Buying new laptop, what is needed for PoE?

Hi,

I'm going away for exchange studies this fall, and cannot bring my desktop PC. I'm aware that PoE puts a very heavy load on computers, especially for juiced maps, but I'd really like to find a laptop that could handle it if possible instead of being stuck playing games like League or Stardew Valley.

I've found Acer Nitro 16's laptops with their AMD Ryzen™ 7-8845HS cpu's to be relatively promising since PoE relies more on a good cpu that gpu (or so I've heard), but I am in NO WAY tech savvy enough to know if this is actually the case. There's currently a sale on the version with the RTX 4050 (~$1000 cost), but I could buy one that has an RTX 4060 (~$1500 cost) if it would make a big difference.

As I'm a full time student money is relatively tight, so I'm sadly not in a position to splurge on a laptop that I'll only use for 6 months. I'm okay with PoE not being in the cards for the exchange's duration if it'd cost too much, but I figured I'd throw this out there and ask people who are smarter than me to see if it could be a possibility.

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