Budget gaming laptops start at well below $1,000, but the cheapest models have older Nvidia GeForce GTX GPUs that limit your 3D gaming capabilities. The sweet spot is between $800 and $1,000 for a ...
and an all important combo of a full-fat mobile RTX 4080 and one of the fastest laptop CPUs, the Core i9 13900HX. The downside is only 16 GB of RAM, but you can upgrade it for cheap.