LG explodes into the gaming laptop market with its new LG UltraGear

LG has entered the gaming laptop market with its new LG UltraGear range of computers that will offer powerful performance and a slick design.

The CES 2022 innovation award-winning laptop includes an 11th Gen Intel Tiger Lake H processor, an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q graphics card, dual channel memory and a dual SSD (solid state drive) setup.

The LG UltraGear laptop (model 17G90Q) has a 17-inch IPS panel which has a 1ms response time and a 300Hz refresh rate which can provide a smooth and immersive experience for PC gamers.

To keep things cool, the laptop has a vapour chamber to make sure it’s not running hot while powering through your PC games.

The unit has similarities with the lightweight LG gram laptops released earlier this year, so it is still portable and slim at 21.4mm and a weight of less than 2.7kg.

The LG UltraGear has an aluminium chassis which offers both style and durability.

Onboard is LG’s gaming software – LG Ultra G studio – which can help optimise the experience for your game play as well as customise game-related options and track your data including CPU clock, GPU TDP and clock and memory share rate.

It’s also possible to choose and apply a different colour to each key of the laptop’s RGB keyboard.

The LG UltraGear also has tremendous sound through its built-in 2-way speaker system with support for DTS: X Ultra so it can accurately deliver directional sound in the gaming environment to help give you the advantage over your opponents.

Also on board is Intel Killer Wireless which helps keep you maintain a fast and stable network connection.

“The LG UltraGear gaming laptop has everything needed to tackle the latest high-spec games, delivering the smooth, responsive gameplay that all gamers want,” said Seo Young-jae, senior vice president and head of the IT business unit of LG Electronics Business Solutions Company.

“Our first-ever gaming laptop, the 17G90Q differentiates itself from competing products with its premium hardware, generous, high-quality screen, and a sleek, lightweight design that maximises convenience and portability.”