MSI claimed the title of "most powerful gaming laptop on the planet" at CES 2026 with the 300-watt RTX 5090 Raider 16 Max HX, showcasing the extreme performance ceiling for mobile gaming hardware. The announcement came alongside a wave of RTX 50-series laptop launches from major manufacturers as NVIDIA's latest generation graphics cards reached mobile platforms.
AMD's Dr. Lisa Su kicked off CES 2026 with a keynote unveiling the Ryzen AI 400 series chips codenamed Gorgon Point, featuring powerful Zen 5 cores and RDNA 3.5 graphics subsystem. The company also announced the Ryzen 7 9850X3D targeting desktop gaming supremacy. NVIDIA countered with DLSS 4.5, targeting 4K path-traced gaming at 240 frames per second.
Razer showcased Project Motoko, AI glasses reimagined as a gaming headset, while the latest Razer Blade 16 featured AMD Ryzen 9 CPU configurations with RTX 5090 GPU options. MSI's Stealth 16 AI+ packed RTX 5090 mobile graphics into a sleek 19.99mm chassis, demonstrating manufacturers' ability to deliver extreme performance in increasingly portable form factors.