The Best Gaming Notebooks

Not just ultra-thin but also ultr- powerful and ultra-fast: the Razer Blade 17 2022.

In addition to Razer’s own webshop, the device is also available on Amazon with prices starting at $2,899.99 for the RTX 3070 Ti model. 

Bugs aside, the Legion 7 16 2022 is the best Lenovo gaming laptop we've tested so far - and that's without Intel. The overall performance is only slightly below that of a GeForce RTX 3080 Ti laptop, so you get a very powerful model overall.

The Legion 7 16 is a resounding success for Lenovo in terms of looks and construction. In addition, the hardware, which Lenovo relies exclusively on AMD, can keep up well with even the fastest Intel-Nvidia gaming laptops.

The Legion 7 16ARHA7 is not yet listed everywhere at the time of this writing. Lenovo's official product page (US) currently has most models available.

The ROG Flow X16 impresses as a unique 2-in-1 gamer with its high performance, a well thought-out cooling system and the bright mini LED display - not only in games, but in all multimedia tasks. Battery life is our main criticism.

The Blade 14 completely redefines our expectations of what an ultra-thin 14-inch laptop can do. As if the 2021 model wasn't already fast enough for its size, the latest 2022 version raises the bar quite a bit, especially in terms of processing power.

The 2022 Blade 14 is the best version of itself yet, as all of the changes are due to direct improvements from the 2021 model, especially the now higher single-threaded CPU performance. However, it is also clear that the GPU has reached its limits with its TGP of 100 W.

The versions with RTX 3060 and RTX 3080 Ti are not yet available in this country. Our test configuration is available from 2,849 Euros at various retailers, including Amazon.

Lenovo's thinnest gaming laptop is just 1/100th of a millimeter thicker than the Razer Blade 15 and uses only AMD's latest Zen3+ and RDNA-2 hardware. It does surprisingly well against the competition, as long as you don't mind the high core temperatures. The Lenovo Legion Slim 7 16 (also marketed as Legion S7 16) is the thinner variant of the Lenovo Legion 7 16 (non-slim).

The Lenovo Legion Slim 7 16 offers comparable performance to laptops with a GeForce RTX 3060, it's thin, and the AMD hardware offers a good mix of portability, price, midrange gaming performance, and quality that's better than most RTX 3060 laptops out there.

The 16-inch Legion Slim 7 16 with AMD hardware is now available for configuration in Lenovo's online store starting at $1,279.99. Our configuration costs approximately €2,070 (Lenovo DE). So far, only a few stores carry the Legion Slim 7 16.

With the new Titan GT77 HX 13, MSI impressively demonstrates what is possible in a gaming laptop in 2023, combining the fastest technologies including the blazing fast GeForce RTX 4090, which provides enough power for the brand new 4K mini LED panel with 144 Hz.

No gaming notebook currently offers more performance: With the Core i9-13900HX and the GeForce RTX 4090 with maximum performance values, the MSI GT77 currently offers the fastest hardware available for notebooks. In addition, games look great on the 4K mini-LD panel.

Full power ahead: Lenovo combines the fastest components on the market in the Legion 7 16 and puts them in a chic aluminum case with extensive lighting. However, with an MSRP of 4,500 Euros, the top model is also very expensive.

The Lenovo Legion 7 16 is available at Lenovo’s own webstore.

Schenker dares to experiment with a gaming laptop with optional, external water cooling XMG Oasis. The concept works, but can still be optimized. But even without Oasis, the Neo 15 is a gamer with brute performance.

The XMG Neo 15 is an extremely powerful gamer with many manual options, but it also gets very loud and hot. With XMG Oasis, these drawbacks fade into the background, even though there is still potential for optimization.

The Neo 15 (E22) is currently not available in North America.