How to pick a great laptop for gaming on the go

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You'll always be likely to get a little extra power out of a desktop PC, but if you need portability, then a gaming laptop is the way to go. Frustratingly, however, buying a laptop can be a little more complicated - there's a lot to think about, from what's under the hood to how you'll deal with your new machine daily.

To help you navigate the complex world of GPUs, resolutions, and battery life stats that can make picking out your next gaming laptop a daunting task, here are some things to make sure you know what to look out for.

This one might sound obvious, but when you're picking out a gaming laptop, you're dealing with two fast-moving markets. Hardware technologies will push laptop technology onwards, but improvements in software will also put limits on your gear. As games grow more complex, your laptop will eventually struggle to keep up.

With that in mind, it's worth getting the best gaming laptop you can afford, to ensure it'll last as long as possible. There are ways you can upgrade a laptop, so if you're going to skimp anywhere, do so with RAM or storage; most games ask for 16GB of memory, and there are plenty of alternative storage options available to help you avoid taking up too much space on your drives. If you need to boost those parts of your setup later, you can do so.

The GPU - or graphical processing unit - is the beating heart of your gaming laptop, and will often be the deciding factor in which games you can play. Unlike RAM or storage, it's not something you can really upgrade in a laptop, so this is something to pay particular attention to.

Right now, the market leaders are Nvidia's RTX 40-series cards, but you don't necessarily need to shell out for the ultra-powerful 4080 and 4090s unless you're