Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Episode 75: Jarrod from Jarrod's Tech joins us to talk about gaming laptops. We discuss the situation with horrible laptop GPU names, poor VRAM configurations, absurd pricing for higher tier models and whether gaming laptops actually make sense to begin with.

JARROD'S TECH
Check out Jarrod's Channel: @JarrodsTech
Check out Jarrod's website: https://gaminglaptop.deals/

CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
01:32 - VRAM on Laptops
06:25 - RTX 5090 Laptop vs Desktop
18:22 - Absurd Laptop Pricing
30:37 - Do Gaming Laptops Make Sense?
38:43 - Laptop Displays

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