I am to purchase a laptop today. I have narrowed down to 2 choices. An Acer laptop with 16 GB RAM (expandable to 32 GB) and with GTX 1050 4 GB graphics processor. A Del laptop with 8 GB RAM (expandable to 16GB) but with GTX 1050Ti 4GB graphics processor.The prices are almost the same. The Acer has a 128GB SSD in addition to a 1TB HDD. But I am willing to compromise on that IF 1050Ti with 8 GB RAM will give me substantially good performance compared with 1050 with 16GB RAMUSAGEHeavy gaming (2-3 hours per day) - GTA V, Witcher 3, Skyrim, etc.Mobile application development (1-2 hours per day) - Android Studio
Which configuration do I choose for my laptop?
performance
I would suggest the Acer.Reasons.It has an SSD which improves boot times.It comes stock with 16GB of RAM, which is the most you will ever need for gaming. Also, some applications, including possibly Android Studio, will benefit from the extra RAM and the SSD speeds.With the Acer, you get more bang for the buck without having to upgrade.Seeing as the two GPUs both have 4GB of VRAM, I would imagine that the significance of performance is negligible, after all, these are not the top end of GPUs.Hope that helps.