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I'd say the 4GB of RAM in your GPU frightens me.
Resolve is very demanding for CPU cores, GPU power, and RAM. There's almost no such thing as "too much hardware" for Resolve. The usual answer for lag or slow speed is "more hardware is better." Fast hard drives (particularly RAIDs or SSDs) help as well. Sometimes it's not just one thing -- it's the effect of several things together that determine speed and efficiency.
Richard Lackey does about as good a job as anybody in listing the real-world minimum specs on what you need to run Resolve effectively:
https://www.richardlackey.com/davinci-resolve-system
Puget Systems puts together customized PCs specifically for Resolve, and their parts lists are illuminating:
https://www.pugetsystems.com/recommende ... esolve-187
Macs are very good as well, and a fully-equipped M4 Mac can do very well with 4K in most circumstances (but are arguably more costly). I don't think laptops are ideal for Resolve, but they can run up to 4K sessions provided you have fast storage and don't use a lot of OFX or noise-reduction nodes. Complex node trees can be a struggle, but you can always cache when necessary if you hit a slowdown.