? i know about wine but didn't realize ANNO works smoothly with it. i've wanted to play 2070 for a while. well actually i did but i think the desire evaporated during the wait. but at some pt in history i really wanted to.

should i get a gaming computer or a ps3 or a ps4 or get a nice old tv and play my ps2 games

There's an Anno for iOS that I have on my iPad.

I want to play all the games on Steam that you guys talk about on the other threads

― El Tomboto, Friday, July 22, 2016 8:40 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

if you're interested mainly in steamy indie stuff you don't even need a 'gaming' laptop, mb

― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp),

agree with thomp, at least with the kind of Steam games i'm usually interested in. i have a 2014 macbook pro and it handles pretty much everything.