Now that the next-gen graphics cards have made their entrance, we've started seeing some high-end next-gen laptops file through, too. These tend to feature Intel Core Ultra 200H-series or AMD Ryzen AI HX 300-series processors, but before long we might start seeing AMD Ryzen 8000HX-series 'Dragon Range Refresh' chips inside gaming laptops.
AMD has just announced these chips, and there are four of them so far, the AMD Ryzen 7 8745HX, Ryzen 7 8840HX, Ryzen 9 8940HX, and Ryzen 9 8945HX (via Tom's Hardware). These aren't fully next-gen processors, though. They look almost identical to the previous-gen 7000-HX chips, as they're just a refreshed range of the same Zen 4 chips for the new generation of laptops. Here are the specs:
