Gaming laptop for a budget

is everyone buying laptops now?

500-2000 is a massive range _

Anyway there are plenty of gaming notebooks under 2000$. Take something with a 970m or a 980m

try lenovo y series..

Buy good processor and large memory, middle graphical card (still you will get everything at high, not ultra). Games which are produced for console does not require very good graphical cards, strategies need a CPU, others is minority... you somehow will survive with this settings for PC exclusives.

PS: I would suggest ZBook 15, i7-4800MQ, 16GB. Mine shows in 7.1 windows score (because of video card, otherwise 7.7/7.9) and I can play everything. Also you will need external keyboard with this model (internal keyboard is too fragile). =))

For that price i'm sure you could afford a laptop with the latest nvidia graphics cards the 970m or 980m.

With upper limit of 2k I would buy both a decent desktop and portable laptop. Unless you are really going to play on the go.

I have a Lenovo Y50-70:

• Intel® Core™ i7-4710HQ (2,5 GHz, 6 MB 3rd Level Cache) with Intel® Turbo Boost up to 3,5 GHz
• Nvidia® GeForce® GTX 860M (4 GB GDDR5 VRAM)
• 16 GB DDR3 (1600 MHz)
• 512 GB SSD

I paid approx one grand for it. I am very satisified with it. Can run any game on max settings except for a few newer titles.

If you actually have the $2000 in the price range:

Build your own gaming desktop. It is a wise investment and a learning experience.

With the rest, buy a non-gaming laptop similar to the Toshiba Satellite P75-A7200:

Core i7 (2.4 GHZ turbo up to 3.4)

8 GB Ram

750 GB HDD

Space for a second Hard drive

17.3 inch full 1080p screen.

On this laptop, I can run several games on lower settings.