Apart from the RTX 50 series gaming laptops, you can get the Lenovo RTX 4070 machine for just $900.
If you’re desperate for a new gaming laptop and can’t wait a little longer to buy one, I’ve got just the thing for you. This Lenovo LOQ comes with a Ryzen 7 7435HS processor and an RTX 4070 for $900, a price that the RTX 50 series is unlikely to beat for some time.
At Walmart it’s a deal. We’ve noted this before, in fact. small $880 cheaper before Black Friday, although I’m very surprised to see it’s still alive and kicking in 2025.
I have the full specs in front of me (here’s the database entry) and this Lenovo machine doesn’t skimp on anything important. The AMD processor is equipped with eight Zen 3+ cores and 16 threads, which can boost frequencies up to 4.5 GHz if the cooling and power solutions in this laptop allow it. All of these cores are good for both gaming and other tasks, such as mindlessly scrolling through spreadsheets or slides. Unfortunately, even us PC Gamer writers still have to do a lot of the latter, so I appreciate the flexibility this chip provides.
Next we move on to the RTX 4070, which features the full 115W TGP available in this model. The RTX 4070 Mobile included here has 4,608 CUDA cores, which is a couple of cores less than the full-featured desktop model’s 5,888 cores. In our lifetime testing of various laptop designs, we generally found it to be a good value for the money, ahead of the weaker RTX 4060. That’s especially true when paired with a 1080p screen, as it is here. This doesn’t push the RTX 4070 too far, but you can hope that the 144Hz refresh rate will be used a little more often. Additionally, this laptop is equipped with G-Sync in case the GPU can’t muster enough frames for a completely smooth gaming experience.
Inside this machine there are two 8GB DDR5-4800 sticks that have SO-DIMMs and can therefore be swapped out. You don’t need to upgrade from 16GB, however, but it’s good to have that door open for you if you ever need a small boost down the road in this laptop’s life.
The biggest drawback I can find with this laptop is the single 512GB NVMe SSD installed in it. That’s a meager amount of memory for today’s Windows 11 installation when combined with even a few modern Triple-A games. However, this laptop has room for another NVMe drive, so buy a cheap SSD and you’ll be fine.
The chassis is pretty standard by the standards of affordable 2025 gaming laptops – sleeker than some of you might imagine, but not particularly thin compared to the Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 or the all-new Razer Blade 16 (2025). These two were also worth many more than that. You get what you pay for in many ways.
However, at its core, this is a powerful machine for the money. And I mean it, not just saying it for the sake of the possibility of illiteracy. Given that it’s cheaper than many laptops with an RTX 4060 right now, and pretty well balanced beyond the SSD, you won’t see an RTX 50 series that can match this for a long time. At the very least, it’s incredibly unlikely – I’d happily be proven wrong on this one.