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Panther Lake has another powerful iGPU in its lineup but you'll probably never see it
Computex 2026 I was frustrated at the lack of chips with the 10 Xe-core B370 iGPU in affordable laptops, and now I know why I'm even more frustrated.
The overclocking headroom in AMD's Radeon 7000-series GPUs 'was certainly not accidental... the core of Radeon has to be all about value to the end user'
Computex 2026 "We understand that both for CPUs and GPUs, overclockability is a core part of what many of our gamers and enthusiasts are looking for."
Choosing to bring back the 5800X3D was a tough conversation for AMD... 'very hard, actually, very, very hard!'
Computex 2026 I spoke with David McAfee about what it took to bring back the older chip.
I got my hands on Framework's 'MacBook Pro for Linux users' and its tagline isn't just marketing hyperbole
Computex 2026 The Framework 13 Pro is a sleek, stylish machine lazer-focused on software devs sick of MacOS.
This is me playing Alan Wake 2's native Arm build on an RTX Spark laptop, and I'm here for it
Computex 2026 Remarkably, playing Pragmata and Indiana Jones via Prism's emulation wasn't really any different.
Keychron's on-the-fly optical/Hall effect mouse switch is taking on Logitech over one of the few things people didn't like about the SuperStrike
Computex 2026 Keychron's even using it's new MagOptic mouse switch in its office mice, "if they don't use, they don't use it, but it still performs like a normal mouse."
Keychron's carbon fiber concept is the skinniest keyboard I've ever typed on
Computex 2026 Not content with that, Keychron is also rocking the world's lowest of low-profile magnetic keyboards.
AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE review (Acer Nitro)
Score: 81% Navi 48 proves it's still a great GPU with this cut-down-for-China card's global release. If its divisive MSRP holds.
Jen-Hsun says RTX Spark 'is 100% awesome at everything everybody expects the PC to do, and it can do more'
Computex 2026 That's a lot of awesome.
Next-gen GPUs aren't around at Computex, but MSI's got a taste of what they might look like
Computex 2026 The next-gen cooling prototype is a crowd-pleaser, a real diamond geezer.
MSI's Maestro 900R case is almost here. Tremble in fear, poor wallet
Computex 2026 It's been a long wait, but MSI's flagship chassis is hitting the shelves soon.
Extrapolation is the future of frame generation without the latency hit… and it's not far off
Computex 2026 Intel says: "That's definitely the technology that will change the experience."
Nvidia RTX Spark's gaming battery life will be 'better than anything you've seen before on RTX laptops'
Computex 2026 Well, it is the "most efficient PC chip ever built" after all.
Nvidia's working with all the anti-cheat vendors to make competitive games work on RTX Spark and WoA… just when gaming on Linux was looking good
Computex 2026 "We just want to ensure all the top games run and run great on RTX Spark."
Developers are creating Arm game ports, wholly Arm-native versions, and Prism-optimised updates for Nvidia's RTX Spark
Computex 2026 Nvidia's gaming relationships could push Arm gaming into the mainstream.
Not just for AI agents: Nvidia's RTX Spark means Arm-powered laptops for gamers, too, promising 100 fps at 1440p in the latest games
Computex 2026 "The most efficient PC chip ever built."
Okay, maybe I could be convinced AI monitors aren't all bad
Computex 2026 MSI's "world's first agentic AI monitor" has one neat trick. The rest of its AI tricks, however...
The device in my hands feels like the standard all new handheld gaming PCs will be judged by
Computex 2026 Performance, efficiency, ergonomics, and battery life. Intel and MSI are delivering in the new Claw 8 EX AI+.
84% of you rightly practice good desktop icon hygiene, but it turns out 16% of PC Gamer readers are just plain monsters
Poll Letting installers and downloads and everything else have free rein over your operating system desktops... how can you live with yourselves?
Best graphics cards in 2026: These are the GPUs worth spending money in right now
Pixel Pushers I've made a career out of prodding graphics cards and this has been the toughest set of recommendations I can remember.
