MSI Crosshair 16 Series

MSI Crosshair 16 HX D14VFKG

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Average Score: 76% - good

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70% MSI Crosshair 16 HX D14V (2024) Review
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%

85% MSI Crosshair 16 HX Monster Hunter laptop review: monstrous power, stunning design
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

73% MSI Crosshair 16 HX review
Source: PC Games DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 08/21/2024
Rating: Total score: 73%

MSI Crosshair 16 HX AI D2XWGKG

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Average Score: 77.5% - good

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75% MSI Crosshair 16 HX AI (2025) review
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%

75% MSI Crosshair 16 HX AI (2025) review
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

80% Test MSI Crosshair 16 HX AI : que vaut la GeForce RTX 5070 dans un PC portable milieu de gamme ?
Source: Clubic FR→EN
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 06/30/2025
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 90% display: 70% mobility: 60% workmanship: 80%

80% Test MSI Crosshair 16 HX AI : que vaut la GeForce RTX 5070 dans un PC portable milieu de gamme ?
Source: Clubic FR→EN
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 06/30/2025
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 90% display: 70% mobility: 60% workmanship: 80%

MSI Crosshair 16 HX AI D2XWFKG

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Average Score: 85% - good

Foreign Reviews

85% MSI Crosshair 16 HX AI Recensione: Intel Core Ultra e RTX 5060 a meno di 2.000 euro
Source: Everyeye.it IT→EN
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/26/2025
Rating: Total score: 85%

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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: An upcoming graphics card from the Blackwell family for laptops, which Team Green will most likely present at CES 2025. Considering that the 4070 laptop has 4,608 unified shaders (CUDA cores), the 5070 will most likely have well over 5,000 shaders.

» 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.

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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78.32%: 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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