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The best gaming laptops in 2022

When it comes to choos­ing a lap­top for gam­ing, we are faced with a lot of ques­tions: what char­ac­ter­is­tics to look for in the first place, what is impor­tant, and what does not mat­ter at all. The edi­tors of the KP have pre­pared a rat­ing of the best gam­ing lap­tops in 2022
The best gaming laptops in 2022
The best gam­ing lap­tops. Pho­to: alamy.com

The proces­sor, graph­ics card, and RAM are impor­tant com­po­nents in any com­put­er. They inter­act with each oth­er, affect­ing the per­for­mance and fast launch of games or heavy appli­ca­tions (for exam­ple, Adobe Pho­to­shop or Auto­CAD) on a PC. Some choose a com­put­er for video edit­ing, oth­ers for 3D mod­el­ing, and some­one in search of a qual­i­ty lap­top for video games.

In this arti­cle, we take a look at the best gam­ing PCs in 2022, as well as explain in detail and in sim­ple lan­guage the main com­po­nents that you should pay atten­tion to.

A gam­ing lap­top is a fast, pow­er­ful, effi­cient replace­ment for portable com­put­ers. The dif­fer­ence between such a lap­top and the “office” one will be in its gam­ing tech­ni­cal com­po­nent: proces­sor, video card and more RAM. You also can’t do with­out fast SSDs, a col­or­ful high-res­o­lu­tion dis­play, an effi­cient cool­ing sys­tem, addi­tion­al exter­nal ports and ampli­fied speak­ers.

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Do not for­get about the ergonom­ic appear­ance of gam­ing lap­tops. “Cut” cor­ners, bright col­or accents and back­lit key­boards — aggres­sive­ness and a steely char­ac­ter that imme­di­ate­ly catch­es the eye.

Let’s ana­lyze the main dif­fer­ences between a gam­ing lap­top and a reg­u­lar PC:

Gam­ing lap­top reg­u­lar lap­top
Proces­sor (CPU) High-per­for­mance proces­sors for games with high clock speeds (from 3 GHz and more) Stan­dard proces­sors for light tasks (1.8–2.4 GHz)
Mem­o­ry (RAM) 16 GB to 64 GB RAM 4 GB to 16 GB RAM
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA Geforce, Intel or AMD Radeon graph­ics cards for graph­ics tasks Inte­grat­ed graph­ics card built into the proces­sor
Cool­ing sys­tem Mul­ti­ple fans to off­set extra heat Usu­al­ly only one fan is installed
Image High refresh rate dis­plays up to 300Hz Dis­plays with refresh rates from 60 Hz to 120 Hz
Num­ber of ports Avail­abil­i­ty of ports for con­nect­ing var­i­ous gam­ing devices (USB 3.0, USB‑C, HDMI and Dis­play­port) The main ports required for con­nect­ing con­ven­tion­al devices (USB)
Porta­bil­i­ty Heav­ier than reg­u­lar lap­tops due to larg­er bat­tery and addi­tion­al com­po­nents High mobil­i­ty, light weight, com­pact
auton­o­my Short bat­tery life (about 2–3 hours when play­ing heavy games) Bat­tery life is about 8–12 hours at light loads (work­ing with doc­u­ments)

Based on the wish­es, finan­cial capa­bil­i­ties and gam­ing lev­el, a gam­ing lap­top can be divid­ed into three cat­e­gories:

1. Basic option

A lap­top with an inte­grat­ed graph­ics card will be a good option for unde­mand­ing users. It can­not be called com­plete­ly gam­ing, but it does not require large invest­ments. It is desir­able to choose mod­els with the fol­low­ing con­fig­u­ra­tion: Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen 5 proces­sor, RAM — at least 8 GB, SSD capac­i­ty — from 256 GB. This option is suit­able for those who pre­fer to play old non-heavy games (for exam­ple, War­craft 3 TFT or FIFA 10).

2. Afford­able gam­ing lap­top

Key met­rics one lev­el up: Intel Core i7 or AMD Ryzen 7 proces­sor, at least 16 GB of RAM, 512 GB of SSD with the pos­si­bil­i­ty of installing addi­tion­al stor­age. LAN port (for direct inter­net con­nec­tion) with high band­width.

3. Flag­ship gam­ing lap­top

This ver­sion of the lap­top will allow you to play any, even the most demand­ing game, with­out wor­ry­ing about image qual­i­ty, play­back speed, cool­er noise and exces­sive body heat. More­over, he will be able to mas­ter var­i­ous resource-inten­sive projects (for exam­ple, pho­to and video pro­cess­ing). These lap­tops must have at least the fol­low­ing spec­i­fi­ca­tions: Intel Core i9 proces­sor (or lat­er), high-per­for­mance graph­ics card RTX 3080 Ti (or lat­er), 32 GB of RAM and a 1 TB expand­able SSD.

Editor’s Choice

MSI GS66 Stealth Thin

MSI GS66 Stealth Thin.  Photo: market.yandex.ru
MSI GS66 Stealth Thin. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

GS66 Stealth Thin is a mod­el that attracts atten­tion with its ergonom­ic design. Com­pared to its pre­de­ces­sor (MSI GS65 Stealth Thin), the lap­top received a strength­en­ing in a met­al case: it became stronger, but slight­ly heav­ier (2.1 kg), but it got a more pow­er­ful bat­tery (up to 6.5 hours of bat­tery life) and more mod­ern tech­ni­cal com­po­nents .

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This lap­top has two con­fig­u­ra­tions: the top mod­el is equipped with an Intel Core i9 proces­sor, GeForce RTX 2080 Super graph­ics card and 32 GB of RAM, and the more bud­getary mod­el is Intel Core i7, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 graph­ics card and 16 GB of RAM.

In terms of inter­nal stor­age, the lap­top is equipped with a 1TB or 2TB SSD (depend­ing on con­fig­u­ra­tion). You can also install a sec­ond dri­ve: through a high-speed Thun­der­bolt 3 port or through an exter­nal media con­nec­tion. The 15.6‑inch dis­play pro­duces a pic­ture with a fre­quen­cy of up to 300 Hz, so that the image trans­mis­sion is smooth and clear.

Main characteristics

Oper­at­ing sys­tem Win­dows 11 Home
Screen 15.6 inch­es
RAM 16/32 GB
CPU Intel Core i7/Intel Core i9
Num­ber of Cores 6/8
video card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060/GeForce RTX 2080 Super
Video mem­o­ry size 8 GB
SSD 1/2 TB

Pros and cons

Good per­for­mance and proces­sor, large video mem­o­ry, excel­lent matrix, long bat­tery life
Noisy in tur­bo mode, heats up, some­times freezes

Top 11 best gaming laptops in 2022 according to KP

1. ASUS ROG ZEPHYRUS G15

ASUS ROG ZEPHYRUS G15.  Photo: market.yandex.ru
ASUS ROG ZEPHYRUS G15. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

ASUS Rog Zephyrus G15 acts as a ver­sa­tile lap­top, allow­ing you to use it for pro­duc­tive games, and for var­i­ous work (for exam­ple, for graph­ic design). The PC is fast-paced with an AMD Ryzen 7 proces­sor, GeForce RTX 3050 graph­ics, 32GB RAM, and up to 1TB SSD (512GB option avail­able).

The mod­el is opti­mal in weight (1.9 kg) and is charged from Type‑C — mobile gamers will always be able to take a lap­top with them. It should be not­ed that there are six built-in speak­ers with Dol­by Atmos tech­nol­o­gy (sur­round sound tech­nol­o­gy).

The ultra-thin lap­top is avail­able in two styl­ish options: white (Moon­light White) and gray (Eclipse Gray). The body is made of alu­minum, and the orig­i­nal iri­des­cent pat­tern is made in the met­al top cov­er.

Accord­ing to cus­tomer reviews, among the minus­es, one can sin­gle out loud noise in tur­bo mode, light on the screen and an asym­met­ri­cal lay­out of the keys, which makes it dif­fi­cult to get used to the key­board.

Main characteristics

Oper­at­ing sys­tem Win­dows 10
Screen 14 inch­es
RAM 16 GB
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS 2.80 GHz
Num­ber of Cores 6
video card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
Video mem­o­ry size 6 GB
SSD 512GB/1TB

Pros and cons

Pow­er­ful proces­sor, good graph­ics card, good build qual­i­ty, excel­lent cool­ing
Noisy in tur­bo mode, back­light­ing can be seen on the screen, it is rel­a­tive­ly dif­fi­cult for the key­board to get used to it due to the asym­met­ri­cal lay­out of the keys
The best ultra­books

Light­weight lap­tops with long bat­tery life for mobile peo­ple

2.Lenovo Thinkbook

Lenovo Thinkbook.  Photo: market.yandex.ru
Leno­vo Think­book. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

The pow­er­ful AMD Ryzen 5600 H‑series mobile proces­sor deliv­ers smooth, high-per­for­mance PCs. Good gam­ing per­for­mance and image pro­cess­ing is avail­able thanks to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 graph­ics. The lap­top also received a high-qual­i­ty dis­play (16 inch­es) with an aspect ratio of 16:10 and a res­o­lu­tion of 2.5K (2560 x 1600) and nat­ur­al col­or repro­duc­tion. The ultra-portable light­weight (1.82 kg) gad­get is per­fect for peo­ple who pre­fer to take their lap­top with them. The advan­tages include the abil­i­ty to charge a lap­top via a USB Type‑C con­nec­tor.

The body of the Think­Book is made from pre­mi­um anodized alu­minum. This coat­ing gives the note­book a refined appear­ance, as well as greater strength and increas­es the life of the case parts. There is only one col­or option for the PC — “min­er­al gray” with a two-tone top cov­er.

Of the minus­es, accord­ing to con­sumer reviews, one can sin­gle out a noisy cool­ing sys­tem and a short bat­tery life dur­ing the game (2–3 hours).

Main characteristics

Oper­at­ing sys­tem Win­dows 10
Screen 16 inch­es
RAM 16 GB
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 5600H 3.30 GHz
Num­ber of Cores 6
video card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Video mem­o­ry size 6 GB
SSD 512 GB

Pros and cons

High-qual­i­ty dis­play, nat­ur­al col­or repro­duc­tion, the abil­i­ty to charge via USB Type‑C
Weak bat­tery life, noisy cool­ing sys­tem

3. Acer Nitro 5

Acer Nitro 5. Photo: market.yandex.ru
Acer Nitro 5. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

Game to the fullest with an 11 Gen Intel Core i7 proces­sor, GeForce RTX 30 series GPU, and high-speed FHD/QHD dis­play. With a proces­sor clock speed of up to 5.0 GHz in Tur­bo mode with 4 cores and 8 threads, the lap­top can han­dle even heavy games. The device has an inter­nal SSD stor­age of 512 GB and addi­tion­al space for a sec­ond dri­ve. Accord­ing to user reviews, in game mode, the bat­tery life will be only 2 hours.

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The com­put­er allows you to mon­i­tor and man­age your cool­ing sys­tem in real time using NitroSense (this pro­gram allows you to change the speed of the fans, adjust the lap­top’s pow­er con­sump­tion, or select one of six audio modes).

It is worth not­ing that the Acer Nitro 5 is easy to main­tain your­self — the cool­er that is respon­si­ble for cool­ing is locat­ed imme­di­ate­ly under the back cov­er, so it is very con­ve­nient to clean it as need­ed.

Main characteristics

Oper­at­ing sys­tem Win­dows 10
Screen 17.3 inch­es
RAM 16 GB
CPU Intel Core i7 11800H, 2.30 GHz
Num­ber of Cores 6
video card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Video mem­o­ry size 16 GB
SSD 512 GB

Pros and cons

Good sound, easy to main­tain, RGB (LED) key­board back­light, the abil­i­ty to con­trol the cool­ing sys­tem
Frag­ile case, heats up, short bat­tery life (2 hours)

4. MSI Alpha 15

MSI Alpha 15. Photo: market.yandex.ru
MSI Alpha 15. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

A lap­top with Radeon RX graph­ics and a Ryzen 7 proces­sor dis­trib­utes pow­er and cool­ing even­ly between the proces­sor and graph­ics card, result­ing in fast, unin­ter­rupt­ed PC per­for­mance and longer bat­tery life. Plus, the 144Hz gam­ing dis­play deliv­ers smooth, crisp visu­als that gamers will appre­ci­ate.

The met­al case of the device is eas­i­ly soiled, but shock­proof. The dis­ad­van­tages include a small num­ber of USB ports — there are only two of them, so in addi­tion to a lap­top, it is bet­ter to imme­di­ate­ly pur­chase a USB-hub split­ter.

Strict met­al body, lacon­ic design, bright cus­tomiz­able key­board back­light will appeal to those who appre­ci­ate dis­creet, styl­ish and reli­able devices.

Main characteristics

Oper­at­ing sys­tem Win­dows 10
Screen 15.6 inch­es
RAM 16 GB
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 5800H 3.20 GHz
Num­ber of Cores eight
video card AMD Radeon Rx 6600M
Video mem­o­ry size 8 GB
SSD 512 GB

Pros and cons

High per­for­mance, good matrix, high build qual­i­ty, styl­ish design, shock­proof hous­ing, smooth and clear pic­ture
Marked case made of met­al and plas­tic, few USB ports (2)

5. Predator Triton 300SE

Predator Triton 300 SE.  Photo: market.yandex.ru
Preda­tor Tri­ton 300 SE. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

The lap­top com­bines com­pact­ness (14-inch screen), mobil­i­ty (weight 1.8 kg) and excel­lent gam­ing per­for­mance. The 11th gen­er­a­tion Intel Core i7 proces­sor and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 graph­ics card are respon­si­ble for the last point, giv­ing a clear and smooth pic­ture. The 1TB NVMe dri­ve is respon­si­ble for the RAM.

With Preda­torS­ense soft­ware, you can cus­tomize your RGB back­lit key­board (choose from 16 mil­lion col­ors and any back­light bright­ness). To increase the per­for­mance of the lap­top (from 2.7 GHz to 5 GHz), just press the TURBO hotkey. Almost all over the bot­tom case there are con­nec­tors for air intake, which guar­an­tees a good cool­ing sys­tem.

The lap­top is equipped with many ports: two USB 3.2, Type‑A, Type‑C con­nec­tor (Thun­der­bolt 4), HDMI 2.1 and head­phone jack with micro­phone. The man­u­fac­tur­er guar­an­tees high-qual­i­ty sound and real­is­tic sur­round sounds both when watch­ing movies and dur­ing the game. But, accord­ing to user reviews, with nor­mal surf­ing the Inter­net and in bright light, the lap­top will work for only 4.5 hours.

Main characteristics

Oper­at­ing sys­tem Win­dows 11 Home
Screen 14 inch­es
RAM 24 GB
CPU Intel Core i7-11375H 3.3 GHz
Num­ber of Cores four
video card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Video mem­o­ry size 6 GB
SSD 1 TB

Pros and cons

Good per­for­mance, well-thought-out cool­ing sys­tem, USB mem­o­ry con­nec­tion, sur­round sound, many con­nec­tors
Short bat­tery life, noisy dur­ing oper­a­tion

6. ASUS TUF F17

ASUS TUF F17.  Photo: market.yandex.ru
ASUS TUF F17. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

An AMD Ryzen 7 proces­sor and 8 GB of RAM ensure smooth oper­a­tion even under heavy loads. Thanks to the inte­grat­ed cool­ing sys­tem, the pow­er is kept with­in 45 W, allow­ing the com­put­er to be used in mul­ti­task­ing mode. The GeForce RTX 3050 graph­ics card deliv­ers high frame rates in many of today’s games, while the large (17.3‑inch) bright screen lets you ful­ly immerse your­self in the gam­ing world.

The lap­top is avail­able in two col­or options: styl­ish gray and aggres­sive black. The body of the device is shock­proof and can with­stand a fall from a short dis­tance.

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Of the obvi­ous dis­ad­van­tages, one can sin­gle out noise when the cool­ing sys­tem is loaded and a short bat­tery life (3 hours) even in pow­er sav­ing mode.

Main characteristics

Oper­at­ing sys­tem Win­dows 11 Home
Screen 17.3 inch­es
RAM 16 GB
CPU Intel Core i5 11400H 2.70 GHz
Num­ber of Cores 6
video card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti
Video mem­o­ry size 4 GB
SSD 512 GB

Pros and cons

High-qual­i­ty assem­bly, increased body strength and wear resis­tance, bright and large screen
Noisy sounds when cool­ing is under load, it gets very hot, eas­i­ly soiled case, short bat­tery life (3 hours on pow­er sav­ing)

7Lenovo Legion 5 Pro

Lenovo Legion 5 Pro.  Photo: market.yandex.ru
Leno­vo Legion 5 Pro. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

At the heart of the lap­top is an AMD Ryzen 7 proces­sor sys­tem that boasts high fre­quen­cies up to 4.5 GHz, ensur­ing smooth oper­a­tion and fast launch of games. This mod­el has a 16-inch QHD + dis­play and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 graph­ics card, which allows you to enjoy high-qual­i­ty col­or repro­duc­tion and a vivid pic­ture dur­ing games.

To reduce the heat of the lap­top, the case is made of alu­minum, while the key­board and touch­pad are made of plas­tic. Of the obvi­ous advan­tages is dura­bil­i­ty. The key­board with­stands even very strong pres­sure, as does the lid of the lap­top. The design of the PC is attrac­tive and pure­ly gam­ing, with no frills.

In cus­tomer reviews, mediocre auton­o­my dur­ing gam­ing process­es (2–3 hours) and strong heat­ing are not­ed.

Main characteristics

Oper­at­ing sys­tem Win­dows 10
Screen 16 inch­es
RAM 16 GB
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 5800H 3.20 GHz
Num­ber of Cores eight
video card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Video mem­o­ry size 6 GB
SSD 1 TB

Pros and cons

Attrac­tive, no-non­sense gam­ing design, high-qual­i­ty case mate­ri­als, very com­fort­able key­board with intu­itive lay­out, 16-inch QHD+ dis­play
Short bat­tery life (2–3 hours), gets very hot

8.MSI Pulse GL66

MSI Pulse GL66.  Photo: market.yandex.ru
MSI Pulse GL66. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

Note­book man­u­fac­tur­er MSI Pulse claims that the built-in Intel CoreTM i7 proces­sor deliv­ers up to 40% faster per­for­mance than the pre­vi­ous gen­er­a­tion Intel i5 proces­sor. The PC achieves great pow­er with an 8‑core proces­sor that sup­ports dual-core fre­quen­cy up to 4.6 GHz.

A pow­er­ful NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 graph­ics card and a high-fre­quen­cy dis­play (144 Hz) are respon­si­ble for a bright pic­ture. This lap­top has 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD hard dri­ve with two addi­tion­al slots for stor­age expan­sion (up to 2TB). Thanks to these char­ac­ter­is­tics, any user will play and work in heavy appli­ca­tions (Pho­to­shop, Adobe Pre­miere Pro) with great plea­sure. Like many gam­ing lap­tops, this mod­el can with­stand about 3 hours of bat­tery life. Of the incon­ve­niences, we can sin­gle out the pow­er but­ton built into the key­board, and the lack of a card read­er.

With tita­ni­um gray met­al armor and con­toured lines, the PC will appeal to those who love a futur­is­tic aes­thet­ic.

Main characteristics

Oper­at­ing sys­tem Win­dows 10
Screen 15.6 inch­es
RAM 16 GB
CPU Intel Core i7 2.70 GHz
Num­ber of Cores eight
video card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Video mem­o­ry size 8 GB
SSD 512 GB

Pros and cons

Styl­ish and prac­ti­cal design, pow­er­ful hard­ware, high-fre­quen­cy dis­play (144Hz)
Noisy oper­a­tion, incon­ve­nient loca­tion of the pow­er but­ton (inscribed in the key­board), no card read­er

9. HP Pavilion Gaming 17

HP Pavilion Gaming 17. Photo: market.yandex.ru
HP Pavil­ion Gam­ing 17. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

The gam­ing lap­top has a large screen (17.3 inch­es), a 3.1 GHz Intel Core i5 proces­sor, an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 pro­fes­sion­al graph­ics card, and an effi­cient cool­ing sys­tem (intake from the bot­tom of the lap­top, and blow­ing hot air from the back). This mod­el does not have an addi­tion­al hard dri­ve slot, but despite this, the inter­nal stor­age of the lap­top is 1 TB, which is accept­able for gam­ing lap­tops. The bat­tery life is 6 hours when surf­ing the Inter­net.

The HP Pavil­ion Gam­ing mod­el is suit­able for users who often play on a lap­top and work with heavy appli­ca­tions (for exam­ple, pro­grams for video edit­ing, vec­tor graph­ics, pho­to pro­cess­ing).

Main characteristics

Oper­at­ing sys­tem Win­dows 10
Screen 17.3 inch­es
RAM 8 GB
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS 2.80 GHz
Num­ber of Cores 6
video card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
Video mem­o­ry size 6 GB
SSD 1 TB

Pros and cons

Sophis­ti­cat­ed cool­ing sys­tem, large (17.3‑inch) bright screen
There is no slot for an addi­tion­al hard dri­ve, fin­ger­prints remain on the mat­te sur­face of the case

10. Acer Predator Helios 300

Acer Predator Helios 300. Photo: market.yandex.ru
Acer Preda­tor Helios 300. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

The Acer Preda­tor Helios 300 is an incred­i­ble val­ue propo­si­tion. For the mon­ey, it offers a 6GB GTX 1060 graph­ics card, which in most games over the past few years can run at 60fps at near max­i­mum set­tings. The sys­tem lacks any fan­cy screen fea­tures such as G‑Sync, although it is pos­si­ble to get a mod­el with a 144Hz refresh rate.

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All in all, the Acer Preda­tor Helios 300 is the best bud­get gam­ing lap­top you can buy with­out sac­ri­fic­ing the fea­tures you want from a portable gam­ing device.

Main characteristics

CPU Intel Core i7-77
GPU Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
RAM 16GB DDR4-2133MHz
Screen 15.6″ FHD (1920 x 1080) 60Hz
Mem­o­ry 256GB M.2 SATA SSD
Bat­tery 48 Wh
The weight 2.7 kg

Pros and cons

Price, good bat­tery life
Not the most pow­er­ful
The best lap­tops for video edit­ing

Choos­ing a home PC for high-qual­i­ty video edit­ing

11.MSI Katana GF76

MSI Katana GF76.  Photo: market.yandex.ru
MSI Katana GF76. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

The lap­top com­bines high per­for­mance, styl­ish design and high ener­gy effi­cien­cy. It is equipped with an Intel Core i7-11800H proces­sor, an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 graph­ics card, 16 GB of RAM and a 512 GB SSD. There is a free slot for addi­tion­al stor­age of 1 TB and a slot for a 2.5‑inch SATA dri­ve. These char­ac­ter­is­tics ensure the smooth oper­a­tion of the PC in mul­ti­task­ing mode.

Visu­al­ly, the PC looks con­cise: a mat­te plas­tic case and a red back­lit key­board. Of the small minus­es, one can note the absence of some inter­face con­nec­tors: USB 3.0 and Thun­der­bolt, and a short bat­tery life (3 hours) at medi­um loads (work­ing with text edi­tors, surf­ing the Inter­net).

Main characteristics

Oper­at­ing sys­tem Win­dows 10
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS 2.80 GHz
RAM 16 GB
Num­ber of Cores 6
video card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
Video mem­o­ry size 6 GB
SSD 1 TB

Pros and cons

Pow­er­ful proces­sor, option­al SSD stor­age slot, 2.5″ SATA dri­ve slot
Heavy (2.7 kg), very noisy and heats up dur­ing oper­a­tion, no inter­face con­nec­tors, short bat­tery life

Leaders of the Past

1. Razer Blade 15 Advanced Model

Razer Blade 15 Advanced Model.  Photo: market.yandex.ru
Raz­er Blade 15 Advanced Mod­el. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

Noth­ing has changed since the orig­i­nal Raz­er Blade 15 arrived in the spring of 2018. The updat­ed, so-called “Advanced Mod­el” fea­tures the same alu­minum chas­sis, only this time with the lat­est graph­ics chips from NVIDIA.

In gen­er­al, the Raz­er Blade 15 is designed to replace not only the PC, but also any lap­top that com­petes with it. After all, its touch­pad is very sim­i­lar to a Mac­Book, only on Win­dows. In addi­tion, the device is avail­able in an abun­dance of dif­fer­ent con­fig­u­ra­tions. For exam­ple, if you need a 4K OLED screen, please con­fig­ure. RTX 2080 at your ser­vice.

Main characteristics

CPU Intel Core i7-8750H
GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
RAM 16GB DDR4-2666MHz
Screen 15.6″ FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS 144Hz
Mem­o­ry 512GB M.2 SSD
Bat­tery 80 Wh
The weight 2.07 kg

Pros and cons

Unri­valed Build Qual­i­ty, Wide Range of CPU/GPU Capa­bil­i­ties
Price

2.MSI GS65 Stealth Thin

MSI GS65 Stealth Thin.  Photo: market.yandex.ru
MSI GS65 Stealth Thin. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

The GS65 Stealth Thin is a fan­tas­tic all-rounder that still deliv­ers unri­valed per­for­mance and design. It has a sleek black alu­minum body with gold accents, but best of all, in addi­tion to the thin 18mm thick­ness, the 4.9mm thin bezels of the screen keep the over­all size of the body.

While it won’t do ray trac­ing, this spec is good enough to run most mod­ern games in 2022. The GS65 has oth­er nice touch­es that make it a great lap­top: a SteelSeries key­board and a sol­id, respon­sive touch­pad.

The only gam­ing fea­ture miss­ing here is G‑Sync, but it allows for a low­er price and bat­tery life that right­ful­ly lasts almost a full day.

Main characteristics

CPU Intel Core i7-8750H
GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max‑Q
RAM 16GB DDR4-2400MHz
Screen 15.6″ FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS 144Hz
Mem­o­ry 512GB M.2 SSD
Bat­tery 82 Wh
The weight 1.88 kg

Pros and cons

Smooth and pow­er­ful, long bat­tery life
No G‑Sync

3. Gigabyte Aero 15X v8

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Giga­byte Aero 15X v8. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

Com­pared to the GSI GS65 and Raz­er Blade 15, the Aero 15X has a less attrac­tive, sharp-edged chas­sis, but wins in the per­for­mance cat­e­go­ry with its larg­er bat­tery. With near­ly iden­ti­cal inter­nals, gam­ing per­for­mance is also com­pa­ra­ble to the GS65. The biggest dif­fer­ence, apart from the body and bat­tery design, is that the Aero 15X can be equipped with a 4K screen.

Main characteristics

CPU Intel Core i7-8750H
GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max‑Q
RAM 16GB DDR4-2666MHz
Screen 15.6″ FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS 144Hz
Mem­o­ry 512GB SSD
Bat­tery 94 Wh
The weight 2.1 kg

Pros and cons

Incred­i­ble bat­tery life, beau­ti­ful screen
Issues with dri­vers out of the box

4. Asus ROG Strix GL503VS-DH74 Scar Edition

Asus ROG Strix GL503VS-DH74 Scar Edition.  Photo: market.yandex.ru
Asus ROG Strix GL503VS-DH74 Scar Edi­tion. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

The GL503VS comes with a reg­u­lar (non-Max‑Q) GTX 1070 GPU. This results in a per­for­mance improve­ment of around 15 per­cent at a slight­ly low­er price. It uses a pre­vi­ous gen­er­a­tion quad-core proces­sor, but that does­n’t mat­ter in most games. The GL503VS also offers G‑Sync on a 144Hz pan­el with­out the option of using Nvidia Opti­mus bat­ter­ies. So you should­n’t expect more than two hours of bat­tery life. So don’t for­get your charg­er!

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Main characteristics

CPU Intel Core i7-7700HQ
GPU Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
RAM 16GB DDR4-2400MHz
Screen 15.6″ widescreen FHD (1920 x 1080) 144Hz with G‑Sync
Mem­o­ry 256 GB NVMe SSD, 1 TB Fire­Cu­da SSHD
Bat­tery 64 Wh
The weight 2.4 kg

Pros and cons

Full pow­er (not Max‑Q), impres­sive SSD
Bat­tery Life

5Lenovo Legion Y740

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Leno­vo Legion Y740. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

Even though they’ve only been around for a cou­ple of years, Legion’s Leno­vo lap­tops have made a name for them­selves in the gam­ing indus­try, if only because they offer unpar­al­leled val­ue for top-notch specs.

The Chi­nese tech com­pa­ny best known for its smart tablets aims to squeeze the best per­for­mance out of the cheap­est mate­ri­als with­out sac­ri­fic­ing qual­i­ty or design. This prin­ci­ple is nowhere more evi­dent than in the Leno­vo Legion Y740, a 17.3‑inch gam­ing lap­top whose graph­ics chip ranges from Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 to 2080.

For exam­ple, the screen uses tech­nolo­gies rarely seen else­where. For exam­ple, Dol­by Vision HDR in full col­or on a 144Hz IPS dis­play. And G‑Sync elim­i­nates the need for soft­ware-based adap­tive sync pro­to­cols.

In terms of audio, the Y740 fea­tures anoth­er amaz­ing Dol­by tech­nol­o­gy, Atmos. His Win­dows 10 Home instal­la­tion also includes Dol­by Atmos soft­ware, paving the way for cus­tom EQ pro­files and near­ly com­pen­sat­ing for the down­ward ori­en­ta­tion of the speak­ers.

Main characteristics

CPU Intel Core i7-8750H
GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max‑Q
RAM 16GB DDR4 2667MHz
Screen 17.3″ FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS 144Hz
Mem­o­ry 1 TB HDD; 256GB SSD
Bat­tery 76 Wh
The weight 2.2 kg

Pros and cons

Supe­ri­or, state-of-the-art fea­tures, afford­able price range
Very small touch­pad

6.MSI GS75 Stealth

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MSI GS75 Stealth. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

Inside the alu­minum alloy chas­sis, the GS75 Stealth hous­es a rugged GeForce RTX graph­ics card that spans almost the entire line of Nvidia ray-traced prod­ucts, paired with an Intel Core i7-8750H proces­sor no mat­ter what con­fig­u­ra­tion you buy. Per­for­mance is also impres­sive, with the lat­est 1080p games fly­ing at 87 frames per sec­ond. Pret­ty incred­i­ble for a lap­top weigh­ing less than three kilo­grams.

Main characteristics

CPU Intel Core i7-8750H
GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max‑Q
RAM 32GB DDR4‑2.667MHz
Screen 17.3‑inch (1920 x 1080) IPS 144Hz
Mem­o­ry 512GB SSD
Bat­tery 82 Wh
The weight 2.25 kg

Pros and cons

Beau­ti­ful design, RTX graph­ics
Uncom­fort­able touch­pad

7. Acer Predator Triton 500

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Acer Preda­tor Tri­ton 500. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

Not every­one wants the thinnest or most pow­er­ful gam­ing lap­top. The Acer Preda­tor Tri­ton 500 is a Max‑Q lap­top that strikes the right bal­ance between porta­bil­i­ty, per­for­mance and price.

The mod­el is ide­al for games — new items fly at the high­est set­tings with ray trac­ing enabled at an aver­age speed of 56 frames per sec­ond. And at the same time, you get to enjoy the lux­u­ry of a 1.7mm key­board and Microsoft­’s pre­cise touch­pad.

Main characteristics

CPU Intel Core i7-8750H
GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max‑Q
RAM 16GB DDR4 2667MHz
Screen 15.6″ FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS 144Hz
Mem­o­ry 512 GB M.2 NVMe
Bat­tery 84 Wh
The weight 2.1 kg

Pros and cons

Appe­tiz­ing price range, best per­for­mance
Noisy

8. Dell Inspiron 15 7567

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Dell Insp­iron 15 7567. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

If you’re look­ing for a cheap lap­top to play indie or oth­er less demand­ing games, the Dell Insp­iron 15 7000 series is a hit. The 7567 is equipped with the GTX 1050 Ti, a slight upgrade from the low­er GTX 1050, which can be bought a lit­tle cheap­er. Nei­ther can han­dle the lat­est games at high or max set­tings, but if all you’re after is light indies, the 7567 is a great ultra-bud­get option.

As a bonus, the 7567 fea­tures a durable bat­tery that should last over four hours, depend­ing on work­load. This makes it a great school lap­top for young gamers.

Main characteristics

CPU Intel Core i5-7300HQ
GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4 GB
RAM 8GB DDR4-2400MHz
Screen 15.6″ FHD (1920 x 1080)
Mem­o­ry 256GB SSD
Bat­tery 6 cell 74 Wh
The weight 2.62 kg

Pros and cons

Great for indie and oth­er less demand­ing games, good bat­tery life
Not very pow­er­ful

9. MSI GL63 8RC

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MSI GL63 8RC. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

MSI GL63 8RC should be the best choice for ultra-bud­get gam­ing lap­tops. It fea­tures an Intel i5-8300H proces­sor, 8GB DDR4 RAM, Nvidi­a’s GeForce GTX 1050 and one of the thinnest bezels on the mar­ket. The only obvi­ous down­side is the lack of an includ­ed SSD. The lap­top comes with a 1TB hard dri­ve, which means you’ll prob­a­bly want to upgrade the stor­age pret­ty quick­ly.

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Main characteristics

CPU Intel Core i5-8300H
GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 4 GB
RAM 8GB DDR4-2666
Screen 15.6″ FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS
Mem­o­ry 1TB HDD
Bat­tery 3‑cell 41 Wh
The weight 2.2 kg

Pros and cons

Slim bezels, easy to upgrade RAM and stor­age
Not includ­ed SSD

How to choose a gaming laptop

The most impor­tant thing to look for when choos­ing a gam­ing lap­top is the proces­sor, graph­ics card, and amount of RAM. Con­sid­er in detail the opti­mal char­ac­ter­is­tics by which you need to choose a gam­ing PC:

CPU

One of the most impor­tant com­po­nents of a gam­ing lap­top is the proces­sor. It is he who is respon­si­ble for the per­for­mance and speed of unin­ter­rupt­ed oper­a­tion under heavy loads (the use of graph­ics pro­grams, heavy games Hit­man 3 or Far Cry 6). It is advis­able to choose devices with a CPU (dig­i­tal proces­sor) of at least Intel Core i5, AMD Ryzen 5 or Apple M1. Also pay atten­tion to the num­ber of cores. If you plan on using your lap­top for mod­ern gam­ing, you’ll need at least six.

video card

The graph­ics card can­not be replaced or changed, so if you plan to use a lap­top for sev­er­al years or more, then you should pay atten­tion to high-per­for­mance graph­ics proces­sors. For exam­ple, on video cards from the man­u­fac­tur­er NVIDIA.

If you are con­sid­er­ing the bud­get seg­ment, then you should choose the mobile NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti and GTX 1650, as well as the 1650 Ti. These options will allow you to com­fort­ably play old or not very demand­ing games. As for the mid-range, graph­ics cards like the RTX 3050 and RTX 3050 Ti are suit­able, espe­cial­ly if you’re into esports gam­ing.

The next graph­ics card is the RTX 3060. It will allow you to play mod­ern games at high set­tings in Full HD. As for the flag­ship seg­ment, the RTX 3070, RTX 3070 Ti, RTX 3080 and RTX 3080 Ti are real­ly pow­er­ful graph­ics cards with accel­er­a­tors. In addi­tion to games, it will be com­fort­able to work with var­i­ous projects that require max­i­mum elab­o­ra­tion of details (for exam­ple, Pho­to­shop).

RAM

No less impor­tant com­po­nent will be the amount of RAM. We rec­om­mend choos­ing an 8 GB or 16 GB con­fig­u­ra­tion that will pro­vide the cor­rect per­for­mance for your lap­top. You should also pay atten­tion to mem­o­ry per­for­mance, for exam­ple, a DDR4 mod­ule with a min­i­mum fre­quen­cy of 2666 MHz is required in dual-chan­nel mode (2x4 GB or 2x8 GB).

Storage device

For mod­ern games, a large amount of mem­o­ry is impor­tant. A per­for­mance gam­ing lap­top typ­i­cal­ly comes with a 512GB SSD. If desired, it can always be replaced with a more volu­mi­nous one. Usu­al­ly in gam­ing lap­tops there is space for a sec­ond dri­ve, and there is also a slot for installing a 2.5‑inch hard dri­ve, which will allow you to increase the amount of total mem­o­ry, for exam­ple, up to 1 TB.