This year we saw a slew of cool new PC hardware unveiled at Computex 2026, but for my money the most exciting announcements were the debut of new gaming PC handhelds from Asus and MSI. I'm talking, of course, about the MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ and the Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20. …
… It's new, not refurbished, so Asus will also throw in a 3-year warranty protecting the OLED panel from burn-in, in addition to various hardware mitigations. …
… A Digitimes report h/t Tom’s Hardware paints a grim picture. Among the biggest four Taiwanese companies hawking mainboards—Asus, Gigabyte, ASRock, and MSI—all have seen steep drops in sales compared to 2025. Asus shipped 15 million mobos in 2025, but has only 5 million in 2026 so far. …
… If you just want OLED visuals and don't have the hardware for 4K/240Hz gaming, you're better off with a cheaper option at half the price see best gaming monitors . But if you want the high-end performance at a deep discount, the Asus ROG Swift 4K OLED is a solid pick now that it's $400 off.
… B&H is selling an Asus Vivobook with 16GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD, and an Intel Core i7 processor for $499.99 $200 off its standard price . …
… None of this is blow-your-mind hardware, but it certainly deserves a "Wow!" for $430. …
… That's a lot of hardware that'll pump out good frame rates at decent visual settings, helped along by DLSS features like upscaling and multi-frame generation, allowing you to enjoy the latest triple-A games without struggling. …
Asus is in the middle of a 20th anniversary celebration. …
… Even Asus is impressed. One of its co-CEOs called the laptop "a shock to the entire industry." According to a machine translation of the latest Asus earnings call, co-CEO S.Y. …
… Hardware Canucks noted that Asus increased the prices of a number of related laptops, too, with the Zenbook S16's price unexpectedly climbing by $300 to $1,900, and the Zenbook 14 increasing from $1,000 to $1,350. …