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    The mobile RTX 5090 GPU isn't exactly blowing the doors off in early tests, and I'm here to temper your expectations.

    Gaming laptops with NVIDIA's RTX 50-series mobile GPUs officially entered the market on March 28, with options from Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, MSI, Razer, and more.

     

    Many laptops are ready to ship, while others are being released throughout April. You can preorder most models even if there's a shipping delay.

     

    However, I come to you with a word of warning regarding the most expensive new NVIDIA RTX gaming laptops.

    NVIDIA's RTX 5090 laptop performance is half that of its desktop counterpart

    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition (top) width and color compared to RTX 5090 Founders Edition (bottom)

    The RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 are thinner than ever, but there's still no way they're fitting into a laptop without some modifications.

    (Image credit: Windows Central | Ben Wilson)

     

    NVIDIA has provided OEMs with RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPUs, so there's plenty of variety from which you can choose.

     

    However, I come with a word of warning for those who are interested in the mobile 5090.

     

    NVIDIA's RTX 5090 Laptop GPU looks a lot like a desktop RTX 5080, so don't buy a new laptop expecting the same performance.

     

    As Notebookcheck discovered in its initial RTX 5090 Laptop testing, the mobile version is up to 50% slower than its desktop counterpart.

     

    That applies to PC games and synthetic benchmarks. I've included some results here, but I urge you to check out the full collection of graphs and further analysis at Notebookcheck.net.

     

    RTX 5090 Laptop 3DMark

    A look at Notebookcheck's findings on RTX 5090 Laptop performance in 3DMark.

    (Image credit: Notebookcheck)

     

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