'Neural texture compression' might save gamers in a RAM-starved world
…Both can either use the XMX cores inside the Intel Arc GPUs, or "fall back" to a more generic implementation that can be used on other CPUs and even GPUs. XMX inference…
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30 hours of battery? I didn't believe it--until this MSI laptop.
…This included the Intel Core Ultra X7 358H paired with 32GB of memory and Intel Arc B390 graphics. That said, MSI’s product details alluded to both Intel Core Ultra X9 configurations…
I wanted to like this Lenovo laptop, but it's just too slow
…As a result, the Radeon 840M’s performance can’t even compare to older Intel chips with baseline Intel Graphics. More modern Intel Arc graphics leave it in the dust. Of course…
Meet MSI's Best Gaming, Productivity and Creative Laptops for 2026
…Configurable with up to 64GB of LPDDR5X memory and built-in Intel Arc graphics, this laptop has everything it needs to enhance multitasking for professionals. With strong enterprise security tools for fingerprint…
This Lenovo laptop is a big tank with big caveats
…With Panther Lake, systems can come with a new tier of Intel Arc graphics like the Arc B390 in the MSI Prestige Flip 14 AI+. At first glance, the MSI Prestige Flip…
I tested the ThinkPad P16V Gen 3 laptop. It's hard to justify
…It is an advantage over the RTX Pro 500 in the ThinkPad P16s Gen 4, which struggled to even come ahead of the new Intel Arc B390 integrated graphics in the MSI…
Acer's new handheld is basically a PlayStation Portal for PC
Yesterday Acer announced the Predator Atlas 8, one of the very first handheld gaming PCs with Intel's new Arc G3 chip at its heart. At the time I noted that the…
AMD's rumored Radeon RX 9050 may be the only new desktop GPU in 2026
…Not so in 2026, when Nvidia's RTX 50-series Super variants are no-shows and Intel hasn't released a new Arc consumer desktop card since the B570 last January. The…
Nvidia's new RTX GPU reveal was… a paragraph in a driver release
…But to give Nvidia a break, AMD hasn't announced anything new for the Radeon line since August of last year, and Intel's entire third generation of consumer Arc cards might…
Asus' ROG Ally X20 is basically the same handheld with OLED and gold trim
…And those who have an eye on performance will probably want to wait to see how those new Intel Arc G3 handhelds measure up. And what's the price? We don't…