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From the Steam Deck to Ayaneo, track the evolution of handheld gaming PCs, mobile GPU leaps, and the best portable hardware.
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 previous Acer handhelds were released under the Nitro sub-brand... but budget handhelds aren't really a thing in 2026. …
… We've now fully abandoned the idea that handhelds are an affordable alternative to a conventional PC gaming setup. There is a market for high-end PC gaming handhelds, bumping against or sometimes fully crossing over into the territory of gaming laptops. …
… Other handheld gaming PCs are being curtailed or even cancelled due to dwindling component supplies and high prices. The best time to buy a handheld was six months ago. …
… And while Nvidia has only confirmed that RTX Spark chips will be shipping in laptops and mini PCs by the end of 2026, I have to assume that we’ll also see these performance-focused SoCs showing up in handheld gaming PCs down the line. …
The Steam Deck and other PC gaming handhelds can squeeze a shocking amount of performance out of relatively old integrated graphics hardware. …
… SteamOS is also available for other AMD-based handheld gaming PCs, most notably the Lenovo Legion Go S, and is planned to go into the upcoming but delayed second-gen Steam Machine. …
… Look at them handheld guts! The MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ is one of the first handheld gaming PCs to come with Intel's new Arc G3 processors, the company's alternative to AMD's Ryzen Z series. …
