Question GTX 1650 or RTX 3050 Ti Laptop

Mar 8, 2023
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Hi guys,

I'm interested in buying the MSI Prestige 15 laptop. I'm not a gamer, so I won't be playing any games on it.

I will be connecting the laptop to a external 4K monitor and using it to watch 4K media content (movies, tv shows), internet browsing, office work and listening to music (on headphones).

There are 2 different spec versions available for this laptop:

Intel Core i5-1240P
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
16 GB RAM
Windows 11 Pro

or

Intel Core i7-1260P
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti
16 GB RAM
Windows 11 Pro

Will the GTX 1650 be enough to do all of the above tasks or should i get the RTX 3050 Ti version?

Which version do you recommend I buy?

I'm not a computer expert.

Thanks.
 
I assume the 1st laptop is cheaper, it will easily do everything you listed, you don't need anything better to watch 4K videos.

However, the 2nd laptop might be more "future proof" as it has an i7 rather than i5, but this would only be for production tasks which require a lot of CPU performance, and unless you're about to become a gamer, you don't need a 3050Ti.