Gear up and get ready to explore the best gaming laptops of 2025, with CGMagazine ensuring you find the best options available to suit your needs.

Our favorite budget gaming laptop is the Acer Predator Helios Neo 16. Of the laptops with RTX 4050 graphics that we've tested, it's the fastest. It also supplies a big and bright 16-inch, 16:10 display and adds a bit of aluminum to what is typically an all-plastic design at its price.

The best laptops we've tried further include several hybrid devices. Our 2-in-1 frontrunner is the Lenovo Yoga 9i 14 (Gen 9), a solid performer with a gorgeous 2.8K OLED display,