Laptops can be darned expensive things. In order to save money, it can be tempting to get one that doesn’t have a dedicated GPU, instead relying on the integrated graphics processing cores in the CPU. This can work, but as Creative Bloq’s reviews of such laptops have shown, the drop in performance is noticeable.
There's another option, which is to get a laptop like the Lenovo LOQ 15IAX9 here - it uses a GPU and CPU from older generations, and while it misses out on some performance and features compared to the latest and greatest laptops for graphic design, the drop in price is probably a greater reduction. A budget gaming laptop like the one we’re looking at here still has plenty of horsepower for throwing around 2D graphics and even 4K movies, even if its gaming abilities are a bit limited these days.
