The Asus ROG Xbox Ally is more powerful than the aging Steam Deck, even if you go for the cheaper, non-X variant. But it’s still based on an AMD laptop chip with integrated graphics. Squeezing…
The Steam Deck and other PC gaming handhelds can squeeze a shocking amount of performance out of relatively old integrated graphics hardware. But they’re still essentially tiny little laptops without dedicated GPUs. If you’re developing…
How well will a new game perform on your system? It’s a question that’s never far from the minds of PC gamers, and it’s only getting more relevant as hardware upgrades become expensive, shading to…
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Lots of USB connectivity including USB-C and USB-A Well-rounded CPU, GPU, and AI performance 32GB of RAM Cons Boring look and feel 165Hz, 1600p IPS display does not impress…
A popular benchmark tool, Geekbench, says it will issue a warning when Intel’s new “Arrow Lake Refresh” desktop chips enable Intel’s new IBOT feature. Why? Because the benchmark vendor can’t be sure that scores reported…
Windows 11 offers a feature called hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling, which distributes graphics processes more efficiently, thus reducing latency. As a result, the system runs more smoothly, especially in games and graphics-intensive applications. However, the feature…
At a glance Top AMD mini PC deal picks GMKtec M8—$360 (25% off on Amazon) GMKtec K8 Plus—$780 (17% off on Amazon) Bosgame E5—$320 (20% of on Amazon) Top Intel mini PC deal picks GMKtec…
Ray tracing is a gee-wiz feature for the most powerful hardware out there, but you do need, well, powerful hardware in order to use it. Tricks like supersampling and frame generation can make it more…
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Dual USB-A, USB-C interfaces Pocket-size design Good USB performance Cons No Thunderbolt support No additional software Our Verdict It’s a little more expensive than a conventional SSD, but the…
Anyone who’s ever owned a gaming laptop knows of its fundamental weakness: Plugged in, it can game forever. Unplugged, its gaming capabilities can be measured in minutes. Microsoft and its “handheld gaming PC,” the ROG…