The focus on GPU efficiency over fps means this year's gaming laptops are capable of something they've never been good at

Dave James, efficient gamer

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This month I have been mostly... up to my eyeballs in graphics cards and gaming laptops. You tell a 15-year-old Dave that and he would have exploded with glee. Which would have been messy.

Mobile gaming is no longer the sole preserve of the Steam Deck, ROG Ally X, and they're assorted handheld PC brethren. The old guard of portable PC playtimes is actually making a genuine pitch for gaming on the go. It's 2025 and finally gaming laptops...