M
SI’s Alpha 15 made waves at its debut a year ago for using all AMD
hardware, the only gaming laptop to do so at the time. Other
vendors have joined the ranks since then, but MSI prepared well by
refreshing the Alpha 15 at the end of 2020 with a more powerful “Renoir”
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new notebook churned out great 1080p gaming performance in our testing
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backlit keyboard. Our top choices among upper-entry-level gaming rigs remain
the HP Omen 15 and the Acer Predator Helios 300, but the Alpha 15 is a
credible alternative, especially if you can catch it on sale.MSI Alpha 15 (Late 2020):
2nd-Gen Evolution
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