The following Cnet staff contributed to this report: Dan Ackerman and Laura K. A 17-inch cheap gaming laptop is a rarity with entry-level gaming laptops most sub-1,000 gaming laptops have 15. The bottom line: Asus carries its Republic of Gamers line forward with a modern-feeling overhaul, but the new Intel processors in the G752 are matched with graphics cards more than a year old. Even some of the more expensive configurations drop the graphics card a notch. The bad: Despite the refresh, this still looks like something that lives in a dorm room or LAN party basement.
Performance is excellent, and a back-lighted keyboard with macro keys makes for comfortable gaming. The good: The Asus G752 is a little slimmer than its predecessor, and its new design lightens up the previous black-slab look. The bottom line: The Acer Predator 15 one of the fastest gaming laptops we’ve tested, and wisely adds extra cooling to handle high-end parts in a smaller 15-inch body. All those fans can get loud when running at maximum speed. The bad: Despite a few nice design touches, this is still a gaudy-looking gaming laptop. In October 2016, Apple updated its laptop portfolio, delivering an overdue refresh of its 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pros.Considerably slimmer and lighter than their predecessors. Battery life is excellent for a gaming laptop. The good: A rare 15-inch gaming laptop with top-end Nvidia 980M graphics, and the extra cooling required to run high-end parts in a smaller body. That’s 16:10, so taller than the screen on the Blade Stealth. It’s roughly the same size and weight, but offers a better keyboard and is a convertible with a 360-degrees foldable touchscreen. The Dell G15 is an affordable gaming laptop that comes packing the AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, letting you enjoy the power and efficiency of that chip alongside its bumped up core count over the quad-core.
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The bottom line: The Origin PC Eon17-SLX is very expensive, and none too pretty, but also one of the only gaming laptops with the specialized components needed for VR hardware such as the Oculus Rift. The ROG Flow X13 is a newer design released in 2021, and overall a more complete gaming ultrabook than the Blade Stealth 13. The keyboard, touch-pad and display are all merely OK. The bad: The generic body is clunky and ugly, especially considering the price.
It’s highly configurable and very powerful. The good: This is a laptop stuffed with desktop parts, including an overclock processor and the type of desktop graphics card VR systems such as Oculus Rift require.