Budget 90k+ Which laptop should i buy?

Max Budget? does your use warrant a graphics card? Other requirements like weight, screen etc?

DrewFields said:

Hi everybody,
I am a student of an engineering school. Due to the need to study, I now want to buy myself a laptop. My need is to use applications such as Autocad, VMWare, Matlab, ... and play esports games. Hope everyone can give me some advice.
Thanks everyone.

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Wait a little while, RTX 3000 and Ryzen 5000/Intel 11th gen laptops are just starting to come out in India but for now, are largely sub-optimal models or too expensive highest-end fare. Like the Acer Nitro 10th Gen i5 + Rtx 3060 @ about 90K (It's still worth it IMO for the average gamer (which you don't seem to be) but much better configurations are around the corner) or Asus Scar 15 5800H + Rtx 3080 @ 2L. Ideally, you want Ryzen or intel Octa Core + Rtx 3060 @ less than 1L. I doubt we will see Intel 11th gen (non H35 variants) in Laptops sooner than Q4 this year so keep an eye out for Ryzen 5800H Models. The Asus Dash F15 (Intel H35 11th gen) is out in India - too expensive though and fairly CPU bound (would give Ryzen 4600h a run for its money but at 1.4L that's not very impressive) - mostly built for mobility. Of course on the GPU side again with the RTX 3070, it's going to be decent value for money compared to the existing lineup (also depends on the Card TDP on a case by case basis). Your use case seems mostly centered around CPU use though given the software you have listed. So GPUs may not Justify the price premium. If you cannot wait or don't think upcoming models will be priced appropriately or give you a desirable balance of CPU+GPU at your preferred price point then the existing line up gives you :

1. 4600H + 1650ti @ 60-70K.
2. 4800H + 1650ti @ 75K or 4600H + 1660ti @75-80K
3. 4800H + 1660ti @85-90K. (Or alternatively 5600M AMD)

Across models from various vendors. If the E-sports titles you are looking at are demanding or you want to achieve a very high FPS you might want to choose between option 2. alternatives or choose 3. for both VFM CPU+GPU horsepower. Beyond 90K you might only want to look at RTX 2070/Super or upcoming RTX 3000 models which are sub-optimal for now + CPU largely maxes out at 1L.

I suggest you ignore intel 10th gen because the single-core performance of Ryzen 4000 is nearly parallel model wise but multi-core tends to be much superior which seems relevant to your use case. For instance, 4800H generally has a higher multi-core cinebench score than even the i9 10980HK and a single core on par with i9 9980HK. Plus intel parts like the i7 10750H and 10870H are more expensive than their ryzen counterparts whilst not fully matching their performance and thermal efficiency.

Exemplars of Relevant Existing line-up up to 90K in ascending order (Prices fluctuate but the above-quoted figures are a decent target to track) - Beyond 90K it may not be worth it given your use case looks CPU heavy

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Sub-Optimal or too expensive Latest Gen Releases

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Software these days are resource hungry, especially video rendering softwares and games. Go far as much as your budget permits. Don't settle for anything less then 2 gb or 4 gb dedicated graphics.