Budget RTX 4050 Gaming Laptop...Is It Worth Buying?
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I would love to get a laptop like that specifically for when I am in hospital which unfortunately is quite a lot at the moment as I am going through cancer treatment or a laptop would be great for the days I am stuck in bed and not feeling well.
Hope you get well soon buddy 🤞
@@sartgam5383 Thankyou unfortunately what I have is uncurable but the doctors are doing the best to manage it and give me as many years as possible.
@Brett Davies how old are you Brett? I pray you get better.
@@jponz85 I am 35 so very young to have what I have
Keep On Fightin, Brett! 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
I'm glad you guys are doing more RTX Videos, I really enjoy them
I'm from Nicaragua and I bought this thing in Microcenter like 3 weeks ago and I can't wait longer to start using that beast. It would have been great if you guys talked a little bit more about the specs and test it in more games, but still an amazing video.
I really like when Microcenter sponsors a video. I have always ordered things from them and they are very helpful every time.
Awwww NOOOOO WAAAAY!?!?!
The 4050 is probably the best -50 series card they've released so far. This card handles basically every game out there at 1080p without much trouble and is also a lot more power efficient than previous generations.
what monitor goes good with it?
@@artvandelay837 Generally it'd pair best with a FHD display. Technically you could probably push older titles at QHD/1440p but modern games will struggle to run at native res (maybe if you use DLSS).
@@aerohydra3849 thanks for the response. I have a new acer nitro 5 and trying to figure out what monitor would work well with it. I'm guessing a 4k monitor would be a waste?
Pretty impressive, I wasn’t sure how this would perform due to mixed reviews from people I know. Thank you!! Does more than enough for what I play on my Laptop
No DLS
@@chriswright8074wdym no dlss?
Awesome review! Can yall please do a review on the MSI Cyborg 15 4050!!
Great video and amazing content! I enjoy your videos
I'm watching this from an Asus TUF 4050... this GPU is crazy good!! Definitely worth the extra effort
Very nice😮 can't wait to get my build home
If i ever find one used on facebook market or something decently priced maybe but for now rocking the desktop
The Dell XPS 15 runs incredibly well with the 4050. I will be excited to try out the new Dell XPS 16 with the 4050 in the future
999usd, holy smokes! In Europe such machine would cost around 2500usd, at least!
Nope, cost 1679 euro in Belgium.
999 usd isnt so much and in europe maybe it will be like 1200-1400 at maximum maximum, dont know what you are talking about.
@@CCXRacer. the worst celeron laptop imagineable is about 400euros
Here in Germany the cheapest 4060 Laptop, the Gigabyte K5, costs 1160€ including taxes and shipping.
I just bought the 17 inch version for 1400, not a bad deal if I say so myself.
Holy shit! $1000 for a 4050 laptop, i7 or not. That's STEEP. What a time to be alive..... $1000 for the newest gen entry level. Wow..
you can get r5 5600 with rx 6700xt or 6650xt for 1000 or 1200 will way better...
@@aymen.d1372 Not in laptop format.
@@JinghisKhan well yeah but just saying
@@JinghisKhan @aymen.D has a point
@@aymen.d1372rog zephyrus 14
Hi Toasty Bros, could u do a product review on the MSI Pulse GL66 with RTX 3070
Im checking the MicroCenter link while watching this video. There is no shipping for this laptop. For me it would be 1200 miles round trip to the closets MicroCenter. The gas, meals, time and hotel would negate any savings. Amazon has it at $1,299.00. No other seller was close. You guys should have removed the bottom cover and showed the internals. Other then that another stellar video.
I got this laptop and I've been loving it. I have been wanting to upgrade the ram though, could y'all tell me what kind of ram sticks I need for it?
The design is really nice MSI!
85 degrees on an Msi laptop 😱, that's incredible
hey there im wondering at what degree is considered a bad temperature and when is so bad that can harm the notebook?
g5 has more ram with 4060 but this looks like a really good deal.!
How did you set Afterburner up with the integrated graphics?
All advice welcome looking at getting this soon 😅 first time buyer.if a gaming laptop would you recommend folks here??
if the screen is 144hz might as well cap fps at that in nvidia settings.
I have a nitro 5 with a gtx 1650, this seems like a pretty good option for an upgrade
I dont think you should buy any of the series 40 laptops now. If you will upgrade in a year, maybe. You can get a legion 5 pro with a full tgp 3060 that will absolutely destroy this katana for the same price +-.
you should buy the nitro 4050 instead. it has higher gdp for cheaper price. it performs better of course. \
Hello, do you think this will be good for premier pro, editing 4k videos
Bro are u from Hong Kong or China?BTW love u video ❤
I guess with dlss anything will run impressively but that temperature. Wont you like that cpu in a few years running it at 90c all the time? im sorry, 86 to 88 degrees c on the low end?
Nice!! Please what app do you use to display frame rate and temperature
I have Nvidia so i use Geforce Experience. not sure about AMDs
wow. i payed about the same price for a laptop with a 3050 and it only get 80 to 90 fps in mw2. im going to check this out for sure.
I'm just from seeing the new Ideapad gaming 3 now has an RTX 4050
Nice laptop for the price. To bad no Micro Center near me.
Never loved the 50 cards. This 4050 might actually change my mind. Very nice.
Same
how much does the battery last but ima just play roblox and maybe some other games
Damn that thing is getting better FPS than my RTX 2070 Max Q
What about this laptop MSI - Bravo 15 15.6" 144hz Gaming Laptop FHD - Ryzen 5-7535HS with 16GB RAM - GeForce RTX 4050 with 6G GDDR6 - 512GB NVMe SSD is it good?
i bought the msi katana but the 4060 version for the same price it came with a 12th gen CPU instead of the 13th gen and 512 gb of storage instead of the 1tb im going to upgrade to 2tb or 1.5 tb but im also thinking of upgracing the ram from 16-40 which is overkill
Ram doesn't go to 40 lol. Did you mean 32? Or 64?
@@Ace130020111 sorry meant 32
How is it? Are the temps hot?
Hey what was the price on it?
@@Mr-jj3gp I switched my laptop out for the nitro 5 2023 the screen was just terrible on the katana so I switched
I upgraded from a gtx 970 in my lenovo to an msi gf63 4050, it's a good bang for your buck.
...okay, but how well does it run games like stellaris, hearts of iron 4, and rimworld?
People should test what resolution is the audio maybe
Wonder how it does with content creation?
Can you change the colour of the rgb lights to stay one single colour, and is it possible to use my wireless Xbox controller for the likes of halo infinite?
Did you guys talk about the terrible ghosting on this laptop? Holy, moly, it is so blurry. I bought this laptop and returned it immediately back to MC.
Good to know, I am returning mine now
bro stop capping
I love watching these videos
Just a quick question how long before I would have to upgrade my 5800x an my 3070ti should I be looking at the 40 Series or skip it all together
Replace the 3070ti when you won't receive driver updates anymore or if it will die or make coolwhine. Replace the 5800x if you think it will help you at the tasks you do on PC or if it will solve any annoying problem you might have.
@Cristi161 For the colwhine part, it's normal, most of the time it's not audible but it can be sometimes, no need to replace the GPU.
Thx guys for making this video. Ive bought the Lenovo Legion i5 8th gen , a while ago now. It works kinda good i guess,but im still looking for that extra nudge. Promoting this laptop made me think about looking into this brand. Thx for that. The only thing im kinda afraid of.. i live in the eu...( Netherlands to be exact) . So ,.. im kinda do need some thinking. Anyway,thx and keep doing your magic guys. And yes, including everyone involved in this video. 🫶🏼😉👊🏼!! Cheers , Patrick Stoute
$899 costco.. MSI cyborg 15inch IPS 144hz with 4050 6GB and i7-13620h and 16GB DDR5 5200 ram, 512GB ssd
i bought the 17" model of this laptop and i'm well impressed with it ,but there is a problem because i'm left handed and were my left hand sits with the mouse there's a fan exhaust and it actually burns my hand..
Well that 4050 seems like a good performer. My RTX 2060 is getting nervous.
There using DLS doesn't count
@@chriswright8074 Dlss is kind of the point of getting a 40 series gpu, raw performance mostly impact older games these days, which generations after 20 should probably be able to run well anyways
@@chriswright8074 bro said "doesn't count" like it's some kind of school yard game😂😂 grow up
I'm getting the MSI thin GF63 Laptop (2023) for £777.97. Can you tell me if there are any issues with the Laptop before I buy it?
If this is how the 4050 MOBILE performs, i think ill get the desktop edition when it launches and if it isnt overpriced like the others
why would you buy that 4050? Its gonna have to worst price to performance.
The desktop rtx 4050 will probably cost around $330
Good luck with it not being overpriced
just buy the a750 or a770
330$ for rtx 4050. I would just buy a used rx 6900.
You spent more time talking about the stickers than the actual build quality and screen of the laptop lol. What makes this laptop not great for the $, is the terrible build quality and a bad screen with low brightness, weak color gamut, and slow response times. You also get a USB-A 2.0 port and the USB-C doesn't do display port, so you can only do HDMI. I also wouldn't trust the hinges on this laptop lasting considering past budget MSI laptops have always had hinge issues. A lenovo Ideapad, Dell G15, or Asus TUF are all better options for budget tier 4050 laptops or last gen stuff. I've seen 3060 laptops with bigger batteries, much better screens and build quality, better ports,etc. in the US go for as low as $850-$900.
Im thinking of buying me a pc, or maybe a laptop. Somehow laptops are cheaper, but you can upgrade pc…
Would i get better performance with MSI THIN GF63 12VF 4060 8gb i7 12650H
How do they run a game with so much fps I have the same msi katana and it barely reaches 80fps and everything is low
msi cyborg is a way better option for 700 has a 4060 and the 13 gen intel i7
at 1k that type c should be thunderbolt
Is this any good for starfield?
Is this better than the acer helio neo 16?
please tell the battery life as well
What's the build quality?
How about screen quality?!
I’m going to get the acer nitro 5. Would it be considered better in the budget range?
Of course. That's an entry gaming laptop for sure
I have rhe asus vivobook...13700h 16:10 screen and a 4050 65 watt....its pretty decent.
Hey! Ive recently bought laptop i5 13420 32gb ram 2sdd and geforce 4050 with 6gb ram ... i see the mimimum requirement that I need 8gb ram. But I have more ram and strong core. Will Avatar run on my laptop ? Plese help! ☺
no shipping available
Dang nabit microcenter come to upstate NY
Just paid for mine but I need it for video editing 😊
So how well it does without dlss or other imaginery fps techs? Like that would be the numbers people need.
How is it imaginery if it's literally software you can use for many games? DLSS is great, there's no reason to not use it on a lower end spec device like this.
@@Xxbte96xX even better, it would be foolish not to use it when you can.
@@TBoogy3 Exactly. I honestly believe you should just use it whenever you can, even on a higher end machine. It's literally free fps and the difference in picture quality is mostly negligible. Also I just don't really care about resolution too much, I just want the best performance possible.
I can’t tell if you guys are saying $999 cuz it’s high or cuz it’s low lol
Worth it / some tuning / depending on what I can touch helps a lot / 92c ouchie $999 worth it
Looks kinda dim?
What is the 4050 wattage? it isnt on their website or this review
105W Maximum Graphics Power with Dynamic Boost but I heard it never goes past 85W or something like that if ever.
@@Mr-jj3gp wow. thanks man. its so cheap i thought it was a 45w model.
Bro omg the processor is always at 80-90 degrees. I'm getting anxiety 😂
How much ram is that
Unexpectedly good.
I love that this is named a 50 series but it's powerful as hell. The name will deceive a lot of people though
Dude How the screen is on the laptop is crap vs hp 15-Cs3970nd best screen on laptop design stuck behind the laptop
im getting the msi gt77 3070 ti for 2k no way in hell im paying 5k for a gaming laptop
There are even Chromebooks with this price and I really don't understand why?!
What I will never understand is why they put most of the ports on the right where possibly your mouse is going to go on nothing on the left where nothings going to go 😂
That cpu only running at 1.8ghz is a big L
What do u think is the best gaming laptop for under 700 I’m trying to get a laptop but don’t have much money
Dell g15 with 3050ti its about $650
WAIT 1K THATS IT
Si i7 and rtx 4050 juat play in low settings... buy a a rtx 3060 play on 60 fps hight settings...
I’m getting one but it cost 1.5k
wish you guys would have popped the lid off.
Microcenter had some good deals....in store only deals. Too bad the nearest store is over 400 miles away Scale up Microcenter...scale up
Wow those cpu temps are really high...
And it´s just at 50% usage lmao
the cpu is thermal throttling damn 99 °c
Automatic 25% Faster with RGB !
fml just bought a victus with 12 gen 3050 ti for $850 think ima return it haha
I know this laptop is way better than any garbage MacBook for like double the price, but really? 1000 USD is budget!? Wow.
RTX 4050 is generally 8% faster than the laptop version of RTX 3060, both come with 6GB VRAM.
probably not... maybe if they are on the same wattage
Holy shit. That guy on the right looks exactly like Seth Rogen.
This is less than I paid for my Asus ROG Strix G512 a couple of years ago. *frown*
I'll take it
Great
the cpu temp is over 90c, huge red flag if it is by design,at least we can undervolt.
Most of the time it's software locked in the bios when it comes to laptops
In a laptop with limited cooling and space compared to a pc? Of course that will happen
I was happy then found out it was microcenter (who don't want to open a location in an area with Google, Intel and TSMC sites) so eff this, LOL