NVIDIA's RTX Spark laptops went on sale October 16, starting at $2,599. They're available from ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft and MSI, and NVIDIA says more systems will follow. Pricing and configurations vary by region.
RTX Spark is a single superchip that combines an NVIDIA Blackwell RTX GPU with an NVIDIA Grace Arm CPU, with up to 128GB of unified memory running Windows 11. NVIDIA says MediaTek collaborated on the custom CPU design. Per NVIDIA's driver post, the GPU has up to 6,144 CUDA cores and the Grace CPU has up to 20 cores.
For gaming, NVIDIA claims AAA games at 1440p above 100fps and says hundreds of games are playable at launch, including Cyberpunk 2077, Fortnite, Gears of War: E-Day, Marvel Rivals, World of Warcraft and NBA 2K27. DLSS, Reflex, G-SYNC and ray tracing are supported, NBA 2K27 uses DLSS 5, and NVIDIA says it worked with anti-cheat providers so major anti-cheat solutions will be supported. A launch-day Game Ready driver, 617.42 WHQL, is out now.
The launch lineup includes the ASUS ProArt P14 and P16, Dell XPS 16, HP OmniBook Ultra and OmniBook X 14, Lenovo Yoga Pro 9n, Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra, and the MSI Prestige N16 Flip AI+ and Prestige N16.
My take: at $2,599 and up, these are premium laptops, not something most gamers are going to grab. What I'm watching is Windows on Arm gaming getting NVIDIA graphics and anti-cheat support, because if that holds up in real testing, it could matter for future handhelds too.