MSI Crosshair 16 Series
Processor: Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 9 275HX, Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 9 285HX, Intel Raptor Lake-HX i7-14650HX, Intel Raptor Lake-HX i7-14700HXGraphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
Display: 16.00 inch
Weight: 2.3kg, 2.5kg
Price: 2500 euro
Average of 12 scores (from 15 reviews)
MSI Crosshair 16 HX D14VFKG
Specifications
Notebook: MSI Crosshair 16 HX D14VFKGProcessor: Intel Raptor Lake-HX i7-14700HX
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU 8192 MB
Display: 16.00 inch, 16:10, 2560 x 1600 pixels
Weight: 2.5kg
Links: MSI homepage MSI notebook section
Price comparison
Average Score:
Reviews
Source: Trusted Reviews
The MSI Crosshair 16 HX D14V (2024) is a solid, if quite expensive gaming laptop. Its 14700HX and RTX 4060 power core offer decent 1080p and 1440p, although feel underpowered relative to the fantastic 16-inch QHD+ 240Hz panel. The ports here are good, as is battery life, although you can get a more powerful package for a similar price. For instance, the HP Omen 17 (2024) ups the screen size by an inch and utilises an RTX 4070 while having the same asking price, although makes a sacrifice by offering a Full HD panel and while the Gigabyte Aorus 17H pushes further towards the £2000 mark, it offers an RTX 4080 and beefier performance. For more options though, check out our list of the best gaming laptops we’ve tested.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 12/14/2024
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: 91mobiles
If we set aside the limited edition aspect and focus on the broader picture, this is a solid gaming laptop. It both looks and performs like a true gaming machine. For fans of Monster Hunter, this laptop is not only a functional powerhouse but also a collectable piece, embodying the essence of the game in all the key areas.|
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/12/2024
Rating: Total score: 85% performance: 90% display: 85% mobility: 80% workmanship: 85%
Foreign Reviews
Source: PC Games
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Short, Date: 08/21/2024
Rating: Total score: 73%
MSI Crosshair 16 HX AI D2XWGKG
Specifications
Notebook: MSI Crosshair 16 HX AI D2XWGKGProcessor: Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 9 275HX
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop 8192 MB
Display: 16.00 inch, 16:10, 2560 x 1600 pixels
Weight: 2.5kg
Price: 2500 euro
Links: MSI homepage MSI notebook section
Price comparison
Average Score:
Reviews
The MSI Crosshair 16 HX AI aims to please the upper mid-range gaming crowd with its Core Ultra 9 275HX and RTX 5070 Laptop combination, and it is able to do so for the most part. The Crosshair 16 HX AI can handle 1440p gaming and even content creation fairly well, but there some obvious compromises to keep the price in check.
Source: Tech PowerUP
The MSI Crosshair 16 HX AI D2XW ticks a lot of checkmarks, especially if you can snag it on sale. It features an excellent SteelSeries keyboard and a surprisingly capable audio setup. The Arrow Lake-HX processor serves up massive amounts of power for both heavy workloads and your favorite games. On the graphics side, the RTX 5070 puts up respectable numbers for an 8 GB card. Plus, its 115 W TGP headroom means you can manually squeeze out some extra performance via overclocking. Rounding things out, that gorgeous 1600p IPS display is accurate enough to double as a pro-grade color workhorse.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 05/20/2026
Source: PC Gamer
The MSI Crosshair 16 HX AI is a highly portable workstation. While it's a little on the slower side when it comes to gaming out of the box, it really leans into the AI nomenclature. Rendering and image generation workloads is where this laptop does best, with some low-res gaming chops that leave room for Nvidia's Tensor Cores to work their magic. The supporting components could be on the speedier side, but as a work laptop with some gaming capabilities you could do a lot worse for the price.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/01/2025
Rating: Total score: 75%
Foreign Reviews
Source: Clubic
FR→ENSingle Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 06/30/2025
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 90% display: 70% mobility: 60% workmanship: 80%
Source: T3 PL
PL→ENSingle Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 11/21/2025
Rating: Total score: 43%
Source: HKEPC
zh-TW→ENSingle Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 11/25/2025
MSI Crosshair 16 HX AI D2XWFKG
Specifications
Notebook: MSI Crosshair 16 HX AI D2XWFKGProcessor: Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 9 285HX
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop 8192 MB
Display: 16.00 inch, 16:10, 2560 x 1600 pixels
Weight: 2.5kg
Links: MSI homepage MSI notebook section
Price comparison
Average Score:
Reviews
Source: Mezha EN
At the moment, the MSI Crosshair 16 HX AI is a pretty good option for those who need a mobile solution for gaming and relatively demanding work. This laptop lacks access to Windows Hello and better cooling management without load. But there are good upgrade options, a thoughtful arrangement of ports, enough performance and stability. Even in case of power outages or work on the go, the battery is able to last for some time for undemanding tasks.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/10/2026
Rating: Total score: 80%
Foreign Reviews
Source: Geeknetic
ES→ENSingle Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 02/05/2026
Source: Profesional Review
ES→ENSingle Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 09/25/2025
Rating: Total score: 88% price: 90% performance: 85% display: 87% mobility: 92% workmanship: 85%
Source: Everyeye.it
IT→ENSingle Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/26/2025
Rating: Total score: 85%
Source: Overclockers RU
RU→ENSingle Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 06/15/2026
MSI Crosshair 16 HX E14WGK
Specifications
Notebook: MSI Crosshair 16 HX E14WGKProcessor: Intel Raptor Lake-HX i7-14650HX
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop 8192 MB
Display: 16.00 inch, 16:10, 2560 x 1600 pixels
Weight: 2.3kg
Links: MSI homepage MSI notebook section
Price comparison
Average Score:
Reviews
Source: Creative Bloq
The idea that gaming laptops can pull double duty for creatives is now fully embedded in minds across the world, and with its bright and colourful IPS screen the MSI Crosshair 16 HX is a good candidate for this. It uses an older Intel CPU and a mid-range Nvidia GPU to produce some good results, but it feels a bit expensive for what you get.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 08/27/2026
Rating: Total score: 72%
Source: Tom's Guide
The MSI Crosshair 16 HX E14W is a superb laptop that doesn’t give you much to complain about, whether you’re gaming or working. It sports a lovely, premium design with plenty of ports, and is equipped with an effective cooling system too, ensuring it doesn’t get too hot. Its 16-inch display is bright with excellent color coverage and accuracy, and a 240Hz refresh rate delivers buttery smooth and immersive gameplay. However, its fans are loud and jarring, and the battery life is poor.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/18/2026
Rating: Total score: 80%
Comment
MSI: Micro-Star International (MSI) was founded in 1986 in Taiwan. MSI is especially known as a manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards for PCs, but also offers computer accessories, complete systems, motherboards, graphics cards, laptops, desktop PCs, monitors and other components. However, the Microstar brand name in Germany belongs to the Medion company. MSI is known for its gaming products and has developed a wide range of gaming laptops and desktop PCs. The company is also active in workstations, servers and industrial automation. MSI has offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
With these GPUs you are able to play modern and demanding games fluently at medium detail settings and HD resolution.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU: High-end graphics card for laptops based on the Ada Lovelace architecture. Offers 8 GB GDDR6 (128 Bit) and is configurable with a TGP of 35 - 115W (+ Dynamic Boost).
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop: Mobile mid-range graphics card from the Blackwell family based on the GB206 chip with 3328 shaders and 8 GB GDDR7 graphics memory (128 bit).
These graphics cards are able to play the latest and most demanding games in high resolutions and full detail settings with enabled Anti-Aliasing.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop: Mobile graphics card of the Blackwell family for laptops, which offers 4,608 shaders and 8 or 12 GB VRAM depending on the model.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Raptor Lake-HX:
i7-14700HX: High-end mobile hybrid processor based on the Raptor Lake architecture with 20 cores (8 performance and 12 efficiency cores) and 28 threads.
i7-14650HX: High-end mobile hybrid processor based on the Raptor Lake architecture with 16 cores (8 performance and 8 efficiency cores) and 24 threads. Based on the Raptor Lake S 13700K chip.
Intel Arrow Lake:
Ultra 9 275HX: Mobile high-end CPU for gaming notebooks based on the Arrow Lake architecture. Offers 24 cores consisting of 8 fast performance cores with up to 5.4 GHz and 16 smaller efficiency cores with up to 4.6 GHz clock speed. The CPU can access 40 MB L2 cache and 36 MB L3 cache and is specified with a TDP of 55 watts. The SoC integrates a small dedicated NPU called AI Boost with 13 TOPS (Int8) and optionally supports vPro Essentials.
Ultra 9 285HX: Mobile high-end CPU for gaming notebooks based on the Arrow Lake architecture. Offers 24 cores consisting of 8 fast performance cores with up to 5.5 GHz and 16 smaller efficiency cores with up to 4.6 GHz clock speed. The CPU can access 40 MB L2 cache and 36 MB L3 cache and is specified with a TDP of 55 watts. The SoC integrates a small dedicated NPU called AI Boost with 13 TOPS (Int8) and optionally supports vPro Enterprise.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
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This range for display formats was and is a rarity. It is larger than the general standard of 15 inches, but not yet in the range of large workstations. One usually has higher screen resolutions available, but portability suffers from that.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
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76.1%: This rating is not earth-shattering. This rating must actually be seen as average, since there are about as many devices with worse ratings as better ones. A purchase recommendation can only be seen with a lot of goodwill, unless it is about websites that generally rate strictly.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
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