It's been a big year for the best gaming laptops, even without taking a whole new roster of GPUs into account. OLED displays, slimmer waistlines, and boosted batteries were the order of 2025, and the MSI Vector A18 HX A9W is having none of it.
This is a rig laser-focused on performance. It wants to work as hard as it can to give you the highest framerates possible from its RTX 5080 GPU, and it certainly crosses the finish line in a blaze of glory. The features we lose along the way, though, may be missed by those on the hunt for a more luxurious lifestyle machine.
