MSI Marks 40 Years With Two RTX 50 Gaming Laptops
MSI is bundling anniversary extras and a gift box rather than discounting, using the 40th milestone to keep open-price hardware at full margin while pushing both a performance model and a thin AI-capable model into the same launch window.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
MSI Computer Japan will release two gaming notebook models in anniversary packages from October 14. The Crosshair 16 Max HX E2WGK-2740JP pairs an Intel Core Ultra 9 processor 290HX Plus with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU and a 16-inch WQXGA OLED display at 165Hz. The Stealth 16 AI+ B3WI-2741JP uses a Core Ultra 9 processor 386H with an RTX 5080 Laptop GPU, 240Hz OLED, and up to roughly 13 hours of battery life. Both are open-price and ship with a commemorative gift box, gaming mouse, and backpack.
The Crosshair 16 Max HX E2WGK-2740JP puts its weight on processing and cooling: a 16-inch WQXGA OLED at 165Hz with DisplayHDR True Black 1000, 32GB of memory, and a 1TB SSD. The Stealth 16 AI+ B3WI-2741JP goes the other direction, with a 240Hz WQXGA OLED rated for DisplayHDR True Black 600 and DCI-P3 coverage, in a chassis about 19.99mm thick and about 1.99kg.
Both carry Intel Core Ultra 9 chips and RTX 50-series graphics, and MSI positions them for creative production, AI work, 3D CAD, and VR as well as games. Pricing is open on both, and each ships with a gift box plus accessories for the 40th anniversary.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.