If you’ve been won over by the new tech and performance improvements of Nvidia’s new RTX 50 series graphics cards but need a machine that’s a little more portable, you’ll be wanting to keep your eyes peeled come February 25. That’s because this is the newly-announced Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 gaming laptop pre-order date, marking the moment you can put your name down for a shiny new portable PC.
With desktop versions of the new Nvidia GPUs proving to be the best graphics card options in the world right now, you’d be forgiven for assuming the best gaming laptops have also made the switch. However, that isn’t yet the case. You won’t have long to wait, though, as the RTX 50 gaming laptop release date is just around the corner.
Often, such a specific date isn’t actually available when it comes to new gaming laptop launches, as the number of different components that go into new laptops makes it difficult for makers to hit an exact target set by any entity other than itself. As such, we typically get a release date window of a certain month or quarter of a year. However, on this occasion, Nvidia has taken to X (formerly Twitter) to announce a set date.
In its announcement, the company states that “GeForce RTX 50 Series Laptop pre-orders start Feb 25 from OEMs.” The latter part of this post suggests that you’ll have to go directly to the websites of the likes of Asus, Dell, Gigabyte, MSI, and more to make your pre-orders, rather than via laptop resellers. However, it’s possible this is a catch-all statement and some stores, such as Best Buy in the US or Currys in the UK, may well have pre-orders available.
One example of new model we can expect to see featuring the chips is the new Alienware Area-51 18. We saw a leak of this model recently, which showed the possible RTX 5080 laptop performance. This leak suggested it would be 18% faster than the RTX 4080 laptop chip.
The RTX 50 series – which will include laptop versions of the RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 – will also include support for DLSS 4 and its Multi Frame Generation (MFG) tech. MFG expands on previous frame generation technology to allow a GPU to generate up to three frames per pair of genuinely rendered frames using AI, potentially tripling the perceived frame rate of a game. You can read more about its effectiveness in our RTX 5090 review.
For more advice on what to look for when that pre-order date rolls around, check out the How to choose a gaming laptop section of our gaming laptop guide and find out the sort of features and power that could be in store.
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