NVIDIA’s RTX Spark laptops are on sale today, and the RTX Spark launch offer is the part a buyer can act on right away. Machines from ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft and MSI are available now through the manufacturers’ own stores and major retailers, starting at US$2,599. The platform itself is the one we already walked through in our RTX Spark launch explainer, so this piece covers what changed today: the promotion attached to the purchase, the software that ships with the machine, and where the Philippines stands.
What the RTX Spark launch offer adds
Buyers who are new to Perplexity can claim two months of Perplexity Pro at no cost, plus 3,000 bonus credits. The promotion is limited to eligible RTX Spark laptops and to accounts that have not subscribed to Perplexity before. To redeem it, install the Perplexity Windows app on the laptop and enter PERPLEXITYRTX in Settings. NVIDIA routes the details through a Perplexity help page rather than a storefront banner, and one code covers the whole lineup regardless of which brand you pick.
Read it as a bundle rather than a discount. Two months of an AI subscription lowers the running cost of the machine the laptop is built around, and it does nothing to the hardware price. The US$2,599 starting figure is unchanged, and the window is described only as limited time, so the value depends on whether you were going to pay for Perplexity anyway.
What ships on day one
The day-one software list is longer than the hardware list. DLSS 5 gains a new AI model that NVIDIA says is twice as fast and lifts frame rates by up to 1.4x, and NBA 2K27 is the first title using 3D-Guided Neural Rendering. Launch support covers Cyberpunk 2077, Fortnite, Gears of War: E-Day, Marvel Rivals, World of Warcraft and NBA 2K27.
For creators, Adobe has beta builds of Photoshop and Premiere with native RTX Spark support, Broadcast 2.3 adds Studio Voice profiles and processing for already recorded clips, and new ComfyUI nodes turn 15fps generated video into 60fps HDR footage without a per-use cloud charge. Agents get guided installers covering GitHub Copilot, Hermes, OpenClaw, Perplexity, Pi and WorkBuddy, with the Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B model available on supported configurations. We covered the wider software drop in our launch week roundup.
What US$2,599 buys, and where the Philippines stands
The entry figure buys the smaller RTX Spark part rather than the flagship. Retailer listings pair the cheapest configurations with an 18-core CPU, a 5,120-core Blackwell GPU and 24GB of unified memory. The full chip steps up to a 20-core CPU and a 6,144-core GPU with up to 128GB, so buyers who want the top memory ceiling cannot reach it from the base model. Memory is picked at purchase and memory is soldered, which makes the tier you choose the tier you keep.
The harder caveat is local. No Philippine pricing or release date has been announced for any RTX Spark laptop, including the Surface Laptop Ultra and the ASUS ProArt P16. Until the brands publish local SRPs, the US$2,599 starting point is a reference figure rather than a Philippine price, and the Perplexity promotion follows the same region rules as the hardware. We will update this story when local pricing lands.
Giancarlo Viterbo
Giancarlo Viterbo is a Filipino Technology Journalist, blogger and Editor of gadgetpilipinas.net, He is also a Geek, Dad and a Husband. He knows a lot about washing the dishes, doing some errands and following instructions from his boss on his day job. Follow him on twitter: @gianviterbo and @gadgetpilipinas.
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