Best gaming laptop under £2,000

[cHk4]

I’ve decided to change my requirements and I’m looking for a gaming laptop, so that I can take it with me when I’m not home to game.

I’m not sure if 2K is going to get me something good, so I don’t mind going over slightly.

I’m not sure if there is a huge difference between a 4070/4080 in a laptop but I would ideally like something with one of them in.

Games can very, I want something better than 1080P. I’ve seen a lot of screens are OLED now, do I need to worry about screen burn?

Also, forgot to add some development and game dev too!

So far I’m leaning towards the 2024 alienwares.

Thanks

 

[cHk4]

What size of screen are you after? When I was in the market for a gaming laptop about two years ago, the Lenovo Legion range was amongst the best available. Not only in terms of specs but also thermal/noise performance.

It's good to be aware of the thermal limitations imposed by manufacturers as well.

When I was shopping and it was the 3000 series GPUs, you could have two laptops with 3070s in them and they could be very different in terms of GPU performance.

Some manufacturers used a lower watt version of the 3070 (for example) and the performance hit wasn't insignificant. Add to that, you would often have to dig quite deep to get the specific variant of 3070 that was being used.

Thanks for the reply mate, I guess I would like to use it on my 4k screen and I would want a native resolution of 2k at least. With what you’ve said I think there are some power limits to the 4050/60/70 series cards so not sure if I should fork out a little extra and get one with a 4080. I’ll take another look at the Lenovo legions.

Also not sure on if I should go for an ultra/14900 or the AMD chips as the zen 5 laptop stuff is coming soon.