The Dodgy "RTX 5090" Laptop Situation (feat. Jarrod's Tech)

The Hardware Unboxed Podcast June 19, 2025
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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 SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Audio: https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast Video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqT8Vb3jweH6_tj2SarErfw SUPPORT US DIRECTLY Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardwareunboxed LINKS YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hardwareunboxed/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxed Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hardwareunboxed.bsky.social

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