Hi! Lately I've been looking at a couple of laptops on sale on my area and fits within my budget range.
The 2021 Lenovo Legion 5 R7 5800H, 16gb RAM and RTX 3060 6gb $1500+
ASUS ROG Zephyrus M15 i7 10750H, 16gb RAM and GTX 1660Ti 6gb $1500+
ASUS ROG STRIX G17 R9 5900HX, 16gb RAM, RTX 3060 6gb $1800+
ASUS ROG Zephyrus M16 i7-11800H, 16gb RAM, RTX 3050Ti 4gb $1800+


I'm looking at the G17, M16 and the Lenovo the most.
I mainly work on programs like AutoCAD and renders sometimes. gaming on some free time but mostly for work.

I opted for portability that is why I choose a laptop instead of a desktop.

Any advise on which would be best out of these options?

Quote from: Wereweeb on July 15, 2021, 22:39:33
It has 2/3's of the cores and too little memory for most productivity workloads. Again, as the article already states, a 3060 with lower clocks/power consumption makes much more sense for literally everyone.

Not that i disagree, but the 3060 "max-q" is 60-80 watts, while the 3050 ti can go as low as 35. If you want a thin chassis it might be the only option.
If it makes sense to sacrifice so much performance for a little bit of extra performance it's a whole other topic though

Quote from: AHA on July 15, 2021, 22:28:56
On the other hand, you look at its deployment in a productivity/creator premium thin & light notebook like the Dell XPS 15 and it makes sense due to the thermal limits and the priority given to battery life over gaming performance, for instance.

It has 2/3's of the cores and too little memory for most productivity workloads. Again, as the article already states, a 3060 with lower clocks/power consumption makes much more sense for literally everyone.

On the other hand, you look at its deployment in a productivity/creator premium thin & light notebook like the Dell XPS 15 and it makes sense due to the thermal limits and the priority given to battery life over gaming performance, for instance.