Best 18-inch Gamers Laptops under $2000
What a Gaming laptop means: a laptop optimized to actually run modern games well,frame rate, panel quality, and thermal sustainability are weighted higher than weight or battery life. Typical use: AAA single-player titles at high settings, competitive multiplayer, streaming gameplay, long sessions plugged in at a desk. Fits enthusiast PC gamers without space for a desktop, college students with a gaming hobby, esports players, dorm gamers,anyone whose first buying question is "will it run this game?"
Also relevant for: gaming laptops · esports rigs · AAA-ready machines · high-refresh laptops
Showing: 18-inch · under $2000
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#1ChampionObjective profileWeight3.10 kgBattery6.0 hrDisplay18.0" 2560x1600RAM32 GBStorage1 TBSelvaScore breakdown
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73
Graphics Performance Rasterization Potency
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75
Screen Refresh Refresh Rate
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74
Sustained GPU Power Total Graphics Power
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56
Video Memory VRAM Capacity
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76
CPU Performance Multi-Thread Scalability
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73
Ray Tracing Ray Tracing Architecture
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73
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#2Runner-UpObjective profileWeight2.85 kgBattery5.0 hrDisplay18.0" 2560x1600RAM32 GBStorage1 TBSelvaScore breakdown
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66
Graphics Performance Rasterization Potency
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75
Screen Refresh Refresh Rate
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80
Sustained GPU Power Total Graphics Power
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56
Video Memory VRAM Capacity
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76
CPU Performance Multi-Thread Scalability
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66
Ray Tracing Ray Tracing Architecture
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66
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#3Top PickObjective profileWeight3.30 kgBattery4.7 hrDisplay18.0" 2560x1600RAM16 GBStorage1 TBSelvaScore breakdown
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77
Graphics Performance Rasterization Potency
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75
Screen Refresh Refresh Rate
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73
Sustained GPU Power Total Graphics Power
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72
Video Memory VRAM Capacity
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68
CPU Performance Multi-Thread Scalability
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70
Ray Tracing Ray Tracing Architecture
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77
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#4Objective profileWeight3.42 kgBattery5.0 hrDisplay18.0" 2560x1600RAM32 GBStorage1 TBSelvaScore breakdown
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66
Graphics Performance Rasterization Potency
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75
Screen Refresh Refresh Rate
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67
Sustained GPU Power Total Graphics Power
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56
Video Memory VRAM Capacity
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76
CPU Performance Multi-Thread Scalability
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66
Ray Tracing Ray Tracing Architecture
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66
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#5Objective profileWeight3.00 kgBattery7.0 hrDisplay18.0" 1920x1200RAM16 GBStorage1 TBSelvaScore breakdown
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63
Graphics Performance Rasterization Potency
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63
Screen Refresh Refresh Rate
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70
Sustained GPU Power Total Graphics Power
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56
Video Memory VRAM Capacity
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71
CPU Performance Multi-Thread Scalability
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63
Ray Tracing Ray Tracing Architecture
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63
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#6Objective profileWeight4.94 kgBattery5.0 hrDisplay18.0" 1920x1080RAM16 GBStorage1 TBSelvaScore breakdown
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73
Graphics Performance Rasterization Potency
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75
Screen Refresh Refresh Rate
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64
Sustained GPU Power Total Graphics Power
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56
Video Memory VRAM Capacity
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61
CPU Performance Multi-Thread Scalability
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73
Ray Tracing Ray Tracing Architecture
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73
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#7Objective profileWeight5.08 kgBattery5.0 hrDisplay18.0" 1920x1200RAM16 GBStorage2 TBSelvaScore breakdown
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62
Graphics Performance Rasterization Potency
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63
Screen Refresh Refresh Rate
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67
Sustained GPU Power Total Graphics Power
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56
Video Memory VRAM Capacity
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66
CPU Performance Multi-Thread Scalability
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55
Ray Tracing Ray Tracing Architecture
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62
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#8Objective profileWeight2.60 kgBattery6.0 hrDisplay18.0" 1920x1200RAM32 GBStorage2 TBSelvaScore breakdown
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66
Graphics Performance Rasterization Potency
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63
Screen Refresh Refresh Rate
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67
Sustained GPU Power Total Graphics Power
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56
Video Memory VRAM Capacity
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61
CPU Performance Multi-Thread Scalability
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66
Ray Tracing Ray Tracing Architecture
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66
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#9Objective profileWeight2.35 kgBattery7.0 hrDisplay18.0" 1920x1200RAM32 GBStorage2 TBSelvaScore breakdown
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66
Graphics Performance Rasterization Potency
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63
Screen Refresh Refresh Rate
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67
Sustained GPU Power Total Graphics Power
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56
Video Memory VRAM Capacity
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61
CPU Performance Multi-Thread Scalability
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66
Ray Tracing Ray Tracing Architecture
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66
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#10Objective profileWeight2.80 kgBattery5.0 hrDisplay18.0" 2560x1600RAM32 GBStorage1 TBSelvaScore breakdown
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62
Graphics Performance Rasterization Potency
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68
Screen Refresh Refresh Rate
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67
Sustained GPU Power Total Graphics Power
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56
Video Memory VRAM Capacity
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57
CPU Performance Multi-Thread Scalability
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63
Ray Tracing Ray Tracing Architecture
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62









