Score: 77% A CPU stumble throws the G16 into the waiting jaws of the Razer Blade 16.

Score: 78% Anachronistic gaming laptop style with RTX 5090-topping performance.

Score: 90% Simply the best gaming laptop I've ever used. So, how will Asus respond this time?

Score: 59% I try to wrangle some sense out of AMD's beefy Strix Halo experiment stuffed inside a gaming tablet.

Intergalactic Intel Core Ultra 9 185H | Nvidia RTX 4070 (80 W) | 32 GB LPDDR5X | 1 TB SSD | $3,000 | £2,849

What battery? RTX 4080 | Intel Core i9 14900HX | 32GB DDR5-5600 | 2x 1TB SSD | $2,729  |  £2,584

Monster Mash Intel Core i9 14900HX | RTX 4090 (175 W) | 128 GB DDR5 | 6 TB SSD (total) | $4,800 | £4,800

AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 | Nvidia RTX 4060 (100 W) | 16 GB LPDDR5x-7500 | 1 TB SSD | $1499 | £1479

For the Pros AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 | 32GB DDR5 | $2,000 | £1,999

Too little, too late AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS | RTX 4050 | 16GB LPDDR5X | 500 GB SSD | £1,199 | $1,300 (RTX 4060 version)