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Intel's new handheld gaming chip rumoured to be called 'Core G3 Extreme' and rocks a full-spec Xe3 iGPU with 12 graphics cores
By Jeremy Laird published
News It's the Panther Lake laptop chip, just slightly tweaked.

AMD claims Intel's CES comparisons are 'not even a fair fight'; Intel says AMD is 'selling ancient silicon'—but they're both guilty of using confusing tactics
By James Bentley published
CES 2026 Pot, meet kettle.

I did some quick and dirty testing of the Intel Arc B390 iGPU in Intel's new top-end Core Ultra chip and I'm pretty impressed
By Andy Edser published
CES 2026 It's still an iGPU, though. Adjust your expectations accordingly.

AMD and partners confirm Ryzen CPU with dual 3D V-Cache chiplets is coming but gamers are unlikely to see the benefit
By Jacob Ridley published
CES 2026 Even AMD had its doubts about the utility of such a chip.

AMD may resurrect some older CPUs to help users dodge the worst of the RAM crisis
By Jacob Ridley published
CES 2026 David McAfee says it's something AMD is "very actively working on" but hasn't confirmed yet.

AMD and Nvidia talking up local AI for consumers could be bad news for those ChatGPT subscriptions but good news for us PC gamers
By Jacob Fox published
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
By Nick Evanson published
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
By Andy Edser published
CES 2026 Speedy hardware is a nice thing to have, but driver support can make and break a gaming experience.
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