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NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 50 series Laptop GPU rumor: delayed to March, April over supply issues
NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 50 series Laptop GPUs have reportedly been delayed until March, with other RTX 50 Laptop GPU models coming in April according to the latest reports.
In a new article published by DigiTimes, we're learning that NVIDIA has reportedly been focusing a little too much on AI CPUs, and that has affected its supply of GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs. NVIDIA was reportedly working on RTX 50 series Laptop GPUs seeing a January 2025 launch, which would've launched side-by-side with the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080, but low availability has caused high-end RTX 5090 Laptop GPU and RTX 5080 Laptop GPU launches to be delayed until March 2025.
NVIDIA announced a couple of days ago that it would be launching its new GeForce RTX 50 series Laptop GPU-powered gaming laptops for pre-order on February 25, with retail availability starting in March. It looks like NVIDIA will only have its higher-end RTX 5090 Laptop GPU and RTX 5080 Laptop GPU launching at first, with RTX 5070 Ti Laptop, RTX 5070 Laptop, and the RTX 5060 Laptop GPU-powered gaming laptops in April.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 series gaming laptop pre-orders start February 25, retail launch in March
NVIDIA will kick off GeForce RTX 50 series gaming laptop pre-orders on February 25, with retail availability of the RTX 50 series gaming laptops starting in March.
In a new post on X, the official NVIDIA GeForce account said: "GeForce RTX 50 Series Laptop pre-orders start Feb 25 from OEMs. Stay tuned for more details!" The company announced its fleet of Blackwell-based GeForce RTX 50 Laptop GPUs at CES 2025, which includes the RTX 5070 Laptop GPU, RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU, RTX 5080 Laptop GPU, and the flagship RTX 5090 Laptop GPU.
NVIDIA will have prices starting at $1299 for RTX 5070 gaming laptops, at $1599 for RTX 5070 Ti gaming laptops, while the higher-end side of things with the RTX 5080 gaming laptops starting at $2199, while flagship RTX 5090 gaming laptops will begin at $2899. We've seen many of these designs through official teases at CES 2025 and over the weeks since, as well as leaks and rumors at the same time.
NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU tested: 16% faster than RTX 4080 in 3DMark TimeSpy
NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU has appeared in new 3DMark TimeSpy benchmark results, tested against the current-gen RTX 4080 Laptop GPU.
The new GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU is 16.2% faster in TimeSpy versus the RTX 4080 Laptop GPU in new results shared by Top Player on Bilibili, with 21,948 points in TimeSpy's Graphics test. Compared to my own recent personal testing of the RTX 4060 Laptop GPU which scored 9316 points in the same test, and the RTX 4070 Laptop GPU which scored 12,131 points, the RTX 5080 Laptop GPU is shaping up very well indeed.
However, it falls radically short of the purported performance pushed by leakers like Moore's Law is Dead, who reported that we should expect 45-65% more performance out of the RTX 5080 Laptop GPU compared to the RTX 4080 Laptop GPU.
HP's new EliteBook X laptop features AMD Strix Point APU, up to 128GB of LPDDR5X-8533 memory
HP's new EliteBook X G1a laptop will feature AMD's new Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 "Strix Point" APU and a bonkers 128GB of LPDDR5X-8533 memory.
This is the first laptop featuring 128GB of LPDDR5X-8533 memory, as spotted by X user @AnhPhuH with HP offering multiple different configurations of its new EliteBook X G1a laptop. The highest-end configuration finds the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 "Strix Point" APU with 12 cores and 24 threads at up to 5.1GHz, but there's the option for the Ryzen AI 7 Pro 360 "Strix POint" APU, too.
On the GPU side of things, we've got the RDNA 3.5-based integrated Radeon 890M GPU that is found inside of the Strix Point APU, but the laptop comes with a huge 128GB of RAM no matter which APU you opt for. AnhPhuH notes on X that all three of the major DRAM manufacturers only have 128Gb x32 modules, and not 256Gb x32, and that the 128GB memory option is only available because of the 256Gb x32 modules.
Acer unveils new Predator Helios Neo AI gaming laptops: up to RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU
Acer has just announced an expansion of its Predator Helios Neo family of gaming laptops, powered by up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX processor and NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU.
The new Acer Predator Helios Neo 18 AI gaming laptop features an 18-inch Mini-LED display with a 2560 x 1600 native resolution and super-smooth 250Hz refresh rate with a 3ms response time. Acer provides some other display configurations: an 18-inch LED with 1600p @ 240Hz, an 18-inch LED with 1600p @ 165Hz, and finally an 18-inch LED with 1200p @ 165Hz.
We have up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX processor (with the option for the Core Ultra 7 255HX), up to 64GB of DDR5-6400 memory, and up to 2TB of Gen4 SSDs. On the GPU side of things, Acer's new Predator Helios Neo 18 AI gaming laptop is configured with up to NVIDIA's new Blackwell-based GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU, with another option for the RTX 5070 Laptop GPU.
ASUS's next-gen ROG Strix SCAR gaming laptop with RTX 5090 Laptop GPU will cost $4299
ASUS will be unleashing their next-gen ROG Strix SCAR gaming laptops in the weeks and months ahead, with pricing starting at $1899 ranging up to $4299 if you want that juicy GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU.
Best Buy is now listing the new ASUS ROG Strix SCAR gaming laptops, where you can choose from either the RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, and RTX 5070 all in Laptop GPU form. There are Intel and AMD processor options to choose from, whether it's Intel's new Arrow Lake or AMD's new Ryzen 9000HX series CPUs.
At the flagship side of things, the ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 18 gaming laptop features an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX processor, NVIDIA's flagship GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU, 32GB of RAM, 2TB of Gen4 SSD, and an 18-inch 2.5K 240Hz ROG Nebula HDR display. This is the best of the best in terms of laptop hardware, ready for 1600p 240FPS gaming with the RTX 5090 Laptop GPU and its 24GB of GDDR7 memory.
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D gaming laptop with RTX 5090 Laptop GPU now up for pre-order in Europe
AMD's new flagship Ryzen 9 9955HX3D laptop processor has found its way into early pre-orders in Europe, packing NVIDIA's new flagship GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU with 24GB of GDDR7 memory.
Polish-based laptop retailer Dream Machines has multiple new AMD Ryzen 9000 HX series "Fire Range" processors ready inside of next-gen gaming laptops, but with no ETA on the new Fire Range CPUs, we could be waiting a few weeks... or even a few months. NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 50 Laptop GPUs are expected to ship in March, so we still have a few weeks to wait at the earliest.
AMD has a few different Fire Range CPUs up its sleeve, with the flagship Ryzen 9 9955HX3D with 16 cores, 32 threads at up to 5.4GHz, and a delicious 128MB of L3 cache. The Ryzen 9 9955HX (without X3D cache) has the same 16C/32T @ 5.4GHz but because it doesn't have X3D cache the 9955HX has only 64MB of L3 cache., while the Ryzen 9 9855HX features 12 cores and 24 threads at up to 5.2GHz with 64MB of cache.
Razer Blade 16 with GeForce RTX 5090 will be hard to find because of AI
The new Razer Blade 16 for 2025 is an impressive gaming laptop. It's the thinnest Razer gaming laptop ever designed and comes equipped with a QHD+ 240Hz OLED display and up to GeForce RTX 5090 laptop graphics - with 24GB of GDDR7 memory. It's also the first Blade 16 from Razer to feature an AMD processor with up to the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 with 12 cores, 24 threads, and 50 TOPS of AI performance.
This is in addition to the impressive up to 1824 AI TOPS (FP4) performance of the GeForce RTX 5090 laptop GPU, which also features NVIDIA's latest MaxQ advancements for efficiency and battery life. You might think that the Razer Blade 16 would be a pretty awesome little unit for running Cyberpunk 2077 with Full Ray Tracing and DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation - and it certainly is.
That is if you can find one. According to Razer's co-founder and CEO Min-Liang Tan over on X, the availability of Razer Blade laptops in 2025 with GeForce RTX 5090 GPUs will be "very limited" due to the demand from the AI sector.
LG's new gram Pro 16 laptop teased: unannounced RTX 5050 Laptop GPU with 8GB GDDR6 teased
LG is cooking up a new gram Pro 16 laptop that features NVIDIA's unannounced GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU, which uses 8GB of now older GDDR6 memory.
LG shared some new marketing materials for its new gram Pro 16 AI laptop, confirming that it will indeed feature the GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU, as the RTX 5050 should be an easy upgrade for laptop makers already using the RTX 4050 Laptop GPU with pin-to-pin compatibility.
The board with the CPU and GPU -- Intel's new Core Ultra 200 series CPUs are supported -- has just been released, but the GPU will be swapped out from the RTX 4050 Laptop GPU to the RTX 5050 Laptop GPU in the coming weeks, maybe months. This explains why the marketing material says "RTX 5050" but also says "Ada Lovelace". Confusing, but not really.
BestBuy lists next-gen GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU-powered gaming laptops, cost over $4000
Best Buy has listed a bunch of new NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 Laptop GPU-powered gaming laptops early, with the ASUS ROG Strix Scar 18 and its RTX 5090 Laptop GPU costing over $4000.
We saw an absolute truck load of new RTX 50 Laptop GPU-based gaming laptops unveiled at CES 2025 last week, with 8 x ASUS gaming laptops and 1 x HP gaming laptop listed on Best Buy. It starts at $1899 for the ASUS ROG Strix G16 which features the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 "Strix Point" APU, 16GB RAM, 1TB Gen4 SSD, and the RTX 5070 Ti for $1899.
From there, you've got the ROG Zephyrus G16 with an Intel Core Ultra 9 processor, 16GB RAM + 1TB Gen4 SSD, and the RTX 5070 Laptop GPU for $1999. The ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 has the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 "Strix Point" APU, 16GB RAM + 1TB Gen4 SSD and RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU for $2199.