Asus

Better than ever AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS | Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 (90W) | 32GB LPDDR5X | 1TB SSD | OLED | $2,000 | £2,400

Double trouble Intel Core Ultra 9 185H | Intel Arc graphics | 32GB LPDDR5x | 2TB SSD | 14-inch OLED | $1,700 | £2,000

IPS perfection All the 1440p gaming panel you actually need.

Slim Margins Slim, sleek and fantastic to use as a daily driver, but with a huge GPU that's too big for its slender boots.

Ultra OLED The ultimate OLED gaming screen? Probably, but the panel technology still has drawbacks.

Power Brick AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS | RTX 4060 (60W) | 16GB DDR5 | 1TB SSD | $1,599 | £1,699

Power Brick Intel Core i9 14900HX | RTX 4090 (175W) | 32GB DDR5-5600 | 2TB SSD | $3,900 | £4,000

Why pay more? If you can't get your hands on a Founders Edition, Asus' MSRP TUF boi is an excellent alternative.