Longevity of Mobile GPU. 1050/1060

EspiOne

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I am looking to purchase two laptops for my two sons. (getting a nice Tax refund)

I am looking at Dell, since there outlet site offer good prices, but I will be looking at other options. I am looking to spend at the maximum of $1200 for each, most laptop at the dell outlet are configured with 1050, mainly focusing on the Dell Gx models, geared for "Gaming" These are marginally priced at $600 to $800.

Moving up to the Alienware Line. Starting at $1150 for the Alienware 13, with either 1050 2GB or 1060 6GB.

Currently, they are gaming the new Far Cry series, older Dying Light, looking forward to Dying Light 2, older Borderlands, and looking forward to BL3.

What your opinions on getting a laptop with a 1050 or 1060 at the moment, hopefully it will last at the minimum, 2 to 3 years. I have a Alienware 17R4 and it runs games good, but I expect it only to last the next 3 years, since it also runs a 1060.

Thanks for viewing, any comments would appreciated.
 

Eximo

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They'll certainly be able to run newer games. Not sure how good the experience will be over the next few years. Not expecting anything drastic. Nvidia will probably do a process node shrink to follow AMD. Mobile is usually limited by power consumption, so it would be a big deal there. (Why Pascal, and now Turing, cards are more or less equivalent to their desktop counterparts, finally got the power down low enough to not need a separate line)

I was seeing plenty of GTX1060 models around $800 just yesterday.

GTX1060
https://www.walmart.com/ip/HP-Pavil...27779329831201248343&affillinktype=10&veh=aff

GTX1050Ti
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Dell-G5-...25206070761624247115&affillinktype=10&veh=aff

GTX1060 3GB
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...ag=tbpre-20&ascsubtag=06S3sH4VzH6khhPYxthndM0

Tons more on Newegg and the like.