Dell G7 (GTX 1660 Ti) or Older PC with RTX 2060 for Topaz AI?
I'm trying to decide between buying a Dell G7 laptop with a GTX 1660 Ti or an older desktop PC with an RTX 2060, mainly for Topaz Video AI.
I mostly upscale/enhance NBA clips that are only around 20–40 seconds long, so I'm not rendering huge projects. I also edit in Premiere Pro and After Effects occasionally.
The thing making this hard is that I really like the portability of a laptop. I travel sometimes, do videography, and it'd be nice to bring my editing setup with me. On the other hand, I know the RTX 2060 supports Tensor cores and should perform better in Topaz.
I also have a pretty small budget, so if I go with the desktop, I'd have to factor in buying things like a monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers/headphones, etc., which adds to the cost.
For my use case, do you think the extra performance of the RTX 2060 is worth giving up the portability of the Dell G7? Or would you just stick with the laptop?