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Saturday 24 October 2026

XMG puts 240 Hz OLED on the NEO 16

XMG's NEO 16 gaming laptop now gets the 240 Hz OLED that used to sit on the FUSION 16, with a Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus, from €3,199.

Quin Halberg Sunday 30 August 2026, open calendar6 min read

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XMG spent 25 August putting a 240 hertz OLED on the NEO 16, a panel that until this week lived on the FUSION 16. Same 40.6 cm aluminium box. Same 2,560 by 1,600. The M26 refresh also drops Intel's Core Ultra 9 275HX for the 290HX Plus and still sells the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, 5080, and 5090.

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