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Re:Why Nvidia Keeps Winning: The Rise of an AI Giant by iraqmtpizza on Friday July 07, 2023 @01:12AM (#36627450)
>gaming laptops outsell gaming desktops 2:1

Based on desktop CPU sales or based on pre-built sales? I don't know what qualifies as a gaming laptop these days but the best laptops for software development often have discrete graphics cards in them e.g. 1660 Ti

Re:Why Nvidia Keeps Winning: The Rise of an AI Giant by aurareturn on Friday July 07, 2023 @04:54AM (#36629051)
Based on however IDC defines a gaming laptop.

I'm guessing it's having a non-APU AMD/Nvidia GPU inside the laptop.

But it makes sense to me. Laptops have gotten much better, and most gamers aren't buying Nvidia 4090. The most common GPU is just a GeForce GTX 1650 which many laptops have and have thermals that easily fit inside a laptop.

It's not surprising at all that gaming laptops outsell gaming desktops. This isn't the 2000s anymore where if you want to play PC games, you build a DIY desktop tower and buy a discrete GPU.

It's a myth that most PC gamers use top of the range GPUs. Most of them use low-end or mid-range GPUs.