Gamer drops laptop temperatures by up to 15°C by switching from a wooden desk to a metal table
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Gaming laptop articles
Leak details Ryzen 7 9800HX3D, AMD's first affordable 3D V-cache laptop CPU
A cheaper X3D chip with 96MB of L3 cache in an 8-core, 16-thread configuration
Dell Alienware's new $1,300 gaming laptop cuts corners by using cheap plastic and older-gen gaming hardware
The Alienware 15 is affordable by Alienware standards, launches with a Ryzen 5 220 and RTX 4050
Apple M5 Max MacBooks are getting surprisingly close to real gaming PCs
Baldur's Gate 3 maxed out in 4K, while Resident Evil 9 and Kingdom Come II also achieve high performance
RTX 5070 mobile spotted with 12GB of GDDR7 in upcoming Lenovo and Asus laptops
Memory shortage? What's that?
HP's latest offer turns gaming laptops into a monthly subscription
Annual upgrades promise to keep pace with GPUs and newer games
Lenovo's rollable laptop concept turns a gaming notebook into an ultrawide
A dual-motor OLED screen expands from 16 inches to 24 inches
Intel claims Panther Lake's new Arc B390 iGPU crushes AMD's best mobile graphics
Intel wants its GPUs inside the next wave of handheld PCs – if the benchmarks hold
Big quote: According to Intel's benchmarks, the new Core Ultra X9 388H equipped with the Arc B390 iGPU is ~73% faster than the Ryzen AI HX 370 on average. AMD's Strix Point SoC is powered by Radeon 890M integrated graphics. Intel also claims its new chips surpass AMD in ray tracing, frame generation, and other graphics workloads.
Hobbyist 3D prints the Commodore 64 laptop we never got in the '80s
Floppy drive and tape deck support included
Dell Pro Precision leak reveals early Panther Lake CPU and Xe3 iGPU performance
Panther Lake laptop iGPU outperforms Radeon 840M
The Best Gaming Laptops: Gaming on the Go
Gaming laptops keep leveling up, with new CPUs and GPUs boosting power and efficiency. With so many configs and form factors, let us help in choosing the right one for your needs.
Alienware Aurora 16X with RTX 5060 hits record-low price of $1,299
Powered by a Core Ultra 7 CPU and RTX 5060 GPU, this model includes 32 GB of RAM, a 1 TB SSD, and a sharp 240 Hz display. Normally $1,800, Dell Alienware currently has it on discount for $1,299. Reviewers highlight its premium build, efficient cooling, and easy upgradability with dual M.2 slots and user-replaceable RAM.
Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 RTX 5080 Review: A Gorgeous OLED Laptop
The Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 blends sleek design, portability, and power with an RTX 5080 GPU and stunning OLED display. But does it deliver enough to justify the premium price?
Kickstarter laptop packs dual touchscreen, modular GPU, and hot-swappable mechanical keys
Specs include Core i9-12900H, RTX 4060, and a 2K 240Hz monitor
New Framework Laptop 16 to launch with swappable RTX 5070 GPU and Ryzen AI CPUs from $1,499
Framework fulfills promise of upgradeable laptop GPU, shipping this November
Something to look forward to: Two years ago, Framework promised that owners of its 16-inch laptop would one day be able to upgrade to more powerful discrete graphics cards without buying a new notebook – a dream once thought impossible. In a little over three months, customers will finally get to test that promise with the upcoming Nvidia RTX 5070 module.
GPD Win 5 launches October 17 with RTX 4060 laptop-level power, external battery required
AMD's Strix Halo brings gaming laptop specs to a Steam Deck-sized device
Medion Erazer Beast 16 X1 Ultimate Laptop Review
Medion's Erazer Beast 16 X1 Ultimate is a powerful, creator-grade gaming laptop with an RTX 5080, Intel Ultra 9 chip, 300Hz mini-LED display, and the bold design to match its beastly name.
HP Omen Max 16 gaming laptop with RTX 5080 drops to $1,479
HP.com has the HP Omen Max 16 on sale for $1,479 with the coupon code LEVELUP20 at checkout. It features an Intel Core Ultra 7 paired with a GeForce RTX 5080. Other models with RTX 5070 and RTX 5090 GPUs are also discounted.
Nvidia's mythical Arm gaming laptop may finally arrive in partnership with Alienware
A true game-changing device or just another non-x86 dud no one wants to buy?
Nvidia RTX 5090 Laptop GPU shows no real performance gains over the RTX 4090
A huge disappointment after all the hype
Alienware unveils 16 Aurora and 16X Aurora gaming laptops, starting from $1,149
Up to a 240 Hz display and optional RTX 5070 graphics
You can now generate AI videos with just 6GB of VRAM
FramePack makes high-quality video diffusion surprisingly lightweight
AMD quietly unveils its refreshed Zen 4 gaming laptop CPUs – the Ryzen 8000HX series
Dragon Range returns
In brief: In the gaming laptop space, AMD has focused most of its recent efforts on Zen 5-based APU lineups like the Ryzen AI 300 and Ryzen AI Max. However, new variants of the high-end Dragon Range processors show that the company hasn't abandoned notebooks with dedicated CPU and GPU combos.
Nvidia RTX 5060 and 5050 laptops appear with 8GB of VRAM, desktop 5060 Ti lands near 3080 Ti in FurMark
RTX 5050 and 5060 GPUs likely launching mid-April
Laptop RTX 5080 comes within 15% of RTX 5090 performance in benchmarks
The 5090's lead increases in 4K with heavy ray tracing enabled