For a gaming laptop I would pay extra attention to the ventilation rather than the integrated graphics card.
I mean, sure, if you don't have any GPU power you won't be able to run many games, however your goal there should be "to be able to run them" rather than playing them on a super nice settings. With that out of the way...
Ventilation should be your main aim, laptops that are a bit too powerful tend to overheat and shutdown to prevent permanent damage
I suggest really diving into not only the specs of a laptop but whether parts are interchangeable sometimes if something goes wrong with one tiny part you might have to swap out the entire motherboard which at that point you might as well buy a new one. And at 1,000 per laptop it adds up
already have a pc, just looking for something portable too
post regardless of price
I mean, sure, if you don't have any GPU power you won't be able to run many games, however your goal there should be "to be able to run them" rather than playing them on a super nice settings. With that out of the way...
Ventilation should be your main aim, laptops that are a bit too powerful tend to overheat and shutdown to prevent permanent damage