Maingear’s ‘Tremendous 16’ Gaming Laptop computer Has a Blistering Quick 300Hz Show

The soar to the Nvidia RTX 50-series GPUs and the avalanche of tariff woes make our gaming devices extra pricey for less than marginal efficiency beneficial properties. Out of this murk of value gouging is Maingear, an organization finest recognized for making custom gaming desktops. Its new “Super 16″ 16-inch gaming laptop, introduced similtaneously IFA 2025, does greater than most firms to set itself aside, however it’s the beginning value for its specs that makes it extra engaging than competing notebooks.

Maingear labored with the Taiwan-based laptop computer model Clevo on its new $2,400 gaming laptop computer, however the design nonetheless has a delicate quantity of Maingear’s standard aptitude with its clear, uniform look and minimalistic RGB backlit keyboard. The said specs of the Tremendous 16 gained’t shock anyone taking note of in the present day’s laptop computer slate. It’s packing an Intel Core Extremely 9 275HX CPU and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti cell GPU working at a full 140W. What truly units the laptop computer aside is the show—a 300Hz IPS LCD at 2,560 x 1,600 decision. You’ll simply miss the gorgeous black ranges and distinction of OLED on units just like the $2,600 Razer Blade 14 and even mini LED on a $3,300 HP Omen Max 16. On the intense facet, the display screen can show excessive body charges.

The RTX 50-series GPUs are able to topping 100 fps with the assistance of multi-frame gen. This can be a expertise that inserts a number of AI-generated frames in between natively rendered body charges, artificially boosting the general fps. Whereas the expertise isn’t crucial for enjoying video games at playable body charges (you usually want at the very least 40 or nearer to 60 fps for body gen to work with out experiencing odd visible glitches), it will probably make video games run smoother than regular. The RTX 5070 Ti gained’t be capable of push the most-demanding Cyberpunk 2077-level video games to their peak with ray tracing on Extremely settings, however it ought to be sufficient for many of your Steam library on the laptop computer’s max decision. You could find different budget-friendly gaming laptops with 240Hz OLED screens, just like the Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S, for $1,900. That’s nonetheless greater than final yr’s Helio Neo 16 models. Acer stated it hiked prices earlier this year in response to Trump’s tariffs.

Whereas Maingear’s Tremendous 16 helps Wi-Fi 7, it solely contains as much as Thunderbolt 4 USB-C as a substitute of the extra fashionable Thunderbolt 5. In any other case, the machine’s I/O nonetheless comes by means of in a pinch with two USB-A, HDMI, and a microSD card slot. What’s extra, the machine doesn’t use any proprietary port for charging. The 230W AC adapter makes use of a 100W USB-C plug. Framework made a giant deal out of its 240W USB-C charging by means of USB-C on its upcoming Framework Laptop 16.

Maingear’s first 18-inch “Ultima” gaming laptop appears to be like modern in its ocean blue colour, however it additionally prices $3,400 on the low finish with an Intel Core Extremely 9 275HX GPU and RTX 5080 GPU, or $4,300 with an RTX 5090 cell GPU. That’s not dangerous contemplating the competitors for 18-inch units, such because the high-end $4,050 Alienware 18 Area-51 config, particularly with its 200Hz show. The main distinction between Alienware and Maingear’s top-end notebooks is the previous has ultra-clicky mechanical keys that make typing a pleasure. Each laptop computer could have tradeoffs. The lone remaining query is whether or not Maingear’s Tremendous 16 might have sufficient going for it to make up for what it lacks.