CES 2024 Day 0: New CPUs, GPUs, and laptops galore
CES 2024 is here, with throngs of tech companies, businesses, analysts and media descending upon Las Vegas to check out the latest gadgets. And while CES technically starts on January 9, there were a ton of announcements today, before the show even started.
The show-before-the-show saw major announcements from Intel, AMD, Nvidia, and all of their hardware partners. We're talking about graphics cards, processors, laptops, and gaming handhelds — and that's before we get to the slew of peripherals and monitors we've checked out, too.
Below, you'll find our CES coverage below. Check out everything we saw below:
Intel, AMD, and Nvidia launch new components
For many, CES is a convention filled with gadgets and television. But on day zero, CES was a full-on hardware show. Not quite Computex in Las Vegas, but close!
AMD went first, using a digital presentation to launch new APUs and a series of chips for the aging AM4 platform, as well as the Radeon RX 7600XT GPU.
Nvidia went next, with the new RTX 40-series Super graphics cards, as well as a few announcements about gaming, live streaming and GeForce Now.
Lastly, Intel had a series of new processor across its mobile and desktop lines, confusing everyone with its varied names for chips. We saw 14th Gen Intel Core chips for laptops and desktops, but also Intel Core Mobile Processors for thinner laptops. Here are the details:
Look at all the laptops (and other systems)
It ends up that you can't have Intel release a whole bunch of chips (remember, it also launched Intel Core Ultra in December) without its partners showing up with a massive refresh. Toss in some notebooks with AMD's 8040-series Hawk Point, plus a handful of prebuilt desktops, and there were just a ton of systems announced. We also saw the first gaming handheld running on an Intel Core Ultra processor.
Asus ROG Zephyrus gets a sleek, slim new look with AMD Hawk Point and Intel Core Ultra
MSI Claw is the first gaming handheld to run on an Intel Core Ultra processor with Arc Graphics
Alienware m16 R2 has gaming power, but is designed not to look like it
Lenovo's ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid smashes a Windows laptop and Android tablet together
Lenovo's Slims and Yogas get Intel and AMD refreshes at CES 2024 with new chips
Lenovo has tons of new gaming laptops and PCs for CES 2024, ranging from $749 to $4,399 — most have new 14th Gen Intel processors
Razer Blade 14 and 16 get new AMD and Intel chips, while the Blade 18 is teased with Thunderbolt 5
HP Spectre x360 14 and 16 get bump to Meteor Lake and a high-resolution 9MP webcam
HP Omen Transcend 14 is a small premium gaming laptop with pudding-style keycaps and new Intel CPUs
Monitors, peripherals, GPUs, and more
We also saw more than just systems and components. CES announcements have included plenty of monitors and peripherals, as well as some AIB partner cards for new GPUs. Here's the best of the rest: