Finally, we have the only true gaming laptop to receive a five out of five from Costco: the Lenovo LOQ 15.6-inch. The computer operates using a 13th-generation Intell i5-13420H. This CPU is less powerful than the i7s used by the LG laptops, but the Lenovo is the only computer on this list to have its own dedicated graphics card, which makes a big difference when it comes to gaming. The LOQ comes equipped with an NVIDIA RTX 2050. This is far from the most powerful GPU on the market, with only 4GB of GDDR6 VRAM, but it’s still nothing to sniff at. It has about the same relative performance as a GTX 1650, a Radeon RX 6400, or an Arc A380, making it perfectly capable of playing a vast majority of current video games on medium settings. It performs much better than the integrated graphics chips used by the other laptops on this list, and dedicated graphics are also traditionally better for tasks like video editing and graphic design.
The Lenovo only has a 1080p display, though it does have a 144Hz refresh rate, making it an excellent candidate for FPS games that require high frame rates. It comes with 16GB of DDR5 RAM, 512GB NVMe storage, WiFi 6, and Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity. That might seem like kind of a mixed bag, but it’s also worth noting that the Lenovo LOQ is the cheapest laptop on this list by a considerable margin.
