Laptop

Full throttle. Power is something the 16-inch laptop doesn’t lack: the GeForce RTX 4080 and Core i9-14900HX achieved their new best results in some of our tests. The rest of the specs are likewise compelling: 32 GB of RAM, Thunderbolt 4, a bright QHD display (Dolby Vision, G-Sync, 240Hz, DCI-P3 coverage). Is this the perfect laptop for gamers and creators?
Intel Core i9-14900HX | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU | 16.00" | 2.7 kg

Mixed performance. Dragon's Dogma 2 may be good in terms of gameplay but from a technical standpoint, it still appears to be half-baked in its current state. Nevertheless, we battled our way through the role-playing game with the help of several graphics cards.

Core Ultra with 2.2K display for under $1000. The latest Inspiron 14 Plus ships with the latest Intel Core Ultra 7 CPU and a high resolution IPS display for a decent price. However, discrete GPU options have been removed which puts all the pressure on integrated Arc 8 to do the heavy lifting.
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H | Intel Arc 8-Core iGPU | 14.00" | 1.6 kg

Showpiece game. Nearly four years after the release of Horizon Zero Dawn, the highly promising sequel Horizon Forbidden West has now arrived on the PC. The action RPG has quite a bit to offer not only content-wise but also graphically. In this review, we’ll check out what the hardware requirements are for the game.

Fickle technology. Reboots, remasters, and remakes of popular game series are currently in high demand. The remake of Alone in the Dark has now been added to the long list. What about the hardware requirements and graphics in the horror adventure?

Now with Meteor Lake. Samsung has equipped its Galaxy Book4 models with Intel's new Meteor Lake processors and the 16-inch, 2-in-1 Galaxy Book4 Pro 360 offers the Intel Core Ultra 5 paired with a high-resolution 120 Hz AMOLED display.
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H | Intel Arc 7-Core iGPU | 16.00" | 1.7 kg

Convertible with integrated pen for students. The new Asus BR1402FG is designed for robustness with scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass and US military standard MIL-STD 810H certification. Coupled with the 2-in-1 design and good repairability, this notebook is the ideal companion for everyday school life.
Intel Core i3-N305 | Intel UHD Graphics 32EUs (Alder Lake) | 14.00" | 1.7 kg

Sideways step for the series. It may be called the Alienware m18 R2, but it's more like the Alienware m18 R1.1. The CPU and GPU perform identically to last year's model for no major year-over-year improvements. Save yourself a few hundred dollars by opting for the m18 R1 version instead.
Intel Core i9-14900HX | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU | 18.00" | 4 kg

The Ryzen 7 8845HS' premiere. The new Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 14 is a 14-inch laptop with a fast AMD Zen4 processor and a high-res 120 Hz 2.8K OLED screen. In addition, it features 32 GB RAM and USB 4.0 for a comparatively low price.
AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS | AMD Radeon 780M | 14.00" | 1.5 kg

Ships with a PCIe5 NVMe SSD. Not much has changed with the Raptor X17 this year, but the model remains one of the few 17.3-inch gaming laptops with both 175 W GeForce RTX 4090 and PCIe5 NVMe SSD options.
Intel Core i9-14900HX | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU | 17.30" | 3.4 kg

Samsung's answer to the MacBook Pro 16. The 16-inch Galaxy Book4 Ultra multimedia laptop is Samsung's answer to the Apple MacBook Pro 16. In addition to its 120 Hz high-resolution AMOLED panel, there is a current Core Ultra processor as well as a GeForce RTX 4050 laptop. However, the Ultra doesn't come cheap.
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU | 16.00" | 1.8 kg

The Arc 7's debut. After previously testing numerous laptops featuring Intel's brand-new Arc 8 iGPU, now it is the slightly slimmed-down Arc 7's turn. The IdeaPad Slim 5 will also be put up against laptops based on the Radeon 780M. Who will reign supreme?
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H | Intel Arc 7-Core iGPU | 14.00" | 1.4 kg