Game devs say Nvidia's DLSS 5 reveal blindsided them
…Requiem was the showpiece example in Nvidia's one-minute demo reel, and Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Shadows was mentioned as a launch title for when DLSS 5 is set to…
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Intel quietly pushes 'Arrow Lake Refresh' CPUs into gaming laptops
…Last week, Intel debuted its Core Ultra 200S Plus series for desktop PCs, trying to overcome a somewhat mediocre launch of its older "Arrow Lake" chips. Intel's two new Arrow Lake…
Intel and Phison want to solve local AI's biggest limitation
…In either case, tokens are being generated on the fly inside the video memory. (Intel traditionally split half of a laptop's system RAM between the integrated GPU and Windows, before allowing…
'AI' is coming for your online gaming servers next
…inject a generative "AI" filter into its newest gaming software while reportedly skipping any new consumer GPUs for the first time in decades. Gamers are, unsurprisingly, less than receptive. And none of…
Intel’s new gaming laptop chips won’t arrive all at once
…processors, which launched for desktop PCs last week. Both families include an increase of 900MHz between the CPU and the memory controller, adding more bandwidth, as well as the new Intel Binary…
Valve is giving Steam Deck game devs real player performance data
…But they're still essentially tiny little laptops without dedicated GPUs. If you're developing a 3D game on something like Unreal, it needs a bit of tuning to run well on…
This HP laptop feels stuck in 2025
…since launched the Snapdragon X2, so introducing a new laptop with a Snapdragon X isn’t exactly exciting. CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon X X1-26-100 Memory: 32GB LPDDR5X-8448 Graphics/GPU: Qualcomm…
I'm loving the OLED screen on this Acer laptop
…However, with just 8GB of VRAM in the RTX 5060, the GPU here isn’t ideal for serious local AI tasks. You’d want a GPU with 16GB of VRAM if local…
Your Android phone can play some Steam games. Here's how
…For example, I tried three different GPU drivers to see if I could get Absolum to launch. (It still didn't launch, but I appreciate the option to tinker, and the 1…
PC building's weird new reality: Your favorite old parts are back on the menu
…Now not only have prices on GPUs continued to climb, but PC enthusiasts are having to seriously consider building new PCs using 5-year-old components that cost more now than when…