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AMD and Nvidia talking up local AI for consumers could be bad news for those ChatGPT subscriptions but good news for us PC gamers
CES 2026 Also, the glass is half full.
Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon X2 Plus, with up to 35% more single-core CPU performance and 29% faster GPUs than X Plus chips
CES 2026 It'd be kinda nice to see some Snapdragon X2 Elite laptops first, though.
Intel says its graphics drivers are now 'light years ahead of where we were a few years ago', and they'll need to be if it's going to tempt gamers towards its new iGPUs
CES 2026 Speedy hardware is a nice thing to have, but driver support can make and break a gaming experience.
Intel's new top-end Core Ultra Series 3 mobile chips promise up to 77% faster iGPU gaming performance than Lunar Lake, and come with a whole host of friends
CES 2026 Strap in, it's about to get technical.
AMD launches its fastest gaming CPU yet, though the new Ryzen 7 9850X3D is clocked just 8% higher than the 9800X3D
CES 2026 And AMD tells us to only expect 2 - 3% higher performance on average, 5% at best if a game really likes higher clocks.
The AMD Ryzen AI Max range gets two more entries, one of which looks perfect for the ultimate in handheld PC gaming
CES 2026 It's certainly better for gaming than the 'new' Ryzen AI 400 chips, that's for sure.
PC gaming on Arm chips didn't quite happen in 2025, but the die is cast for an epic battle with x86 CPUs in the next few years
Arm-y There's a veritable CPU Arm-y marching towards the PC.
PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming motherboard of 2025
Gear of the year Motherboards are the only way that Intel stands any chance of winning an award this year.
