Traditionally gaming laptops have been three things: big, heavy, and expensive. That isn’t always the case anymore, especially as components have gotten smaller, notebooks have become thinner, and increased competition has helped lower prices. Thanks to these shifts in the market, you can get a great portable and powerful 1080p gaming machine these days for right around $1,000—sometimes, even less.

Below I’ve picked out the best gaming laptops equipped with the graphics cards and other specs you’ll need to run games at surprisingly decent frame rates for at least a couple years. (Without breaking the bank, of course.) And with the recent mobile release of Nvidia’s GTX 16-series GPUs, the performance of these budget machines has only improved while keeping prices down.

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Source: IGN.com Spend Less and Play More with These Budget Gaming Laptops