This Chromebook thinks it’s for gamers - Acer Chromebook 516GE

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Chromebooks are known for being cheap and straightforward laptops meant for offices, schools, and basic use, but that's about to change with Acer's new gamer-focused Chromebooks meant for game streaming apps. Does Adam think it makes sense, or should you just stick to playing Fortnite on your phone?
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Gaming?
0:30 Unboxing
0:50 Design and IO overview
2:23 Sponsor - Vessi
2:57 Keyboard impressions
3:34 Display quality
4:24 Speaker test
5:13 Webcam impressions and other specs
6:04 Potential ways to game
7:05 Some downsides to gaming on this
7:52 Playing Cyberpunk 2077
8:43 Gaming impressions and thoughts on price
9:48 Who should buy a Chromebook?
10:47 Overall thoughts
11:43 Outro

[@ShortCircuit]

Update: GeForce Now supports up to 4K 120Hz at the highest subscription tier

[@Magik_Cloud495]

ill stick to my 4GB ram 32GB storage chromebook with a free Geforce now sub to play fortnite

[@rosaliaolajay3800]

Hi

[@melmixpita543]

Honestly he didn't even try. This was just so bad. Linus can get away with winging stuff because he has a good base knowledge and he's very charismatic. This guy needs to do his homework and should have set this up with a 3080 tier streaming test and compared it to something else in a head to head test and not some price comparison on amazon. People got zero knowledge or laughs out of this video.

[@HintzeDarrin]

ropro is the best extension for Roblox so you can't play Roblox on your Chromebook cuz I don't know how to enable the App Store

[@lucio-ohs8828]

@@Magik_Cloud495 if you're using free tier, xbox cloud gaming has fortnite for free with no queue most of the time. sometimes on busy days you'll have to wait a few minutes. only downside is you cant use keyboard and mouse since its xbox.

[@LetrixAR]

It would be great if Google had a game streaming service to go with these

[@Brnozrkn]

Yeah It would be cool if they name it Stadia or something

[@rowaifasarfraz5095]

@Brnozrkn nah theyll just axe it later 😂😂

[@ironcrafter54]

These would definitely be better with a game streaming service

[@ParadoxalDream]

They actually do, but not for long lol

[@rae4977]

@@ParadoxalDream sorry for you bro....

[@Neoxon619]

Oh yeah, this is the laptop I keep seeing on KZbin ads. Ironic that Google keeps pushing streaming just as they shut down Stadia.

[@Mrminesheeps]

I think it's a fair play (Ignoring how Stadia shut down of course) to promote game streaming capable devices, whilst not running their own. Game streaming is expensive, it's better left to competitors who may have better equipment for game streaming. Not to mention the fact that Stadia was it's own platform mostly, making it harder to sell there too.

[@flamingscar5263]

@@Mrminesheeps google is one of the biggest companies in the world and has some of the most powerful hardware on the planet stadia did suck, but not because google lacked the hardware, because they lacked the knowledge about gaming, I remember seeing stadia ads talking about how the "latancy is low enough for competitive gaming" when thats just dead wrong but google doesn't know any better

[@madness1931]

@@flamingscar5263 I knew Stadia was going to fail, before it even launched. Do you know why? They hired Phil Harrison. That man has the opposite of the Midas touch.

[@pixelking_871]

Smart move !

[@solarnightedge5732]

ture

[@squidapple9662]

“$650 which is actually pretty good for what you’re getting” Hell no

[@traestephen7276]

You could buya. Used laptop for the price that has a 1660

[@cherrypepsi2815]

@@traestephen7276 ThinkPads are the bomb on the used market

[@Ignacio.Romero]

Why not, great performance, great display, great battery life

[@professionalduckquack]

Yeah wtf, idk if money works differently on the west but my laptop is little bit above 500usd and I get way better spec than this shit, you can't even do video editing on that.

[@SyRose901]

@@professionalduckquack I assume it's 650 Canadian dollars, which would be something like 450usd

[@PaulinaStopa]

You can get the original,used Google Pixelbook in perfect condition with an i7-7Y75 CPU, 16GB of RAM and 500GB NVME storage for around $300 now. Worth to consider ;)

[@good-tn9sr]

yea i would buy to collect but not in a good financial place rn as i’m college student, but one day i will amigo 😎

[@Ikxi]

Sounds like a great deal

[@ThroughFallenEyes]

Sounds great until the battery dies. My 2015 Pixel LS just had it's battery die and it will not run without a battery. It also will not run without a minimum amount of charge in the battery so it's e-waste now. Batteries for it are completely unavailable in my country.

[@Cortanakya]

​​@@ThroughFallenEyes you could probably just replace the cells inside the battery with minimal effort and cost. Depending what you're looking at it might be as easy as just comparing specs with other battery laptops and removing the circuits/cables from your broken battery and connecting them to a fresh equivalent battery. I'd avoid soldering directly onto batteries but there's alternatives. Probably a $30-40 fix and, at the very least, you aren't risking breaking a laptop since it's already dead. Best case scenario for experimentation! Be careful, though - do your research and be aware that puncturing or overvolting batteries can get rather flame-y. I'd do the work outside on a dry, cool day and test plugging it in/charging it to full outside too. I don't imagine you'll try but if you do I'd love to hear how it goes! Good luck :)

[@sihamhamda47]

@@ThroughFallenEyes That's a big problem. I wonder why laptop manufacturer do this, when 10 years ago any laptops can run with just plugged in without any batteries

[@AirGunWeb]

I just bought this Chromebook on sale for $450 (it goes on discount a lot). I write for work and do a ton of web-related research. I like running ChromeOS as I'm tied into the google ecosystem and love the battery life and portability it affords. Also, I love the security of CromeOS and the speed. I have several Chromebooks, but I wanted the bells and whistles of my "big" windows laptop, like 120hz, higher rez screen, 16x10 aspect ratio, good specs, and solid build quality. This looked to be the best of the "gaming" Chromebooks on the market, and I look forward to getting it in soon and getting to work. I'm not giving up my M1 MAX Macbook Pro or my Eluktronics Prometheus XVII for serious work and gaming (respectively), but having a decent Chromebook in the toolbox just means I can be more productive with a much lighter footprint. Cheers Rick

[@dm1i]

If they didn't want to go with a discrete GPU, they should've use AMD APU in there.

[@kurtwinter4422]

Imagine Android gaming on a RDNA2

[@chanchan05]

@@kurtwinter4422 You don't have to imagine. It exists. Exynos 2200 on the S22 series has RDNA2. The problem is a lot of Android games aren't optimized for it and doesn't detect it properly. Open CL and Vulkan benchmarks absolutely spank, but some games like CODM and PUBGM don't let you choose higher settings, probably because it doesn't recognize it. It doesn't help that it wasn't placed on a gaming phone, so cooling kinda sucks. For games that are able to utilize the GPU seems those work well though.

[@technologicalelite8076]

I would wait for 7000G for APU's, those are going to be a bliss

[@MrRunItUp]

@@technologicalelite8076 ahh yes!! I can't wait! I've heard valve is already talking about a deck 2, and i believe it'll be using the new 7000 series apu's, with RDNA3 zen3+ Its going to be AWESOME!!!

[@mingyi456]

The 6800u is very expensive, while the 6600u and all the 5000 series and older are comparable to the latest intel iris xe graphics in performance (even slightly weaker if it is the 96eu version of iris xe paired with ddr5 or lpddr5).

[@primary4075]

"They don't get any worse at any kind of spectrum, at least they're consistent" is the most polite roast i've ever heard of.

[@hman6159]

Lol

[@LetrixAR]

I would loved to hear what Dan had to say

[@atlsk847]

How is this considered a competitive price when you can get multiple gaming laptops w/ 256-500g ssd (at least 8g ram) w/ 3050s, 1660 ti's, 1650's (w/ dual channel 16g ram), and ryzen 5600h, 5800, 6800h / intel 11th gen for the same price or less?

[@chunk3875]

exactly this Chromebook is a horrible value lmao

[@beebeejelly3535]

This is considered a competitive price because it offers performance that far outweighs its closest competitors. The hardware alone, coupled with its sleek design and build quality makes it a steal in the gaming laptop world. The specs you're describing, on paper, may look similar, but the hardware is not nearly as good. This price is extremely fair for what this device provides.

[@erzascralet48]

Love Chromebooks, and appreciate them not dunking on it. One thing of note, while you did play Cyberpunk on Geforce Experience, you definitely didn't play on the RTX 3080 Tier which allows for 2K 120Hz game streaming, and comes FREE for 3 months with this exact Chromebook. Maybe a general update to the status of cloud gaming as a whole, while using this device and that RTX 3080 Tier would be a good blind test for random LTT employees around the office.

[@zebedeesummers4413]

considering that LTT was just sponsored by shadow I was disappointed they didn't try it.

[@beebeejelly3535]

I agree, this device is an entry for some amazing cloud gaming if used correctly. The problem is it is a Chromebook, meaning that its primary use case is not gaming, or productivity. It cannot run many games due to being a browser first device, but using cloud gaming, it can easily get around this constraint. It can run the most popular PC games in the world with ease!

[@DramaticT]

If you are going to stream games you don't need to buy a needlessly expensive chromebook. The whole issue with this thing is that it has such powerful specs and absolutely NOTHING that can take advantage of that power. Completely useless waste of money paper weight.

[@ArthropodSpidey]

This guy's brain and review is more chaotic than his shirt.

[@pirojfmifhghek566]

I recently bought some kinda 15" whatever HP laptop with a 5700u in it for around that price, but it also came with 16gb of ram and a 1TB NVMe. It ain't game worthy and it only has integrated graphics, but like you said it's a Windows full-feature computer and that's what I'd want for that price. I could easily use it for game streaming just like this chromebook, though for my personal purposes it's a solid little laptop for using photoshop and illustrator when I'm too lazy to sit upright at my desk. The trick is to just check out a local retailer like microcenter and buy something last-gen while they're sweeping them out the door. It's crazy how much computer you can get for so little money nowadays.

[@BakersTuts]

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[@ArthropodSpidey]

BakersNuts

[@orlagh277]

i'd buy a pair of gaming shoes

[@sosukelele]

@Erik44b i suppose having a backup for schoolwork is something that some gamer could use? But if you've got the budget for that it seems poorly used here

[@_hanz73]

Is this a bot?

[@BakersTuts]

@@_hanz73 no lol

[@nixx5490]

For 100$ more you have a legion 5 with a 3060 in sale

[@mrbobgamingmemes9558]

Agree even if you cant spend more for some reason, 15 inch windows laptop that can do the same and offer better versatility .as long you choose the right laptop less resource intensive games can run natively

[@Shrugi_]

"If you are like me, Caps Lock is essential for gaming" As a 8 years League of Legends player, I felt that

[@dyscotopia]

If the programs I use regularly were available on Chrome OS, I'd be down for one of these. I don't game and I always find it such a pleasant experience when I use my mom's compared to the low grade depression that comes from running windows, and that processor should run many Linux and android apps like a beast

[@cherrypepsi2815]

You can install windows (as long as it's x86, which most are), then everything will be a normal plug n play experience Technically any program that's available for Linux will work with this, but it takes a bit of knowledge to know how to install them. Honestly, get the chromebook, but install windows

[@TaylorCrosbyofficial]

“If chrome os was a pretty version of windows 10 I’d use chrome os”

[@Multihaker10]

@@cherrypepsi2815 he just said he doesn’t like windows, why install it?

[@Ignacio.Romero]

@@cherrypepsi2815 You cant install windows

[@toxicturkeyy]

@@Ignacio.Romero nothing's stopping you. There are literally official instructions on installing linux. Windows installation shouldn't be all that different They're x86 systems (well, most of them as mentioned earlier), of course you can run windows.

[@mikes567]

wow i have that msi gf63 and with a stick of ram and 2tb 2.5in ssd it blows that chromebook away and i still have the upgradeable ram/ssd down the road to stretch out its life ...still cool to see how far chromebooks have come

[@spookymunky1]

Of course a laptop with a dedicated 1650 / 1660ti or so for the same price or cheaper is better for gaming since you can actually game on them, lol... It is literally a no contest. For the extra $100 on the one that you pointed out you could shove in 32gig ram or 16gig + an extra 1tb ssd for games and have a decent enough budget laptop that also doubles as a decent enough 1080p gaming rig. Edit: heh, just noticed the subtitles pointing out as that particular one being on sale but that is pretty much the going rate for low end dedicated nvidia gpu laptops and has been for years... Literally years hehe, I think my 6 core ryzen hp laptop with 4gb 1650 is a few months over 2 years old now and cost £600 at the time, it is still decent for 1080p 60fps for most games really and I'm sure there must be better options by now at a similar price point given the age of this. LTT even did a video some time after I bought this laptop reviewing a similar ryzen + 1650ti / 1660 etc (forget) saying that they were surprisingly great if you want a 1080p 60fps budget gaming rig for around $650🤣... it is still true really.

[@Ikxi]

Yea, I've bought an hp pavilion with r5 4600h (6 cores) and 1650 mobile for 700€ 2 years ago Has around the same performance as my old r3 3300x + 1050ti desktop

[@spookymunky1]

@@Ikxi same as the one I grabbed 2 years ago I guess, and it has done well imho. My only real complaint is that the usb-c port doesn't support hdmi, sigh hehe.

[@MrRunItUp]

You're correct, I just bought my son his first gaming laptop - Lenovo ideapad gaming 3 2022 model for $600 on sale for black friday Ryzen 5 6600H 6c/12t 3.3ghz up to 4.5ghz RTX 3050 8gb of ddr5 ram 256gb ssd nvme 120hz refresh rate For $600 its a GREAT DEAL!!! But I went ahead and bought another 8gb of ram, for a total of 16gb in dual channel for $40, I also bought a 1tb nvme ssd for $60... So $700 total plus tax, not bad!

[@___DRIP___]

Horst absolutely can not stop himself from just wandering into other people’s videos. I swear I’ve seen him do it 3 times now.

[@chloedevereaux1801]

because he's an annoying ginger apple prick.....

[@xoxoDonkey]

@@chloedevereaux1801 settle down you tween.

[@ZaHandle]

MA is just him going to random places so this is probably just him walking around

[@richardbently7236]

I have an acer spin713 chromebook 2022 and can stream wireless with wifi6 and it feels native for someone who isn't a competitive gamer. Over 400 games with xbox gamepass and noticed no lag playing co-op with a friend on multiple games(we were both hardwired to our routers for co-op streaming) With a hub i can hook up an extra 3 monitors. I've used discord app and plenty of android apps full screen no problem. Google Docs and plenty other quality of life apps are free or next to nothing, unlike windows and Microsoft office. Only complaint I really have is it's google so they own your soul.

[@AndrewAHayes]

Chromebooks are great right up to the point you want to do something it cant, my friend comes around to slice his CAD drawings to 3D print as he has a Chromebook, to be fair though he had the CB before the 3D printer.

[@jbritain]

Is there no Linux port of the slicing software?

[@Firecul]

@@jbritain There are even android slicers out now iirc, I don't think OS is the limit in this particular scenario

[@aboveaveragebayleaf9216]

Honestly chrombooks work surprisingly well, and the integration between Google devices is top notch. The only area they fall behind is the lack of compatibility with standard programs, or a lack of alternatives.

[@me77111]

@@aboveaveragebayleaf9216 between Android, Linux, and webapps, what are you trying to do that has no online version or alternatives available? Not trying to start anything, genuinely curious. Actual gaming is even possible with Steam through Linux on ChromeOS (and soon officially on ChromeOS proper), the biggest problem was weak hardware. Iris XE is pretty capable, believe it or not, so that about solves it.

[@AndrewAHayes]

@@jbritain His Chromebook is very old!

[@bigbubba0439]

"Gaming Chromebook" sounds like saying "Child-Safe Knife:" it's an oxymoron

[@Tagiau]

My last chromebook couldn't run hearthstone, I have zero faith in anything outside of streaming to be worth it on a chromebook.

[@PureComedi]

Definitely not worth it as I've gotten my own Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 (Ryzen 5 5600, 8gb ram, RTX3050) for around the same price and it can do far better than that laptop that can't do more than run GeForce Now and edit excel spreadsheets.

[@road2avg]

I have the same laptop (intel variant), it's definitely great for the price. Upgrade the Ram btw, 16gbs in Dual-Channel gave me a 20% boost in FPS

[@PureComedi]

@@road2avg That's coming this christmas, either crucial, kingston or g-skill, but definitely 16 or more

[@road2avg]

@@PureComedi brand doesn't matter too much, don't overthink it, I went with Kingston, most important thing is to make sure the speeds are the same.

[@David_Quinn_Photography]

gotta get Anthony to do a video on seeing how Linux works on it. I have an older Chromebook and Lubuntu is spotty on it I can run a 4k YT video for hours 1 day the next it won't even boot. for anyone curious support ended mid-last year on it so I stopped getting updates on it and its still a decent laptop for what I used it for so I wanted to see if I could get a few more years out of it.

[@Yugarash1]

@@elly3713 Do you guys have a github? would love to check it out as i currently am having problems with crouton

[@WednesdayMan]

I think these manufacturers are really late to gaming chromebooks, as Flash player and Unity web haven't been supported by Chrome for a long time.

[@bmo3778]

tip for Chromebook newcomers: try using a cheap chromebook, or try a usb-trial chrome os flex for a month, before you can be sure you are comfortable leaving windows/mac

[@jimmymac2292]

Chromebook gaming is bright with Vulkan support in Crostini, although it would be easier and you would get better performance if it was enabled in Crouton. That being said Proton can be enabled in the steam beta, you can get steam deck like performance on this. You can also subsidize with Geforce now, run emulators, and play some great mobile games. Id in the near future Chromebooks will be decent gaming laptops

[@ccelik97]

For playing mobile games on a laptop-like device it'd make more sense to slap an Arm SoC with a beefy GPU config on it than to emulate Arm games on x86 though (even on the top of the line x86 PC HW it sucks if there isn't an x86 build of a mobile game you're looking for). For example the MS Surface laptops with Arm based SoC have crazy high GPU rendering performances for Arm games when compared to the top of the line gayming phones of the same generations.

[@user-xz1ur8us5p]

@@ccelik97 The problem with ARM is that it cant run anything x86 or x64 unless you have a translation layer or emulation. With most things being written for x86 and x64, you won't really be able to run much of anything other that what was created with ARM in mind. Windows 11's android emulator already runs pretty good and the performance is better than most other Android emulators on the market. If you only want to emulate android on your laptop why don't you get an android phone or tablet instead?

[@jimmymac2292]

@@ccelik97 sure, you will get better support for playstore on an arm based SOC. But the benefits of running Linux apps on top of the majority on the playstore far out weigh the benefits of arm64 android app support. Google has done a great job with ChromeOS. Which is essentially just an adaptation of Gentoo. Gentoo is an incredible distro, in that it allows you to build a working Linux installation for nearly any 32-bit/64-bit/... platform from first principles, i.e. everything is built from source code, even the compiler.

[@ccelik97]

@@user-xz1ur8us5p "If you only want to -emulate- *run* android on your *laptop* (why don't you get an android phone or tablet instead?)": Yeah, because as you too said, I want to "run" Android too; on my "laptop". A laptop is a different form factor than a phone or a tablet so that's why. It's about having OPTIONS. But if you dislike having options then feel free to keep doing what you've been doing up until now; it's none of my business anyway. Btw WSA's x86(-64) version and/or the other Android x86 virtual machines don't "emulate" Android, but often do have an emulation layer for Arm & Arm64 Android user apps. And no, as I said before the 3D rendering performance is horrible if you're trying to let's say run a game that has only a an Arm build but not x86. And as most Android devices and in turn the Android apps are Arm based then for this purpose it only makes sense to have the hardware architecture itself that you're trying to run anyway; if running mobile apps is your objective. I hate to put it this way but it's apparent to me that my understanding of this topic is better established than yours so it's probably why you're having a hard time to understand the meaning of it. Plus I said "if you want to do ... then do ..."; it's a conditional statement so I don't get what's your deal there. Plus, the Chromebooks in their original sense are to browse the web on a budget (in the sense of both money & power) anyway so going Arm based is the more appropriate way for a Chromebook as a result (Arm based SoCs are often a lot more power efficient for low power uses than whatever the heck Intel & AMD are putting out, even in the sense of RISC vs CISC computing). Btw please don't reply to me again if after all this explanation you still fail to understand my point and the fact that I'm not implying that "you/everyone should do this" etc: I don't make money off of educating you unlike the channel here so go ask your questions to them if it's still unclear for you.

[@ccelik97]

@@jimmymac2292 Sure, that's not my argument to begin with. If you need to primarily run x64 then buy x64; if you need to run Arm64 then buy Arm64.

[@primalflowdao]

Got the i5 16gb-version yesterday, the screen blew me away🙌 Played Far Cry 6 on GFN Ultimate with everything cranked up to max and it was stunningly beutiful 🥳 Worked flawless with a 300/300 9ms connection and Asus RT-AX86U router 5m away.

[@assimo9841]

I may be in a very niche group here, but this chromebook is perfect for me. The way I see it, is that it's a fantastic chromebook that also happens to do some gaming. Chromebooks last forever (unless dropped or something), and this acer (516 GE, btw) has official Steam beta, so you can run Steam natively (local) now, and play with a buletooth controller. It's strong enough to mostly play all 2D games, but also runs a good amount of older 3d games. It reliably plays Skyrim, Assassin's Creed IV, Dragon's Dogma, Arkham games, etc. So even though it's not necessarily a beast at local gaming, it's still impressive for a chromebook, and I'm very excited to see where this goes. I got it on sale for ~$550, so I decided to take the plunge. Really glad I did. I would wager that the manufacturers are holding off on announcing chromebooks with actual respectable gaming specs, until steam/google officially announce that borealis is out of beta. There's still a degree of tinkering to do, so it would be a bas idea to start selling these as devices with native steam. At least for another year or so. Thrilled to be on the ride, all the same. I left windows years ago for chrome, so I'm thrilled it's just onward and upwards.

[@ilovefunnyamv2nd]

the end of flash games really impacted the feasibility of playing games on chrome OS (i assume)

[@anthony7564]

the main function of Chromebooks and other low-end student laptops is probably to videoconference and watch lectures or educational videos, so maybe in addition to Crab Rave you guys can use a WAN Show clip, zoom call or podcast within your suite of audio testing. Seems like this laptop's audio hardware was geared towards emphasizing midranges and speech

[@antoniousai1989]

Geforce Now streams at 120 FPS. Not on 4k, but it does with 1080p and 1440p

[@Bwangster12]

I've used a Chromebook for about a week now and can confidently say I love it. I really have been able to do anything I want on it.

[@afskiIIs]

Still working fine for games?

[@inscrutablemungus4143]

10:00 Okay, so I don't run ChromeOS, but I do have a ~$150 chromebook from 2015. I use it for pretty much everything from prototyping code, productivity stuff and yes, even gaming. I play CK2/Civ5 on this machine pretty regularly, Pathfinder: Kingmaker and other cRPGs run really well on it and, until I recently got a Steam Deck, I even got Dark Souls 2 and Oldrim running at 30 FPS. So, yes, this thing's not going to run the latest and greatest games, but really, at the price that you've got to pay for a laptop to do those things, you may as well build a PC and then get a cheap laptop for everything else. Don't get a $600 chromebook. Just get a $150 one. It can do way more than you think if you're willing to replace chromeOS with a linux distro.

[@JosephHurtsellers]

To me the very definition of a great review video, is that people from different backgrounds and operating systems completely understand it. Frankly, hit it out of the park with this one! I learned a lot and appreciate it❤

[@abdullamasud4278]

0:42 I don't see that double insulated Class II electrical equipment label there >.>

[@maolcogi]

Niche case, but if you want to run the best gaming keyboard on the planet with this thing (the Wooting 60HE) the configuration software (Wootility) can be accessed from your browser, so no app store app required.

[@slalomsk8er397]

In what price range would you recommend a Linux laptop? Somehow I always end up around 2'000 if I start configuring! My ThinkPad W520 is starting to show it's age but with the current economy I guess I will use it as long as it's willing to turn on :(

[@MightyMattTM]

Thank God Stadia is still alive! Can't wait to try it on one of these awesome gaming powerhouses!

[@biddinge8898]

to me, laptop keyboards are good for one thing. response time. the keys are so thin that you can make it activate really fast. depending on whether or not the laptop does respond fast enough for that to matter I don't know.

[@zimbu_]

I wouldn't say $500 is a hard limit. Even at under $400 you can get something with a Ryzen 3 5300U that will have surprisingly good performance. The chromebooks at the same price point will have nicer screens, better build quality, and you won't need to do things like disable Windows S-Mode or uninstall crapware like McAfee when you start using them though.

[@Ikxi]

But it will be a chromebook

[@wholesomeducky]

"If my mouse requires software to be configured, then I'm not going to be able to do that on here" That's why you buy a mouse with on-board memory and set it up once how you like it. Having to run a piece of software to have your mouse configurations active means that mouse is trash and should be avoided at all cost.

[@phuchungle1327]

Lenovo has the Thinkbook+ franchise that will most fit anybody who wants a budget laptop (~$800) with a good screen and a discrete GPU (RTX 2050) for gaming, even AAA+ titles. Hope you guys will have content about this line of products.

[@Epaw]

If you use Geforce Now with the RTX 3080 membership option. You are able to get up to 4K instead of 1080p and it isn't limited to 60fps.

[@MoChuang343]

Yeah you need pay $20/mo and go into settings and set it to 1600p 120Hz. In just one year that’s $650+$240=$890. There are a lot of good laptops you can get with a 3050 or even 3060 for $890.

[@MyronZhao]

@@MoChuang343 yep, this is such a stupid device to buy LOL

[@RobertF]

I already have a windows desktop for gaming. A Chromebook is a great 2nd computer. These game streaming Chromebooks aren't for me. I got a Framework Chromebook and I love it. Android games run great for ones that support keyboard and mouse or controller. I did unlock the flag for Steam and it runs old games on linux wonderfully. But I don't use it for gaming, just had to test things out.

[@Qwerty-uiop]

You can install windows on it (doing some technical stuff of course) and it would make a good everyday laptop

[@ZaHandle]

Until you see the price

[@TheInsanehollow]

actually i use an Asus zenbook 14 oled laptop. i'm dual booting windows 11 and chromeos (brunch) and i'm begining to love it. it's face, it uses less battery, my laptop is cool all the time, it's working like a macbook with no fan and i think it's not even using 50% of my cpu. when i want to do things on internet, i'll go to ChromeOS and when i want to edit video, or play some games, i just get back to windows 11. that's the best setup i've ever had. i have a Macbook m1 too.. and i don't like MacOS. but Chrome os is fresh, fast and lovely

[@vicr8815]

Why did they not make this a touchscreen? That really bugs me, they need to release a touchscreen version ASAP!

[@Akash77133]

that wobble tho. I thought my laptop was wobbling XD

[@foxyccc1316]

GFN does support 120hz on Chromebook you just have to have the 3080 one.

[@MeakerSE]

Is a 1650 mobile better than intel Xe graphics.... Yes, by quite a bit.

[@delonejuanderer]

Lol right, the way he came across was saying this Game streaming laptop is comparable to a laptop with a 1650. I'm seriously dumbfounded at this point.

[@ralvolvi7668]

I still don't understand the point of "High performance" Chromebooks. Like, the speakers and display upgrade make sense, since its a machine that you would use for media consumpstion, but why the overkill specs.

[@traestephen7276]

I could just use Samsung dex on my phone and it'd literally be the same thing

[@realIncognitoTGT]

0:36 the 2 Chromebooks that I own were made by Acer and Asus

[@Chizmas]

I HATE CAPS LOCK WHEN I'M GAMING!! Oh, sorry, must of hit that when I was trying to switch from Shift to Tab.

[@confused_shark2537]

I had the Asus one and the screen fully detached from the rest of the computer after a year with no accidents or anything. It just peeled off.

[@goncalofreitas1045]

I bought about 5 months ago a lenovo laptop with an mobile rtx 3050, ryzen 5 5th gen , 8gb ram ( i upgraded to 16 gb ) and a 512 gb m.2 ssd for 650 ( not on sale but i was desperate ) and its still holding up pretty good. Anyways, was it a good deal??

[@theSUBVERSIVE]

But can you take advantage of the 120Hz display through streaming gaming?

[@ThomasPrettyman01]

I got an ad for this exact Chromebook before this video

[@bryandonnelly1986]

11:02 was not expecting to see Ryback.

[@aeriumfour6096]

Cookie Clicker has never run so smooth

[@focusblast1]

11:03 Discord's Linux app and many other desktop Linux apps work great on ChromeOS. 7:06 ChromeOS's Out of Memory design's at play there.

[@Klarseolt]

1:15 since when ShortCurcuit decided to write dimensions of a product in inches? The screen diagonal I get, but this? It's weird. At least idk, write metric numbers underneath?

[@MustbeTheBassest]

If you're just browsing the web, not but use your phone and Bluetooth keyboard+mouse? You can cast to your TV.

[@edmundtan8506]

BUT why are the keys is in lowercase font?

[@flemtone]

Would help if the screen wouldnt wobble everytime you touch the laptop, that's gonna make for some sucky gameplay.

[@SiegfriedM]

I'm pretty sure you can show the screen even when it is not shaking.

[@coachkappa]

i didnt even know this was uploaded 15mins ago and im just now finishing the video 💀

[@danielguimaraes5413]

I would like to see an opinion about the lenovo ideapad 3 with the ryzen 7 5700u, It's the one I'm currently using and I would like to see how well it would fair with the LTT employees

[@svpracer98]

I have the IdeaPad gaming 3 with a Ryzen 7 and 3050... For the $800 I spent on it last year, still hard pressed to find a better deal.

[@prawnis]

When a chromebook has a ethernet but my gaming laptop doesnt

[@justjoshp8581]

i been seeing these laptops alot recently and for some reason they just make me SO MAD idk why they just do lol, they have 0 reason to exist. cloud gaming can be a easy budget option for some people but when you are using a 500 to 800 dollar Chromebook all the budget goes out the window. just buy a normal gaming laptop at that point, you can get windows support and download and play way more games

[@traestephen7276]

Ikr💀 like I'd reccomend buying a Mac over this for gaming

[@greenprotag]

I really feel like you could get a used Chromebook with a 1080p screen and 5Ghz wifi and gamestream on that for probably $99-150. I have seen REALLY cheap Chromebook that could probably do 720p cloud gaming for under $75

[@CaptainGunSkill]

Yes but you are getting this one for 120hz screen and for the fastest wifi chip for cloud gaming

[@greenprotag]

@@CaptainGunSkill It's unlikely you will be streaming 120FPS content unless you are streaming your own PC with custom or experimental 120hz stream via moonlight or other app. Most cloud based streaming services are 720p-1080p@60fps.

[@CaptainGunSkill]

@@greenprotag GeForce now is 120hz and Shadow pc is 120z

[@greenprotag]

@@CaptainGunSkill Really? They must have added that more recently. I haven't seen their newer "premium" tier service.

[@ajlm05yt74]

If I bought that I would just use it for like older games and stuff and maybe some emulators on it

[@benjaminsmith3625]

It feels really weird that Stadia is shutdown... Also, stick a Ryzen APU in there, add Steam/Proton and you're getting something potentially like a Google games console.

[@Naosei-lp9yi]

What do you mean no streaming uses 120hz NVIDIA now literally was, its just more expensive but i was

[@rickey6098]

Is the ram and storage upgradable?

[@monchiabbad]

Please try native gaming apps on this laptop, linux, chomeos and android native gaming apps.

[@AxelFolny]

Ever since I started using One Note, can't go back to chromebooks. Which sucks because they are a great tool ... but a frustrating one

[@TheDJFra1]

Confused as to why you would cover the budget acer and not the decent quality asus one, hope thats future video

[@dqkneely9803]

sounds like it comes with alot of hardware you cant use to its full potential, probably worth noting that you are able to do anything a chrome book can do on an actual laptop.

[@kasuisuchan]

dude at 2:23 I thought that the laptop was waterproof

[@deltadom33]

Can you repair it or change the ram or ssd

[@jamest1125]

I'm curious about the battery life since Chromebooks greatest strength is battery life

[@italianbasegard]

Confusing Acer with ASUS is like confusing Mitsubishi with Maserati 😂

[@kenzieduckmoo]

i really think instead of putting steam on chromebooks, they should take the hardware like this and adapt SteamOS for it. Maybe they can also support Android apps like chromebooks do, but it seems like if you want to make a non-windows gaming laptop, SteamOS would be the better option.

[@michaelkenny6950]

I like this LukeLite™ guy. He should host more

[@TheWebstaff]

I'd never noticed that before but yeah it true! 🤣 Imagine the works do if they both arrive in the same dress?!

[@TerribleGamesTV2]

last time i messed with a chromebook, it was my sister's that i dual-booted Ubuntu on when I was 15 lol. i really don't see any reason to have a chromebook other than for school, and i can't see myself spending any more than $200 usd for one.

[@mannymonroy]

You can stream on GeForce now at 120hz if you are using the highest tier subscription.

[@eclipsemantis]

1:08 It's not 3.2 gen 2x2, just x1

[@Raul-og4fb]

Msi has the same model for 870 tax included and a 3060

[@brightshadowdenmark]

I love my Acer spin 11: only complaint is that it is way to slow (intel atom quad core, 3gb ram and 64gb eMMC)

[@UranTCG]

7:35 yeah yet another reason to never buy any mouse/keyboard without onboard storage or on-device configuration

[@KimionTM]

Both Shadow and GeForce Now (on the RTX3080 tier) support 120fps game streaming

[@KentHambrock]

Can't Shadow do up to 144hz remote game streaming?

[@ghostyhalo8628]

its on sale for fourth of july and if everything goes according to plan I will be getting this tmr

[@tyler6602]

Sad

[@dc124remix]

NOW update on matter Steam for Chromeos got added and you can pretty much every game on them as pong that you have 128gb of storage 8gb of ram and an i3/r3

[@barlogpl]

Is it so hard to give us model number for a reviewed product?

[@Jakewake52]

Something this would be good for is retro emulation- but that being said, a chromebook half the price can emulate SNES and GBA easy

[@sameermohideen4913]

Now if only there was some kind of game streaming service offered by Google