Want a gaming laptop that's got some kick, but not particularly interested in dropping the humungo bucks on one? We can help. In fact, on this auspicious Cyber Monday, we can help twice, because there are actually two very solid choices to pick from.
First up, going for $879.99 at Best Buy, the HP Victus 16, an AMD Ryzen 7-8845HS-powered machine with 16GB DDR5 RAM and the kicker, an RTX 4070 GPU driving a 16.1-inch HD display. The 512GB SSD is a little on the puny side (okay, a lot on the puny side) in this era of 100GB+ install sizes, but there's another SSD slot in the back of the machine so you can easily chuck in another one—and if you could use some guidance on that front, there are also some very sweet Cyber Monday SSD deals to choose from.
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Your second option is the Lenovo LOQ 15ARP9, also rocking an RTX 4070 GPU, with an AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS CPU and a slightly smaller screen—15.6 inches—and on for the same price—$879.99—at Walmart. The one notable drawback, as with the HP, is the 512GB SSD: As someone who bought a 512GB SSD a couple years ago, I can tell you with authority that it's just too damn small. But again, the presence of a second slot means a storage upgrade is no big deal.
The Lenovo also comes with a voucher for a copy of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, the big Indy adventure from MachineGames, that's set to launch on December 9. The install size still hasn't been announced but you can bet it's going to eat up a big chunk of that little SSD all by itself. Again, an SSD upgrade is going to be a good idea here.
Both of these laptops are packing 1080p displays, which will serve you fine on their relatively small screens. More importantly, they're pleasingly beefy machines coming in at well under $900: PC Gamer's Jacob Ridley, who knows about this sort of thing, praised the Lenovo rig over the weekend as one of the best gaming laptops deals of this year's Black Friday/Cyber Monday season, while hardware writer Andy Edser—who also knows about this sort of thing—declared the HP Victus 16 "a bit of a barnstormer" once you've upgraded the SSD—and this was in October, when it was selling for $20 more, so it's even more attractive now. The bottom line is, they're RTX 4070-powered laptops at 4060 prices: If you're looking for portable gaming power without breaking the bank, either one of these machines will serve you nicely.
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