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The best laptop CPUs for gamers

Laptop processors such as the Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX or AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D deliver top performance on par with desktop CPUs. This is not surprising, as they are based on the same basic design as their desktop counterparts, but with a greater focus on energy efficiency.

Even in the price range below, you can expect high performance at an attractive price. This applies to the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 or Ryzen AI 7 350, for example, but also to the Intel Core Ultra 7 255H. With these CPUs, you can even game and stream simultaneously on our entry-level gaming laptops.

The fastest laptop graphics cards for your games

The best and fastest gaming laptop GPUs are undoubtedly the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 or RTX 5080. Both deliver plenty of FPS (frames per second) for QHD or 4K gaming, even at high to maximum graphics settings. They are also the optimal choice for laptops for VR (virtual reality) and impressively accelerate creative workflows such as video editing or rendering.

The best value for money among laptop graphics cards for gamers is the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti with 12 GB VRAM. Especially in common display resolutions such as 1600p or 1440p, this GPU offers everything you need for immersive gaming in optimal quality.

Below that, we can recommend the RTX 5070 or 5060, which offer great performance at a low price. Thanks to technologies such as NVIDIA DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) and Multi Frame Generation, you don't even have to sacrifice high FPS in affordable gaming laptops.

High-resolution laptop displays for gaming and content creation

You can achieve optimal image quality with a display resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels (16:10 format) or 2560 x 1440 pixels (16:9 format). This is especially true for larger laptop displays with 15 and 16 inches as well as 17 or even 18 inches. A fast display with a high refresh rate of up to 300 Hz is also important for gamers.

Depending on the gaming laptop, we offer you a choice of three display types: a high-quality, fast IPS panel with 500 nits brightness, a mini-LED panel with HDR support and brightness of up to over 1000 nits, or an OLED panel with optimal black levels and particularly vivid colors.

Tip: If you also use your gaming notebook for image and video editing, we recommend choosing a display with high coverage of the color spaces relevant to you – i.e., sRGB, Adobe RGB, or DCI-P3.

How much RAM and SSD storage space for gaming?

A gaming laptop with 16 GB RAM and 512 GB SSD is no longer recommended in 2026, and the same applies to gaming PCs. The optimum for gaming is 32 GB RAM. More memory, such as 64 GB, 96 GB, or 128 GB, is possible in laptops, but only makes sense for demanding content creation.

A 1 TB or 2 TB SSD is sufficient even for installing multiple games at the same time. However, for minimal loading times in your games, we recommend a fast M.2 SSD with PCIe 4.0 or PCIe 5.0.

Quiet gaming laptops thanks to powerful cooling systems

Want to buy a silent notebook for gaming? We have the right solution for you. Laptops from XMG feature a powerful cooling system that easily keeps the temperatures of the CPU and graphics card under control. This means that the notebook fans run slower and are therefore quieter. Nevertheless, you get maximum performance without thermal throttling of the components.

Another highlight of these gaming laptops is the XMG Control Center. It offers you different and well-balanced performance profiles. This allows you to decide for yourself whether your notebook runs at maximum performance when gaming or at very high performance with greatly reduced, quiet operating noise.

As an additional upgrade, we offer the XMG OASIS for the XMG NEO 16, likely the most powerful gaming laptop in the world. The optional external laptop water cooling system complements and expands the air cooling system with additional cooling capacity. This allows you to achieve an impressively quiet overall setup, even when the CPU and GPU are running at maximum load.

Gaming notebook with lots of ports

If your gaming laptop has lots of external ports, you can do without annoying adapters. Most XMG models available from bestware have more than enough USB-A ports, USB-C ports, Thunderbolt 4 or Thunderbolt 5 and often integrated SD card readers. They also feature multiple graphics outputs for connecting external monitors, such as HDMI and DisplayPort.

Important: In the spec sheet for each model, you will find a note indicating which of the laptop ports for external monitors are connected to the energy-efficient iGPU or the powerful dGPU. While the iGPU connection allows for more energy-efficient operation, the dGPU connection is a prerequisite for using an external gaming monitor with G-SYNC on your laptop.

The ideal thing about XMG laptops is that many of the external ports are located at the back, especially those with large plugs. This gives you a clean setup on your desk, even if you connect many external devices to your notebook.

The ideal gaming keyboard for laptops

The best possible precision, an optimal pressure point and good feedback when typing are important for all keyboards – and not only for gaming keyboards. Other features are particularly relevant for gamers, such as anti-ghosting and N-key rollover. This ensures that all key combinations are registered correctly when multiple keys are pressed simultaneously.

Another essential feature is keyboard backlighting, which allows you to quickly find the right keys even when gaming in dark environments – ideally implemented as stylish per-key RGB lighting.

And then we have a special feature for you that you will only find in the bestware notebook configurator. You can choose one of around 30 country-specific keyboard layouts for your new gaming laptop, with which we will customise and ship your new notebook.

Can our gaming laptops be upgraded?

XMG is committed to the right to repair, which is why upgrading our gaming notebooks is very easy. The interior of the devices can be accessed via a screw-on bottom shell without voiding the warranty. RAM and SSDs are plugged into XMG laptops and not soldered. This means you can replace them just as easily as the battery, for example.

Tip: Especially if your notebook has been used in dusty environments for a long time, you should clean the inside so that it can continue to operate quietly, at optimal temperatures and at full performance.

Why you should buy your gaming laptop from bestware

bestware is the official partner shop of XMG and the only place where you can customise and purchase all gaming laptops to suit your exact needs. You can do this using the laptop configurator in the online shop, which offers free shipping throughout Europe.

At bestware, you can build your XMG gaming laptop exactly how you need it – with as much RAM and SSD storage as you want. 96 GB RAM and 8 TB SSD storage or even more? No problem! Depending on the model, you can also choose between different laptop graphics cards, the fastest CPUs or even different laptop displays.

In addition, at bestware you will also find pre-built XMG laptops: thoughtfully equipped fixed configurations with faster delivery times.

XMG laptops are assembled in Germany. When you buy from bestware, you benefit from our in-house support, which is also based in Germany: it is part of our strategy to have all areas of the company located at our headquarters. Our support has been awarded several times by the community of the renowned online magazine Notebookcheck as the test winner for the highest customer satisfaction with service and support.

Tip: Answers to frequently asked questions about gaming laptops can be found in the FAQ section of XMG XMG.