Best gaming laptops under Rs 1.5 lakh

Earlier, you needed well over two lakh to taste desktop-class frame rates in a laptop; today, machines on Indian shelves that cost ₹1.45–1.50 lakh arrive with the same 140 W RTX 4070 you find in far pricier rigs and, in Asus’s brand-new TUF F16, Nvidia’s first-wave RTX 5060 with DLSS 4 frame-generation baked in. These GPUs hitch a ride alongside 24-core Core i9-13980HX or 16-core Ryzen 9 7945HX processors, chips that reviewers were still calling “flagship-only” at the start of 2024. Add 240 Hz QHD+ panels, 90 Wh batteries, and sub-2.7 kg chassis weight, and the class of 2025 suddenly looks nothing like the lumbering gaming notebooks of old. 

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1. MSI Pulse 17 — ₹1,45,999

MSI drives its RTX 4070 at the full 140 W budget, something you normally pay far more for. That headroom lets the 17-inch panel hold 120 fps in most esports titles, even at native resolution. Cooling uses wider heat-pipes and twin fans, so the Core i7-13700H stays under 85°C and fan noise hovers below 50 dB in Balanced mode. The trade-offs are obvious: a basic 45% NTSC screen and a small 65 Wh battery that lasts roughly three hours off mains. If you chase raw frames per rupee, nothing beats it. 

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2. MSI Katana A17 — ₹1,47,990

The Katana delivers RTX 4070 horsepower for pocket change more than the Pulse, though the GPU tops out at 105 W. The panel is again 1080p 144 Hz with limited colour, but you do gain a 53 Wh battery, and Cooler Boost 5 keeps both chips under 85 °C. If you want 4070 frames in a slightly quieter chassis, this is your second-best value.

3. Lenovo Legion Pro 5 — ₹1,49,900

Lenovo trades outright GPU grunt for a colour-accurate 240 Hz 2.5 K screen and the 16-core Ryzen 9 7945HX. The 140 W RTX 4060, 500-nit panel, and 80 Wh battery are the three key features that you don’t find in this price range. ColdFront 5.0 cooling plus liquid-metal keeps noise civil under heavy loads. Two M.2 bays and two SO-DIMM slots ease upgrades, and rear-mounted ports tidy cables. For creators who still game hard, it balances CPU, screen, and thermals better than any 4060 rival.

4. ASUS ROG Strix G16 — ₹1,49,990

The Strix counters with the fastest laptop CPU here, the Intel 24-core Core i9-13980HX, and a 240 Hz 2.5 K display that hits 500 nits while RTX 4060 at 140 W. Liquid metal and a tri-fan layout contain thermals, while a 90 Wh battery lasts about five hours off-plug. At 2.5 kg, it is heftier than the Legion but edges ahead in single-core tasks and CPU-heavy production work.

5. ASUS TUF Gaming F16 — ₹1,44,990

ASUS refreshes the TUF F16 with Nvidia’s new RTX 5060. ASUS’s US store lists the 115 W power budget, and the Indian store mirrors those numbers. The 16-inch 165 Hz panel is factory-profiled to the full sRGB gamut, and the Core i7-14650HX gives you 16 threads for work. A 90 Wh battery stretches to about six hours of office tasks. Despite the rugged MIL-STD chassis, it weighs just 2.27 kg and adds Thunderbolt 4 plus a second USB-C with 100 W Power Delivery. If you want next-gen Ada-Lovelace features like DLSS 4 without breaking the bank, this is the most future-proof choice. 

6. ASUS TUF Gaming A14 — ₹1,49,990

The A14 is the lightest here at 1.46 kg, but its RTX 4060 tops out at 100 W, confirmed in ASUS’s tech specs and Best Buy’s listing. Twelve Zen 5 cores and an XDNA NPU handle everyday AI tricks without taxing the dGPU. The 14-inch 2.5 K panel refreshes at 165 Hz and covers the full sRGB spectrum. A 73 Wh battery returns roughly six hours of web work. LPDDR5X memory is soldered, limiting future upgrades, yet dual M.2 slots do allow storage growth. For travellers who still need triple-digit frame rates, it remains unmatched, but its price drags it to last place for sheer performance per rupee.

Which laptop should you buy?

If every extra frame matters and you seldom stray far from a power socket, the MSI Pulse 17 and its full-fat 140 W RTX 4070 still give the best “rupees-per-FPS” return in this bracket. Prefer a cooler, slightly quieter ride? The MSI Katana A17 dials the same GPU down to 105 W and trades a few frames for friendlier acoustics. Content creators who game on the side should look to the Lenovo Legion Pro 5; its 500-nit, 240 Hz, DCI-P3 display and 16-core Ryzen 9 strike the cleanest balance between colour work and esports reflexes. If your workloads lean CPU-heavy, think compiles or 3D renders, the ROG Strix G16’s 24-core Core i9 elbows past every rival while still pushing a 140 W RTX 4060. Shoppers who want maximum lifespan and the latest features should grab the refreshed Asus TUF F16: its RTX 5060 brings DLSS 4 future-proofing, a 90 Wh battery, and Thunderbolt 4 at the lowest sticker price here. Finally, if you live out of a backpack, the TUF A14 is the only sub-1.5 kg option that still cracks triple-digit frame rates thanks to a 100 W RTX 4060 and a crisp 165 Hz 2.5 K screen. In short: match your priority between raw FPS, balanced creativity, CPU muscle, future-proof tech, or sheer portability, and one of these six rigs will nail it without crossing that magic ₹1.5-lakh line.

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