For quite a long time now, I've felt that the best gaming laptop for most people is probably a 16-inch one. You get a screen that's big enough to enjoy on its own merits in most situations, but don't have to lug around a laptop the size of your entire torso. It's also big enough to potentially house a bunch of proper components, instead of cutting corners for size's sake.

Medion might not be the biggest name in the gaming laptop market, but its new offering nonetheless underlines how good a 16-inch laptop can be. The Erazer Beast 16 X1 Ultimate lives up to its name in power, but I'm impressed by its design, which really doesn't have much wrong with it. I used the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 model for a week to put it through its paces – and see why it is, indeed, such a beast.

The Medion Erazer Beast 16 X1 Ultimate is available to order now from a range of specialist retailers, and comes in at a chunky £2,999.99 from most of these (with a theoretical RRP of £3,4999 that I'm not seeing reflected anywhere).

That 'Ultimate' in the name denotes the inclusion of a top-of-the-line Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU, but you can also pick up the Erazer Beast 16 X1 with a 5080 for a little less cash.