[moritonal]

Whilst I imagine the final line "I cannot get a discrete GPU at a reasonable price" is more a frustration, never underestimate the importance of working with restraints. If you develop against a terrible GPU you're forced to fix issues like this quickly.

Although I'll of course agree a better computer helps the iterative dev cycle.

[lelandfe]

It also helps with user empathy! I work on the web rather than on games, but I used to have my small team walk over to Best Buy (American electronics store) and load our site on the worst laptops we could find to actually see what performance is like for worst-case users.

You forget what “real people” experiences are like when you’re on your $2000 beefy rig.