Buying a laptop, although exciting, is a confusing job. And buying a gaming laptop doesn’t make things even any easier. The hundreds and thousands of varieties ranging from the keyboard, the processor and GPU, the cooling system, and the graphics can make you dizzy. To make your life easy and shopping more satisfyingly, here are a few pointers to look out for while buying a gaming laptop.
- Battery life
It’s better to not focus a lot on the battery life in a gaming laptop. These are some heavy-duty machines that require a lot of power to function in the blazing fast mode that you expect them to. That’s why a decent gaming laptop, off the plug, would run for 8 hours, and asking for anything more than that would be asking too much. Another reason why battery life can be overlooked is that you’ll be plugged into a power source during most of your gaming sessions.
- CPU and GPU
Goes without saying, these are the backbones of your machine and therefore deserve the most attention while choosing the laptop you want to buy. The better your CPU and GPU will be, the finer will be the performance of your laptop. GPU accelerates your rendering of images and videos; it is a specialized unit to free the CPU from this one exhausting task. Hence, it’s important for a seamless gaming experience. The CPU, in layman’s terms, is the processor that tells the GPU what to do. Presently, the 10th or 11th gen Intel i7 or i9 processors are popular amongst the buyers; they are also the most recent ones. NVidia GeForce GTX or RTX is the most favoured GPU at the minute. If AMD is your preference, then you have the AMD Radeon RX 5000M series and the RX 5500M, 5600M, and 5700M at your disposal.
- Keyboard
If you’re someone who spends hours grinding on shooting and strategy-based games, then the keyboard is an important component for you. Contrary to popular belief, keyboards do have a difference in them. A Buyer should always factor in the key travel, anti-ghosting features, and the n-key rollover (which lets you press multiple keys at one time). The ideal key distance should be1.5mm to 2mm, also. Be on the lookout for keys that are not too hard or even too soft to press. These small technicalities chime in on an enhanced gaming experience. Keyboards also make your laptop look cooler. Every gaming laptop will have backlighting on the keys, while some are plain white or red light for the entire keyboard; a lot of laptops come with RGB backlighting with the option of customizing the lights on a per-key or per section basis.
- Higher Resolution
Gaming laptops come with several compositions of displays; some come with low resolution at 1080p but run at high refresh rates of 240hz, and 360hz. To make optimum use of these resolution panels, you will require a durable GPU. Contrary to that, you can opt for its opposite, which will give high resolution up to 4k but will stick to a refresh rate of 60hz. So it’s a real matter of choice and what suits you best.
Happy shopping!
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