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

Illusory Great for rendering, but with a bit of a strange GPU/CPU pairing.

Sorry, what was that? Intel Core i9-14900HX | Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 (16GB) | 32GB DDR5 | $3,100 | £3,600

The right stuff The 16-inch gaming laptop I'd pick from the lot.

How much?! A chunky funky gaming laptop with high refresh and a lovely 16:10 panel.

Step back Lots of improvements, but fundamentally a weaker proposition than the Ryzen mainboard.

Unbalanced Excellent gaming performance doesn't make up for a lacklustre spec for the money.

Spine tingling A 17-inch monster gaming laptop worth breaking your back over.

Value judgement Intel Core i7-14650HX | Nvidia RTX 4070 (140W) | 32GB DDR5-5600 | $1,649 | £2,097

Screen dreams Intel Core i9 14900HX | Nvidia RTX 4080 (175W) | 32GB DDR5-5600 | 1TB SSD | $3,600 | £3,600