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You pay a premium for the portability of gaming laptops, but they offer freedom to gamers that a 15kg desktop PC simply can’t match. You can play Splinter Cell on your sofa, Fallout at your friend’s house and LoL at a LAN party without being constrained by the size of your rig. If you’re looking to play games on decent settings, you’ll probably want to spend at least £800, although you can spend well in excess of £3,000 if you want desktop levels of performance.

MSI GE72 6QF Apache Pro

MSI’s gaming laptop chassis is becoming slightly over-familiar, but it’s what’s inside the GE72 that counts. Freshly updated with an Intel Skylake processor, this is a gaming laptop that sets the benchmark for the new wave of systems. You’re not left wanting for processor or graphics performance. For more details, read our full MSI GE72 6QF Apache Pro review.

Price when reviewed: £1,257. Buy Now from PC World

Processor: Quad-core 2.6GHz Intel Core i7-6700HQ, RAM: 16GB, Size: 383x260x27mm,Weight: 2.7kg, Screen size: 17.3in, Screen resolution: 1.920×1,080, Graphics adaptor: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M, Total storage: 128GB SSD, 1TB hard disk

Acer Predator 17

While the Acer Predator 17 is expensive, it justifies its cost with top-level performance and great build quality. Both the screen and keyboard, in particular, are excellent. You also get the latest specifications in the form of an Intel Skylake processor and Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M. For more details, read our full Acer Predator 17 review.

Price when reviewed: £1,500. Buy Now from Ebuyer 

Processor: Quad-core 2.6GHz Intel Core i7-6700HQ, RAM: 16GB DDR4, Dimensions: 423x322x40mm, Weight: 4kg,Screen size: 17.3in, Screen resolution: 1,920×1,080,Graphics adaptor: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M, Total storage: 256GB M.2 SSD, 1TB hard disk

Acer Aspire V15 Nitro (VN7-591G)

Acer hasn’t released a proper gaming laptop in years, so we were curious as to how it would turn out. It was a pleasant surprise, with a wonderfully-built 15.6in chassis with a textured lid and matt black wrist rest. The Full HD screen is one of the better panels we’ve seen on a laptop and its Intel Core i7 processor and Nvidia GeForce GTX 860M graphics card make it a capable multimedia and gaming machine. For more details, see our full Acer V15 Nitro review.

Price when reviewed: £849. Buy Now from Currys 

Processor: Quad-core 2.5GHz Intel Core i7-4710HQ, RAM: 8GB,Size: 23.9x389x257mm, Weight: 2.4kg, Screen size: 15.6in,Screen resolution: 1,920×1,080,Graphics adaptor: Nvdia GeForce GTX 860M, Total storage: 1TB hard disk (with 8GB SSD cache)