It is not always necessary to pay a lot of money to enjoy the latest technologies on the market. If you would like, among other things, to start enjoying Ray Tracing and DLSS, but you have a tight budget, don’t worry, we have some interesting options. we have found two gaming laptops with NVIDIA graphics that have up to 23% discount.
ASUS TUF Gaming F15 FX506HC
Laptops for video games have evolved a lot and are becoming more powerful and complete. ASUS is one of the leading manufacturers of gaming laptops and offers various ranges of these systems. The TUF Gaming stands out, which is characterized by offering a great balance between quality and price.
Let’s go in parts. Let’s start with the screen of this laptop, which uses a IPS-panel with a size of 15.6 inches, which is usual. Does this screen have a 1080p resolution and one refresh rate of 144 Hz, both aspects currently standardized in entry-level gaming laptops.
We pass to the processor, counting this laptop with a Core i5-11400H. This is a great processor 6 cores and 12 threads that works at a base frequency of 2.7 GHz and can arrive in Boost mode at 4.5 GHz. This processor integrates an 11th Gen Intel UHD graphics, not very relevant, since we will have a quite interesting dedicated graphics card.
As we said, this laptop integrates a NVIDIA RTX 3050 as a dedicated graphics card. This has a total of 2048 CUDA Cores64 Tensor Cores and 16 RT Cores and is accompanied with 4GB of GDDR6 memory. Work this graph at a base frequency of 1065 MHz and in Boost mode reaches 1343 MHz. It is one of the simplest graphics cards on the market with support for Ray tracing and DLSS. We must not be very demanding, since it gives for what it gives, but it is a good option.
This laptop integrates a total of 16 GB of SO-DIMM RAM memory in two modules with the Dual Channel configuration active. It is complemented by a 512GB M.2 SSDwhich is a very good storage capacity.
Regarding connectivity, it has a HDMI 2.0bthree USB 3.2 Gen1, one RJ45 and one USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C with support for DisplayPort. How can it be otherwise, it offers support for Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2.
I have a slightly higher model and the truth is that I am more than delighted with my ASUS TUF Gaming laptop. Perhaps the graphics card is a bit weak, but hey, we can move any game without problems.
Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 Gen 6
We have found a very interesting and slightly more powerful alternative that will surely interest you. In this case, it is a gaming laptop from Lenovo, a manufacturer that has risen a lot in recent years for offering very good products at reasonable prices. It has broken into the gaming market and is rapidly gaining market share.
In this case, we have a Lenovo that makes use of a panel of IPS-type with a size of 15.6 inches. Is based on the 1080p resolution, which is the most common among video game fans. The big catch is in the refresh rate of the screen, which is only 60hz. It is somewhat worse than the previous model, although of course, with the graphics card that uses a higher refresh rate, does it make sense?
The heart of this laptop is a AMD Ryzen 5 5600Hwhich has 6 cores and 12 threads. Said processor works at a base frequency of 3.3 GHz and arrives in Boost mode at 4.2 GHz. It is complemented with 16GB DDR4 RAM in a 2 x 8 GB configuration. It also has a M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD with a capacity of 512GB.
Regarding the graphics card, this has a NVIDIA RTX 3050 Ti. It is characterized by having 2560 CUDA Cores80 Tensor Cores and 20 RT Cores, as well as 4GB GDDR6 from memory. This graphics card works at a frequency of 735 MHz and in boost mode reaches the 1035MHz. It’s slightly better than the previous model’s graphics card, though it’s not much of an improvement either.
Finally, in terms of connectivity, it has three USB 3.2 Gen1, an HDMI 2.0 and an RJ45. Regarding wireless connectivity, it has WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0.
I must point out that Lenovo is a brand that I quite like and I have had one of their “regular” laptops for about seven years and it works perfectly.
