I got excited for the idea of sub-$1,000 gaming laptops with integrated graphics — but there are more than a few reasons why that’s probably not happening

September 18, 2025

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There’s been a trend the last two or three years in gaming laptops (and elsewhere) that no one likes: Prices are going up. It hasn’t been surprising to see systems with the most powerful graphics, along with high-refresh displays, mechanical keyboards, or tons of RAM, to cost anywhere between $3,000 and $5,000, and more. See some of our most powerful picks like the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/gaming-laptops/msi-titan-18-hx-ai-review” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/gaming-laptops/msi-titan-18-hx-ai-review”>MSI Titan 18 HX AI and the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/gaming-laptops/razer-blade-18-review” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/gaming-laptops/razer-blade-18-review”>Razer Blade 18.

But that same thing has been happening on the low end. Systems that used to be $999 or less are…

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I got excited for the idea of sub-$1,000 gaming laptops with integrated graphics — but there are more than a few reasons why that’s probably not happening

September 18, 2025

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There’s been a trend the last two or three years in gaming laptops (and elsewhere) that no one likes: Prices are going up. It hasn’t been surprising to see systems with the most powerful graphics, along with high-refresh displays, mechanical keyboards, or tons of RAM, to cost anywhere between $3,000 and $5,000, and more. See some of our most powerful picks like the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/gaming-laptops/msi-titan-18-hx-ai-review” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/gaming-laptops/msi-titan-18-hx-ai-review”>MSI Titan 18 HX AI and the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/gaming-laptops/razer-blade-18-review” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/gaming-laptops/razer-blade-18-review”>Razer Blade 18.

But that same thing has been happening on the low end. Systems that used to be $999 or less are…

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