Author: [email protected] (Dave James)
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Intel’s slapped a 16GB dual-channel minimum entry requirement on Core Ultra laptops if you want top gaming performance
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If you want your shiny new Intel Core UItra laptop to come with an equally shiny Arc Graphics badge, then you’re going to need to make sure you have at least 16GB of memory inside your machine and that it’s configured in dual-channel mode, too. One of the exciting things about the new Meteor Lake…
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Intel’s unified its Arc desktop and laptop GPU drivers ‘on a technical basis’ but manufacturer updates are still going to lag behind
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Intel’s technically unified both its Arc discrete and integrated graphics drivers, meaning that all the performance boosts we’ve seen benefitting the Arc A750 and A770 (less said about the Arc A580 the better) will arrive on its new integrated GPUs around the same time. Intel has just announced, and effectively released its new Core Ultra…
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Watch out Razer, Asus’ switch from plastic to an all-metal unibody gaming laptop design was hidden in plain sight all along
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Asus’ ROG Zephyrus CES 2024 teaser hid something exciting in plain sight, the hint that its new gaming laptops are going to ditch the old plastic chassis and switch to an all-new metal unibody design. And I am most definitely here for that change. The teaser trailer released last week suffered by being dropped at…
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If GTA 6 isn’t coming to PC until 2026 this is what a top-end gaming rig should look like when it does
It’s okay, I’m kinda resigned to GTA 6 not getting a simultaneous release alongside the PlayStation 5 (and PS5 Pro?), Xbox Series X and Series S launches now. I’m not happy about it, but I’m coping. But with the console version not landing until sometime in 2025 what will a serious gaming PC look like…
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SteamOS will be coming to other handhelds before you can install it on your PC ‘because right now, it’s very, very tuned for Steam Deck’
Where the hell is SteamOS? That was one of the key questions I wanted answered when I sat down with Valve’s Lawrence Yang and Yazan Aldehayyat, two of the longest serving members of the Steam Deck team. As always, the answer is “soon” but interestingly Valve is looking to make it available to other handhelds…
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‘The next thing we’re working on moving forward is Steam Deck 2,’ but Valve has yet to see silicon offering the leap it’s looking for
Valve has been adamant to talk up the new Steam Deck OLED as “the definitive first-generation Steam Deck” and definitely not anything like a sequel to its immensely popular inaugural handheld PC. But if you were under any illusions that it wasn’t coming Valve has confirmed “it’s definitely something we’re working on and planning for.”…
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Valve knows people will jam the shiny new OLED panel into old Steam Decks ‘but it’s probably not going to go well’
If you have anything like my tinkering soul, the first thing to occur to you the instant you heard Valve was making a Steam Deck OLED was about whether you’d be able to buy the screen from iFixit—in the same way you can buy the top LCD Steam Deck panel right now—and drop it into…
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Games consoles are infuriatingly exempt from California’s otherwise important new right to repair bill
[ad_1] California, the biggest state in the US when it comes to both population and the sheer volume of tech companies squeezed into its borders, has just passed the country’s most extreme right to repair bill in the US (via Ars Technica). It’s the third state to pass such a bill, but goes further than…
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I make no apologies for the geeky pleasure I get watching a 56-core CPU just monster this benchmark
[ad_1] If you fancy a little light, safe-for-work CPU pr0n then overclocking maestro, Roman ‘der8auer’ Hartung, has got their hands on an Intel Sapphire Rapids workstation processor and is starting to put it through its paces. This quick video (opens in new tab) starts with an intro to the new high-end desktop chip running in…
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MSI Titan GT77 HX gaming laptop review
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[ad_1] I think I actually hate it. Part of that, I will admit, is down to my deep-seated frustration at the ever-increasing price of modern gaming PC hardware, pricked by the fact that MSI has tagged the Titan GT77 HX with a $5,300 sticker price. Ever was it so for gaming laptops, that their price…