Gaming Laptop for Travel (3000$)

[Iskirra]

Hi, I'm looking to buy a gaming laptop, I travel a fair amount for work and need something I can take with me. I live and work in the US for prices/availability

 

I'm looking to spend up to 3000$ but less is always better, screen size can be 15-17in and would prefer it not to be a 10lb brick, but if that's the best laptop I'll deal with it

 

I'm not particularly worried about battery life as it's mostly going to be plugged in at hotel rooms, I'm more so looking for performance, with a good display.

 

I play a mix of fps/moba/strategy/action games so 144hz would be nice as well, I can upgrade it with more RAM and SSD myself if it saves me anything

[_Aontaigh_]

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Predator-i7-8750H-GeForce-PT515-51-75L8/dp/B07NDVK3SG/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=rtx%2B2080%2Blaptop&qid=1555790849&s=gateway&sr=8-2&th=1

 

From browsing around, it seems to be the cheapest laptop with a RTX 2080 that also has G-Sync.

[Iskirra]

Is g-sync that important? something like this looks great and I think it's not max-q (isn't that lower performance?)

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834155064&ignorebbr=1

 

but im kind of a laptop noob so please tell me if im wrong

 

EDIT: other sites have the MSI listed as max-q, still don't know how big of a performance hit that is though

Edited April 20, 2019 by Iskirra
misinformation

[genexis_x]

If no preference on weight and battery life, might want to consider Clevo P750/P775/P870 from HIDevolution (or other resellers that offer delided CPUs)