While $550 is an amazing price for a gaming laptop, you have to set your expectations accordingly. The Ryzen 5 7235HS processor is a bit long in the tooth, and ditto for the RTX 3050 graphics card with 6GB of video memory. It’ll run most new games, but you may have to settle for medium settings to hit 60 FPS.

The conversation around "best gaming laptops" often becomes reductive when no budget is provided. In such cases, "the best" could refer to laptops costing anywhere from ₹2 lakh to ₹4 lakh, or even ₹5 lakh in some instances—far beyond the reach of most consumers.

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