This deceptively powerful gaming laptop is on sale for only $1300
Amazon currently has a deal on the Gigabyte A5 X1 gaming laptop with an RTX 3070 for $1299(opens in new tab). It's $450 off its usual list price of $1,649, which puts this plain-looking albeit powerful gaming laptop in a competitive spot against some of its flashier rivals.
This 15-inch laptop is powered by an AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and an RTX 3070 8GB, with 16GB DDR4 RAM and a 512GB SSD for memory and storage. It's a great spec for a laptop that looks like a boring work computer. Perhaps you're a PC gamer who prefers to hide their power level from the rest of the world: no flashy design, just some RGB on the keys. Subtle.
The performance isn't half bad, and the fast 240Hz 1080p display is a nice perk. At 1080p, you'll prolly hit triple-digit frame rates in competitive games like Valorant or Fortnite. This display will make sure you experience as little screen tearing as possible.
The RTX 3070 8GB is a decent enough mobile GPU; to make the most of it, you'll probably need to take advantage of RTX features like DLSS to eke out a bit more performance in more demanding games.
Gigabyte A5 X1 Gaming Laptop| Nvidia RTX 3070 8GB|AMD Ryzen 9 5900X|15-inch|FHD| 240Hz |16GB RAM|512GB SSD| $1,749$1299 at Amazon (save $450)(opens in new tab) For $1299, you can score yourself a great midrange laptop with enough horsepower to play all your favorite games on the highest settings on a wildly fast 240 Hz display.
Not to sound like a broken record, but man, 512GB SSDs don't cut it anymore—that's the main drawback here in my opinion. Thankfully, upgrading to a larger capacity drive isn't that hard with these laptop chassis. I can't imagine maintaining a healthy gaming library when a game like Call of Duty will eat up more than half of your
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