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to take advantage of those frame-rate gains.

If budget is paramount, consider the Dell G3 range. You can save gamer bucks on the OG 15- inch and 17-inch models, but it’s worth investing in the refreshed 15-inch variant. This newer model starts with the screen: a Full HD, LED- backlit beauty with a wide viewing angle. You can turbo-boost performance with a speedy key combo and quick charge the lappy. There’s also a generously sized 512GB M.2 PCIe SSD to help you access more games, faster.

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For something truly unique, consider the gaming laptop-first dual-screen HP OMEN X 2S. As you’d expect, the main screen is up top and boasts a 240Hz refresh rate on a G-Sync panel, which means more fluid on-screen action. A 20-series GPU helps match

For more affordable gaming-on- the-go, ASUS has options to please both Intel fans and

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AMD devotees. The ASUS ROG G531GT-AL017T has an Intel i7-9750H CPU with a GeForce GTX

1650 GPU for decent performance on a budget. There’s also a 512GB PCIe M.2 SSD and a 120Hz display to keep you competitive online. AMD players should have a gander at the ASUS ROG GA502DU-AL025T. This gaming lappy combines a Ryzen 7 CPU with a GeForce 1660 Ti and a 512GB SSD. Translation: enough grunt to find that gaming sweet spot between fidelity and frames (which you absolutely want with its 120Hz monitor).

frame rate to that healthy refresh rate, while the second screen is a six-inch 1080p touchscreen that’s cleverly nestled above the keyboard. It’s kind of like a Nintendo DS for PC gamers, albeit with a much higher resolution and a lot more grunt. The double-screen benefit? Multi- application interaction while you get down to the business of gaming on the main display. Despite this extra screen, the X 2S boasts a sleek design and won’t break your bag lugging it around. The slim-but-light theme continues with the new model HP OMEN 15, built for mobile fragging. It’s packing a 15-inch Full HD 144Hz monitor for crisp visuals care of the GeForce RTX 2060 GPU. When you’re not

stuck under headphones in the online foray, the OMEN 15’s singing at you with Bang & Olufsen dual speakers. Chuck in 16GB of RAM, a 512GB PCIe M.2 SSD and an i7-950H CPU, and the OMEN 15 is designed to

have you spend less time on a loading screen and more time gaming.

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