new gpu or mac mini?

[sharp raven]

so i always liked the apple os' and ecosystem (i have an ipad and an iphone so it helps) and particularly macOS, i just love it and i wanted to buy a new gpu since my rtx 2060 is starting to get old. but i wonder if getting a mac mini as a second computer instead is better for me. my rtx 2060 (and ryzen 5 5600x) is enough for me and i wanted only to get it just incase i wanna play some heavy games. and the only gaming i do is very basic stuff like geometry dash MAX. and i need a powerful portable computer (mini pc/laptop etc). i really don't know because i survived 4 years with my current setup and really could live with it a few more years and btw if i get a mac mini its like a m2 (sorry if there's mistakes i'm like tired right now)

[winter badger]

<@&1142976431584989255> Hey, a little help in here please.

[last pelican]

If you’re not needing a upgrade for gaming performance, a mac mini is a very recommendable portable second “desktop”, I’d even recommend getting the newest one since they’re such a good deal

[lime mirage]

Mac. I say Mac, better optimized apps, better os, better for work. But if you want a fully integrated gaming experience, buy a new GPU. 😄

[misty topaz]

The M5 and M5 Pro feature Apple's 3rd-generation hardware-accelerated ray tracing and a new Neural Accelerator in each GPU core, which significantly boosts AI and rendering performance

The M5 is roughly comparable to an NVIDIA RTX 3050. The M5 Pro steps up to compete with cards like the RTX 4050 or RTX 3060.

Unified memory, used in M-chips lets the CPU and GPU share the same memory pool. This removes the need to copy data between RAM and VRAM, which reduces latency, saves power, and allows more flexible use of available memory.

An NVIDIA RTX 4060 Laptop GPU is capped at 8GB of VRAM. If you have an M-Chip with 16-128GB of RAM, the GPU can access nearly all of it.