New laptop for school - Integrated vs Dedicated GPU

[BearOnAShark]

Hi,

 

Currently shopping for a new laptop for back to school, I have about give or take 1k$CAD (750$ USD) to spend on it. I also need to replace my graphic card in my Tower PC (i7-6700 with GTX 970), so I could also merge both budget for a good laptop.

 

While I can be satisfied with 45-60 fps, I am wondering if I should put a bit more and go with discreet GPU.

 

I am just starting to look up and found those that would fit my needs :

- Dell Inspiron 16 with i5-1335U (Iris Xe Graphics) at 800$

- Dell G15 with i5-13450HX (RTX 4050) at 1 200$

 

Only requirement is i5 or ryzen 5 or more and 16go of RAM. Battery life isn't a concern, but would be nice to be off the wall while doing homework or watching Youtube.

 

I usually play e-sport title or some relaxed games like American Truck Simulator or Farming Simulator.

 

Are Integrated GPU performance now enough for light gaming?

[ThePCNerd129]

Get a laptop with an i7 and a 3060... thoes seem to be the best right now

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

9 minutes ago, BearOnAShark said:

Hi,

 

Currently shopping for a new laptop for back to school, I have about give or take 1k$CAD (750$ USD) to spend on it. I also need to replace my graphic card in my Tower PC (i7-6700 with GTX 970), so I could also merge both budget for a good laptop.

 

While I can be satisfied with 45-60 fps, I am wondering if I should put a bit more and go with discreet GPU.

 

I am just starting to look up and found those that would fit my needs :

- Dell Inspiron 16 with i5-1335U (Iris Xe Graphics) at 800$

- Dell G15 with i5-13450HX (RTX 4050) at 1 200$

 

Only requirement is i5 or ryzen 5 or more and 16go of RAM. Battery life isn't a concern, but would be nice to be off the wall while doing homework or watching Youtube.

 

I usually play e-sport title or some relaxed games like American Truck Simulator or Farming Simulator.

 

Are Integrated GPU performance now enough for light gaming?

Note Intel Iris Xe graphics are not like the upcoming Intel Arc graphics coming with Intel Ultra chips. The RTX 4050 will still quite handsomely beat it in any gaming workloads. 

 

Also to note, Iris Xe will likely just run out of memory to allocate for VRAM as it's predefined in the BIOS usually no more than 512MB if your UEFI setup even allows. That option is common on business laptops, but not so much on consumer ones. 

[Eigenvektor]

The fastest iGPU currently available is AMD's 780M. It is roughly comparable to an RX 6400, GTX 1650 or RX 470. If that performance is acceptable to you, you can try finding a laptop that has a CPU that includes this particular iGPU.