Please, for the love of all things holy, update your BIOS
…There are plenty of new BIOS releases that are irrelevant to most users, especially in an era with multi-year chipset and socket support, so updating to every new BIOS release just…
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How long until other AMD-based handhelds get slow-walked drivers?
The Z1 Extreme APU seemingly ran out of driver support after two and a half years, which is shockingly short for a mobile device, let alone one marketed as a console replacement. Even with Lenovo promising support until 2029, there's no guarantee of how often those drivers will get updates, and gamers like to see rapid updates that cover upcoming major titles. Support could be minimal, enough to keep the devices operational, or it could be to fix large bugs, but there's no guarantee of anything concrete. Lenovo Legion Go Dimensions Starting at 8.27 x 5.
AMD's handheld driver support is so bad that Linux is starting to look like the better choiceShould you be delaying your future updates?
Letting early adopters absorb the first wave of bugs has become the closest thing PC users have to quality assurance. It's better to behave like a systems administrator instead of an enthusiast and simply wait a day or two for people to report any major problems with a new update, if any. Then, install once the smoke clears. Sure, it sounds absurd, especially when companies constantly market software updates as these seamless, over-the-air improvements that are "powered by AI." In practice, however, patience has become the single most effective optimization you can make to your PC in 2026.
I didn't expect delaying Windows and Nvidia updates to be the best strategy for 2026, but here we areAM4 might still be supported when AM6 launches, but that doesn’t mean you should buy into the platform now
…AM6 may very well arrive when AM4 is still supported with long-term driver and security updates, but by that point, the performance delta will have reached a level where upgrading is…
Intel's Arrow Lake refresh should have arrived months ago
…Lake's launch CPUs, with the latest BIOS update to enable Ultra Core 200S Plus, and the new IPPP package with updated chipset drivers, on a freshly installed Windows 11 Pro. GPU…
AMD's fTPM is still causing random stutters, but the fix could cost you money
…If you've dealt with stutters and you're running a Ryzen processor, there's a good chance the culprit isn't your RAM , your GPU , or a misbehaving driver. It's…
SteamOS now runs on every AMD handheld, and Valve didn't even make a big deal about it
…Related 6 upgrades SteamOS needs to dethrone Windows Valve is releasing SteamOS into beta in a couple of months, but it needs a few critical updates to become a PC gaming destination…
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