Best Gaming Notebooks of CES 2014

The video opens at CES 2014 with Linus demonstrating a spontaneous quest to identify his personal favorite gaming notebooks. He emphasizes there is no single criterion, focusing instead on machines that stood out to the team during their Las Vegas walkthroughs, exploring brands from MSI, Asus, Lenovo, Razer, and Dell. Early on, he highlights an unnamed MSI workstation notebook with a slim, metal enclosure and a powerful core i7 processor paired with an undisclosed graphics solution, noting its unexpected slim profile and performance that felt faster than the GS70. The segment then shifts to the Orus X7, a strikingly slim gaming notebook featuring a dual GTX 765M setup in SLI, excellent heat management, and strong real-world gaming performance around 60 FPS at normal settings, with 4K demo capabilities showcased. The Asus suite is explored next, where the G750JZ is presented with Thunderbolt 3, four USB 3 ports, and massive back cooling, underscoring the emphasis on staying cool under heavy load while maintaining sleek aesthetics. The coverage continues at the Nvidia booth with the Razer Blade 14, underscoring its ultra-thin form factor, premium aluminum build, a 14-inch display, and strong performance for a portable machine, followed by a comprehensive look at Lenovo’s Y50 series, which promises slim profiles and configurable options that depart from the bulkier predecessors in the Y500 line. The tour ends back at Intel with the Alienware 18 running on a 60 Hz 4K display, demonstrating how portable power can deliver smooth Batman Arkham Origins gameplay, reinforcing the core message that CES 2014 showcased a shift toward powerful yet portable gaming notebooks. Linus wraps up by encouraging viewers to like, dislike, comment with their favorite notebook and reasons, and to subscribe for more CES coverage, signaling the channel’s commitment to detailed benchmarks and upfront hardware insights despite incomplete official specifications from some vendors.

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