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It’s nice to sit down at your comfy desk setup and game the night away. But what if you prefer a more portable option, something that can give you that gaming fix anywhere and everywhere?
Enter gaming laptops — powerful, moveable entertainment machines that can enthral us for hours. It can be difficult to sift through the sheer amount of choices — so we did that for you.
Here are our recommendations for the best gaming laptops for different budgets, whether you want the best of the best or prefer more wallet-friendly options.
Best gaming laptop: Lenovo Legion Pro 7i
The Lenovo Legion Pro 7i is our choice for the best gaming laptop in general. It’s a powerhouse machine, fitted out with some of the best internals in the gaming laptop world.
A Core i9-13900HX along with an RTX 4080 can handle pretty much any game you can throw at it, which will also look great on a 2560 x 1600, 240Hz screen.
All this comes in a tasteful, sleek (for a nearly seven pound machine) package — aside from the Legion branding on its top and RGB lighting, it won’t look out of place in any setup, or even the office.
The best part? Amongst high-end laptops, even the most souped-up Legion Pro 7i comes in at under US$3,000 — and yet competes with machines that are US$1,000 more expensive. It’s not impossible to find gaming laptops more than US$4,000, and Lenovo has managed to undercut that with this capable machine.
Best gaming laptop under $1500: ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14
The ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 is an all-AMD system that exemplifies mid-range efficiency. Sporting the Ryzen 9 6900HS CPU and a choice of the AMD Radeon RX 6700S or 6800S GPUs, it’s capable of pumping out smooth visuals to its 120Hz, FreeSync-compatible IPS screen.
Keep in mind that this is the 2022 version, along with last-generation internals. You won’t be maxing out settings on the latest AAA games, but the Zephyrus G14 can handle pretty much any game at a great price. Depending on your storage and RAM specs, this laptop often finds itself hovering at the US$1,000.
Best gaming laptop under $1000: Acer Nitro 5
The Acer Nitro 5 is an affordable gaming laptop that cuts some corners by trading in CPU performance compared to the other laptops on this list.
Still, with an i5-12500H, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti, 512GB SSD and 16GB of RAM, it’s a solid gaming machine that will serve you well.
The 144Hz screen is rare at this price range, and means you’ll be able to enjoy buttery-smooth gameplay at the expense of a few graphics settings. And while the storage is small, there’s inbuilt room for extra storage, another rarity for machines at this budget.
Coming in at US$899, it’s possible you can find it on sale for an even better bargain.
Best gaming laptop under $800: HP Victus 15 (2022)
The HP Victus 15 (2022) is one of the most affordable machines around that still has a 30-series GPU. With the 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12450H, GeForce RTX 3050, 16 GB RAM, and 1TB SSD, the laptop comes in under US$750. All this powers a 144hz, 1920 x 1080 screen, and most games should push 60FPS and still run fine.
The Victus 15 has since been upgraded to a newer model. But if you want one of the most affordable options around, the 2022 model is still good enough, and also wallet-friendly.
Best 4K gaming laptop: MSI Titan GT77
The MSI Titan GT77 is a solid beast of a machine — and if you are willing to put it on your lap, all the power to you.
Coming it more than seven pounds, carrying it around can be a solid workout for your arms. For that, you get a laptop with pretty much everything tuned to the maximum, with the best internals that money can buy, situated below a 3840 x 2160 pixels, 17.3 inches screen. Ab i9-13980HX, RTX 4090, a frankly absurd 64 GB of RAM, and a 2TB SSD gives you ready access to any game, with any settings, at any time.
After all, why go for a 4K-capable laptop without a large screen to take in all the pixels, and the processing power necessary to bring those pixels to vibrant life? Of course, premium comes at a price. Tthe highest-spec machine will run you an eye-watering US$5,299.
Dropping your graphics card by a class to the 4080 will reduce the price by a US$1,000. The value proposition is for you to decide, but you could use the extra cash to pick up agaming mouse worthy of your machine, orsome gifts for your gamer friends.
Or yourself. We won’t judge.
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