Red Magic’s first entry in the gaming laptop market is big, powerful, and loud. The Red Magic Titan 16 Pro is the gaming brand’s first laptop, but it’s a.
The Red Magic Titan 16 Pro is the gaming brand’s first laptop, but it’s a real beast. From its sturdy aluminum unibody chassis to the RGB-lit logo and keyboard, this gaming machine is made for those who need maximum performance.
Coupled with a spacious 16-inch display and armed with a 14th-generation Intel Core i9-HX processor and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 laptop graphics with 8 GB VRAM, this powerhouse will handle all of the modern AAA games you throw at it as well as just about any demanding productivity task like 4K video editing or 3D rendering.
All that power comes with a $1,699/€1,759/£1,599 price tag. So how does the Titan 16 Pro perform and what kind of downsides are there with 16-inch gaming laptops? We did our usual tests and were left impressed with the performance, build, and display but the constantly spinning fans and subpar battery endurance are a couple of weak points.Design, build quality, I/O
There’s no beating around the bush, Titan 16 Pro is a gaming laptop through and through. As you’d expect RGB lights are everywhere from the logo on the back of the display, and the Red Magic branding front and center on the inside of the display hinge to the full-sized RGB-lit keyboard.
This chunky laptop weighs 2.4 kg and measures 24mm at its thickest point but it’s got a sleek profile and aluminum unibody that feels premium and gives little to no flex. It also comes bundled with a hefty charging brick, which is one of the largest power supplies we’ve seen. It weighs an additional 860 grams bringing the carrying total to well over 3 kg – not exactly backpack-friendly.
While Titan 16 Pro makes 13-14-inch ultrabooks seem like toys, it’s not that much larger than competing 16-inch non-gaming laptops. We had a MacBook Pro 14 sitting around and compared the two side by side.
Our review unit comes in Eclipse Black with a stealthy matte finish but it picks up smudges from your fingers very quickly, especially in the area around the trackpad.
In terms of I/O, you get a decent number of ports most of which are located on the back of the device. These include – 3x USB-A ports (2x USB 3.2 Gen 2, 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1) as well as 1x USB-C port (Thunderbolt 4) with support for Power Delivery and DP Alt mode. You also get 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x SD UHS-II card reader, a 3.5mm audio jack, and a gigabit ethernet port.
Wireless connectivity is handled by Intel’s AX211 network card with 2×2 MIMO antennas offering Wi-Fi 6E with 2.4GHz, 5GHz, and 6GHz bands and Bluetooth 5.3.
Being a gaming laptop, Titan 16 Pro comes with a proper cooling solution with two large fans flanking both sides of the keyboard which crank up to 4,500 RPM alongside 4x ultra-wide heat pipes (3 x 10mm + 1 x 8mm) and 13.8 CFM airflow.Display
The Titan 16 Pro features a 16-inch IPS LCD with a 2,560 x 1,600 px resolution, 240Hz refresh rate, and a 16:10 aspect ratio. The BOE-made matte panel covers 100% of the DCI-P3 and sRGB color gamuts and offers a fast response time of 3 ms. It is also compatible with Nvidia’s G-Sync for minimal input lag
Red Magic is advertising 500 nits of brightness from the panel. We actually measured it to go higher, topping out at 545 nits in the middle of the display and around 500 nits in all other areas. The display did not show any signs of unequal backlighting and its viewing angles were more than decent as you’d expect from an IPS panel.
