MSI Crosshair A16 HX D8WGKG
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The MSI Crosshair A16 HX D8WGKG is a 16-inch Crosshair-series laptop combining an AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX (16 cores/32 threads) with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU rated at up to 115 W and equipped with 8 GB of GDDR7 VRAM. It features a 16:10 IPS display at 2560 x 1600 with a fast 240 Hz refresh rate. The configuration listed includes 32 GB of DDR5-5200 memory and M.2 PCIe storage. Connectivity covers multiple USB 3.1 Gen2 ports, USB-C with Power Delivery, HDMI, Wi‑Fi 6, and Bluetooth 5.3. Power comes from a 90 Wh battery, while portability is moderate at 2.5 kg and a 27.9 mm chassis. The system ships with Windows 11 Home and includes a 720p webcam, stereo speakers, and a backlit chiclet keyboard.
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Reviews for the MSI Crosshair A16 HX D8WGKG
Source: BGR
If you're looking to get the most out of gaming and graphically intense productivity tasks on the go, then you're probably in the market for a gaming laptop like the MSI Crosshair A16 HX E8WGK-009US ($2,699). Despite the impressive capabilities of phones and the rise of handheld PC gaming devices such as the Steam Deck, you still can't fully replace a laptop when it comes to being an absolute powerhouse thanks to its relatively large display and keyboard.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/02/2026
Source: Slashgear
The MSI Crosshair A16 (available in the reviewed configuration on Amazon for $2,699 as of this writing) is a very capable gaming laptop, ready for everything from filing taxes to blowing up dudes, then making the clips to put on your YouTube Shorts channel.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/01/2026
Foreign Reviews
Source: El chapuzas Informatico
ES→ENSingle Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 01/26/2026
Source: Noticias 3D
ES→ENSingle Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 10/31/2025
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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.
These graphics cards are able to play the latest and most demanding games in high resolutions and full detail settings with enabled Anti-Aliasing.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
R9 8940HX: A flagship 16-core Dragon Range refresh lineup laptop processor that debuted in April 2025. The product offers 16 SMT-enabled Zen 4 cores (32 threads) running at 2.4 GHz to 5.3 GHz, along with a rather basic Radeon 610M RDNA 2 architecture iGPU. This Ryzen 9 8000 APU is essentially a Ryzen 9 7940HX with the Turbo clock speed increased by 100 MHz.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
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