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MSI Raider 18 HX RTX 4090 (2024)
MSI Raider 18 HX RTX 4090 (2024) is a desktop replacement released in January 2024. Key specs: graphics card GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop, GPU power (TGP) 175 W, processor Core i9-14900HX, screen size 18″.
8.8Score
Graphics8.7
Overall performance8.6
Display5.8
Memory & storage9.3
Battery & portability5.2
Features & cooling4.8
price range—
- Released
- January 2024
- Brand
MSI- Popularity
- #697 of 1,575
GeForce RTX 4090 LaptopGraphics card
175 WGPU power (TGP)
Core i9-14900HXProcessor
18″Screen size
240 HzRefresh rate
192 GBRAM (up to)
100 WhBattery capacity
3.6 kgWeight
Spec guide
How it ranks among desktop replacements of 2024
GPU power (TGP) · 175 WTop 8%Screen size · 18″Top 5%Refresh rate · 240 HzTop 19%RAM (up to) · 192 GBTop 1%Battery capacity · 100 WhTop 7%Weight · 3.6 kgBottom 4%
Compared with desktop replacements released in 2024. Bars show the share of models it beats.
compared with other desktop replacements
Why is Raider 18 HX RTX 4090 (2024) a good choice?
Battery capacity: 100 Whbetter than 90% of desktop replacements
RAM (up to): 192 GBbetter than 97% of desktop replacements
3DMark Steel Nomad Light: 27,410better than 82% of desktop replacements
GPU power (TGP): 175 Wbetter than 70% of desktop replacements
SSD (up to): 8,192 GBbetter than 80% of desktop replacements
CPU cores: 24better than 72% of desktop replacements
Video memory: 16 GBbetter than 70% of desktop replacements
Specifications
Full specifications
Graphics
- GPU maker
- NVIDIA
- GPU power (TGP)
- 175 W
- Video memory
- 16 GB
- GPU shader cores
- 9,728
- GPU compute (FP32)
- 45.2 TFLOPS
- 3DMark Steel Nomad Light
- 27,410
Processor
- CPU maker
- Intel
- CPU cores
- 24
- CPU threads
- 32
- Max CPU clock
- 5.8 GHz
- Processor options
- Core i9-14900HX
- Geekbench 6 multi-core
- 20,328
- Geekbench 6 single-core
- 3,343
- Cinebench 2024 multi-core
- 1,954
Display
- Screen size
- 18″
- Resolution
- 2560 × 1600
- Refresh rate
- 240 Hz
- Brightness
- 500 nits
- Response time
- 3 ms
- DCI-P3 coverage
- 100%
- Pixel density
- 168 ppi
- Aspect ratio
- 16:10
- G-Sync / FreeSync
- No
- Advanced Optimus
- No
- MUX switch
- Yes
- HDR
- No
- Touchscreen
- No
Memory & storage
- RAM (up to)
- 192 GB
- RAM (base)
- 32 GB
- RAM speed
- 5,600 MHz
- Max. supported RAM
- 192 GB
- RAM slots
- 4
- Upgradable RAM
- Yes
- SSD (up to)
- 8,192 GB
- SSD (base)
- 1,024 GB
- M.2 SSD slots
- 2
- SSD interface
- PCIe 5.0 x4
Battery & power
- Battery capacity
- 100 Wh
- Power adapter
- 330 W
- USB-C charging (Power Delivery)
- Yes
Design & cooling
- Weight
- 3.6 kg
- Thickness
- 32 mm
- Width
- 404 mm
- Depth
- 307.5 mm
- Body material
- Aluminium, Plastic
- Colours
- Black
- Cooling fans
- 2
- Vapor chamber cooling
- No
- Liquid metal (CPU)
- No
- Fan noise (max. load)
- 62.7 dB
Ports & wireless
- Thunderbolt or USB4
- Yes
- USB-C ports
- 2
- USB-A ports
- 3
- HDMI
- HDMI 2.1
- HDMI 2.1
- Yes
- (Mini) DisplayPort
- No
- Ethernet port
- Yes
- SD card reader
- No
- 3.5 mm audio jack
- Yes
- Wi-Fi standard
- Wi-Fi 7
- Bluetooth
- 5.4
Keyboard & camera
- Backlit keyboard
- Yes
- Numeric keypad
- Yes
- Webcam
- 1,080p
- IR camera (face login)
- Yes
- Fingerprint reader
- No
Audio
- Speakers
- 4.2
- Dolby Atmos
- No
Specs are collected from manufacturers and open databases and normalised to one format; check details with the seller before you buy.
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