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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. …