Also waiting for the new chips to release to get a new laptop. I have no problems waiting till the holidays to get a new one. I have been using AMD for like the past 5 years, althought not for gaming. So will probably stay whith amd next round as well. Pretty sure There will be a decent deal on the holidays that will hit 1080p60 no problems that will leave you money to spare, or get somethin better if you want.

I guess I should probably wait. I saw a few other laptops around $1000 but when I look at the video cards listed I usually just see Intel HD Graphics 520 with shared memory, and I'm pretty sure that's not a good idea for gaming. Perhaps if I wait, my budget will also go up too.

So an i7 that's dual core is slower than an i5 with quad cores, despite being the same gen? I found this laptop as well, and though it's out of stock, I'm thinking I could try to hunt it down somewhere else:

https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msca/en_CA/pdp/Acer-Aspire-V-15-Nitro-VN7-572TG-775T-Signature-Edition-Gaming-Laptop/productID.831700000

The RAM is really high, it's got an NVIDIA 950M but the core is a dual-core i7

Have you tried ibuypower or cyberpower? I honestly don't know anything about laptops but their desktops were pretty good when I compared them to raw parts from Newegg.

I've heard good things about ncix.com, which is Canadian. http://www.ncix.com/category/gaming-laptop-1b-1323.htm

I'd probably go Asus or MSI.

I found an MSI that might be a good bet:

http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_577_1199&item_id=093144

It's got the quad-core i5, but the graphics are 940MX, so I'm not sure how good that is.

Edit: lost track of the pricing as I was browsing. There was a 5th gen i7 available sub-$1000:

http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_577_1198&item_id=087707