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Eric Ravenscraft
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We tested the latest and greatest gaming laptops—from portable machines to an 18-inch gargantuan—so you can level up your game anywhere.
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Best Overall
Razer Blade 14
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Best Gaming Laptop for Portability
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14
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Best Upgrade
Razer Blade 18 (2024)
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Another Great 18-Inch Gaming Laptop
Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 (2024)
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Choosing a gaming laptop is like putting together a well-balanced adventuring party. You need to look at what you plan to use it for and what kinds of quests you'll tackle, then try to match its capabilities to your needs—without emptying your coin purse. To that end, weary travelers, we took it upon ourselves to source the latest and greatest gaming laptops from forges large and small. We gathered them in our keep and ran them through several tests to sort the god-rolls from the vendor trash. Here they are, the best gaming laptops for every kind of player.
Be sure to check out our picks for the Best Laptops, Best Gaming Mice, Best Keyboards, Best Gaming Headsets, and our favorite PC Games (as well as how to build a game library for free).
Updated May 2024: We've added the Razer Blade 18, Alienware m16 R2, and Acer Nitro 17.
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Eric Ravenscraft is a product writer and reviewer at WIRED, based in Austin, Texas. He's guided readers on how to use technology for nearly a decade for publications including Lifehacker, OneZero, and The New York Times. He also streams on Twitch for WIRED occasionally and can be found on YouTube... Read more
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