Battery life: Battery life is extremely competitive these days, with Apple, Qualcomm, and Intel all making highly ambitious battery life claims. Better still is the laptop’s battery life, with over 14 hours of running time in our testing. More Great Gaming LaptopsRead our full guide to the Best Gaming Laptops for more recommendations and buying advice. It gets worse when you search for “gaming laptops” on Amazon, which presents some cheap laptops that don't even have discrete graphics. When it comes to gaming laptops in general, I wouldn't recommend buying anything RTX 30-series or older in terms of graphics.