WEBVTT 00:00:00.960 --> 00:00:06.000 Oh no, stay back. 00:00:04.720 --> 00:00:11.599 You know, I can't even pretend to be that mad about this. Thanks. MSI 00:00:09.760 --> 00:00:15.920 sponsored this video to show off a couple of laptops that are built around 00:00:13.040 --> 00:00:22.240 what might be the single most exciting thing that I've seen out of Intel in 00:00:17.840 --> 00:00:25.760 years. Core Ultra Series 3, aka Panther 00:00:22.240 --> 00:00:27.760 Lake, is here. And yes, you're a good 00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:33.520 Mr. Kitty, aren't you? Let's start with the big picture. The new XC3 integrated 00:00:30.320 --> 00:00:35.440 GPU in Panther Lake is up to 50% faster 00:00:33.520 --> 00:00:39.920 than last gen, which if you guys remember was already shockingly 00:00:37.520 --> 00:00:46.079 competitive with AMD's top mobile gaming APUs. This could be a stunning upset. 00:00:43.040 --> 00:00:48.640 And there's more. Intel boasts 50% lower 00:00:46.079 --> 00:00:52.559 power in multi-threaded loads at similar performance compared to last gen. Are 00:00:50.719 --> 00:00:57.600 you kidding me right now? Again guys, I remind you this is compared to a 00:00:54.320 --> 00:01:00.079 platform that already managed over 20 00:00:57.600 --> 00:01:03.760 hours of battery life in some designs. The other big one if you care about 00:01:01.680 --> 00:01:07.520 consumer choice and costs is flexibility. And you can see that 00:01:05.760 --> 00:01:12.400 clearly on display in the machines that MSI has us showing off here today. Both 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:17.280 the Prestige series and the newly redesigned Stealth gaming laptop are 00:01:14.640 --> 00:01:24.880 equipped with a 16 core Core Ultra 9 CPU. And yet, this one has high-speed 00:01:21.119 --> 00:01:28.159 soldered LPDDR5X memory and a whopping 00:01:24.880 --> 00:01:30.560 12 core XC3 GPU, while this one uses 00:01:28.159 --> 00:01:35.200 sodium memory for easy user upgrades and a smaller GPU core since it's going to 00:01:32.880 --> 00:01:38.720 be paired with up to a mobile RTX 5090. Anyway, more on these later, though. 00:01:36.880 --> 00:01:44.079 First, I want to talk about how Intel's modular approach to this platform starts 00:01:41.040 --> 00:01:45.680 way down at the chip level. If you look 00:01:44.079 --> 00:01:50.000 closely at this Prestige series motherboard, there are fine lines 00:01:47.759 --> 00:01:54.640 between the various modules that make up the Panther Lake SOC. And Intel sent 00:01:52.399 --> 00:01:58.719 over these great slides that show exactly what it is that we are looking 00:01:56.640 --> 00:02:04.479 at here. At the top left, we've got their largest CPU module with a total of 00:02:01.520 --> 00:02:09.520 16 cores. To the right is an IO die that contains PCI Express, USB, networking, 00:02:07.600 --> 00:02:14.400 Thunderbolt, that sort of thing. Above and below that are filler dies. Then at 00:02:12.080 --> 00:02:20.480 the bottom left is an absolute unit of an integrated GPU with 12 overhauled XC3 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:24.080 battle mage cores. Intel has a total of three different Panther Lake 00:02:21.920 --> 00:02:29.120 configurations to meet different needs. And they vary in the amount of CPU 00:02:26.480 --> 00:02:33.920 compute, GPU compute, and IO that they're equipped with. But what they all 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:40.560 have in common is advanced packaging and high-speed dieto-d interconnects that uh 00:02:36.959 --> 00:02:42.400 lead me to believe that this is just the 00:02:40.560 --> 00:02:48.720 beginning. Intel describes their scalable fabric as IP agnostic, which is 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:54.879 a boring business monster way of saying that nothing would prevent a partnership 00:02:51.040 --> 00:02:58.080 with say NVIDIA to put a GeForce GPU 00:02:54.879 --> 00:03:00.239 right on package with Intel CPUs. And I 00:02:58.080 --> 00:03:04.400 don't know, who knows? Maybe a a risk 5 AI accelerator from Tensor torrent or 00:03:02.239 --> 00:03:08.640 something. The sky is the limit. For now, we don't have that, but Panther 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:13.280 Lake is still packed with other exciting bits, too. The new media engine supports 00:03:10.879 --> 00:03:18.239 encode and decode operations across an insane range of codecs. The new IPU 00:03:16.159 --> 00:03:22.400 looks poised to significantly improve webcam performance and flexibility for 00:03:20.800 --> 00:03:28.720 form factors that might demand more cameras. And the new NPU or neural 00:03:25.680 --> 00:03:31.040 processor is amazing. Not because it has 00:03:28.720 --> 00:03:36.319 more AI tops or whatever, but because instead Intel opted to maintain the same 00:03:34.080 --> 00:03:40.159 50 top performance from last generation while shrinking it and reducing its 00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:46.319 power consumption so they could spend that die area on other cooler things. 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:49.920 Stellar choice, Intel. There's a whole bunch of other architectural stuff too, 00:03:48.239 --> 00:03:54.879 like the way that the bigger compute dies share level three cache between the 00:03:52.640 --> 00:03:58.560 pores and the extra ecores, while the ecores in the low power cluster just 00:03:56.879 --> 00:04:02.480 kind of vibe on their own for maximum efficiency. Also, the thread director is 00:04:00.720 --> 00:04:07.360 better at managing task scheduling now. But yeah, you've heard enough yak yak. 00:04:04.959 --> 00:04:12.879 Let's see this thing in action. MSI actually loaded up one of their Prestige 00:04:09.599 --> 00:04:14.879 16s with Cyberpunk for me to game on. 00:04:12.879 --> 00:04:18.000 I'm not allowed to show the FPS counter, but I am allowed to play with the 00:04:16.160 --> 00:04:23.040 settings, and I am allowed to tell you guys how much FPS it feels like. Uh, was 00:04:21.280 --> 00:04:27.759 this the one? Did the battery finally die? It was running the whole time I was 00:04:25.440 --> 00:04:30.960 writing the script. Let's load something in the city. I 00:04:29.600 --> 00:04:36.000 don't want to go easy on it. Not going to lie, guys. 00:04:33.919 --> 00:04:39.840 There is clearly some upscaling going on here right now. And she's a little 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:46.720 floaty. I think we've got a little bit of frame generation on, 00:04:42.320 --> 00:04:48.880 but this is a very usable experience. 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:56.479 So, we're in kind of performance mode for XCSS running on low. Wo! No 00:04:53.840 --> 00:05:01.759 combination of low and medium. We are using frame gen, but we're running at 00:04:58.880 --> 00:05:06.960 2880 by 18800. That's insane. Why would we even do that? Okay, let's turn it 00:05:04.479 --> 00:05:12.639 back down to a reasonable resolution. can't go full screen. Uh, you know what? 00:05:10.240 --> 00:05:16.960 That's fine. We're running at 1920 x 1200 now. Now, we're getting a better 00:05:15.120 --> 00:05:24.639 feel for the raw performance. If I had to guess, I'd say this is probably in 00:05:19.440 --> 00:05:28.479 the 40 to 45 FPS range. Very, very 00:05:24.639 --> 00:05:31.199 playable. And like 00:05:28.479 --> 00:05:37.680 it's not even that loud. Like, it's hard to believe we are getting that level of 00:05:33.280 --> 00:05:39.199 performance with this cooler. 00:05:37.680 --> 00:05:43.280 Look at the thickness of this vapor chamber. And you got this tiny little 00:05:41.440 --> 00:05:46.639 heat sink array, which raises the obvious question. Are they going to put 00:05:44.880 --> 00:05:53.520 this thing in a gaming handheld or are they just going to tease me with laptops? Well, MSI wouldn't confirm 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:58.479 anything. But I will say that the vibe felt pretty good, so I'm optimistic. For 00:05:56.560 --> 00:06:03.919 now, though, the Prestige series is pretty darn shiny as far as silver 00:06:00.720 --> 00:06:05.759 medals go. MSI has completely overhauled 00:06:03.919 --> 00:06:11.600 the fit and finish of their business laptops, including more rounded edges 00:06:08.319 --> 00:06:14.160 and a new letter mark. And both the 14 00:06:11.600 --> 00:06:20.639 and 16-in models are available as either a traditional clam shell eh or as a 00:06:17.680 --> 00:06:24.800 twoin- one with their nano pen being a pretty cool solution to never losing 00:06:22.720 --> 00:06:30.160 your stylus again. It just tucks in right here at the bottom and gets 45 00:06:27.039 --> 00:06:31.520 minutes of charge in just 13 seconds. I 00:06:30.160 --> 00:06:37.440 think the coolest feature though might be their new action trackpad. It's 00:06:34.319 --> 00:06:39.280 really big, which is pretty neat. But it 00:06:37.440 --> 00:06:45.199 also allows you to configure better touch tool style gestures like sliding 00:06:42.479 --> 00:06:49.520 here for volume control or sliding here for display brightness. 00:06:47.440 --> 00:06:54.800 Pretty cool, right? You can even configure your own functions. Both sizes 00:06:52.080 --> 00:06:58.960 feature 16x10 OLED displays with the 16-in going up to 120 Hz variable 00:06:57.120 --> 00:07:03.520 refresh rate. and both feature Windows Hello on the fingerprint power button as 00:07:00.960 --> 00:07:08.319 well as the webcam with its really nicely indicated privacy slider. All in 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:13.360 all, the package is shockingly thin when you consider the performance and the IO 00:07:10.400 --> 00:07:17.599 on tap. Turns out there never was a reason to take away our USBA and HDMI 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:24.400 ports. The same is true of the completely redesigned MSI Stealth. Man, 00:07:20.960 --> 00:07:25.840 what a glow up this thing got. I think 00:07:24.400 --> 00:07:31.440 they finally did it. I think they finally built something that you could pull out at a business meeting without 00:07:28.960 --> 00:07:35.599 raising any eyebrows. Maybe turn the RGB off on the keyboard. Then take it back 00:07:33.440 --> 00:07:41.520 to your hotel room and game up a storm. This uses the small GPU Panther Lake 00:07:38.240 --> 00:07:45.039 with up to 16 CPU cores alongside an RTX 00:07:41.520 --> 00:07:47.599 5060, 5070, 5080, or 5090 mobile 00:07:45.039 --> 00:07:51.840 depending on uh how much pain you like in your wallet region. Probably the 00:07:50.240 --> 00:07:57.199 coolest thing about this from a gaming perspective is the extra 20 watts of GPU 00:07:55.199 --> 00:08:03.759 power that MSI managed compared to their last gen despite it being in a device 00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:05.199 that is less than 17 mm thick. Oh, and 00:08:03.759 --> 00:08:12.560 since we're at cool stuff, I guess the display is pretty cool, too. 2560x600 00:08:08.720 --> 00:08:14.800 16x10 has to be the sweet spot for pixel 00:08:12.560 --> 00:08:19.599 density and image clarity at this size. And while it doesn't support variable 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:22.960 refresh rate, it is OLED and it does go 00:08:19.599 --> 00:08:25.840 up to 240 Hz. I also always like to see 00:08:22.960 --> 00:08:30.400 dual Thunderbolt 4 ports and 2 and 1/2 gig networking. This is a pretty sick 00:08:28.400 --> 00:08:35.839 machine for gamers, and it's pretty good for non-gamers, too. We get a giant 00:08:32.880 --> 00:08:41.519 trackpad, albeit without action macros, large front-facing speakers, and up to 00:08:38.399 --> 00:08:42.959 100 Ws of USB PD charging. So, if you 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:47.440 know that you're not going to be gaming, you can leave the bulky power brick at 00:08:45.040 --> 00:08:50.320 home. If, on the other hand, you like bulkier things. 00:08:48.800 --> 00:08:54.720 >> Oh, yeah. >> They're also showing off a redesigned 00:08:52.080 --> 00:08:57.680 Raider series here. Yeah, sure, she's a little thicker, but you'll also get up 00:08:56.320 --> 00:09:05.360 to 300 [snorts] W of total system power for its 16 core 00:09:00.640 --> 00:09:07.279 Aerolake CPU and mobile RTX 5090. Now, 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:11.440 one thing we didn't see in MSI's demo room was the smallest Panther Lake. So 00:09:10.240 --> 00:09:15.440 there are still some question marks around that one. But if the bigger 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:19.440 kitties are anything to go by, this is a big return to form for Intel and it 00:09:17.760 --> 00:09:23.680 couldn't come at a more important time. Apple silicon has upended the laptop 00:09:21.440 --> 00:09:29.120 processor market more broadly and on the PC side, the dual threats from AMD and 00:09:26.640 --> 00:09:33.040 more recently Qualcomm haven't gone away either. Now, we just have to hope that 00:09:30.800 --> 00:09:36.640 Intel can continue to execute on this path now that they have fired the leader 00:09:35.120 --> 00:09:40.160 who put them back on the right track before even giving him a chance to see 00:09:38.560 --> 00:09:44.880 his vision come to life. But I'm not going to think about that right now. Instead, I'm going to think of a fun 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:48.720 video for you to watch. How about checking out the one where I installed a 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:53.360 new MSI gaming monitor with a fifth gen QD OLED panel that addresses both the 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:59.080 magenta issue and the soft surface hardness of previous QD OLEDs. It's 00:09:55.839 --> 00:09:59.080 pretty sick.