Geforce

12 cores, 24 threads, 1 laptop. Eurocom has stuffed one of the fastest AMD Zen 3 desktop CPUs in a 15.6-inch laptop form factor and it actually works. But just because you can, does it really mean you should?

Well-rounded performance. The Ryzen 9 5900HX APU and GeForce RTX 3070 laptop GPU bring all the latest computer games smoothly onto the matte Full HD screen (240 Hz). The latter scores points with good color reproduction. The laptop offers space for up to three storage drives.

GPU issues affect the user experience. The fourth generation of Lenovo’s multimedia laptop ThinkPad X1 Extreme introduces vapor chamber cooling to the series and enables more powerful GPUs, but is the GeForce RTX 3080 really worth the premium and is there a noticeable advantage over the RTX 3070? Update: We found the solution for the GPU bug

Leopard in attack mode. If you want a proper gaming laptop with an RTX 3080 and Core i7, then this has to be a high-end model, right? Wait, you want it to cost less than 2,000 Euros? So, here we go, the 15-inch Leopard from MSI joins the battle! But can it live up to its potential? We put the budget gamer with high-end hardware through its paces and elicit all its weaknesses, which it should surely have in abundance at this price.

Large laptop with filigree details A 400 cd/m² bright OLED display as well as strong hardware from Nvidia and AMD make the 16-inch Vivobook an attractive laptop together with the valuable aluminum casing. However, the tested pre-production device could only almost show a production-ready performance in the test.

Compact powerhouse! Intel once again raises the bar for performance with the Intel NUC 11 Extreme Compute Element. The new Compute Element is used in the Beast Canyon and, together with a dedicated Nvidia GPU, makes for a powerful and compact gaming system. You can find out how well the system performs against comparable desktop systems in this review.