PC Gaming

Intel’s claims that its new Panther Lake-based Core Ultra Series 3 mobile chips are up to 77% faster than Lunar Lake in terms of iGPU gaming performance are, on the surface, very impressive. One question hung in my mind, though—what about driver support? Traditionally, Intel’s graphics drivers have been a mixed bag, something that Intel’s…

Intel has finally taken the last wraps off its Panther Lake-based Core Ultra Series 3 range of mobile chips, and it’s making some pretty impressive claims about their performance. Before the expected AI NPU TOPS figures, Intel’s VP of PC products, Dan Rogers, dedicated a fair chunk of the company’s CES 2026 presentation to the…

Nvidia’s new DLSS 4.5 announcement comes with the promise of 4K 240 Hz path-traced gameplay, and you know there’s only one way we’re going to get there right now: AI. With a combination of a second generation transformer model and an expanded Multi Frame Generation feature offering up to 6x frame gen, the green team…

Fallout 4 is a much more cheerful game than its immediate numbered predecessor. In contrast with the grime, slick gore, and green tint of the Capital Wasteland, the Commonwealth is bright and vibrant—it’s the sort of place where you wouldn’t mind putting down roots and founding a settlement or ten. Playing Fallout 4 has always…

It wouldn’t be CES without someone trying to outdo the current creator of the best compact gaming laptop. At CES 2024 that was Asus, updating its Zephyrus G14 machines to blow Razer’s Blade 14 out of the water. At CES 2025 it was Razer’s turn to hit back with an updated Blade 14, and at…

As well as teasing a new ultraslim Alienware gaming laptop design Dell has also given us an early look at its new entry-level gaming laptops aimed at “ensuring that really there is a product for everyone” in its Alienware range. Dell’s COO, Jeff Clarke, spoke at the start of our CES 2026 pre-briefing in December…

Dell has acknowledge an inalienable truth about its Area-51 gaming desktop, it was sorely missing an AMD Ryzen option from its config choices. At CES it has revealed the new Area-51 now comes with AMD Ryzen X3D processors, including the brand-new Ryzen 7 9850X3D. I was as surprised as anyone at just how good Alienware’s…

At this year’s CES event, AMD hasn’t really introduced anything completely new in its consumer CPU portfolio. They’ve either rebadged old chips or just expanded current ranges with a few more models. However, the Ryzen AI Max series of APUs has picked up two extra processors, and one of them could well be the best…

A new year, a new CES event, where the world’s biggest tech companies show off their latest and greatest new products. In the case of AMD, however, it’s pretty much a case of ‘more of the same, but just a little bit faster’. And when it comes to the newly launched Ryzen 7 9850X3D, that…

Jackie Welles, for some gamers, is one of the most beloved videogame companions of all time: A solid dude of hidden depths whose fate was sealed the moment he crossed paths with V. He made enough of an impact that former PC Gamer writer Emma Matthews called him Cyberpunk 2077’s best character, and bemoaned the…