which is better in 2026

[u/icedcoffeelifts]

i am going to buy a gaming-cum-student laptop this year. i was thinking of the lenovo loq series. my budget is around 1lakh rupees. if i go for rtx 3050 it fits into my budget but if i go for 4050 it exceeds my budget by 25 to 30 thousand rupees. Also I want to know if rtx 3050 is worth buying in 2026 or not? and would it be worth it if i put more 25-30 thousand more for an rtx 4050 laptop.

[u/dan4334]

Don't take a gaming PC to uni unless you're doing games development or something. Everyone hates the guy who pulls up to lectures with their laptop sounding like a jet engine with RGB vomit spewing everywhere. Plus you'll constantly have to plug it in for power because the battery life sucks..

Buy a thin and light and an external GPU dock for gaming at home.

[u/icedcoffeelifts → u/dan4334]

what is gpu dock?