MSI Launches GeForce RTX 50-Series Gaming Laptops: RTX 5090-Powered Titan 18 HX Dragon Edition Aimed For Elite Performance

Jan 7, 2025 at 08:50am EST
MSI Launches GeForce RTX 50-Series Gaming Laptops: RTX 5090-Powered Titan 18 HX Dragon Edition Aimed For Elite Performance 1

MSI unveils its next-gen gaming laptops: GeForce RTX 50 GPUs paired with Intel's Core Ultra Series 2, Ryzen 9000, and Ryzen AI 300 CPUs.

MSI Debuts New Configurations in Titan, Raider, Vector, Stealth, and Various Laptop Series, Offering Cutting-Edge Compute and Gaming Performance: NVIDIA RTX 50, Intel Core Ultra 200HX, Ryzen 9000HX & Ryzen AI 300 Designs

MSI has today launched its latest laptop lineup, featuring the recently launched NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs for high gaming performance. Apart from deploying the RTX 50 series laptop GPUs, the laptops also bring the latest Intel Arrow Lake, AMD Ryzen 9000, and Ryzen AI 300 processors for high computing performance.

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The MSI Titan series has now received the flagship laptop edition: Titan 18 HX Dragon Edition North Myth, which exhibits a hand-drawn dragon design with Nordic runes for unique aesthetics while delivering unparalleled gaming performance via the GeForce RTX 5090 laptop GPU. The laptop features OverBoost Ultra Technology to deliver up to 270W of total power to the whole system to compete with desktop-level performance.

There will be two variants for this model: A2XWJG and A2WIG, with the CPU as Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX and the GPU as either the RTX 5090 or RTX 5080 laptop GPU. With two DDR5 RAM slots, the memory on this one can be upgraded to 96 GB. Its display boasts an 18-inch UHD MiniLED panel with up to 120Hz refresh rate and brings 100% DCI-P3 color gamut and HDR support for incredible color reproduction and visual quality.

The Titan series brings more storage slots than any other laptop series, allowing users to add a lot of drives for storing more games and files. The Titan 18 HX comes with 1x M.2 PCI-E Gen 5.0 and 3x M.2 PCI-E Gen 4.0 slots for fast storage, and also boasts modern connectivity, including Thunderbolt 5 ports, Type A USB ports, 2.5G LAN, and Wi-Fi 7 adapter.

There are more laptop series with similar specifications, including the Raider 18HX with two similar configurations, featuring Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX paired with either the RTX 5090 or RTX 5080 laptop GPU. The Vector 16 HX and Vector 17 HX series laptops also feature up to Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX but also have the Ultra 7 255HX option. The laptops will feature RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 5080, and RTX 5090 laptop GPUs for users with different requirements.

Users who want AMD chips can opt for the Stealth A16 AI+ laptops, featuring three models with AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor and GPU options available from RTX 5070 Ti up to RTX 5090 laptop GPU. For high performance, there are Vector A18 HX laptops with three variants, featuring either Ryzen 9 9955HX or Ryzen 9 8945HX processor and GPU options of RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5080 laptop GPU.

For elite gaming performance, MSI is also offering the Raider A18 HX laptops with Ryzen 9 9955HX3D, featuring RTX 5080 or RTX 5090 for the best possible gaming performance on laptops. MSI is also adding the Crosshair and Pulse series laptops, which will be powered by the RTX 5070 GPUs but their detailed specs are not shared yet.

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