Intel's Panther Lake looks great, but it's not the upgrade desktop owners were hoping for
… If bLLC lands the way the X3D comparison implies, desktop owners could get a chip that leaps well past the modest IPC gains the leaks suggest. …
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The integrated graphics in AMD's latest APU now trade blows with an RTX 3060, and I'm not sure my dedicated card has a job anymore
… Against a desktop RTX 3060 12GB, the Radeon 8060S that's inside the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 is close enough that aggregate testing struggles to separate them , and head-to-head benchmark indexes place the 8060S between the 3060 and the 4060. …
AMD bringing back the Ryzen 7 5800X3D isn't worth celebrating — it's a warning sign for us all
… New generations never really come cheap, but the performance gains usually justify the investment. Now, however, things are a little different. Seeing AMD revive an older Ryzen processor in 2026 feels so surreal because it goes against everything we've come to expect from the desktop CPU market. …
The MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ has the power to beat the ROG Ally X, but the price makes it hard to care
… At $1,800, this handheld isn't competing with other handhelds anymore; it's competing against gaming laptops or serious desktop PC upgrades, or a console with three years of new games. …
What Intel Firefly actually means for Windows laptops (and why it's not just another processor)
… Desktop PCs have always been at the forefront of what's possible with computing hardware. …
Buying an AMD GPU instead of Nvidia? — You're sacrificing more than just ray tracing performance
… AMD market share in the discrete desktop GPU space, you'll see a healthy 64–36 split back in 2018. This was before the launch of the RTX 20 series, and Nvidia was still the leader, but AMD had a very respectable 36% share of the market. …
Over 40% of Steam gamers are still using RTX 30 and 40 GPUs, and DLSS is a big reason why
… Steam Hardware and Software Survey's GPU data includes both desktop and laptop variants. …
Nvidia's RTX Spark is a chip unlike any other, and it could change Windows laptops forever
… Nvidia also shared details about a DGX workstation with 768GB of memory and an MSI mini PC, showcasing that the technology isn't limited to laptops. After all, RTX Spark is essentially Nvidia's GB10 chip behind the DGX Spark desktop workstation repackaged for laptops and mini PCs. …
Building an all-AMD gaming PC is the best value choice in this PC hardware hellscape
… In terms of generational gains, the Ryzen 5 7600X delivers 15–20% more FPS than the Ryzen 5 5600X on average. …
AMD's X3D CPUs only help with two things, and most gamers have neither
… Whether you play at 1440p or 4K, X3D CPUs give plenty of headroom that's hard for me to argue against. …