Nvidia laptop GPUs of this generation are pretty cool, I guess. But the one I'd really have my heart set on, if I was buying a new gaming laptop right now, is the RTX 5070 Ti. Sure, the mobile RTX 5080 outperforms it, but not by a huge amount—so when it comes to that critical price/performance ratio, the RTX 5070 Ti sits right in the sweet spot.
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- Asus ROG Strix G16 | $1,610 at Best Buy
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Asus ROG Strix G16
This Asus ROG Strix G16 sure is a showboat, huh? But somehow, despite its RGB-laden good looks and its excellent specs sheet, it's still available for $1,610 at Best Buy. That makes it the cheapest RTX 5070 Ti machine we've seen over this sales period, and it's not like there are many drawbacks to write home about.
Oh sure, I'd like to see 32 GB of DDR5 on a modern gaming laptop these days. Still, 16 GB is enough for now, and it's one the easiest (and cheapest) upgrades you can make to any gaming laptop later down the line.
What really matters, though, are the things you can't upgrade. Like the CPU, for instance, which is a 16-core 32-thread AMD Ryzen 9 behemoth. Or the RTX 5070 Ti, which is a 140 W variant. Those two components working in tandem means this machine is more than capable of making the most of its 165 Hz refresh rate display in many, many games—and for the super-demanding stuff, DLSS 4 and MFG will even the odds.
Yep, it's a real firebreather for the cash. I mean, it'll probably get pretty hot and noisy, too. That's the drawback of almost all modern gaming laptops, I'm afraid. Still, you could always set that RGB to red to match, ey?
MSI Vector 16 HX AI
I've written about this laptop so much recently, I can recite the specs sheet in my sleep. But somehow, Best Buy has managed to knock $125 off the price since yesterday. It was a brilliant deal then, but now? Fuggedaboutit.
We like the Vector a whole lot. Just ask my editor-in-chief, Dave, who spent a lot of time with the RTX 5080-equipped version recently and came back rather impressed. Sure, the chassis is a little on the cheap side and it can get a bit noisy, but the Vector represents superb value for those looking to get on the RTX 50-series laptop train for less, and for that we applaud it.
The CPU is an eight Performance core, 12 Efficient Intel unit with plenty of grunt, which should make for an excellent match with the 140 W RTX 5070 Ti for gaming performance. It'll be very speedy for productivity tasks, too, of course. That's why we love gaming laptops in general, really—pick a good one, and you've got a portable machine that should be able to do it all to a reasonable degree.
Again, you're looking at 16 GB of RAM here, and again, I wouldn't worry too much about it. A twiddle of some screws, the odd panel removal, and you're good to strap in 32 GB (or more, should you so wish) of DDR5 under the hood on the cheap.
And this model has a 1 TB SSD, no less. That might not sound worthy of note, but up until recently we were finding 512 GB models left, right, and center, and that was an annoying caveat. At least with 1 TB installed fresh out of the box, there's plenty of room here for a few modern games to test out the reflexes of the RTX 5070 Ti.
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