B&H Photo is selling a high-end RTX 4080 gaming with 240Hz 1600p display for $2,649 (opens in new tab), $100 off list price. More importantly, it is a rare discount on the best RTX 40 series laptop we have gotten hands-on with so far this year.

The Lenovo Legion Pro 7i is a powerful 16-inch laptop armed with an Intel Core i9 13900HX and of course the RTX 4080, which can be expected to hit impressive frame rates at 1080p and 1440p. Nvidia's DLSS 3 Add in Nvidia's DLSS 3, and you're sure to hit triple-digit frame rates on many new games (opens in new tab). On the memory side, 32GB of DDR5 SK Hynix RAM and a 1TB NVMe Samsung SSD should be more than enough for work and play.

The display is a bright 1600p, 240Hz IPS panel with HDR 400 support. We've seen a lot of gaming laptops with a 16:10 aspect ratio this year, so it may take some getting used to, but so far we like the extra screen real estate during gameplay that it supports.

In our review (opens in new tab), the Legion Pro 7I often outperformed gaming laptops with RTX 4090 GPUs like the Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 (opens in new tab). Therefore, it is sometimes possible to get RTX 4090-class gaming performance with an RTX 4080 system for less money.

As well as the GPU, the Intel i9 13900HX on the Legion Pro 7i is also unbeatable, catching up to and in some cases surpassing the same laptop in CPU performance. This system could easily be your next workstation if you need a gaming laptop that can do it all.

A few things that did not mesh with us about the Legion Pro 7I was its short battery life. Keep a power cable handy. Also, the screen lacks visual impact compared to other products in this price range.

The Legion Pro 7i also has a more subdued design than other gaming laptops, with an all-black design and just the word "Legion" in the corner of the lid. This is good for gamers who want a gaming laptop that doesn't scream "gaming laptop.

Aside from the RTX 4080, I was as surprised as you are to find a recently released RTX 40 series laptop for sale. It's good to be searching the Internet daily for the best gaming laptop deals (opens in new tab) for moments like this.