This Week's Laptop Deals Are Here!

Here are the best gaming laptop sales

Hello deal hunters!

The best gaming laptop deals of the week are here:

This Week’s Best Deals

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS

GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7700S

RAM: 16GB DDR5-4800

Display: 16” 1920 × 1200 165Hz

SSD: 512GB

$749.99 at Best Buy
Save $350 (32%)
Was $1099.99

Comments: The RX 7700S performs similarly to Nvidia’s RTX 4060 from our testing, but 4060 laptops usually cost a fair bit more than this.

Yeah, you miss out on features like DLSS, but with FSR 3.1 recently launching and FSR offering frame generation, the feature gap between AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce is starting to close.

That said, DLSS still has the advantage - but you have to spend more to get it with the 4060.

CPU: Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4070

RAM: 16GB LPDDR5X-6400

Display: 16” 2560 × 1600 240Hz OLED

SSD: 512GB

$1599.99 at Best Buy
Save $400 (20%)
Was $1999.99

Comments: This is the thinnest and lightest 16” gaming laptop we’ve ever tested. It costs more than most other laptops with 4070 graphics, but overall it reviewed quite positively.

Yes, there are compromises such as soldered RAM. Unfortunately you have to spend even more money for the RTX 4080 version if you want 32GB.

But if this is a laptop you’ve had your eye on, this is the lowest price it’s gone for. This is the second time we’ve shared it in our weekly email now, so I suspect it may be a regular sale going forward.

CPU: Intel Core i7-13650HX

GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4060

RAM: 16GB DDR5-4800

Display: 15.6 1920 × 1080 165Hz

SSD: 1TB

$899.99 at Dell
Save $250 (22%)
Was $1149.99

Comments: This is another deal that has come and gone a few times recently.

At the end of the day, it’s a good price for the level of performance on offer. The RTX 4060 laptop GPU can run all modern games with high settings no problem at this resolution.

Of course, the value isn’t quite as good as the cheaper 7700S listed above, but it’s still decent if you prefer NVIDIA graphics.

These are some nice deals - but sales change over time. Our https://gaminglaptop.deals website is updated multiple times a day, so check it out regularly to save money 🤑

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Tip of the Week

Is a Thunderbolt eGPU worth it?

Gaming laptops with Thunderbolt support can technically run a more powerful desktop graphics card in an external graphics enclosure (eGPU) over Thunderbolt.

While this sounds like a great upgrade path, it’s not something that I can personally recommend to anyone.

In my testing, Thunderbolt 3 and 4 laptops might offer 4GB/s of bandwidth between the CPU and GPU. That may sound like a lot, but running the same test with the same graphics card in a desktop PC results in 24GB/s, or a 500% increase!

Basically, Thunderbolt cannot provide enough bandwidth for a smooth gaming experience with an eGPU setup - at least right now.

Thunderbolt 5 is just around the corner and promises to offer 2-3x the bandwidth of Thunderbolt 3 and 4. It still won’t compete with a desktop PC, but it may make the eGPU upgrade path more viable in future laptops.

Unfortunately right now after mid 2024, Thunderbolt 5 is only available in one gaming laptop, and there aren’t yet any eGPU enclosures that support it anyway.

Alright, these are our favorite gaming laptop deals of the week! Did we miss something you have your eyes on 👀? Reply and let us know!