The RTX 5080 will be available on laptops in March along with the RTX 5090, RTX 5070 Ti, and the RTX 5070. The GPU will feature 7680 CUDA cores, with a TGP range of 80-150W (+25W overhead), and 16GB GDDR7 VRAM similar to its desktop counterpart. As per Nvidia, expect laptops with an RTX 5080 to launch at a starting price of $2,199.

We've seen our first glimpse of RTX 50-series laptop prices, and there are a few things to keep in mind while shopping around.

Best Buy's current blow-out sale, for example, is offering an Acer Nitro V with an RTX 4060 for just $749.99 (was $1,099) right now - a Black Friday-level deal. If you're on a budget and want a laptop that's going to be able to provide smooth frame rates on the majority of games at 1080p, then this is simply a fantastic option right now.

With the new RTX 5000 cards coming to laptops as well, the older stock is now not looking quite as fresh. So much so that some retailers are offering massive discounts on gaming laptops featuring NVIDIA's RTX 40-series GPUs.

Well lather me up and call me a belated Christmas turkey, there might—might—be some hope left for reasonably priced gaming PC in this RTX 50-series generation. Assuming, that is, some of the first prices for RTX 50-series laptops are anything to go by.

Acer’s Helios laptops are gaming designs in the classic sense: big, chunky, and chock-full of high-power parts. The newest models of the Predator Helios Neo AI line don’t break with that tradition, upgrading to the latest Intel processors and newest Nvidia graphics cards.