Choosing a gaming laptop for under Rs 80,000 can send you down a rabbit hole. It’s confusing because you’ll find a bunch of options from various brands. The specifications can also get quite overwhelming with a lot of numbers thrown around. With this article, we aim to make that particular problem lesser for you. We have seven different gaming laptops in this price segment, which should help you play your beloved games. Let’s take a look at them.
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Acer Nitro V ANV15-51 Laptop
The Acer Nitro V series is the top choice for gamers looking for the best bang for the buck. Opening the laptop reveals its 15.6-inch Full HD IPS screen with a refresh rate of 144Hz, there’s also support for DTS X: Ultra Audio, for better audio performance. The keyboard is backlit, but RGB lighting is absent from this laptop.
Acer Nitro V ANV15-51
Specs
Display
15.6-inch Full HD IPS, 144Hz
CPU
Intel Core i5-13420H (8 cores, 12 threads)
GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 (6GB VRAM)
Battery
57Wh
Storage
512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD
Memory
16GB DDR5
Acer Nitro V ANV15-51 is powered by the Intel Core i5-13420H processor and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 graphics card, which offers 6GB VRAM. It has 16GB of RAM (which can be expanded to 32GB) and 512GB Gen4 M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD. With Nvidia RTX 4050 and its support for ray tracing and DLSS 3, the laptop has enough power to handle games at Full HD and maximum settings.
Acer Nitro V ANV15-51 is our best pick for a gaming laptop under Rs 80,000. It has great performance, has a good screen, looks good, and comes in a compact form factor.
The Lenovo LOQ series of laptops is a fairly new entry into the market of budget gaming laptops. It’s a popular choice among value-conscious gamers. The Lenovo LOQ 15ARP9 is built to last, as it has MIL-STD 810H durability and a 15.6-inch Full HD IPS display with a refresh rate of 144Hz. It has a 4-zone backlit RGB keyboard, not the white backlit keyboard usually seen in this segment.
The laptop has support for Nahimic Audio for better 3D audio for gaming. Lenovo LOQ 15ARP9 Gen 9 is powered by AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS CPU and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 GPU with 6GB VRAM. This combination of AMD Ryzen and Nvidia is supremely powerful and ensures that it can run any game at up to 1080p and maximum graphics settings. Also, It has 24GB of RAM, which is a rare sight among laptops in the segment as most of the laptops stick to 16GB RAM.
Lenovo LOQ 15ARP9 Gen 9 is built well, looks good, performs brilliantly, and has a good display, making it one of the best choices for under Rs 80,000.
Asus Vivobook 16X is a great choice if you don’t want to go over the top with the “gamer vibes”. It features a 16-inch 1920 x 1200 IPS display with a 16:10 aspect ratio; you get a taller display, unlike most other laptops in the segment. However, it is worth noting that you will get a 120Hz refresh rate display, instead of a 144Hz one. The laptop has the Asus ErgoSense keyboard with satisfying key travel and the keyboard is backlit. It’s one of the lightest laptops on this list with a thickness of 1.89cm and a 1.8kg weight.
Asus Vivobook 16X is powered by an Intel Core i5-12450H and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 GPU with 6GB of VRAM. It has 16GB of RAM which can be upgraded to up to 32GB, and there’s a 512GB M2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD. While it features an older generation Intel chipset, the latest generation Nvidia GPU is powerful enough to handle most modern games.
The Asus Vivobook 16X is not a gaming laptop, rather it’s a laptop aimed at creators. As such, it isn’t built like a gaming laptop and looks just like another productivity laptop, which can be a good thing if you’re into that. It also has one of the biggest batteries in the segment, 70Wh. It’s a perfect laptop to balance work and play.
The Dell G15 series of laptops is relatively new among gaming laptops, but it has quickly gained traction among consumers establishing it as a popular choice under the Rs 80,000 segment. It has a 15.6 inch IPS display with a resolution of Full HD and a refresh rate of 120Hz. The keyboard is backlit with 4-zone RGB which can be customised.
Dell G15 5530 is powered by an Intel Core i5-13450HX and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 with 6GB of VRAM. There’s 16GB of RAM and 512GB of internal storage, which can be expanded. To keep the heat under control, Dell has included a cooling system similar to the one in Alienware laptops.
This laptop is bulky, weighing 2.65kgs, no one’s going to mistake it for a productivity laptop. But there’s a good reason for that, this laptop features one of the most powerful CPUs in the segment, the 13th Generation HX series Intel chipset (HX series stands above H series chipsets in Intel’s CPU lineups). But you’re getting a last-generation Nvidia graphics card unlike the laptops previously featured in this list. This is the gaming laptop to get if the games you’re playing need a more powerful CPU, for example, competitive online multiplayer games, MMO games, GTA Online, Counter-Strike 2, etc.
Lenovo continues to impress in the gaming laptop market with its latest bang-for-the-buck gaming laptop. This new launch features a refined design, Nahimic Audio, FHD Webcam, HyperChamber Cooling, and more.
The Lenovo LOQ 15IRX9 is powered by the 13th Gen Intel Core i5 13450HX processor and Nvidia RTX 3050 6GB graphics. It comes equipped with 16GB of RAM and 512GB SSD, both of which are expandable. It is powerful enough to run any games you throw at it flawlessly on its Full HD display. The HX series CPU is particularly powerful, making this a better choice for CPU-intensive games and tasks, similar to the laptop above. It’s worth noting that the RTX 3050 GPU card is less powerful than the RTX 4050 GPU that many other laptops in this list come with.
In terms of specifications, the LOQ is similar to the Dell G15 5530 but comes in a more compact form factor. If you don’t like bulky gaming laptops and you play mostly CPU-intensive games, this Lenovo laptop is the one you should go for.
HP Victus 15 strikes an elegant balance between performance and understated design, it might be one of the cleanest-looking gaming laptops at this price point. It features a 15.6-inch Full HD screen with a refresh rate of 144Hz. It has speakers tuned by B&O, and the keyboard is backlit.
This laptop is powered by an Intel Core i5-13420H and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 with 6GB VRAM. There’s 16GB of RAM and 512GB of PCIe SSD storage. This configuration provides ample power for any modern game to run at 1080p graphic settings and would be more than enough for most people.
HP Victus 15 doesn’t have the most cutting-edge specifications among the laptops on this list, but it looks clean, weighs 2.3 kg, and has a good screen and a set of nice speakers. If you’re looking for the best value deals among this list, this laptop often comes at a discount on Flipkart sales for under Rs 70,000.
Despite being a relatively new entry to the laptop market, the Infinix GT Book demands attention from gamers. It boasts a 16-inch FHD IPS display with a refresh rate of 120Hz, and there’s DTS audio support for better audio performance. Infinix GT Book embraces gaming aesthetics with its sleek metal body with the “Mecha Design” and the big LED strip on the back, and it has a 4-zone customisable RGB keyboard.
Under the hood, it is equipped with the Intel Core i5-13420H processor and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 graphics. There’s 16GB of RAM and 512GB of SSD storage. The laptop can run the latest games on Full HD graphics with ease. We’ve also done a couple of performance reviews for AAA titles on this laptop, you can check it here.
Infinix GTBook GL613 looks good, performs great, has a good display and has one of the biggest batteries in the segment (rated at 70Wh). To make this a sweeter deal, Infinix is bundling a free accessories kit with this laptop which includes an RGB gaming mouse, RGB headphones and RGB mat.
