One the standout features is the 16-inch OLED display. It doesn’t get any better than OLED (until perhaps micro LED, not to be confused with mini LED, becomes mainstream) and this one features a 2560×1600 resolution and fast 240Hz refresh rate.
Everything else on this configuration is high end as well. It features a Core Ultra 9 185H processor (16C/22T, up to 5.1GHz, 24MB L3 cache) based on Meteor Lake, a GeForce RTX 4090, 32GB of LPDDR5X-6400 RAM, and a 2TB PCIe 4.0 solid state drive (SSD). It will be a long time before these specs start to feel long in the tooth.
It’s not an especially burly GPU, mind you—a GeForce RTX 4050, but it will suffice for more casual gamers and/or players who gravitate towards less demanding titles. Depending on the game and image quality settings, a GeForce RTX 4050 can propel you into triple-digit frame rate territory at this laptops native 1920×1080 resolution. Some titles that come to mind include EA Sports FC 25, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, and Alone in the Dark. Meanwhile, even games like God of War: Ragnarok can maintain 60 FPS and higher on a GeForce RTX 4050 at 1080p.
The 15.6-inch display also sports a 144Hz refresh rate. Other specs include an Intel Core i5-13420H processor (8C/12T, up to 4.6GHz, 12MB L3 cache) based on Raptor Lake, 16GB of DDR4-3200 RAM, and a 512GB PCIe 4.0 SSD. None of these are top of the line parts, but for $699.99, it’s a respectable collection of hardware.
Here are some more gaming laptop deals…
- Acer Predator Helios 18 (240Hz, i9-14900HX, 32GB/1TB, RTX 4090): $2,549.99 (save $450)
- Alienware m18 R2 (165Hz, i9-14900HX, 32GB/1TB, RTX 4070): $2,099.99 (save $400)
- MSI Vector 16 HX (144Hz, i9-13980HX, 16GB/1TB, RTX 4080): $1,699.99 (save $400)
- Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 (i9-14900HX, 16GB/1TB, RTX 4060): $1,299.99 (save $200)
- MSI Katana 15 (144Hz, Ryzen 9 8945HS, 16GB/1TB, RTX 4070): $1,274.99 (save $225)