Dell's got RTX 30-series gaming laptops cheaper than productivity notebooks right now

In the event you're out there for a brand new work laptop computer with gaming functionality as a bonus, you're residing in a golden age. Who must fork out slightly below three grand for the new XPS 15 with built-in graphics, when you should buy an RTX 3050-boasting Dell for a fraction of that worth? Positive, the XPS line is fancy and so they're positively top-of-the-line productiveness machines, however in the event you're trying to recreation on one, you're taking a look at round AU$3,500 for a mannequin housing the 3050 Ti.

Alternatively, you would take a look at this deal on the brand new Dell G15, which boasts an i5-11400H, RTX 3050 and 8GB of DDR4 RAM. It's normally AU$1,799, however Dell is presently flogging it for AU$1,439 (a AU$360 low cost). That features a 120Hz 1080p show with a 512GB SSD.

In the meantime, the Ryzen Version G15 isn't discounted fairly as a lot, however it does have higher specs with 16GB RAM and naturally, a Ryzen 5 5600H CPU. That's presently AU$1,529, down from AU$1,799.

It's price mentioning that the 3050 isn't a powerhouse: benchmarking has shown that it may be outdone by, for instance, a GTX 1660 Ti. However GTX playing cards don't assist DLSS, so the RTX 3050 does have a bonus in terms of upscaling. Simply don't go in anticipating the identical form of efficiency you'd get from greater tiers of 30 sequence playing cards: we'd consider a 3050 laptop computer as a piece machine that may additionally play video games at modest settings.

In the event you do need one thing with extra heft, the Dell G15 with RTX 3060 can also be on sale, down from AU$2,599 to AU$2,079. That's nonetheless cheaper than your common XPS, and boasts an i7-11800H, 16GB RAM, and a 1080p 120Hz show. For extra choices, take a look at our information to the best gaming laptops.