The reason we like a sales event such as Prime Day is because it convinces retailers to drop prices on gaming laptops that were already pretty competitive. Like these RTX 4070 gaming laptops below: you could have picked up any one of these for a reasonable price over the past few months, but thanks to Prime Day pressure, retailers across the US are now discounting them further.
The cheapest RTX 4070 gaming laptop I could find for Prime Day is the Acer Nitro 16. It's on sale over at Newegg for $1,130, with a $70 saving.
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This Nitro 16 comes equipped with a Ryzen 7 7735HS processor, an eight-core/16-thread processor with heaps of performance. It's paired with 16 GB of DDR5 RAM. So far, so good. In combination with the RTX 4070 mobile GPU at its core, this laptop should take good advantage of its 2560 x 1600 screen—that's a 16:10 aspect ratio for more viewing space—and 165 Hz refresh rate.
The only downside to this Nitro model is that it comes with only a 512 GB SSD. That said, this laptop appears to have a space NVMe slot within for an easy upgrade should you wish to buy a cheap 1 TB SSD and fit it yourself.
If you're not the type to tinker then it's not much more money to swap the Nitro 16 for the Acer Predator 14, available at Amazon for $1,150. This features the same RTX 4070 GPU except a Core i7 13700H processor. It's also equipped with a 1600p screen, 16 GB DDR5 and a 1 TB SSD.
The flipside is this is a 14-inch gaming laptop, which is more compact for travel or lugging to the office, but the smaller screen can be a bit limiting when it comes to some games. I struggle sometimes to make out enemy players in Hunt: Showdown from a distance on a smaller screen, though the increased resolution and high PPI (pixels per inch) help somewhat here.
The HP Victus at the bottom of the page is pretty much a 16-inch version of this Predator 14, anyways.
There's also the TUF F15 from Asus. This is available over at Best Buy for $1,150. It comes with a weaker screen—a 1080p, 144 Hz panel—though comes with a larger SSD and a similarly impressive Intel Core i7 13620H processor.
I'd personally go with the Nitro 16 or Predator 14 given the choice, but the more options, the merrier.
There are other RTX 4070 gaming laptops under $1,200, too. I'll drop all of them below to help you make an informed decision. We also have heaps of other gaming laptops, including some cheaper RTX 4060 models, over on our Amazon Prime Day gaming laptops deals page.
