I want to buy a budget laptop. One thing that has always extended the life of my older laptops is having semi decent graphics. My old 17" with Nvidia 7900 can still play 1080 movies and gives a bump to browser performance where the integrated can't. Also drivers are still available for the Nvidia where I have none for the Intel Graphics onboard or they perform poorly.
With that in mind, what is the minimum to play H265 and 4K. Is the Intel 520 enough, the Nvidia 940mx enough or would I need better. Note I don't want a 4K screen, as I think they compromise portability too much, its just to have enough oomph to play media. The H265 is unwatchable on my older machines. So I have avoided it. But I can see it becoming a new standard.
With that in mind, what is the minimum to play H265 and 4K. Is the Intel 520 enough, the Nvidia 940mx enough or would I need better. Note I don't want a 4K screen, as I think they compromise portability too much, its just to have enough oomph to play media. The H265 is unwatchable on my older machines. So I have avoided it. But I can see it becoming a new standard.