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Best gaming laptop £800 - £1,200

4 laptops in the database fall in this band. MSI Cyborg 15 scores highest at 5.5/10.

Acer Nitro V16
Best all-rounder

Acer Nitro V16

RTX 5070 · 115W · Ryzen AI 7 260
£1,199 Not benchmarked
Acer Nitro V 15
Best budget buy

Acer Nitro V 15

RTX 5060 · 115W · Intel Core i7-13620H
£931 Not benchmarked

Why MSI Cyborg 15 takes it

ARC Raiders
64
Anno 117: Pax Romana
41
Baldur's Gate 3
66
Cyberpunk 2077
63
Dota 2
83
GTA V
162
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
50
Monster Hunter Wilds
41
Stalker 2
40
The Outer Worlds 2
51
X-Plane 11
67

How these numbers were produced

Frame rates here are not measured by us, and we label how each one was arrived at. A figure marked measured comes from a published run on that exact machine. A figure marked representative is derived from the GPU and its power limit (TGP) and cross-referenced against published reviews - a sound estimate of what that configuration delivers, but not a measurement of that specific laptop. Unless stated otherwise, numbers are 1920x1080, High preset, upscaling off. Where a laptop ships in several power configurations we use the wattage of the exact SKU listed, because a 140W RTX 5070 and a 115W one are not the same product.