Gaming laptops shined brightly at CES 2025, as leading manufacturers unveiled a new generation of gaming notebooks equipped with NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5090 GPUs, which will set new standards in graphical performance and AI innovation.

If you want a top laptop, wait a couple of months – the new Nvidia cards are going to smash through benchmarks.

But you’ll notice some similar specs are present in cheaper MSI laptops, like the new Raider 18 HX.

Intel officially announced its first two budget-mainstream Battlemage GPUs, the Arc B580 and Arc B570, but they're only the first salvo. The new architecture offers performance and efficiency improvements that should give Nvidia some much-needed competition, though drivers remain a potential sticking point.

Acer has unveiled its new range of Predator Helios and Nitro V gaming laptops at CES featuring the latest chips from Intel and NVIDIA.

In the laptop segment, the new Blackwell Max-Q technology delivers 40% better battery life and double the performance of previous generations. The RTX 5090 Laptop GPU comes with 24GB of GDDR7 memory, while the RTX 5080 model features 16GB, targeting creators and demanding workflows. The Laptop models will be available starting March.

NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 50 Blackwell Max-Q laptop GPUs deliver HUGE effiency, performance gains: new tech deployed to next-gen Laptop GPUs.

MSI gaming laptops featuring Nvidia 50 series GPUs are finally here. Here's a look at the specs, designs, and everything we know so far.