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Top Gaming Laptops for PC Gamers on the Go
1. Asus TUF Gaming F15
Asus TUF F15 gaming laptop sports a 15.6-inch anti-glare display with 144Hz refresh rate. It gets an Intel Core i5 10th generation processor, which is paired with 8GB of DDR4 RAM and it can be expanded up to 32GB. There is a 512GB M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0 SSD, and an empty slot for storage expansion. It also comes equipped with a 4GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 DDR6 graphics card.
Asus TUF Gaming F15 comes with Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth v5.1, and meets military-grade MIL-STD-810H standards.
2. Acer Nitro 5
This Acer Nitro 5 gaming laptop features a 15.6-inch full-HD IPS display with 144Hz refresh rate. Under the hood, the laptop gets an Intel Core i5 11th processor, and comes with Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 graphics card. There is CoolBoost Technology that increases fan speed by 10 percent and CPU/GPU cooling by 9 percent, the company says. The laptop gets 8GB of RAM which can be expanded up to 32GB, and customers get a 512GB SSD.
On purchase of the Acer Nitro 5 laptop, customers will get a subscription of Xbox Game Pass for PC.
3. HP Pavilion (i5)
HP Pavilion gaming laptop comes with a 15.6-inch full-HD (1920×1080 pixels) anti-glare display with 144Hz refresh rate. The laptop is powered by an Intel Core i5 10th generation processor, paired with 8GB of DDR4 RAM (upgradable up to 32GB) and 512GB of SSD storage. The graphics are handled by an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 card with 4GB VRAM.
HP Pavilion gaming laptop has a central hinge design, and Intel Turbo Boost technology.
4. Lenovo Legion Y540
Legion Y540 has a 15.6-inch full-HD (1920×1080) anti-glare display. It is powered by an Intel Core i5 9th generation processor which is coupled with 8GB of RAM. There is a hybrid storage which consists of 1TB HDD, and 256GB SSD. For graphics, there is an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 GPU with 4GB VRAM. As per Lenovo, the laptop can run up to 4.5 hours on a single charge.
Legion Y540 has Legion Coldfront Cooling, four thermal vents, and dedicated heat syncs.
5. HP Pavilion (2021)
This HP Pavilion gaming laptop model sports a 15.6-inch full-HD (1920×1080 pixels) IPS anti-glare micro-edge display that has 144Hz refresh rate. The laptop is powered by an Intel Core i7 10th generation processor with Intel Turbo Boost Technology. The processor is paired with 16GB of RAM and 512GB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD storage.
This HP Pavilion gaming laptop has Nvidia GeForce 1650 Ti GDDR6 card with 4GB VRAM.
6. Lenovo IdeaPad 3
Lenovo IdeaPad 3 gaming laptop sports a 15.6-inch full-HD display with 120Hz refresh rate. The laptop is powered by an Intel Core i5 10th generation processor, which is paired with 8GB of DDR4 RAM and 512GB SSD storage. The laptop features 5th Generation Thermal Engineering, and a dual fan and vent system for effective cooling. It is claimed to offer up to 7.5 hours of runtime, and comes with fast charging technology.
Lenovo IdeaPad 3 comes with a 4GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR6 graphics card.
7. Dell G3 3500
Dell G3 3500 features a 15.6-inch full-HD display, and is powered by an Intel Core i5 10th generation processor. Customers get dual channel 8GB of RAM (two 4GB modules), and a hybrid storage that consists of a 1TB HDD, and 256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD. The laptop gets a 4GB Nvidia GTX GeForce 1650 GDDR6 graphics card.
Dell G3 3500 has Game Shift technology, a backlit keyboard, and up to 10 hours of battery.
Top Gaming Laptops for PC Gamers on the Go
Product Name | Price in India |
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ASUS TUF Gaming F15 Laptop 15.6″ (39.62 cms) FHD 144Hz, Intel Core i5-10300H 10th Gen, GeForce GTX 1650 4GB GDDR6 Graphics (8GB RAM/512GB NVMe SSD/Windows 10/Fortress Gray/2.30 Kg), FX566LH-HN257T | ₹ 58,990 |
Acer Nitro 5 Intel Core i5-11th Generation 144 Hz Refresh Rate 15.6-inch Gaming Laptop (8GB Ram/1TB HDD + 256GB SSD/Win10/GTX 1650 Graphics/Obsidian Black/2.2 Kgs), AN515-55 + Xbox Game Pass for PC | ₹ 65,990 |
Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 Intel Core i5 10th Gen 15.6-inch (39.6 cm) FHD 120Hz IPS Gaming Laptop (8GB/512 SSD/Windows 10/NVIDIA GTX 1650 4GB GDDR6/Onyx Black/2.2Kg), 81Y4017UIN | ₹ 57,990 |
HP Pavilion Gaming 10th Gen Intel Core i5 Processor 15.6-inch(39.6 cm) FHD Gaming Laptop (8GB/512GB SSD + 32GB Intel Optane/144 Hz/Win10/MS Office/NVIDIA GTX 1650 4GB/Shadow Black), 15-dk1148TX | ₹ 64,990 |
Lenovo Legion Y540 9th Gen Intel Core i5-9300HF 15.6″ (39.63cm) FHD IPS Gaming Laptop (8GB/1TB + 256GB SSD/Windows 10/NVIDIA GTX 1650 4GB/60Hz Refresh Display/Raven Black/2.3Kg), 81SY00UBIN | ₹ 64,550 |
Dell G3 3500 Gaming Intel 10th Gen Core i5-10300H 15.6 inches LCD FHD Laptop 1920×1080 (8GB/1TB + 256GB SSD/Windows 10 Home/4GB NVIDIA 1650 Graphics), Eclipse Black, 2.3 kg | ₹ 73,450 |
HP Pavilion Gaming(2021) 10th Gen Intel Core i7 15.6-inch(39.6 cm) FHD IPS 144Hz Gaming Laptop (16GB/512GB SSD + 32GB Intel Optane/NVIDIA GTX 1650Ti 4GB/Win 10/MS Office/Shadow Black), 15-DK1511TX | ₹ 89,990 |
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Microsoft Partners With Inworld to Bring AI Game Development Tools to Xbox
“At Xbox, we believe that with better tools, creators can make even more extraordinary games,” Haiyan Zhang, GM, Xbox Gaming AI, said in a blog post. “This partnership will bring together: Inworld’s expertise in working with generative AI models for character development, Microsoft’s cutting-edge cloud-based AI solutions including Azure OpenAI Service, Microsoft Research’s technical insights into the future of play, and Team Xbox’s strengths in revolutionizing accessible and responsible creator tools for all developers.”
The aforementioned AI design copilot is a toolset that will help game designers turn prompts into scripts and dialogue trees. In contrast, the character runtime will enable dynamically generated plot beats and quests. We’ve already seen heavy AI integration in games by way of procedural generation — a more recent example being the 1000+ planets in Starfield. Not to mention, enemy AI has been around for way longer.
Inworld made headlines in August when it launched a modded story mode for Grand Theft Auto V, Sentient Streets, in which players had to investigate the rise of a bizarre AI-worshipping cult — a segment loaded with characters that spoke in AI-generated dialogue, on the fly. The mod was later taken down by publisher Take-Two, leaving a permanent strike on the creator Bloc’s YouTube channel. As per The Verge, Inworld’s AI technology can also be used for narration in top-down RPGs to warn players about any events awaiting off-screen and respond to questions like we’ve seen in the past year with AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Bing Chat. Microsoft has also been heavily banking on artificial intelligence, having made a $10 billion (about Rs. 83,254 crore) investment in OpenAI. The company has also integrated AI tools into its popular suite of services and also added an AI copilot to Windows.
Despite being a Microsoft-affiliated AI toolset, it would be interesting to see whether titles using them will be allowed to thrive on other platforms. In July, Valve claimed that it would be cracking down on games that included AI-generated assets if the developer didn’t own the copyright to the piece of art. For the uninitiated, when you insert a prompt to create something in AI, the software simply repurposes existing assets found online and mushes them together — basically stealing from other artists and writers without appropriate commercial licenses. Infringing them would lead to the game not being distributed on Steam, forcing the developers to seek proper licenses for the asset by reaching out to the AI companies involved. It’s unclear how Microsoft’s partnership will play out — as long as AI content is being used as a catalyst to innovate and create something new, it should be fine.
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BSNL Offers Free 4G SIM Upgrade: Here’s How to Get It
In a post on X shared by BSNL’s Andhra Pradesh (@bsnl_ap_circle) unit, the company confirmed that BSNL users can upgrade their older 2G or 3G SIMs to a 4G SIM for free. Not only will the upgrade be free, but a promotional image shared with the post suggests that users who opt for the upgrade will also receive 4GB of free data that will be valid for three months. It is speculated that BSNL is aiming to boost its upcoming 4G services with this offer. The announcement was first spotted by Telecom Talk.
To access the free data offer and the free upgrade, BSNL users are requested to get in touch with executives at BSNL’s Customer Service Centre, franchisee or retailer stores, or contact one of their Direct Selling Agents (DSA). The promo image also adds in a finer print that the offer is available with certain terms and conditions, but hasn’t detailed any, so far.
Reliance’s Jio recently launched the 4G-supported Bharat B1 feature phone in India. The handset is priced at Rs. 1,299 in India. Alongside 4G connectivity, the phone comes with JioCinema and JioSaavn applications pre-installed.
The Jio Bharat B1 is equipped with the JioPay application, which is said to allow users to make UPI payments. Aiming to increase accessibility, the phone supports 23 languages overall, including multiple regional languages.
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Realme GT 5 Pro Teased to Feature 3,000 Nits Display; More Details Revealed
Realme, via Weibo, announced the arrival of the Realme GT 5 Pro in China. The display of the handset is confirmed to offer 3000 nits peak brightness. It has also been teased to offer heat dissipation with a surface area of around 10,000mm2. It is confirmed to ship with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC. The post doesn’t specify the exact launch date of the smartphone, however, given the release of the teasers, the launch could be just around the corner.
The Realme GT 5 Pro has been in the news a lot lately. It is expected to feature a 6.78-inch (1,264×2,780 pixels) AMOLED display and is tipped to come in 8GB, 12GB, and 16GB RAM options along with 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB inbuilt storage options.
For optics, the Realme GT 5 Pro is said to have a triple rear camera unit comprising two 50-megapixel sensors and an 8-megapixel shooter at the rear. The camera setup might include a Sony LYTIA LYT808 sensor, an OmniVision OV08D10 secondary sensor, and a Sony IMX890 telephoto sensor. For selfies, there could be a 32-megapixel sensor at the front. It is said to carry a 5,400mAh battery with support for 100W wired charging and 50W wireless charging.
The Realme GT 5 Pro is expected to come with upgrades over Realme GT 5. The latter was launched in China in August with a price tag of CNY 2,999 for the base model with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.
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