Infinix has made laptops before, but this is their first attempt at a gaming laptop. The Infinix GT Book was launched in India along with the Infinix GT 20 gaming phone. It is equipped with up to 13th generation Intel processors and up to Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 GPU. The laptop has a unique design that definitely it will turn some heads and it's competitively priced too. I've had the Infinix GT Book for a couple of days now, and while I haven't had time to fully explore it, here are my initial impressions.
First, I'll talk about the design. The Infinix GT Book looks the part thanks to the Cyber Mecha design, which you'll also find on some of the brand's recent smartphones. The top and bottom lids are made of metal and have a matte finish, which helps keep away fingerprints and smudges. The cap also features the Mecha Loop emblem. Overall, the GT Book feels well built, and yes, you can open the lid with one hand. Infinix claims that this is the lightest gaming laptop, with a 16-inch screen weighing 1.99 kg.
The Mecha bar is a customizable RGB strip
It also has some RGB lighting in the form of a thin strip located on the back called the Mecha Bar. The rear also houses the exhaust vents. The bottom panel has an orange-accented grille for the intake fans and sturdy rubber feet to keep the laptop planted. All of the laptop's RGB can be customized via the GT Control Center, but I'll talk more about the experience in my full review.
Opening the lid reveals a full-sized keyboard with 4-zone RGB lighting and a rather small touchpad. Then there's the 16-inch display with an anti-glare coating, thin bezels on the sides, and slightly thicker bezels on the top and bottom. The display offers a 16:10 aspect ratio, Full-HD resolution, 120 Hz refresh rate and up to 300 nits of brightness. At first glance, it appears to be a good display for gaming. The top bezel houses a 1080p webcam and two microphones.
The laptop has a full-size 4-zone RGB keyboard
Before we talk about the internals, let's take a look at the laptop's ports. You have two USB Type-A 3.2 ports, an SD card slot, HDMI 2.0 and a USB Type-C DP port. In terms of connectivity, the Infinix GT Book offers up to dual-band WiFi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2. The company provides a 210W power adapter in the box that can definitely be used as a weapon. I think Infinix did a good job with the port selection here.
Okay, moving on to the inside, the Infinix GT Book packs a 70Wh battery, dual fans for cooling, up to 32GB of non-upgradable LPDDR5 RAM, and up to 1TB of PCIe 4.0 storage. The laptop can be configured with a 13th generation Intel Core i9 13900H processor and up to an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 GPU with 8GB of VRAM. Our review unit featured the 12th Gen Intel Core i5 12450H processor, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 with 6GB of video RAM, 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM, and 512GB of PCIe 4.0 storage. There is also a variant that packs a 13th generation Intel Core i5 chipset and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 GPU.
The laptop has orange accents on the vents and speakers
The base variant, which I will be testing, is priced at Rs. 59,990. It has a total graphics power (TGP) of 80W, while the other two variants offer a slightly higher TGP of 90W. I will test the laptop thoroughly to see how it performs in games.
For a first attempt, I think Infinix has done a good job with the GT Book gaming laptop. The price is good and as part of a limited time launch offer, users will also get some freebies with the purchase of the laptop. Gifts include an RGB gaming mouse, RGB gaming headset and RGB gaming mouse pad. Although the internals are older than the latest gaming laptops, they should be good enough for gaming, video editing, etc. Stay tuned for our full review to find out if the Infinix GT Book is a good gaming laptop to buy.
